Iloilo Municipalities
Football Field in Barotac Nuevo Iloilo
This quiet and unassuming town known as the Football capital of the Philippines and 2nd home of the Azkals. Barotac Nuevo gained its monicker since most of the ilonggo football players were natives of that town. What makes the football field so unique is that it faces in front of the San Antonio De Padua [...]
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Passi Iloilo
Passi History During the early days in Panay, a group of Spanish Conquistadores under Legaspi managed to find their way into the mouth of what is known as Jalaur river at Talaugis near Barotac known as the Nuevo on a mission of exploring the hinterlands of Iloilo. They rode on a unique flatboat “Sciata” (yatch) [...]
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Tigbauan Iloilo
Tigbauan is known as the Liberation Town.When the ten Borneans datus under Datu Puti landed in Panay, the families of Maglawis and Labig-isog settled at a river bank teeming with all Tigbaw reeds. So, they called their place “Katigbawan” which included the present town of San Joaquin, Miag-ao, Guimbal, Igbaras, Tubungan, Leon and Alimodian under [...]
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Miag-ao Iloilo
Miag-ao History Miag-ao became an independent municipality in 1716. It used to be a part or arrabal of several towns in the first District in Iloilo. From 1716 to the present, Miag-ao has had 133 townheads with Julieta Noble Flores as the incumbent Mayor. How it derived its name has several versions. Firstly, it [...]
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Cabatuan Iloilo
The name Cabatuan is suggestive of the character of its people and the nature of the locality. It may be derived from hiligaynon word “Kabatuhan” meaning full of stone or bato, from “batuan” meaning against, contrary or opposite, to resist, oppose, challenge, defy, fight or contest. Some old folks believed that the name was derived [...]
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Zarraga Iloilo
Zarraga History
Zarraga was once a nameless jungle or a no man’s land with an abundance of big trees, talahib, cogon and wild grasses so tall and thick, it was a place good only for hunters. Luckily, the pioneers who first discovered Zarraga, headed by Marcelino Poblador, Fulgencio Pinuela, Eugenio Pedro Zarraga and Marcelino Pinuela formed the town in 1853. The town of Zarraga was named after Pedro Zarraga, then Alcalde Mayor of Irong-Irong (now Iloilo City). He served for eight years until his death in August 26, 1882. When the Americans finally allowed the Filipinos to establish their own civil government, Fruto Gregorios and Petre Gustilo ran for the position of Presidente Municipal but came out in deadlock. Instead, the elected Vice President, Calixto Gustilo, became the Presidente Municipal of Zarraga.
Like many other municipalities established during Spanish era, Zarraga had undergone the days of trial and humiliation. In the early part of 1904, it became the arrabal of the municipality of Sta. Barbara, much to the chagrin of its people. It remained as such up to the year 1940. When by virtue of Executive Order No. 295, by them President Manuel L. Quezon, it again became a municipality. Emelio Gregorius became its first municipal mayor. Mayor Porferio Pinuela was the first elected mayor, followed by Jovito Arimas. Following the death of Arimas, his vice-mayor, Emiliano Lacson succeeded him as municipal mayor.
During the next election, Mayor Silveo Jr. was elected mayor and remained as such until the EDSA revolution in 1986 when he had to relinquish his post following the orders of the Aquino administration. Mayor Orlando replaced him. In the 1995 elections, Mayor Silveo was elected mayor and remains as such to the present.
Town Fiesta: May 15
Market Day: Sunday
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