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A Mother and Grandmother to Towns
Agoo prides in being mother to three towns and grandmother to three others. The first town have to be established in the Ilocos Region. Agoo, in its early stages, embraced areas now pertaining to the town of Aringay, Sto. Tomas and Tubao. Aringay became a town in 1793 and later was divided to give birth to Caba. Sto. Tomas became a separate town in 1785 and later was partitioned to create Rosario. And Tubao became a town in 1765 and from it was constituted the town of Pugo.
Topography
Level Land - 70%
Slope - 18%
Undulating areas - 12%
Climate
Wet Season - May to October
Dry Season - November to April
Language/ Dialect
Ilocano - 91.35% of the total population
Pangasinense - 4.41%
Tagalog - 3.99%
Others - .75%
Religious Set
94.12% - Roman Catholic
5.88% - Others
Annual Budget:
2010 (Actual) - Php. 155,740,042.94
2011 (Actual) - Php. 168,856,067.45
2012 (Projected) - Php.170,000,000.00
One Town, One Product (OTOP) :
Processed Mushroom, Fruits, Fish and Vegetables.
Major Means of Livelihood: Farming and Fishing
Average Family Monthly Income: Php. 9,041.00
Employment Rate: 91.76%
Percentage of Unemployment: 8.24 %
Poverty Incidence Rate: 23.03%
Education
On the education aspect, the Municipality of Agoo prides itself as the education center in the Second District of La Union. It has:
Health Services
• 3 doctors in the RHU; 1 family physician, 1 endocrinologist who holds a Diabetic Clinic every Wednesday afternoon, 1 Obstetrics-Gynecologist on-call.
• a Municipal Health Unit which now an accredited Sentrong Sigla and TB DOTS (Direct Observance Treatment Short Course) Center.
• Agoo Maternity and Lying-InCenter (Philhealth Accredited) where birthing is conducted.
The La Union Medical Center
Security Services
Agoo has 41 police personnel & 13 trainees, 10 firemen and 16 jail guards. Also, the new Agoo Traffic Management Office (ATMO) has 6 traffic aides and 3 personnel.
Trade and Commerce
The re-development of the former Imelda Garden now called the Agoo People’s Park with the new commercial center has enhanced the economic enterprise, trade and industry of Agoo.
The Municipal Abattoir is rated Class “AA” where pigs, cows and chicken are dressed for sale in the market.
There are 4 big tobacco re-drying companies operating in Sta. Rita Norte namely:
1. Universal Leaf Philippines
2. Trans Manila
3. Lancaster Philippines and
4. Allied Tobacotina, Inc.
The 1990 Earthquake
July 16 at 4:30 in the afternoon, a calamitous earthquake with an intensity of 7.7 to 8.00 on the Richter Scale, struck, devastating and disastrous in many ways.
The Town's Structure that Suffered Most:
1. The Basilica of Our Lady of Charity
2. Municipal Building which totally collapsed
3. Several buildings of the DMMSU, College of Arts and Sciences
Our Lady of Kayumanggi
Through the 70’s up to early 80’s, Agoo made a name because of the alleged apparitions of Our Lady of Kayumanggi to Ronnie Bautista, who was an acolyte at the St. Monica Parish in Agoo and these apparitions started on March 31, 1975. Accordingly, she commanded him to clean the hill and pointed to water that sprang from a rock, from which many pilgrims after him used to get water. The hill was soon developed by promoters and believers of the apparitions. He continued receiving messages from the Kayumanggi. All messages are recorded in a book entitled “The Brown Madonna”, our “Kayumanggi Ina”
Apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The town is known for the alleged Marian apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Judiel Nieva, presently a transgender person. Nieva reported seeing the Virgin Mary a top a Guava tree in what has been popularly known as Our Lady of Agoo, weeping statue which then became a highly sensationalized religious pilgrimage among Filipino Catholics.
January 3, 1993
The messages of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Judiel on the hill in the guava hill had pilgrims and visitors flock to Agoo with a rendezvous on the apparition hill in Barangay San Antonio with an estimated crowd of over a million.
Unnatural Manifestations of these Pilgrimages were: the dancing sun, appearance of various colors of light in the vicinity, the radiating apparition tree, "the mystical communion" of Judiel, and the opening up of the overcast sky with a flight of white doves forming the letters A M (Ave Maria) in the sky, the sweet scent, the flashes of light both at the apparition site and later in the Basilica of Our Lady of Charity. All these phenomenon and several others took place at these and succeeding apparitions, but always on the First Saturdays of each month.
According to Msgr. Zabala, a visiting priest and a confidant of Judiel, on one occasion Judiel was elevated about five feet above the ground and he had to take hold of him and pulled him down. One of the most astounding phenomena, and certainly the most controversial one on February 6, 1993, was the shedding of tears of blood of the miraculous statue, which the commission believes "doubtfully authentic", due to the fact that the image was found to have canals in the inner side of the eyes and a hole with a copper tube on the crown of the head..
On August 15, 1995, the Diocesan Commission on Inquiry created by His Excellency Antonio Tobias, Bishop of the Diocese of San Fernando, La Union, announced that the APPARITION IN AGOO IS FAR FROM SUPERNATURAL due to:
1. The clean plagiarizer of the messages;
2.The doubtful and questionable state of the supposedly "miraculous" image; and
3. The disappointing outcome and unedifying effects of division and hostility in the community and the seer's disobedience to ecclesiastical authority.
In order to relate to history the events, the so-called phenomena, that preceded this declaration of the commission, it seems proper that within the context of Agoo's history, that so-called "Agoo Phenomenon" should be placed in its right perspective and clear solution, within the least casting a shade of doubt on the commission's verdict.
Jose D. Aspiras
A Filipino politician. He was a member of Ferdinand Marcos's cabinet as Secretary of the Ministry of Tourism and was responsible for the designation of Agoo as a first class municipality. He is currently interred in the Agoo Basilica in the municipality of Agoo, La Union.
The Agoo-Baguio Road, situated in the Province of La Union, is named the
"Jose D. Aspiras Highway" in his honor.
HON. SANDRA Y. ERIGUEL, M.D.
Municipal Mayor
HON. HENRY, BALBIN
Municipal Vice- Mayor
Sangguniang Bayan Members
HON. VIOLY, BALBIN
HON. PRISCILLA KOMIYA
HON. DOMING RIVERA
HON. LEONARD FLORENT, BULATAO
HON. RICARDO FRONDA
HON. RICARDO OLLER
HON. RONI, NIÑALGA
HON. RENATO, BALDERAS
HON. FELIZA AURORA, LAUS
Vision and Mission
Vision
By 2015, Agoo:
• As the center of education, trade, industry, sports, culture and tourism in Southern La Union.
• With God-loving leaders united to deliver its citizens, decent, affordable housing, responsive social services, improved agricultural production.
• With balanced ecological resources through an effective environmental, water and transport management.
• As a formidable and progressive city
Mission
It is our mission to set up and develop our community as a haven:
• In pursuit and implementation of social development programs in order to ensure the holistic growth of every citizen;
• For the enhancement of economic enterprise in order to alleviate and improve the quality of life of our people;
• For the preservation of our environment in order to propel the sustainable development of our community;
• For the promotion of family-based and inter community-oriented tourism programs;
• And for the operationalization of other support services in order to empower our people to promote their own welfare and self-actualization.
1998
1999
• Most Outstanding Municipal Registry in the Philippines.
• Most Outstanding Municipality in Budget Management.
• National Finalist, Most Child Friendly Municipality in the Philippines.
• Regional Champion, Ilocos Region, Most Child Friendly Municipality in the
Philippines.
2000
• Most Outstanding Municipal Registry in the Philippines.
2001
• National Finalist and First Runner Up, Cleanest and Greenest Municipality in the Philippines, Gawad Pangulo sa Kapaligiran.
• National Finalist and First Runner Up, National Literacy Awards, Most Outstanding Local Government Unit (NFE Category)
2005
• Second Runner Up Cleanest & Greenest Municipality in the Philippines.
• Second Runner Up, National Literacy Awards (Most Outstanding LGU).
2006
• Best PESO Office (Regional & Provincial Level)
• Most Outstanding Municipal Civil, Registry Office (National Level)
2007
• Best PESO Office (Regional & Provincial Level)
• Outstanding PESO Office (National Level)
• 4-Star Achievement Award Most Functional Community Learning Center-San Vicente San Agustin Community Learning Center (Regional Level)
• Most Outstanding Municipal Civil, Registry Office (National Level)
2008
• Champion, Most Outstanding LGU (Municipal Level Class A) (National Level), National Literacy Awards
• Champion, Most Outstanding LGU (Municipal Level Class A) (Regional Level) National Literacy Awards
• Most Outstanding Child Friendly Municipality (Provincial Level)
• Finalist, Most Outstanding Child Friendly Municipality (Regional Level)
- 2nd Runner-up, LGU’s Best Literacy Practices, “Establishment of DEFEMNHS” (Regional Level)
2009
• Best Practices on Solid Waste Management (Regional Level)
• UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy
• Hall of Fame, National Literacy Awards (National Level)
•Hall of Fame, National Literacy Awards (Regional Level)
2010
• Program/Project Award – 40th Anniversary Reading Advocacy Awards given by the Reading Association of the Philippines.
• Best Solid Waste Management Project Implementer on Zero Basura (Provincial Level)
• Best Practices on Solid Waste Management (Regional Level)
• 2010 Presidential Award for Child-Friendly Municipality (Regional Level)
• 2nd Runner-up, Presidential Award for Child-Friendly Municipality (National Level)
2011
RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Information and Communication Technology
- Establishment of Agoo Website: www.agoolaunion.gov.ph
Massive Infrastructure Projects
- Construction of Waterway at San Nicolas East-San Antonio-San Juan
- Construction/Concreting of Road at San Roque West
- Construction of 12-Units Movable Stalls at Denny's Park
- Construction of Farm-To-Market Road at San Joaquin Sur
- Construction of Farm-To-Market Road at Macalva Sur
- Construction of Drainage Canal at San Joaquin Norte
- Construction/Repair of Stage (Roofing) at San Nicolas Elementary School
- Back filling of BJMP Ground/Parking Area at San Francisco
- Repair/Replacement of Totally Damaged Roofing at San Agustin-San Vicente Elementary School
- Rip-rapping of Road Shoulder and Tapping of Existing Rip-rap at San Joaquin Norte
RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Community/Social Development
- Conduct of eighteen (18) "Danggay ti Iskwela" and one (1) grand medical-dental mission
- Conduct of Blood Letting Activity
Health
- Conduct of "Operation Tuli" wherein 468 children were circumcised
- Conduct of Free Cleft Lip Palate Operation
Human Resource Development
- 118 trainees completed basic and advance computer literacy training
External Affairs
- Given assistance to the Enhanced Justice on Wheels (EJOW) Program of the Supreme Court
BASILICA MINORE OF OUR LADY OF CHARITY ("Basilica de Nuestra Señora de la Caridad")
Agoo Plaza dela Virgen
Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes
Apparition Site of the Immaculate Queen Heaven and Earth
Eagle of the North
Museo de La Union or Museo Iloko
Jose D. Aspiras Civic Center
Agoo Welcome Arch
Jose D. Aspiras Ancestral House
Jose D. Aspiras Higway (formerly Marcos Highway)
Municipal Hall Building
SAN ANTONIO - SAN MIGUEL ECO-MOUNTAIN TRAIL
Agoo Beach
INTANGIBLES
Festival & Traditions
AGOO DINENGDENG FESTIVAL
A festival of harvest and thanksgiving for the bounty and blessings that the Almighty Creator has bestowed to the town and the Agoeños. It is celebrated annually every first week of May.
This occasion pays tribute to Dinengdeng, a favorite vegetable dish of Ilocanos equally famous as the pakbet or “pinakbet”. It aims to promote this simple yet healthy dish made up of backyard vegetables like the squash, eggplant, ampalaya, saluyot and okra, mixed with bagoong (fish sauce) and simmered with a dried or broiled fish.
It features 101 ways to cook Dinengdeng from the variant of freshly picked vegetable prepared on-the-spot by the town’s socio, academic, religious and civic organizations. The dishes are open for free tasting to the public.
101 Dinengdeng Recipes:
1. Dinengdeng Con Kabute
2. Malunggay-Papaya Saluyot Dinengdeng Espesyal,
3. Dinengdeng na Toge na may Malunggay,
4. Buridibud na Kamatsile,
5. Guyabano-Patani Dinengdeng,
6. Dinengdeng (Corn, Mushroom and Ampalaya),
7. Buridibud,
8. Mais-Kabute Dinengdeng,
9. Papaya Delight,
10. Dinengdeng na Singkamas na may Alugbati,
11. Alocon Malunggay Dinengdeng,
12. Ampalunggay,
13. Bulanglang na Patani,
14. Sitaw at Kalabasa,
15. Dinengdeng Shabu-shabu,
16. Saging na Saba at Dahon ng Saluyot,
17. Saging na Saba at Dahon ng Ampalaya,
18. Linuyaang Daludal,
19. Inasimang Bunga ng Sitaw,
20. Linuyaang Kamansi,
21. Iloco Dinengdeng.
22. Inasimang Daludal at Bunga ng Sitaw,
23. Bunga ng Monggo (Young),
24. Linuyaang Upo, Inasimang Bunga ng Monggo,
25. Dinengdeng na Puso ng Saging,
26. Puso ng Saging na Inasiman,
27. Puso ng Saging na may Sitaw at Okra,
28. Monggo na may Dahon ng Malunggay,
29. Inasimang Papaya at Saluyot,
30. Linuyaang Papaya con Sardinas,
31. Inasimang Papaya na may Sitaw,
32. Dinengdeng na Kalabasa,
33. Dinengdeng na Kalabasa at Ampalaya,
34. Dinengdeng na Kalabasa at Sitaw,
35. Dinengdeng na Labong,
36. Dinengdeng na Labong na may Sitaw,
37. Dinengdeng na Kadios (Kardis),
38. Dinengdeng na Patani na may Sitaw,
39. Dinengdeng na Patani at Malunggay,
40. Dinengdeng na Patani na may Kabute.
41. Dinengdeng na Bunga ng Malunggay,
42. Dinengdeng na Kabute at Dahon ng Ampalaya,
43. Dinengdeng na Kabute at Bunga ng Ampalaya,
44. Dinengdeng na Kabute at Sari-Saring Gulay,
45. Dinengdeng na Murang Mais at Dahon ng Ampalaya,
46. Dinengdeng na Langka,
47. Kinamatisang Bungang Malunggay,
48. Bunga ng Malunggay Con Kabute,
49. Dinengdeng na Bungang Malunggay na may Sari-Saring Gulay,
50. Dinengdeng Special,
51. Dinengdeng na Upo at Kadios,
52. Dinengdeng na Puso ng Saging at Patola,
53. Dinengdeng na Saba,
54. Dinengdeng na Saba at Sari-Saring Gulay,
55. Dinengdeng na Saba na may Bulaklak ng Kalabasa,
56. Dinengdeng na Buko,
57. Dinengdeng na Murang Buto ng Sitaw,
58. Dinengdeng na Kamansi,
59. Dinengdeng Malunggay Fruit with Ampalaya Fruit and Camote (Bagas),
60. Dinengdeng na Toge.
61. Dinengdeng na Papaya na may Malunggay,
62. Dinengdeng na Mani,
63. Sari-Saring Dahon ng Gulay,
64. Dinengdeng na may Bulaklak ng Kalabasa at Talbos ng Sitaw,
65. Dinengdeng na Gabi,
66. Dinengdeng na Mais na may Dahon ng Malunggay,
67. Dinengdeng na Gabi (Tangkay),
68. Dinengdeng na Puso ng Saging na may Bunga ng Papaya,
69. Dinengdeng na Monggo (Buto),
70. Dinengdeng Pochero,
71. Dinengdeng na Bunga ng Ampalaya,
72. Dinengdeng na Bunga ng Ampalaya na may Mais at Kabute,
73. Dinengdeng na Gabi na may Sitaw,
74. Dinengdeng na Buto ng Murang Sitaw at Dahon ng Malunggay,
75. Dinengdeng na Talong,
76. Dinengdeng na Buto ng Sitaw at Dahon ng Ampalaya,
77. Dinengdeng na Labong na may Sari-saring Gulay,
78. Dinengdeng na may Puso ng Saging at Gabi,
79. Dinengdeng na Bungan g Singkamas, Dinengdeng na Patola.
80. Dinengdeng na Patani
82. Dinengdeng na Upo at Patani,
83. Dinengdeng na Patani at Sari-Saring Gulay,
84. Ilokano Pinakbet,
85. Dinengdeng na Langka at Sitaw,
86. Inasimang Bungang Singkamas,
87. Sitaw at Saluyot, Dinengdeng na Buto ng Sitaw (Itim),
88. Dinengdeng na Buto ng Sitaw at Sari-Saring Gulay,
89. Dinengdeng na Mais at Kamoteng Baging at Dahon ng Ampalaya,
90. Inasimang Daludal,
91. Dinengdeng na Mani,
92. Gabi at Dahon ng Malunggay,
93. Dinengdeng na Bulaklak ng Kalabasa,
94. Gabi at Kabute,
95. Dinengdeng na Saba,
96. Okra at Bulaklak ng Kalabasa,
97. Pinakbet Ilokano,
98. Dinengdeng na Gabi,
99. Talbos ng Sitaw, Talong at Patola,
100. Dinengdeng na Mais at Yellow Camote,
101. Dinengdeng na Mani Con Kabute and Puso ng Saging na may Sitaw, Sigarilyas at Saluyot.
Kilawen Festival
Agoo Semana Santa
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Reported By: Ma. Jesusa S. Balanag
Crisanta B. Mamuyac
Ryan A. Orpilla
2004
•National Finalist (Cleanest & Greenest Town in the Philippines)
• National Literacy Award(Most Outstanding LGU in Basic Literacy Promotion)
• Most Outstanding Municipal Civil Registry Office.
• Best Anti-Illegal Drug Abuse Council in Region I.
2002
• National Finalist and First Runner Up, Cleanest And Greenest Municipality in the Philippines, Gawad Pangulo sa Kapaligiran, Municipal Catergory A.
• National Champion, National Literacy Awards, Most Outstanding Local Government Unit (NFE Category).
• National Champion, Cleanest and Greenest Municipality in the Philippines, Gawad Pangulo sa Kapaligiran, Municipal Category A.
• Public Enterprise Development Award, Parangal Pangkabuhayan ng TLRC.
2003
• National Champion, Cleanest and Greenest Municipality in the Philippines.
• National Champion, National Literacy Awards, Most Outstanding Local Government Unit.
• Hall of Fame Ilocos Region, National Literacy Awards, Most Outstanding Local Government Unit for three Consecutive years from 2001-2003.
Agoo is located (Proximity to Major Cities)
5,118.23 hectares
Music: Agoo Hymn
Celebrating Santacruzan ang Moro-moro
The Agoo
Phenomenon
People well-known in History
Government
Income Classification: First Class Municipality
Population (2011): 63,283
Total Number of Households: 11,977
Total Number of Families: 17,834 families
Average Annual Income: Php 113,002,264.96
Achievements
& Accomplishments
Cultural Heritage
(Tangibles & Intangibles)
Judiel Nieva
(born 1977), also known as Angel de la Vega, is a Filipino transgender woman, actress and businesswoman, notable for her claims of seeing a vision of the Virgin Mary atop a guava tree in Agoo, La Union in what was labeled as the "Miracle of Agoo" from 1989 until 1993.
In 2003, Nieva, who now calls herself by the screen name "Angel dela Vega", starred in a film entitled "Siklo". In the film, she plays a woman who falls in love with her neighbor.