Pozorrubio

The parish priest of Pozorrubio's mother town San Jacinto, Fr. Pablo Almazan, appointed Doña Francisca Aldana-Magno, the wife of Don Benito, to teach in the only school set up in Claris. The town was then relocated to Cablong. On December 18, 1880, Gobernadorcillo Don Bernardo Olarte inaugurated the new site, with a new parish priest, Rev. Fr. Joaquín Gonzáles presiding over a brand-new church its attached convento.

During the

Poverty Incidence of Pozorrubio

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• Main crops: rice, sugarcane, tobacco, mango, vegetables and legumes, coconut, corn and cotton
• Cottage industries: bamboo and rattan products for exports, swords, knives, bolos, and other metal crafts
• Other industries: sand and gravel, concrete hollow blocks, leather craft, gold panning, fresh water fishponds, poultry and cattle raising

Government

Local government

Pozorrubio, belonging to the fifth congressional district of the province of Pangasinan, is governed by a mayor designated as its local chief executive and by a municipal council as its legislative body in accordance with the Local Government Code. The mayor, vice mayor, and the councilors are elected directly by the people through an election which is being held every three years.

The chief executives of the town are Mayor Artemio Q. Chan and Vice Mayor Ernesto T. Go, with eight Sangguniang Bayan members or councilors who hold office at the Town Hall and Legislative Building's Session Hall.^[23]

Elected officials

Education

The town's foremost school is

• University of Luzon – Pozorrubio
• Saint Philomena's Academy
• Mary, Help of Christians Learning Center Foundation, Inc.
• Mary, Help of Christians Boarding School, Inc.

Tourism

The town's interesting points and events include:

• Town Fiesta – January 11 (Pozorrubio 142rd^{[clarification needed]} Foundation Day & Town Fiesta Schedule of Activities)
• Patopat Festival – Frontage, Executive Building.^[25][26]
• Legislative Building and the municipal library.
• The Plaza pergola (Don Domingo M. Magno, 1930s with authentic marker, the colorful history of Pozorrubio)
• Plaza Park and Children's Park
• Pozorrubio-Iligan City Friendship Park
• Public Market
• Quibuar Springs, Guernica Hill

Saint Jude Thaddeus Church

Saint Jude Thaddeus Parish Church is under the jurisdiction of the

The town and parish were founded on March 12, 1834, by Rev. Fr Domingo Naval, the vicar of San Jacinto. The 1839–1842 saw the erection of an ermita amid the creation of Pozorrubio as Municipio on January 30, 1870, per Royal Decree of the Governor-General.

The temporary church in Cablong (now the town proper) was opened and consecrated on July 26, 1879, by Rev. Fr Julián López, vicar of San Jacinto; Rev. Fr Joaquín Gonzáles was the first parish priest until 1884. Rev. Fr Silvestre Fernández (1887–1893) added the convento and the escuelas of caton and the old, brick-walled cemetery. Mortar and ladrillo were used for house construction. Rev. Fr Mariano Rodríguez (1893–1899) built a bigger brick church (75.57 m long, 23 m 50 cm wide, with walls of 4 m high), but it lay unfinished due to the

Rev. Fr Lucilo Meris (1899–1925), the first native Filipino parish priest of Pozorrubio, shortened the church to 42 m, while American bombers destroyed the church complex on January 7, 1945, as it retook the Philippines from the Japanese. It was rebuilt by Rev. Fr Emilio Cinense (1947–1952), who founded Saint Philomena's Academy in 1948 and later became Bishop. Rev. Fr Alfredo Cayabyab (1954–1967) rebuilt the church,^[31] while Rev. Fr Primo García and Rev. Fr Arturo Aquino helped reconstruct the present church.^[32]

Gallery

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  Town Hall along Sison Street
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  Downtown along Penoy Street
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  Downtown
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  Don José Magno Sports and Civic Center
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  Jovellanos-Venezuela ancestral House^[6][33]
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  Park and Well in the town plaza

References

• (Published work: "Awaran na Inletneg na Baley na Pozorrubio", 1940 by Atty. Filomeno G. Magno, Pozorrubio)

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pozorrubio.

• Pozorrubio Profile at PhilAtlas.com
• Municipal Profile at the National Competitiveness Council of the Philippines
• Pozorrubio at the Pangasinan Government Website
• Local Governance Performance Management System
• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Philippine Census Information
• Pozorrubio Online