DUMANJUG comes from.........

               The name DUMANJUG - in the old times, in the early spanish regime, there lived in the locality a tuba gatherer named Roman. He was popularly known as Duman, as what the villagers called him.

His tuba was not popular only for its great special taste, but also, it is in demand in the outlying farming and fishing villagers. No event will be successful without Duman's special tea.

Duman was to start working with his tuba early at dawn, and his noise served as his villager's bell to wake up in the morning. The tapping of his "sugong"(a bamboo made into a container for his tuba) was the villager's signal to start to work.

But on morning, however, they heard the unusual rhythm of Duman's working hands. They started to imagine things that could happen to Duman. Coincidentally, it was when some Spaniards were passing in their place. They inquired about the place and was told instead that "si Duman nahulog". Not knowing the local dialect's meaning, the Spaniards took it as an answer to their question, and presumed the place's name as DUMANJUG, a derivation of  "si Duman, nahulog."

Dumanjug, Cebu

  

             Dumanjug is one of the “old” towns of Cebu, where vistages of Spanish influence still stand. Spanish-era houses lining its principal streets and its coral-stone church with big twin clocks are pieces from a distant past.

The name Dumanjug is said to have come from one of the three brothers who settled in the locality: Binonga, Yongyong, and Dumanjug. The place where the town is now located was the one occupied by Dumanjug. It was then called Kang Dumanjug. In time, it was just abbreviated to Dumanjug.

As the population grew, a municipal government was formed. Juan Jakosalem was made gobernadorcillo in 1855. During the revolution of 1898, a revolutionary government was set up on December 16 of that year by Gen. Arcadio Maxilom, the province’s revolutionary head. He appointed Pedro Noel as its presidente. When the Americans came, a civil government under the United States was established with Domingo Albino as the first president. The first elected mayor was Pacifico Alpuerto."

A CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE...

        Not everything could be within our control. We could just simply hope that we could make it happen, though we already knew that making it happen is a mile away from the real state. It's a bit ironic knowing that the things you would actually want to do are things that are not intended for you, and the bottom line is: ACCEPT THAT NOT EVERYTHING IS INTENDED FOR YOU.. That's how life works, and will forever be working in that way..