San Teodoro, Oriental Mindoro

San Teodoro is a fourth-class municipality in the

province of Oriental Mindoro, Philippines. According
to the 2010 Census, it has a total population of 15,810
persons,[3] with 9,452 total registered voters. The municipality is classied as partly urban. It has a total land
area of 34,100 hectares (84,000 acres).[2] Mineral deposits found in the area are gold and iron.[4]

were just 3 barangays in 1889 and the cabezas were

Faustino Artellero, Telesforo Fernandez and Modesto Alcones. When Subaan was declared a sovereign municipality (pueblo) in 1892, the new gobernadorcillo was Juan
Rojas. In 1897, it was Ruperto Arce but the title Gobernadorcillo was changed to "Capitan Municipal". When
Capitan Juan Rojas won the election again, it made him
the only ocial who had been addressed by 3 dierent
titles in his capacity as mayor of Subaan. He was the last
gobernadorcillo because after his term, it was changed to
capitan municipal. He was the last capitan because when
Mindoro fell to the hands of the revolutionaries, he took
oath under the emissary of Gen. Miguel Malvar in July
1, 1898 as "Presidente Municipal". Pres. Rojas was the
rst and the last leader of Subaan under the Revolutionary
Government of General Emilio Aguinaldo.

Geography

The municipality of San Teodoro is seated about 32 kilometres (20 mi) west of the provinces capital, the City of
Calapan, 19 kilometres (12 mi) east from Puerto Galera,
and about 140 kilometres (87 mi) south of Philippine
capital Manila. It is located on the northern part of
Oriental Mindoro. It is bounded to the north by the Verde
Island Passage, to the east by Baco, to the west by Puerto
Galera, and to the south by Santa Cruz in Occidental Mindoro province.

1.1

Before the turn of the century, Subaan had four cabezerias: Ylag, Tacligan, Bigaan and Pauican plus Subaan
Proper (Lumangbayan) which in turn had 7 sitios namely
Agbiray, Calabugao (both named after adjacent rivers),
Bulaso, Calero, Calumpang, Tanak and Tubigan. During
those times only the coastal areas were populated as water boats were the only mode of transportation between
barangays. Bigaan was an exception because it had 10
inhabitants despite being inland.

Barangays

San Teodoro is politically subdivided into 8 barangays:[2]

2.2 The coming of the Americans

History

In the morning of early February 1902, at the decline of

the PhilippineAmerican War, the town people of Sub2.1 Spanish Period
aan proper (now Lumangbayan) were disturbed by the
deafening series of horn blasts coming from an American
The town of San Teodoro was called Subaan during the
warship escorting a gunboat that anchored o the shores
Spanish times however the town center and seat of gov- of Subaan Bay. The people headed by Capitan Juan Roernment was located at what is now Lumangbayan. Ojas preferred to ee to the forest and took refuge in the
cially, Subaan and its neighboring town Baco, were vis- hills of Tanak and Pawikan.
itas of Calapan, the cabecera (capital) of Oriental MinThe people had reasons to be apprehensive. Six months
doro.
earlier, 25 Mindoreos were killed during the AmeriIn 1828, the visita was headed by Gobernadorcillo Ysidro can assault of Calapan. Random ring from Calero hillCrisostomo. He was succeeded by Gobernadorcillo Juan top felled the priest named Fr. Vicente Jose and forSextol in 1830. When Subaan became a visita del pueblo mer Gobernadorcillo Pedro Luces Luna. Several houses
y cabecera de Puerto Galera in 1840, Candido Fulgencias were torched and large cache of rearms and ammuniposition was reduced to "Cabeza de Barangay". This was tions were captured. Mindoro is used to be bypassed by
also the title conferred on Marcelino Crisostomo in 1841. the Americans at the height of their campaign against FilSubaan and Baco were again annexed to Calapan in ipino insurgency. But after the capture of Gen. Emilio
1852. Melchor Alcones Felix was elected gobernador- Aguinaldo on March 1901, they turned their attention to
cillo with Runo Arcon and Justo Arandia as cabezas de Mindoro, one of the islands in Luzon under Filipino conbarangay of 2 barangays. I:n 1856 they were replaced trol. The Americans employed many Filipino mercenarby Domingo Artillero and Bernardo Arenillo. There ies whom they called "Macabebes[5] ". These mercenar1

2 HISTORY

ies were feared more by the Mindoreos because of their

ruthlessness. The hoisting of the Star-Spangled Banner
in Calapan town plaza on July 29, 1901 ended the shortlived revolutionary government in Mindoro. But the insurgency never came to a halt. Sporadic ghting around
the island continued. Americans employed reign of terror. Towns were razed to the ground, sources of drinking
water poisoned, animals and harvests were conscated or
burned, and prisoners were maltreated. Houses were demolished for the construction materials needed in building military quarters and stockades and to create spaces
for plazas and markets. War between the Americans and
Mindoreos became destructive. Each camp resorted to
atrocities utilizing kidnapping and hostage taking of families to force rebels to surrender as in the case of Governor
Juan Morente of Pinamalayan. The group of Valeriano
Gasic of Naujan in turn executed 70 suspected American
collaborators.
The sparsely populated Subaan community was defenseless. The US pacication and exploration force leader
Commander Lt. Theodore Hutchins and his soldiers went
ashore but were surprised to see that the town was deserted. Before noontime, when still nobody showed up,
Lt. Hutchins ordered the burning of the town. President
Juan Rojas upon seeing what happened from his observation post at Tanak Hills rushed to the shore and approached the Americans. To appease the returning evacuees. Lt. Hutchins through the interpretation of Sgt.
Teodoro Viray of Pampanga, oered them a policy of
attraction. It was the objective of Governor William H.
Taft to hold the Philippines (as colony) for the benet of
the Filipinos. He replaced Gen. Arthur MacArthur, the
father of Douglas MacArthur of World War II fame, because the military governor treated the Filipinos harshly.
Civil Governor-General Taft then launched a sweeping
reorganization of central and local government. He later
returned to the United States to become the 27th American president.

2.3

Founding of San Teodoro

be named San Teodoro in honor of U.S. President

Theodore Roosevelt, the American President during that
time who had the sovereign authority over the colonial
Philippines. Adding the prex San in naming a place
was customary during the Spanish period in honor of patron saints thus San Teodoro.
Because the rst names of Sgt. Viray and Lt. Hutchins
were also Teodoros, this led others to believe that the
town was named after them, too. Teodoro Viray was a
Macabebe and Theodore Hutchins ordered the burning of
Subaan. Being authors of atrocities, the naming of San
Teodoro could not be attributed to their infamous deeds.
A temporary town planning was conceived to formalize the future town site. They fell down some trees and
outlined 3 streets parallel to the shore. The new streets
from the shore going inward were named after the owners of the lots: the Castillos, Arenillos and Jurados. The
3 streets parallel to the shoreline had undergone several
name-change due to provincial politicking until they were
ocially identied as Juan Luna, J.P. Rizal and Mabini
Streets. Some residents of Subaan were advised to move
to the new site. Being related by blood, the leaders did
not have a hard time on the distribution of the lots.
Thereafter, Melecio Apolinar was the designated president. The other ocials were Simplicio Castillo, Jacinto
Jurado, Aquilino Arenillo, Juan Rojas and Angel Aldaba.
Subaan proper became a barrio of San Teodoro and was
called Lumangbayan, meaning former poblacion. Ilag
is still used today to refer to a neighboring barangay north
of Poblacion but it now extends up to the boundary with
Puerto Galera near Bisay-an River.
During that time, San Teodoro extends up to Pulang
Tubig in the south (now part of Baco) up to Matala on
the north (Km. 37) along the shores of Subaan Bay and
Varadero Bay (now part of Puerto Galera), and to a limitless boundary on the west.
The new municipal government of San Teodoro was short
lived. In 1903, together with Baco and Puerto Galera,
San Teodoro was absorbed to become a barrio of Calapan as organized by the Philippine Commission headed
by Gov. William H. Taft. In 1905, the new Philippine
Commission Act No. 1280 decreed that the 15 municipalities of the entire island (Mindoro was divided into
Oriental and Occidental only in 1950 by virtue of Republic Act No. 205) be reduced to eight. Abra de Ylog,
formerly a part of Puerto Galera, was added to Mamburao together with Paluan.

Lt. Hutchins saw that the topographic location of Subaan proper was not suitable for future municipal site expansion. The place was surrounded by nipa swamps and
marshland, and the shores were muddy and rocky. He
asked Pres. Juan Rojas if they could nd a broader place
for the town site. The president together with the inhabitants led the Americans to the North crossing Subaan
River. After about a kilometer walk, the commander was
delighted to see the broad, level land facing Subaan Bay
with the hills of Balucanag at the rear and the at land 2.3.1 Foundation Day
extending up to the banks of Subaan River.
During a meeting with the local leaders, Melecio Apolinar, the Cabeza de Barangay, Simplicio Castillo, Jacinto Jurado, Donato Arcon, and Felix Arguelles, Lt.
Theodore Hutchins learned that the place was called
Ylag. Sgt. Teodoro Viray suggested that the new town

In 1921, due to some political maneuvering, San Teodoro

was annexed to Baco as its barrio. Representative M.P.
Leuterio lobbied that San Teodoro be incorporated with
the newly reconstituted town of Baco, his hometown, in
order to gain patronage from his constituents. He was

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Government

supported by his ally, Gov. Juan Liboro. When their rivals, Juan Luces Luna and Arturo Ignacio were elected
representative and governor respectively, they reversed
the works of their predecessors.
Act No. 3498 was passed by congress on December 8,
1928 declaring San Teodoro, Baco and Mansalay as separate municipalities. Our Lady of Immaculate Conception
is the patron saint of San Teodoro whose feast day is celebrated every December 8. However, the ocial founding was held two months later on February 16, 1929 with
Governor Arturo Ignacio and Congressman Juan Luces
Luna ociating the ceremonies. The ocial observation
and celebration of the founding of San Teodoro started
on February 16, 1941 until today.

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Iglesia ni Cristo faiths.
The rst Aglipayan Priest was Padre Klarn and the last
was Padre Beln. After the CalapnSan Teodoro road
was completed, the Catholic priest from Calapn took
over and once again Catholicism dominated. In the
1950s, Mindoros religious landscape was prevailed over
by the German SVDs. For 3 decades, San Teodoro had
Germans for parish priests as in the rest of the province.
The very rst resident priest of this town was Fr. Herman
Enninga SVD dubbed by the press as guerilla priest.

There was also a time when Mindoro had no parish priest.

In 1898 when the Spaniards surrendered to the revolucionarios, all Spanish nationals including priests were sent
to a concentration camp in Luzn. The sacristn mayor
A street was named after Congressman Juan Luna to show of Calapn then administered the church rites himself.
the towns gratitude for his eort to make San Teodoro a
sovereign municipality.

2.6 Government

2.4

People

In 1903, there were only 302 residents in San Teodoro,

the smallest among the settlements in the province and
elsewhere in the country. There was a slight increase in
population by 1918 (1,069 residents). Population doubled by 1939 with 2,911 residents. The density per sq.
kilometer was less than 5 persons before 1918.
It was the gold rush in San Teodoro of that year that
brought the inux of migrants from all over the country
majority of which were Bicolanos. San Teodoro became
famous as No. 1 gold producer in the whole of Mindoro
and became known as the logging center of the province.
It once had the largest forest reserves supplying the countrys need for lumbers, the rest being exported to other
places of the world. The Valbueco Inc. and Philippine
Matchwood Co. employed many workers and planters in
response to the reforestation program of the government.
People from adjacent Batangas, Bauan and Isla Verde migrated to San Teodoro.

2.5

Religion

Owing to the long Spanish rule, the people of San

Teodoro were mostly Catholics. After 1920 some
changes in religious dominance took place. The migration of Batangueos, most of whom were Aglipayans,
caused the town to be multi-sectarian.
In the morning of December 9, 1920, the Parish Priest
from Puerto Galera was not able to come ashore due
to sudden change of weather condition and instead proceeded to Calapn. Pres. Melecio Apolinar instructed
the intrepid sailors from Isla Verde to cross the sea and
fetch a priest from Batangas. They brought with them
an Aglipayan priest thus weddings and baptisms were all
ociated by him. For almost three years, many were
converted to Aglipayan, Salve, Protestant, Adventist and

After the dissolution of the Philippine Commission and

takeover of the senate, San Teodoro regained its township in 1919. Melecio Apolinar, who headed the town
since 1902 as municipal president and as barrio captain
from 1903 to 1919 when San Teodoro was under Calapan, was the best choice to take the helm of a municipal government. The ocials during this short period of
autonomy were Melecio Apolinar as President, Conrado
Aldaba as Vice-President, Francisco Arenillo, Simplicio
Castillo, Benigno Patulan, and Pedro Bae as Councilors.
Pres. Apolinar enforced strict rules to the people. Although he allowed gambling, drinking and social gatherings on Saturdays and Sundays, he obliged the people to
clear forest, plant coconuts, abaca, other crops and some
fruit bearing trees, and enhanced commerce with other
towns and ports.
Blas Apolinar was elected as next president of the new
town. He died within that year. His vice-president,
Emilio Ponce, took over. During Pres. Emilio Ponces
term, Saclag Settlement Farm School was established for
the benets of the ethnic minorities of San Teodoro, the
Mangyans.
On October 16, 1931, Esperidion Dimaculangan took his
oath as President. He was advised by his Councilor Gregorio Castillo for the establishment of a new municipal
building but he declined. Instead he held his oce in
the old Municipal Building along Arenillo and Mabini
Streets. The President being wealthy could aord an
excellent representation for ocials and private visitors
so that the popularity of his administration spread far
and wide. For having a daughter teacher and a principal
teacher son-in-law, it was easy for him to convince school
ocials to open new schools and grades. President Dimaculangan, being a merchant and a farmer, exerted all
his eorts to encourage the people to acquire lands, do
farming and increase commerce with other ports. He was
so busy in his entire administration, until the last day of
his term on October l5, 1934.

2 HISTORY

Francisco Arenillo Sr. was elected and took control of the

Municipal Government from October 16, 1934 to October 15, 1937. With many years of experience as a legislator, he was an executive with unchanging hatred to
vices and laziness. He suppressed gambling and joblessness and was strict in carrying out the regular sessions
of his council which got him hated by his councilors.
He was generous enough to furnish a spacious yard for
the Presidencia Building. He achieved this by procuring
the two adjoining lots at the center of the town by exchanging them with his own properties. He then donated
them to the Municipal Government moving the Presidencia Building to the site. He transferred the Treasurers
Oce and the Post Oce downstairs and a jail was provided. The transfer of the Presidencia Building at the head
of Mabini Street changed the course of the CalapanSan
TeodoroPuerto Galera Road moving farther south of the
town, causing the construction of an additional street at
the expense of the Insular Government.
President Francisco Arenillo Sr. was a determined President. During the joint session of the Municipal Councils
of San Teodoro and Baco on matters of boundary dispute, he challenged every opponent to anything should
the decision be unfair. He created disorder when the
old boundaries were not followed. The members of his
council were Eulalio Ramos as Vice-President, Meliton
Aldaba, Ceferino Flores, Antero Paglinawan and Emilio
Ponce as Councilors. Vice-President Eulalio Ramos died
on the later part of April, 1936, Councilor Ceferino Flores took his place and Casiano Evangelista was appointed
Councilor. Pres. Arenillo Sr. purchased the market site
with his own money and collected from the government
later.
Exequiel Fernandez became President on October 16,
1937, with Emilio Ponce as his Vice-President, Meliton Aldaba, Mariano Aonuevo, Ceferino Flores, and
Isidro Llave as Councilors. President Arenillos project
of the construction of the public market was pushed
through. The market was completed but gave no income
to the Municipal Treasury. Young President Exequiel
Fernandez took an active part in the organization of the
Commonwealth Government against the opinions of his
councilors. When the transitory Commonwealth Government was established, Manuel L. Quezon was elected
president. The title Municipal President was changed
to Municipal Mayor making Exequiel Fernandez the
last municipal president and the rst municipal mayor.
His term was extended two and a half months and ended
on December 31, 1940.

2.7

Japanese occupation

The most eventful elective term in the history of San

Teodoro was that of Tomas Mendoza who assumed ofce as Municipal Mayor from January 1, 1941 up to December 31, 1947. His seven-year term of oce was
without interruption through peace and war: Japanese

occupation, guerilla organization, American Liberation,

and Philippine reorganization and reconstruction. He
was supported by Vice-Mayor Domingo Alisna and councilors Gregorio Cubos, Jose Patulan, Deln Magpantay,
and Epitacio Apolinar.
After the rst conference of Municipal and Provincial
Ocials on January, 1941, Mayor Mendoza got the support of Raul Eleuterio for the construction of Home Economics building for San Teodoro. An indenite quantity of asphalt was also granted for asphalting the National Road from Poblacion towards Calapan. With the
home economics building completed and road asphalting
started, Mayor Mendoza secured the cooperation of the
school authorities under the supervisor teacher Luis Raymundo to conduct and maintain the general cleanliness
of the whole town and the vicinities next. All yards were
fenced, heads of the streets were kept open, seashores
were raked, and garbage disposed.
The ocial observation and celebration of the founding
of San Teodoro was activated on February 16, 1941, 12
years after its creation. Dierent barrios and schools
headed by councilors and teachers were represented in the
parade. Academic and athletic contest as well as social
programs were held. Supervising teacher Luis Raymundo
and Principal teacher Josefa Casanas were very important factors in every public activities of Mayor Tomas
Mendoza as the two of them were an ever rolling spirit
in school activities.
The town esta of San Teodoro, December 8 that year,
fall on Sunday. Mayor Mendoza advanced it a day and
held it on Saturday, December 7, 1941. While reworks
and recrackers were setting o that night at the festivals pageant coronation program, Japan was bombing
Clark Airbase, Nichols Airbase, Manila, Baguio, Davao,
and other places shortly after Pearl Harbor starting the
Pacic War. On Sunday morning, December 8, 1941
the people of San Teodoro were awakened by the news
of the war. Rushing to Calapan to confer with Governor Felipe Abeleda and Major Ramon Ru, Mayor Mendoza, Manuel Caeg, and some soldiers were told to organize volunteer guards. Every Councilor was recognized
as Lieutenants heading a company. Councilors Epitacio
Apolinar and Antero Roxas were recalled by the Army.
Deln Magpantay, murdered by unknown persons, was
substituted by Vicente Atienza for Tacligan. Chief of Police Angel Ramirez, by the order of Major Ru was relieved successively by Gregorio Saldaa, Lazaro Amparo,
and Emilio Ponce.
The Japanese Imperial Forces landed at Calapan and
Puerto Galera on February 27, 1942 after the Fall of
Manila. Mindoro fell into the hands of the Japanese without much resistance. The Mayor instructed Secretary
Jovencio Ponce and Sanitary Inspector Francisco Fernandez to meet the Japanese and get their intentions. The
mayor busied himself visiting the people in dierent hiding places. After the meeting at Pagsiiran, at the advice of

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After World War II

Ex-Governor Liboro, the root of resistance was organized

at Nagpatay. Benedicto Arias, Emilio Ponce, Eutequio
Caeg, Dominador Caeg, Modesto Calinawan, Leoncio
Atienza, and Mariano Baares formed the local guerrilla
organization. Supervising teacher Luis Raymundo was
forced to suspend all classes at elementary school.

tle, the surviving Japanese soldiers rode their swift boats

to Lumangbayan. The following day, the Japanese soldiers stationed in Lumangbayan scoured the vicinities of
Tibag and Capipi. After a fruitless search for guerillas
in Pawikan, the Japanese soldiers returned to Lumangbayan where they were met again by another group of
On March 8, 1942, Mayor Mendoza walked all the way guerillas in the early night. The encounter enraged the
through Calapan with his most trusted lieutenant, A. dela Japanese more and they burned Lumangbayan which last
until morning.
Cruz of Lumangbayan. He met Governor Abeleda and
the Japanese Commander for Mindoro and accepted the
designation as Mayor of San Teodoro. Then, he had 2.7.2 The US capture of Mindoro
a meeting with old Manuel Caeg at Sta. Rosa. The
underground movement of San Teodoro was formally American forces led by General Douglas MacArthur with
organized on March 10, 1942 designating Sgt. Epita- the Filipino soldiers started the invasion of Mindoro on
cio Apolinar as head and Old Manuel Caeg as Adviser. December 15, 1944 in San Jose (the Battle of Mindoro).
Mayor Mendoza remained Chief Executive and Head of After the New Years Day of 1945, guerillas from San
Intelligence and Supply Groups. Lauriano Aparato, Alvin Teodoro and Calapan met in Naujan. The combined
dela Cruz, and Ramon Bae joined later. After a meet- forces headed by Guerilla Ex-Governor Juan Navarro, toing with Philippine Constabulary Sgt. Vicente Garachico gether with Alfonso Umali Sr., Major Ru and Captain
and Mauro Magpili at Pakala, Tacligan, the resistant or- William Dodson, attacked the Japanese garrison (now
ganization was greatly strengthened.
Gov. Alfonso Umali Memorial High School) liberating
When the Japanese ordered the opening of schools, Calapan. Captain Dodson with Lt. Maximo Feraren and
Mayor Mendoza, with supervising-teacher Luis Ray- his platoon, guerillas and some American soldiers, enmundo, exerted his eorts and obliged the teachers to gaged the enemy in the Battle of Longos which drove
open complete elementary grades in Central School and the Japanese to the forest of Baco.
primary grades in all barrios. Both of them, being guerillas in the intelligence and supply group, convinced the
teachers and students that it was a pretext to show peace
and order to the Japanese. The schools run well for two
successive years bringing graduates in elementary grades.
Whenever the Japanese ocials visited San Teodoro,
Mayor Mendoza and Supervisor teacher Luis Raymundo
were proud to show them that there was really peace and
order in San Teodoro.

On early March of same year, Mayor Mendoza with about

500 Filipino guerillas from San Teodoro, some of whom
were escapees from war camps in Mamburao and Abra de
Ilog, reinforced the 300 Americans fresh from Okinawa
under the command of Major Brown and Capt. Dodson. They were engaged in the nal battle in the Valley
of Karayrayan, Baco. After 9 days of ghting, all the
Japanese forces were completely crushed.

2.8 After World War II

2.7.1

Resistance against the Japanese

On July 1946, few days after the signing of the Treaty

of Manila, Mayor Mendoza and some of San Teodoro
prominent men held a meeting for the establishment of
a secondary school in the town. After so many consultations and preparations, an assembly of interested persons was held at the Municipal Building on the Labor
Day of 1947. Northern Mindoro Academy, Inc was
created. The mayor was elected President being one
of the main stockholders of the newly established secondary school. The rst teachers for Northern Mindoro
Academy were the Spouses Severino and Josefa Araullo,
Marianito Rivera, Paz Esguerra, Isabel Paradero and the
Mayor himself.

On January 2, 1943, some Filipino escorts of the

Japanese, including Vidal Ilagan who came from Bauan,
Batangas, were killed by the guerillas headed by Sgt.
Vic Evora at San Rafael bridge. The Japanese soldiers
seized Diosdado Pea, Laureano Aparato, Fructuoso Villareal, and Cipriano Guttierez in the old cockpit arena
in Lumangbayan together with Leonora Sanchez and the
Mayor. They were imprisoned at the Japanese garrison
in Calapan for several days. They were sentenced to die
by ring squad. Through the intercession of Governor
Abeleda, they were set free. Leonora Sanchez was kept
for several months to be set free in the condition of the
capture of the guerillas in San Teodoro.
Melanio Tuason Sr. was the mayor of this town from
On March 22, 1944, Lt. Fernando Juerto, Antonio 1948 to 1951 with Antero Roxas as his vice-mayor. DurZamora, and San Teodoro guerillas attacked the Japanese ing his time, shing and logging were the primary sources
soldiers stationed at the house of Cirilo Medina result- of livelihood and revenues for the municipal government.
ing the killing of 5 Japanese and the wounding of 2 Small scale mining sometime brought fortunes to the few
guerillas and Edelwina Cruz, the granddaughter of Capt. lucky prospectors.
Dodson, by grenade shrapnel. After two hours of bat- The deed of exchange and selling of the old Presidencia

2 HISTORY
and the Sanduguan medical mission of the town. During a
meeting with other mayors over the old boundary dispute,
he was overzealous in emphasizing the San Teodoro claim
over several territories. He initiated other infrastructure
projects in his term. He lost to Melanio Tuason Jr. in the
1972 election.

2.9 Martial Law

Melanio Tuason Sr. (2nd from left) at Mindoro Mayors Convention, March 9, 1948

During Martial Law, after its declaration on September

21, 1972, Mayor Melanio Tuason Jr. continued as the
Mayor of San Teodoro. He had Deogracias Aonuevo
as his vice-mayor. Elections were suspended during the
early part of martial rule. The tenure of all public ocials
were extended.

The rst local election ever held during martial law was in
1980. Claro Patulan won as mayor and his young teamBuilding and site were concluded by Ex-Mayor Mendoza
mate Antonio Roxas as vice-mayor. Mayor Patulan initiand the Municipal Government of San Teodoro. The Ofated the construction of the Multi-Purpose Building and
ce of the Municipal Government was transferred temthe concreting of some municipal streets.
porarily to the Public Dispensary building. Calsapa and
Bisay-an were provided elementary schools. Unfortunately the buildings were blown down by a super typhoon. 2.9.1 Loss of Barangay Bisay-an
Faustino Aldaba succeeded Melanio Tuason Sr. in 1952.
Antero Roxas continued acting as vice-mayor. Mayor
Aldaba was named the Governor of the Mangyans".
He initiated the mass titling of most of the lots in San
Teodoro to generate more revenues for the government.
Exportation of logs continued but the pestilence of abaca,
swine, and other livestocks occurred in his time.

In 1978, the cadastral surveys of San Teodoro and Puerto

Galera for tax mapping purposes was executed resulting
to the establishment of new political boundaries. San
Teodoro lost Brgy. Bisay-an to Puerto Galera due to Martial Law politics.

Brgy. Bisay-an is now Brgy. Villaor, Puerto Galera

Maximo Feraren was elected in 1956. He initiated the which is being disputed by San Teodoro.
construction of the new Municipal Building located at its
present site. The arrivals of many families from other
towns and provinces increased the agricultural activi- 2.10 1986 EDSA Revolution
ties locally. The extensive campaign for payment of tax
obligation gave the Municipality a good income through The assassination of Senator Benigno Aquino Jr. in 1983
the indefatigable works of Assessor Carlos Mendoza and brought nationwide discontentment culminating in EDSA
Treasurer Benjamin Garcia. Treas. Garcia was respon- Revolution causing abrupt termination of incumbent govsible for the construction of the present public market ernment elected ocials. In 1986 the new Philippine
through his appeals in the print media. The Mayor do- president, Corazon Aquino, appointed Ocer-In-Charge
nated a portion of his own property for the site of Bisay- (OIC) mayors to replace the incumbents. Antonio Chua
an Elementary School. Roads were asphalted and many was appointed as OIC with Albert Gutierrez as Vice-OIC.
other infrastructure projects were initiated by Mayor Fer- On December 9, 1987 the two ocials were replaced by
Leonardo Ramos and Isabel Aldaba respectively.
aren, until his term of oce ends in 1964.
Melanio Tuason Jr. assumed oce in 1964 with Tomas
Arcon as his vice-mayor. He initiated the release of some
forest zones into alienable and disposable by the then
DANR oce. Proper utilization and conservation of marine resources within the municipal shing territory was
strictly enforced by Police Chief Vicente Garachico Jr.
for the great benet of subsistence shermen.
In 1968, Primitivo Atayde and Vicente Roxas as his vice
took their oath of oce. The Mayor initiated the concrete
fencing of the town plaza. His diligence in asking support
funds from higher agencies of the provincial and national
government resulted in the installation of the water system

2.11 1988 election

Antonio Chua and Romulo Flores won the election in
1988 and serve until 1994. Projects they completed are
the construction of the Multi-Purpose Building named
Claro A. Patulan Memorial Multi-Purpose Center, the
construction of the irrigation system of Bigaan, the construction of the Paspasin Elementary School, and the asphalting of the municipal and national road from Poblacion towards Barangay Ilag. The Municipal Health Center was constructed during their tenure. An approved res-

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olution by the Chua administration brought about the establishment of San Teodoro National High School.

2.12 Oscar Aldaba assassination

In 1995, retired military Major Oscar Aldaba was elected
mayor of San Teodoro. He renovated the present Municipal Building and transferred the Police Station adjacent to
the Multi-Purpose Center. He initiated the construction
of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology building.
Under his term, he upholds discipline and promotes the
clean and green movement. His diligence to obtain public funds from higher government agencies resulted in the
granting of heavy equipments to the municipality and the
concreting of municipal and part of national road in San
Teodoro during the time of Governor Rodolfo G. Valencia. It was during his term when the Chief of Police of
San Teodoro, Leodegario Torno was murdered along the
National Road in Lumangbayan allegedly by members of
the communist New Peoples Army (NPA).
Oscar Aldaba was re-elected for the second term in
the 1998 election. He was assassinated at the Catholic
Church premises on February 6, 2000.[6] Vice-Mayor
Manuel Bae succeeded the slain mayor. Councilor Number one Lourdes Alisna was promoted to Vice-Mayor and
Francisco Marinduque was appointed Councilor.

2.13 2001 election

During the 2001 election, Manuel Bae and Malvin Diokno won as Mayor and Vice- Mayor respectively. Seven
months later the newly wed Vice-Mayor passed away with
Lourdes Alisna taking over. This administration initiated
the construction of some infrastructure projects such as
basketball courts, concreting of the national road, and the
construction of the perimeter fence around San Teodoro
National High School. Funds were secured from the
provincial government for the repairs of existing municipal and barangay roads. The Municipal Multi-purpose
Covered Court and the Pakala Farm-to-Market road were
the last government projects that were completed by this
administration.

Demographics

List of former executives of San

Teodoro

The following presidents and mayors have presided over

San Teodoro:[7]

Emilio Ponce - 19281931

Esperidion Dimaculangan - 19311934
Francisco Arenillo Sr. - 19341937
Exequiel Fernandez - 19371941
Tomas Mendoza - 19411947
Melanio Tuason Sr. - 19481951
Faustino Aldaba - 19521956
Maximo Feraren - 19561964
Melanio Tuason Jr. - 19641968
Primitivo Atayde - 19681972
Melanio Tuason Jr. - 19721979
Claro Patulan - 19801986
Antonio Chua (OIC) - 19861988
Antonio Chua - 19881992
Antonio Chua - 19921995
Oscar Aldaba - 19951998
Oscar Aldaba - 1998February 2000
Manuel Bae - February 20002001
Manuel Bae - 20012004
Apollo Feraren - 20042007
Apollo Feraren - 20072013
Marvic Feraren - 2013January 2014
Salvador Py - January 20142016

5 References
[1] Ocial City/Municipal 2013 Election Results. Intramuros, Manila, Philippines: Commission on Elections
(COMELEC). 11 September 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
[2] Province: ORIENTAL MINDORO. PSGC Interactive.
Makati City, Philippines: National Statistical Coordination Board. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
[3] Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and
Barangay: as of May 1, 2010. 2010 Census of Population and Housing. National Statistics Oce. Retrieved
30 October 2012.
[4] http://region4b.mgb.gov.ph/?q=mindoro-island

Melecio Apolinar - 19021903

[5] http://www.army.mil/article/40345/Macabebes_and_
Moros/

Blas Apolinar - 1929

[6] http://www.newsflash.org/2000/02/hl/hl011870.htm

[7] Cincinato C. Mendoza and Henry M. Garcia, Research

Authors

Oriental Mindoro - From the Dawn of Civilization to

the Year 2000 AD, by Florante D. Villarica
The Mindoro Yearbook, by Macario Z. Landicho
History of the Filipino People, by Teodoro A. Agoncillo
Spanish documents from National Library and oce
of MPDC

External links
Flood Susceptibility Map of Oriental Mindoro
Landslide Susceptibility Map of Oriental Mindoro
WWF Awards Child & Two Others for Saving Dolphin
Kidnapped mayoralty candidate released in Mindoro
PO2 PATRICK MEJIA GABRIEL vs. WILLIAM
JOSE R. RAMOS,
NPA kills Mindoro Mayor Outside Church
MAXIMO FERRAREN
AONUEVO

vs.

RAMON

Philippine Standard Geographic Code

Philippine Census Information
Local Governance Performance Management System
Tenement Map of Mindoro
Coin toss breaks tie in mayoral race in Oriental Mindoro town
Or. Mindoro mayoral bet who lost in toss coin
changes mind, now wants a recount

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