BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF AKLAN
Aklan is the oldest province in the Philippines, organized in 1213 by settlers from Borneo. The main island is described as shaped like a duck whose head in the northwest is bordered by the Sulu Sea and whose spine stretches from the northeast down to the east bordered by the Sibuyan Sea. It has 17 municipalities and 327 barangays . Kalibo is the capital. Aklan is a mountainous province with one third of its land area sloping at 30 percent on the average. It is still one of the few provinces in the country to maintain a total of 709 hectares of virgin forest.
Temperature does not vary greatly, from coolest at 26 degrees Celsius but there are two different climates because of a difference in the amount and schedule of rainfall. In the western side of the province, dry months are from January to April while the rest of the year is wet. The wettest month is August , averaging 500 millimeters of rain. The driest month is March.
Aklan is the oldest province in the Philippines, organized in 1213 by settlers from Borneo as the Minuro it Akean to include what is now Capiz. The capital of Aklan changed location several times. Towards the end of the 14th century, Datu Dinagandan moved the capital to the present site of Batan which was captured in 1399 by Chinese adventurers under Kalantiaw, who forthwith ruled Aklan. In 1433 the son of Kalantiaw, Kalantiaw III laid down a written code of laws now known as the Code of Kalantiaw. The short-lived Kalantiaw dynasty ended when Kalantiaw III was slain in a duel with Datu Manduyog, legitimate successor to Datu Dinagandan. When Manduyog became the new ruler, he moved the capital to Bakan (ancient name of Banga) in 1437. Several datus succeeded Manduyog when Miguel Lopez de Legaspi landed in Batan in 1565, Datu Kabayag was ruling Aklan from what is now the town of Libacac.
Lopez de Legaspi divided the Minuro it Akean into five encomiendas which he distributed among his followers. Those encomiendas were in Mambusao, Baan and Panay. Along with political changes, the Spaniards introduced Christianity and in a short while thousands of Aklanons were baptized. Towns were laid following the Spanish pattern, each organized around a plaza with a church, municipio and school. Roads were carved out of forests to link principal towns. In 1716, the area of the Minuro it Akean was designated a province. But to the dismay of Aklanons it was called Capiz and until Aklan became a province on its own in 1956, the Aklanons never knew rest.
In 1896 an Aklanon member of Bonafacio’s Katipunan arrived in Batan and organized Aklan for the fight against Spain. Battles marking this struggle are commemorated today with numerous municipal holidays, notable among them, the New Washington’s “Pacto de Sangre” celebration.
Having developed an identity of their own, a distinct dialect being no problem, the people of Aklan felt they should govern themselves. After the Americans took the country from Spain in 1901 an Aklan delegation petitioned the Taft Commission, which structured the new civil government of the country for separation from Capiz.
The petition was not turned down, but it was not granted either. As an S.O.P the Americans promised to set up at the right time a separate court of first instance for Aklan at Batan. They appointed Simeon Mobo Reyes as first provincial secretary. But the struggle for separation never let up. The newspaper “Aklanon” which began publication in 1914 advocated the creation of a separate province while Aklanons in Congress filed numerous bills for the same purpose, including the Urquiola-Alba bill in 1920, the Laserna-Suner bills in 1925 and 1930 and the Tumbokon bill in 1934.
Aklan finally became an independent province when president Magsaysay signed into law on April 25, 1956, Republic Act 1414 separating Aklan from Capiz. This law authored by Congressman Godofredo P. Ramos and the province was inaugurated on November 8, 1956.
The neighboring Sibuyan Sea makes Aklan a rich fishing area. Annual harvest is estimated at 13,814 metric tons. The province has 11 coastal municipalities where different species of fish and other marine resources like seaweed and oysters are abundant. The culture of prawns, crabs and milkfish (bangus) is a major activity. Prawns and crabs are the major exports of Aklan.
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Aklan bats for better protection of children
- Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R06&article=961336633137
- By: Venus G. Villanueva
- Thursday, May 10, 2012
KALIBO, Aklan- Aklan children will be better protected, particularly the abused and the disadvantaged, with the launching here recently of the Child Protection Unit (CPU-Aklan) at the Aklan Comprehensive Center for Women (ACCW).
The launching, which was one of the major activities of the 56th anniversary of Aklan April 25, was attended by Dr. Bernadette J. Madrid, Executive Officer of the Child Protection Network Foundation, Inc. and Mrs. Sally Ujano, National Coordinator of the Philippines Against Child Trafficking (PACT).
The improvement/renovation of the space for CPU-Aklan at the ACCW was funded by the European Union Delegation of the Philippines.
The delegation also provided the fund for the improvement of some equipment and in the conduct of a comprehensive training of the CPU team, composed of a doctor, a policewoman and other support staff who will man the unit.
Its medical examination room is within the emergency room of the Dr. Rafael S. Tumbokon Memorial Hospital (DRSTMH).
In his message at the launching, Aklan Governor Carlito Marquez, who cut the ceremonial ribbon along with Dr. Madrid and Ujano, thanked the CPU-Net Foundation, PACT, the European Union Delegation to the Philippines, the sponsors, stakeholders and the private sector for the setting up of CPU- Aklan.
For her part, Dr. Madrid congratulated the Aklan government and Governor Marquez for his good governance and his continued support for children.
Ujano, on the other hand, praised the provincial government for the successful launching and establishment of the CPU, citing Aklan officials for having “a great working team”.
The ACCW building is just adjacent to the DRSTMH.
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