5. Major Industries and Products
a. Monica Church Farming Garment
Gravel
Silica
Vegetables
Rice Marble
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6. Major Industries and Products
Woodcraf t
Jewelry Luyang Dilaw Fest
Farming
Garment Bakeries
Metal craf ting
vine Mercy National Shrine
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7. History
Legend near est t o t he t r ut h is t hat
Angat got it s name af t er t he Tagalog wor d
angat , meaning a high piece of land or a
communit y living in a pr omont or y dur ing t he
Spanish r egime.
At t he ar r ival of t he Spaniar ds, t he
people as a whole wer e at f ir st host ile t o t he
conquer or s, but af t er t he complet e
Chr ist ianizat ion of t he communit y, Spaniar ds
gr adually bef r iended t he inhabit ant s. The whole
t own, however , embr aced t he Cat holic f ait h,
mor e by f or ce t han by convict ion. For ced labor
was imposed pr incipally on t he const r uct ion of
public edif ices, like t he chur ch and t he
Pr esidencia.
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8. History
As a t own, never t heless, t he
conquer or s and t he nat ives f or mally
or ganized Angat mut ually. For mer ly,
a t r ibut ar y of Quingwa, it lat er
became a par t of San Miguel t hen
was made under t he t own of Bocaue
upon t he administ r at ion of t he vast
St a. Mar ia de Pandi Est at e by t he
lands wer e par t of t he Hacienda. At
t hat t ime, when Angat was under t he
administ r at ion of Bocaue, Nor zagar ay
was only a par t of Angat .
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9. Location
The t owns of San
Raf ael and Bust os bound
t he t own of Angat on t he
Nor t h; on t he East by t he
vast Sier r a Madr e
mount ain r anges, t o it s
sout h by t he t owns of
Nor zagar ay and St a. Mar ia
and on t he West by t he big
St a. Mar ia de Pandi Est at e.
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11. Sta. Monica Church
A 400-year old chur ch, t he St a.
Monica Chur ch is one of t he oldest
chur ches of t he pr ovince, and one of
t he most beaut if ul chuches in t he
Philippines. I t displays a mar velous
Bar oque ar chit ect ur e and it s
int er ior r eplicat ed t he f amous
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12. History
The hist or y of Mar ilao is cor r elat ed
wit h t he hist or y of Meycauayan. This may be
t r ue, f or in t he old days, Mar ilao was par t of
Meycauayan and it s biggest bar r io. I got it s
name f r om a yellow plan gr owing abundant ly in
t he place.
Meycauayan was est ablished by t he
Fr anciscans bet ween t he year s 1578 and
1579, or seven year s bef or e Manila was
est ablished, accor ding t o t he hist or ical
r ecor ds kept by Rever end Fat her Luis L.
Lopez, D.D. (deceased), f ound among t he
r ecor ds in t he chur ch. Meycauayan was
f or mer ly compr ised of Obando, Mar ilao,
Bocaue and San J ose del Mont e
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13. History
The f ir st missionar ies t o r each t he place wer e
Rever end Fat her s J uan de Placencia and Diego Or opesa.
The t own pr oper (poblacion) was locat ed in Malhacan, at
pr esent a bar r io of Meycauayan. I n 1588, st or m and
ear t hquake dest r oyed t he chur ches and leveled almost all
houses. Due t o t hese calamit ies, t he poblacion was
t r ansf er r ed t o Lagulo, but r obber s and Aet as f r equent ed
Lagulo. The chur ch was f inally const r uct ed on a lot
sur r ounded wit h bamboo t r ees; hence, f r om bamboo
(kawayan) t he t own of Meycauayan got it s name. Fat her
Ant onio de Nombelas made t he t r ansf er of poblacion f r om
Lagulo t o Meycauayan in abeyance wit h t he r equest of
Fat her Pedr o Baut ist a, a pr iest t or t ur ed and put t o deat h
and lat er held mar t yr in J apan. The Cat holic hier ar chy
lat er honor ed him as a saint .
On Febr uar y 27, 1901, t he t own of Mar ilao again
became a bar r io of Meycauayan. I t was only in 1913 t hat
Mar ilao complet ely became an independent t own.
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14. History
The municipalit y of Mar ilao has
cur ved an impor t ant not e; on Mar ch 28, 1898
dur ing t he ear ly per iods of t he Philippine
Amer ican f or ces under Gener al McAr t hur Sr .
met st ill r esist ance f r om st ubbor n Filipino
f or ces wit hin t he out skir t s of t he t own. The
pat r iot ism of t he people of Mar ilao was again
duplicat ed 12 per sons and bur ned par t of
t he Poblacion and near by bar r ios. Among
t hose killed wer e pr ominent cit izens of t he
t own who have r ef used collabor at ion and
t ur ned enemies of t he J apanese
administ r at ion.
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15. Location
Mar ilao is sit uat ed
at t he sout heast er n par t
of t he pr ovince of
Bulacan, bounded by t he
cit y of San J ose del
Mont e on t he east ,
municipalit ies of Bulacan
and Obando in t he west ,
Bocaue in t he nor t h and
Meycauayan in t he sout h.
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17. Luyang Dilaw Festival
May is f iest a mont h in Mar ilao. The
t own' s pr osper it y is capped wit h f it t ing
t hanksgiving f iest a celebr at ion, a mont h-long
per iod of f est ival called "Halamang Dilaw".
The f est ivit ies include f air , physical
act ivit ies, Lakan and Lakambini cont est ,
concer t , st r eet dancing and culminat ing
r eligious celebr at ions like pr ocession, novena
and mass.
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18. Divine Mercy National Shrine
On a r ocky hillt op in Mar ilao, a t own in t he
Pr ovince of Bulacan, j ust a f ew kilomet er s f r om
Manila, st ands t he Shr ine dedicat ed t o t he Divine
Mer cy. No one could have f or eseen t hat t his place
which used t o be haunt ed t o most of t he r esident s
and passer sby would t ur n out t o be t he one of t he
most blessed pilgr im sit es in t he count r y.
The place has become a dest inat ion f or
pilgr images due t o numer ous cases of healings and
conver sions. The people who come and pr ay could
at t est t o t he sacr edness of t he place t hat combines
Nat ur e’s bliss wit h t heir year ning t o be blessed.
Somewher e somehow, t hey f eel t hat t he Mer cy of Back
19. Jissele F. De Vera
Address:
0129 Nicolas St. Taal. Bocaue,
Bulacan
No: 09265162648,
Email:
verajisselede@gmail.com
Birthdate: March 11, 1994
“Put God first at the center and
everything will come together”
20. April Dianne F. Santiago
Birthdate: April 25, 1995
Email:
april_bsb@yahoo.com
21. Janessa F. Usisa
Birthdate: January 21, 1995,
Address:
Dulong Kalsada San Jose San
Miguel Bulacan
Age: 16
No.
09161607107 & 09055633927
22. Charissa V. Bautista
Birthdate: November 3, 1994
Age: 16
Email:
charissabts@gmail.com
23. Russel John I. Baello
Birthdate: April 25, 1995
Address:
#2467 Villena subdivision, San
Vicente, Apalit, Pampanga
motto: “All is well”
24. Katherine P B
. enedictos
Birthdate: June 8, 1991
Address:
#16 St. Ignatius, Mabolo,
Malolos Bulacan
Email:
highseaswarning@yahoo.com
