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According to the old folks, it was called Mabolo by a group of settlers because “mabolo” is a Spanish term for camagong, a kind of tree which is hard and was found to be abundantly grown in place. It was believed that this happened within the third quarter of the 18th century (1850-1875).
At first, Mabolo was one solid sitio, as years passed by sitios sprouted in the following order : Main Barangay (barrio) along the National Highways; Pagdaicon eastward beside the Bikol River, Calsas, westward beside the Bikol River and San Miguel adjacent to Calsada, along the provincial road to Gainza. Sometimes in 1960’s Pagdaicon was divided into two sitios, Poon and Poro when rabuz organization were given empetus. Mabolo has now six zones: Mabolo Centro, Zone ; Calsada, Zone 2; Pagdaicon Poon, Zone 3; San Miguel, Zone 4; Pagdaicon Poro, Zone 5 and Mabolo boundary, zone 6
In the pre-war days, MAbolo was headed by so-called Delgado with two (2) assistant Delegatos. In the 1950’s, it was headed by a Teniente public Act 7160, promulgated in 1991.
The people of Mabolo are engaged in different trades such as farming, vegetable planting, fishing, fish and vegetable vending, buy and sell, store owners, shoe repairs, tricycle drivers, home industries and labourers.
The Barangay administration before had launched a five year development program aimed at developing and improving the quality of life in the barangay through varied projects, regular dialogues and educational forum. It also aims to give a re-orientation on the concepts of barangay government for peaceful and progressive community. It is committed to coordinate closely with education and religious leaders in the development and promotion of social, economic, moral and spiritual values of the citizenry.
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Milaor is a 4th class municipality in the province of Camarines Sur, Philippines. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 26,452 people.
History
The work of Evangelization in Milaor began in 1579 when the Franciscan missionaries came to the Philippines upon the order of Pope Sixtus V and King Philip II, and given specific assignment to work in Bicol Region. In 1585, Milaor was declared a parish under the titular patron, Saint Joseph. The first parish administrator was Fray Matias de Andrade, OFM., who arrived in Bikol in 1582 and later became the fifth Bishop of the Diocese of Nueva Caceres.
The Franciscans, Fray Juan del Sacramento and Fray Jose delaVirgen, initiated the construction of a church made of bricks and stones. This was built in a place known today as "Sinimbahanan" now a part of Cabusao, where ruins of the concrete foundation may still be found. Frequent attacks from the cimarrones and the tulisanes from nearby Mount Isarog, however, caused the transfer of the church to its present site. Fray Santiago de San Pedro de Alcantara completed the construction in 1730 and added a convent made of wooden materials in 1735. Both the church and the convent were destroyed by fire in 1740 and immediately the reconstruction was undertaken by Fray Francisco delos Santos, OFM. The present belfry was finished in 1840.
Milaor was formerly called "Milaud" or "may-laud". "Laud" means a lowland prone to being flooded, in fact that is being true up to this day. The expression "mapa-laud" means to go to a place which is low or with water, in other words, to go to a "laud". From "Milaud" or "Maylaud" it was transferred to "Milaor". The truth of this matter of the place being always filled with water is corroborated by the fact that in many barangays are to be found shells which thrive on water. These shell fossils mean that in ancient time this place was really covered with water or is frequently flooded to allow these shells or mollusks to thrive in the place.
Originally, Milaor comprised Palestina and the present parishes of Minalabac, San Fernando and Gainza. Until the eve following the uprising Naga City on September 19, 1898 during the Philippine Revolution, the Franciscan considered Milaor as their favorite resting place and abode away from the adjacent rapidly developing settlement that is Naga City today.
