OFFICIALS

Barangay Captain	Manuel Ds. Iblasin
Barangay Secretary	Rosemarie C. Samar
Barangay Treasurer	Rondan G. Tablate
Barangay Kagawad	Arlene Avila Gonzales
	Glen John Samonte Fideles
	Joselito Villafuerte Interior
	Ronald Trinidad Echevarria
	Rosalino Pino Sanchez
	Rosalito Iblasin Rima
	Salve Sanchez Gonzales

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HISTORY:

Located fourteen (14) kilometers away from the Pobalcion area, is a Barangay called Marambong. “Marambong”, is a word in the Bicol dialect which means a tree with wide-spreading branches, shading a large portion of the ground that surrounds the tree. The older inhabitants of the barrio said that when the earliest settlers came in 1925, they found a big and tall Begnate tree standing on a hill just above the barrio. The branches of this tree spread so wide in all directions that they shaded almost one-third of the level part of the barrio. Many travellers during the hot months usually took shade under the tree to rest and refresh themselves. The presence of this tree gave the village the name Marambong, which has remained until this time. The earlier inhabitants developed the place into an agricultural village. In May 1930 the village was established into a regular barrio with an official name of Marambong.

Upon the establishment of Marambong, Antonio Bartolome was the owner of the place now occupied by the barrio inhabitants. He divided his lands into residential lots, which were given to the natives free on condition that the Patron Saint to be celebrated and venerated in the place should be San Antonio in his honor. The people were very happy for this generosity of Antonio Bartolome. Some of these who received residential lots were Eustaquio Santelices, Tomas, his son, Hilario, his grandson, Francisco Avila, Victor Eubra, Regino Iblasin and Apolonio Monjares. In May 1930 the people have chosen their first Barrio Lieutenant in the name of Hilario Santelices who served until his death in November 1930. He was succeeded by Jose Trinidad who remained in his position until December 1932. The following is a list of all succeeding barrio lieutenants:

Anselmo Cabrera                    –           1935-36

Jorge Trinidad                         –           1936-38

Juan Trinidad                          –           1938-40

Jorge Trinidad                         –           1940-52

Gregorio Ibdemas                   –          

During the Japanese occupation from 1942 to 1945 the people of this little barrio were not spared from tasting the bitter pills of the war. Both Japanese soldiers and Filipino guerillas caused untold miseries to the people of this barrio. Many people suspected as guerillas by the Japanese were seized, bound, slapped, dipped in streams or in the sea, hit with clubs and other punishment short of being killed. Pigs and chickens were shot and taken away without the owner’s consent. The guerillas also had caused so much troubled to the people of this little barrio. People who were suspected as Japanese spies are given similar punishment as the Japanese inflicted on them and sometimes they were given worst punishment. Rice, clothing and other commodities needed by the guerillas were also exacted from the suffering people. The constant evacuation from one place to another to escape from the Japanese or from the guerillas caused the abandonment of the farms and industries which thriving before the war. Losses in production and goods taken are estimated to be of several thousand in pesos in this small barrio.

In the glorious reign of the Filipinos, the promise of independence was fulfilled and happiness existed everywhere. While every place in the island was enjoying, the little barrio of Marambong was secretly working on its rehabilitation and reconstruction. Abandoned homes were rebuilt and farming resumed. In the year 1946 a school was opened. This made the barrio happy.