Bakilid, Mandaue

There were prominent persons living in the barrio as for example Huwes de Paz during the last quarter of the Spanish rule, Carlos Mendoza Bongo and Mayor Pedro Basubas after the liberation.

In 1928 young men and women led by Castor Pascual and Estanislao Ruelan conveyed together. They agreed to put up a chapel called Bakilid chapel since it is located near the Bakilid road. Another group led by Lieutenant Ramon Villamor and Apolonta Centza organized a basketball team and named it Bakilid.

Some businessmen begun scouting the place for business and industry. In 1951 Mr. Norberto A. Quisumbing Sr. and Mr. Tereso M. Dumon, who later became a congressman in the 7th District of Cebu, put the first factory in place.

In 1956 the old Philippine Railway became a national highway. This was an ideal place for business and industrial firms for its accessibility of transportation. A lawyer Norberto B. Quisumbing Jr. put up an assembly plant of motorcycles (the Norkis Trading Company Incorporated (Yamaha) Later on, it grew to be the Norkis Group of Companies. He set up a chapel and a playground for children. On January 10, 1972 a resolution was approved creating it into a barrio. It was sponsored by its son Comello Emelto Pascual in the City Council. On January 30, 1972 the inaugural and induction ceremonies of the elected barrio officials led by Barangay Captain Corazon Bontia Ruelan the wife of the organizer of the name Bakilid.