MAPASO HOT & COLD SPRING
A group of natives fleeing from the municipality of
Jabonga settled in a new place recognized by the municipality of Cabadbaran as
barrio Santiago in the latter part of 1898.
However, in 1924, the existing Aciga River swelled its banks,
destroying all properties, plants and animals and forcing the inhabitants of
Santiago, Cabadbaran to transfer to barrio Jagupit. In 1936, the same river
wrought havoc to the barrio and the barrio folks again decided to transfer to
sitio Paypay at the foot of the hill. Long before the migration, the pace was
inhabited by the Manobos and the Mamanwas. But when the national government
constructed a highway cutting through sitio Paypay, the influx of people to the
place began.
In 1936, through a bill in Congress sponsored by the late
Congressman Marcos Calo, Paypay was changed to Santiago in honor of Saint
Santiago.
In the latter part of 1964, the barrio officials of barrio
Santiago indicated their desire to become a municipality. Finally, in 1969, a
bill sponsored by Ex-Congressman Jose C. Aquino and approved by the Sixth
Congress of the Republic, gave birth to Republic Act 5242, which created the new
municipality of Santiago.
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