How do you like our blog's new look?

I've made changes to our Damulog Community Blog. Hope you like it. It's the product of arduous googling for blogger templates and a little customization of HTML codes.

Well, I'll be going to Damulog soon for the fiesta (hoho! kaon na pud) and I'll gather as much information that I could so I'll be able to update this blog. If lucky enough, I might be able to gather more articles, photos and videos for this site. If you have specific request, like a photo of a specific person or a place in Damulog you have not seen for years, please do leave your message below. I will try my very best to fetch it for you.

That's all for now and advanced Happy Fiesta!

Damulog Bukidnon is on the 'Webs'

Last year I googled Damulog on the web and I was disappointed to see only a few note-worthy articles about Damulog, Bukidnon. And yes, my disappointments include the short description of our place in Wikipedia. But what can I say? Damulog was once just an unheard community in this side of the planet.

But now I hope this would change as Damulog had finally launched its new home on the ‘webs’. Yes, you’ve read it right: Damulog is on the ‘webs’, because our official URL address is http://damulog.webs.com and it’s dubbed as Damulognon Ko! Hope you’ll remember that!

Damulognon Ko! is our home on the web. It is an online community dedicated to bringing Damulognons around the world closer to home.

Damulognon Ko! provides comprehensive info about Damulog on its PROFILE page which is sourced from the Local Government Unit of Damulog. The site also provides links to Damulog-related sites and Damulognon-owned blogs, as well as access to Friendster, Twitter and Facebook profiles. There are also galleries of videos and photos which any Damulognon would like to see, though most of these are a bit amateur in look and feel, they still will give you that chilling feelings that you misses home, specially if you’ve been away for a very long time.There also plenty of features such as membership (members can directly upload videos, photos and articles to site), forums, polls and a guest book. A great site to visit, indeed!

Damulognon Ko! Kung Damulognon ka, then you should pay us a VISIT!

Welcome to Damulog, Bukidnon!

Damulog is a 4th class municipality in the province of Bukidnon, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 20,332 people in 4,073 households. Damulog is politically subdivided into 17 barangays.

1. Aludas
2. Angga-an
3. Tangkulan (Jose Rizal)
4. Kinapat
5. Kiraon
6. Kitingting
7. Lagandang
8. Macapari
9. Maican
10. Migcawayan
11. New Compostela
12. Old Damulog
13. Omonay
14. Poblacion (New Damulog)
15. Pocopoco
16. Sampagar
17. San Isidro

Land Area 245.66 km2 (94.85 sq mi)
Total Population (2000) 20,332
- Density 83/km2 (214/sq mi)
Time zone PST (UTC+8)
ZIP code 8721
Area code(s) 88


Explore:

Damulog History, Physical Features & Climate
Damulog Economy & People
Damulog Tourism & Agriculture
Damulog Municipal Officials

Damulog & DATTE Club Download Links

I've made this post so that individuals who seek info and news on Damulog & DATTE Club might be able to download them here.

1. Damulog Bukidnon Municipal Profile
Damulog Bukidnon History, Economy, Agriculture, Health, Education

2. Damulog Theater Teen's (DATTE) Club Profile
History, Goals, Members, Activities, Achievements

3. 2008 Araw ng Damulog Program of Activities
Opening at Tangkulan, Damulog Dream Academy, U Can Dance!, Variety Show

4. DATTE Club Member's Testimonials
Some testimonials of DATTE Club members for each batch.

5. Damulog Municipal Officials
Municipal officials, Poblacion barangay officials, Damulog barangay health workers.

6. 6th Araw ng Poblacion Program of Activities
Basketball league, parade, variety show, cock fighting, disco, exhibit

7. DATTE Club Kabarkada Awards 2008 Guide
Awards on performing arts, others performances

8. Minutes of Monthly Meeting (Damulog-CYPD)
Excerpts from Concerned Youth for Population Development meeting

9. Damulog CYPD Press Release
"Damulog CYPD Focuses on Holistic Development and Environmental Care"

10. Damulog Photo Exhibit Part 1
Minlaya, Camp Malingling, other pics.

11. Damulog Photo Exhibit Part 2
Minlaya, Camp Malingling, other pics.


If there's problem downloading, CLICK HERE for direct download.

Damulog is Home

“Damulog? Saan ‘yon?”

That would be the familiar response I get when I tell new friends about the place I come from (Ahm, pardon for the Tagalog as I’m in Manila in the time of this writing, LOL). Then they would add, “Maganda ba don?” “Paano ka makakapunta?” “Sa Pilipinas ba ‘yan?” and many other what’s-that and I-never-heard-of-that questions.

Unfortunately, more questions surface as I try to answer their queries.

> Damulog is in Bukidnon.

“San naman ‘yan?” “Eh di maraming pinya don!?” “As in, bukid?“

> Damulog is in Mindanao.

“Ha? E di magulo don?” “Ah, so malapit kayo sa Basilan?“

To relieve myself from the burden of answering so many questions, I decided to create this post (Ahh, kaya pala..) Well, this post is about Damulog as you can read and see. I have so many things to say about the place but I’m speechless as of the moment. So I guess, I’ll just show you what Damulog is like and leave everything to your judgment.

DAMULOG TOURISM GALLERY

Damulog's Youth Group Connects Thru the Internet

From DATTE Club's Blog Site

Damulog Theater Teen's Club (DATTE Club) is making its presence known all over the world in the vast web of the internet. Be-friend it in Friendster, MySpace & Multiply. Follow it in Twitter. Watch it in YouTube & Picasa Web Albums. Learn about it in Google Site, Blogger, LiveJournal & Blog.com… and much more will develop soon.

Friendster: Add us using email: datteclub@yahoo.com

Google Site: http://sites.google.com/site/datteclub/

Twitter: Follow us on Twitter to receive regular news updates on recent activities.

Picasa Web Albums: Watch photos of DATTE Club activities.

YouTube.com: Watch your favorite DATTE Club amateur videos.

My Space

Multiply: See our multiply site by clicking image below.

Damulog Municipal Officials

Hon. Romeo P. Tiongco
Municipal Mayor

Hon. Tomas C. Estudillo
Municipal Vice Mayor

Municipal Councilors

1. Hon. Tomas G. Tero
2. Hon. Vicente Badic
3. Hon. Rafael Orque
4. Hon. Alberto Salmasan
5. Hon. Samuel Gogo
6. Hon. Dario Benito
7. Hon. Roberto Ocdenaria
8. Hon. Leonard S. Mabalos

ABC President Hon. Ruben G. Tero

SK Federation Pres Hon. Jefferd E. Quia-ot

Remembering Damulog

A Post from a Damulognon who Misses Home


While I was googling around last Tuesday, I stumble upon a post on the comment section of Bobby Timonera's Pbase gallery page. It's from a person who named himself "Onyok". The piece was dated November 21, 2008 and read:

"There is this undying attachment to the place I still call home (minus our house) that keeps me looking back at Damulog. This feeling keeps me stuck as if time has paused and the endlessly cascading frames of my growing up years all majestically frozen. Wow! It seems I have not moved on really. But who else can?

I liken myself to a car. Some of my major parts/components were manufactured in Damulog. Indeed, because I spent my formative years there under my doting Lola and my loving mother, my liberal father and disciplinarian grandfather. I had my first official girlfriend while in first year high in Xavier, and the second, third, fourth, fifth, and so on. Actually, I had this childhood sweet-part-sour heart, with whom I fell in love with during senior year at Xavier. But the one who really broke my heart was this girl from Sampagar. I believe it Mr. Cupid hit me right there but then in hindsight, I thought we were not meant for each other. She is now married, so am I. I hope she is happy, because I'm trying to be.

Why am I telling all these?

Memories, memories, and more memories.

I love this place like I love my folks and my grandfolks. It has given me so much wonderful memories not only to cherish and treasure but to see me through moments of despair and discouragement. All my loved ones are buried in the fertile soil of Damulog, and that makes me want to return to you, my dear place. Not for now, not yet. Nor I promise when, because in memory I keep returning to you already.

Allow me to invite like-minded Damulognons then to partake in this feast of memories about our beloved place.

Keep on posting. Wherever you are in this small planet, care to do something small and start paying tribute to the place called Damulog. Share your thoughts, passions, dreams, and hopes, as well as despairs, failures, and successes."

Well, I could not say more but I surely feels the same way whenever I'm away from home.

Damulog Tourism & Agriculture

TOURISM

Potential tourist spots include Mt. Pigtuyuan located at barangay Sampagar where one can enjoy the scenery of South Poblacion and North Cotabato. The Minlaya Falls is near the Poblacion. It has pristine water for bathing and picnic. The DPWH Rest Area gives a scenic view of the road snaking its way in the ravine of Damulog River. At dusks, one can take pleasure in watching beautiful sunsets that are comparable to the ones seen at the Manila Bay.

The Malingling Spring is a privately owned property designed for public bath. It is intended to offer swimming pool for adults and children.

AGRICULTURE

Rice and corn are staple foods and crops. Farmers in Damulog were able to collectively produce some 2, 216.50 metric tons of rice in 2000. Cane sugar is fast rising in terms of area cultivated. Damulog also produces copra and rubber culumps.

Mango has the highest tonnage output among permanent crops. It is also here where you can find the sweetest variety in the entire Bukidnon. The genetic stock was brought from Guimaras Island. Future plan of a mango processing plant is underway which will provide economic stability in the municipality.

Among livestock, swine has the highest number with 4, 365 heads. It is followed by cattle, carabao, horse and goat. For poultry population, chicken has the highest population followed by ducks.

The town has also existing fishponds with a potential area of 45 hectares, and a beneficiary number of 32 farmers. Raised in fishponds are tilapia and hito.

WATER

There are a number of natural springs in Damulog. The town proper is served by a Level III water system and barangays have water system with communal faucets. Some households just dug in gullies for spring water.

Damulog Economy & People

HEALTH

The people of Damulog are served by eleven (11) health facilities: one (1) Rural Health Unit/ Family Planning Center located at Poblacion; two (2) Barangay health station and eight (8) self-help Barangay health centers.

EDUCATION

There are three secondary schools in the municipality which include the Old Damulog National High School and Xavier de Damulog High School. Currently, another secondary school is planned to be built in Angga-an. All Barangays have elementary schools.

SPORTS AND RECREATION

Facilities include a skating rink, a tennis court, a gymnasium and an open basketball court. All barangays have basketball courts. There is also a cockpit at Poblacion, which is frequented by cockfighting aficionados.


ECONOMIC SECTOR

Commerce and trade is concentrated in the town proper. It is regarded as the central business district as this is where most business establishments are found. There are 294 business establishments in the municipality. Majority of these are retailers. The LGU operates a bus terminal, a public market, a slaughter house, a motor pool, and a water system under its economic enterprise arm.

Damulog History, Physical Features & Climate

HISTORY

The first settlers of Damulog were the Manobos. They are the indigenous people of the place. Testimonies of the old folks disclosed that the name of the place was “Ramulog”, meaning a place to take a bath. A river at the town proper is a place where the Manobos take a bath. It also became a place of gathering where the men do the fishing and nearby, their wives washed clothes and the children are either swimming or gathering shells. Overtime, “Ramulog” changed to “Damulog” due to assimilation of the Manobos and the new settlers. The river is now called Damulog River.

The opening of the Sayre Highway in 1953 opened Damulog into external trade. Manobos and Muslims from nearby Cotabato gathered abaca from the forests. The new immigrants who sell fiber to Cagayan de Oro City process these into fibers. More immigrants from the Visayas came and started to acquire farm lots. Slowly, the new settlers soon dominated trade and business.
Damulog was once a barrio of Kibawe. It was created a municipality on January 1972 pursuant to Republic Act No. 6369.

Damulog has seventeen (17) barangays, namely: Aludas, Angga-an, Kinapat, Kiraon, Kitingting, Lagandang, Macapari, Maican, Migcawayan, New Compostela, Old Damulog, Omonay, Poblacion, Pocopoco, Sampagar, San Isidro, and Tangkulan.

PHYSICAL FEATURES

Damulog is within the grid coordinates of 7 00’ 24” to 7 00’ 25” north latitude and 124 00’ and 53 to 125 00’ 00” east longitude. Going south from Cagayan de Oro City, the regional capital, Damulog is the last town of Bukidnon going to the south.

CLIMATE

Damulog belongs to the Type IV climate having a pronounced dry and wet season. Based on rainfall patterns, the dry season usually commences in November and would last until April. Wet season, on the other hand, generally occurs from May to October.