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ABOUT LORETO - GENERAL INFORMATION |
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LAND - ABOUT LORETO and TUBAJON
LANGUAGES/DIALECT
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
MEDIA
BANKING
HOSPITALS
TOURISM
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ABOUT LORETO - HISTORY |
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HISTORY
US LANDING
SIXTH RANGER DIVISION |
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ABOUT LORETO and TUBAJON |
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Loreto
Province: Surigao del Norte
Land Area (Sq. Km): 133.1
Population (1995): 8,048
No. of Barangays (1999): 10
Voting Population (1992) Male: 2,572; Female: 2,430
Situated in the northern tip of Dinagat Island, province of
Surigao del Norte, Philippines, this town was created as a
municipality in September 4, 1890 by then Governor General
Manuel Sanchez.
Surigao del Norte lies at the northeastern tip of Mindanao and
encompasses several islands, the most important of which are
Dinagat, Siargao and Bucas Grande. It is flanked on the north by
the Leyte Gulf, on the east by the Pacific Ocean, on the west by
Bohol Sea and on the south by Agusan del Norte and Surigao del
Sur. The terrain at the mainland is largely mountainous. The
province has a total land area of 273,902 hectares divided into
27 municipalities, one city and 420 barangays with 2
congressional districts. It is a 3rd class province. Surigao
City, its provincial capital, has 53 barangays.
Climate. The province falls under type II with no
pronounced dry season, but a very prononced maximum rainfall
from November to January. The average monthly maxima of 600 mm
in December and January and monthly minima of about 150 mm in
August and September. However, the incidence of rainfall during
the same month in different years appears highly variable. The
average number of rainy days per month is 20 to 25 from November
to March and 13 to 18 from April to October. Although open to
the Pacific Ocean on the Easter coast, the province is less
prone to typhoons than eastern coast, at the further north which
is exposed to about seven percent of all those hitting the
Philippines.
Tubajon
Province: Surigao del Norte
Land Area (Sq. Km): 90.0
Population (1995): 6,155
No. of Barangays (1999): 9
Voting Population (1992) Male: 1,826; Female: 1,682
North of Loreto is the municipality of Tubajon which became a
municipality on June 21, 1969
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LANGUAGES/DIALECT |
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Most residents in Loreto and Tubajon speak the Cebuano/Boholano
dialect. A percentage speaks Waray, a dialect spoken in the
provinces of Samar and Northern Leyte. There are four barangays
in the municipality of Loreto where the Waray dialect is spoken.
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LORETOS EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM |
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PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS UNDER LORETO DISTRICT
Loreto Central Elementary School
Acoje Elementary School
Busay Elementary School
Cambiniliw Elementary School
Dahican Primary School
Esperanza Elementary School
Ferdinand Primary School
Liberty Elementary School
Magsaysay Elementary School
Panamaon Elementary School
PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS UNDER TUBAJON DISTRICT
Tubajon Central Elementary School
Babangnan Elementary School
Imelda Elementary School
Mabini Elementary School
Malinao Elementary School
Mauro Diaz Elementary School
Navarro Primary School
Roxas Elementary School
Sta. Cruz Elementary School
PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS
Loreto National High School
Tubajon National High School
PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS
Loreto Academy
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ENTERTAINMENT and MEDIA |
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Loreto Cable Television
Radio Tubajon DXTT-FM 95.8. supported by the Tambuli Radio
Network
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BANKING INSTITUTIONS |
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Loreto Rural Bank : (086) 232-6579
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LICENSED GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS |
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Location |
Name of Hospital |
ABC |
Classification |
Category |
| Loreto |
Loreto Municipal Hospital
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10 |
Municipal |
Primary |
| Loreto |
Loreto District Hospital |
10 |
District |
Primary |
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TOURISM and TRAVEL |
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Getting There:
By air - Philippine Airlines has flights from Manila to
Cebu to Surigao City.
By boat – Private operators provide daily schedules from
Bilang-bilang port, in Surigao City. The boat trip takes about
four hours.
Accommodations
Black Beach Lodge
Campintac
Operated by the Municipality of Loreto
Popular Sites
Black Beach, Campintac
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HISTORY |
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"On the northern water of the Surigao del Norte mainland lies
Dinagat Island dubbed by Gen. Douglas MacArthur as one of the
"three sentinel-islands guarding the Central Philippines from
the enemies in the Pacific." Together with Dinagat as the first
class established municipality in this island were four other
towns, among which was Loreto, originally called "Mabua" because
of the ever-foaming river that runs right into the heart of the
community. Boholano settlers first established Loreto as early
as 1847. In 1881, its name metamorphosed into its present name,
Loreto, in honor of the wife of the governor at that time.
Created as a municipality in 1898, Loreto was reduced to a
barrio in 1902 after the American soldiers razed it to the
ground. However, it regained its township in 1919 through the
untiring efforts of its civic-spirited leaders.
The municipality were populated by Boholanos who were the
original settlers; Leyteños, Cebuanos, Samareños and other
immigrants followed suit.
Copra had been most important export and lumbering an important
industry. Loreto is situated along a coastal plain, and fish
abound in its waters.
In the lowlands grow the tikug grasses utilized then and now by
the womenfolk as materials in making mats which are in great
demand because of the fine workmanship and durability. The local
weavers have learned the embroidery designs of the well-known
Basey mat-makers. On the rocky mountains from as far as Omasdang
near the Desolation point, to the southern hills of Sinaongag,
now Navarro, are found such rich minerals as chromite,
manganese, copper, coal and the like.
Other sources of income then were the hard wood exported to
different places in the country and the well-known species of
orchids, the so- called "aristocrats of the woodland" such as
the mariposa or butterfly orchids, the tiger, dendrubium anespum,
dendrobium superbum, which were abundantly found in the forests
of the municipality."
- ODON C. GALIDO
Source: 1970 Souvenir Program of Philippine Public Schools
Inter-scholastic Athletic Association Meet (PPSIAA)
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US LANDING |
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HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE U.S. LIBERATION FORCES LANDING IN
LORETO, FEATURING “GALLUP”, “ROSS”, AND SIXTH RANGER INFANTRY
BATTALION
Desolation Point on the northern tip of Dinagat Island was where
American troops first landed on October 17, 1944 to liberate the
Philippines from the Japanese. On 20 October 1944, MacArthur's
forces began the invasion of the Philippines. The principal
target was Leyte. The actual push began when the Sixth Ranger
Division overran the nearby islands of Suluan, Dinagat and
Homonhon near the entrance of Leyte Gulf. Three days of heavy
air, land and sea combat took place as Allied forces made the
landing on Leyte. The Japanese lost a fleet carrier, three light
carriers, three battleships, six heavy and four light cruisers
as well as eleven destroyers. The US Navy lost a light carrier,
two escort carriers, two destroyers and a destroyer escort.
Departing Hollandia 12 October 1944, Gallup was part of the
screen for the vast task force, which returned General MacArthur
to the Philippines. On the 17th she shelled the beach area in
the island of Dinagat, and the next day she swept the channel
into Leyte Gulf, P.I., as U.S. forces poised for the invasion.
She then began antisubmarine and anti-mine patrol near Black
Beach, screening vessels engaged in landing operations Stationed
most of the time off Desolation Point, she collected tide and
hydrographic information, served as dispatch boat and as escort
through the cleared channel in Leyte Gulf, guided incoming ships
and convoys through the channel, and served as harbor entrance
control vessel during landing operations. She performed these
duties, most of the time in gusty, stormy weather, with Bisbee
(PF-46), LCI(L)-343, and LCI(L)-344, before being sent on an
escort mission to Humbolt Bay on 28 November, touching San Pedro
Bay and Kossol Roads, Manus, en route. On 3 December she left
for the West Coast stopping to drop men at Seeadler Harbor,
Admiralty Islands, and Pearl Harbor. She arrived in San
Francisco on Christmas Day 1944.
On 12 October, Ross departed the Admiralties. Five days later
she arrived off Dinagat Island. On the morning of the 18th, she
covered landings there, on Black Beach 2, and then joined TU
77.2.6 to provide cover for that minesweeping and hydrography
unit. Her duty, however, ended abruptly less than 15 hours
later.
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SIXTH RANGER DIVISION |
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The 6th Ranger Infantry Battalion was on a mission of knocking
out the coastal defense guns, radio stations, radar stations,
and other means of defense and communications in Leyte Harbor. .
They were to secure outlying islands and guide naval forces to
the landing beaches. On A-Day minus three, October 17, 1944, the
6th Ranger Battalion was landed from fast attack-type converted
destroyers, in the midst of a storm, in the islands of Dinagat,
Suluan, and Homonhon. These three islands are located at the
eastern entrance of Leyte Gulf and were secured to deny their
use by the Japanese and to provide locations for signal lights
to guide the two Leyte invasion Task Forces. Through November
14, the Rangers remained on the island searching out and
destroying enemy troops while guarding against any attempted
Japanese reoccupation.
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