Bual Norte, Cotabato
Bual Norte is a barangay in the municipality of Midsayap, Cotabato in the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. It is located approximately 7.5 kilometers from the poblacion of Midsayap. The village is one of the earliest settlements in the once-united Cotabato Province. Its population is 1376 as of the 2007 National Census. The barangay is considered rural and is home to some of the government owned agriculture-related agencies such as the Philippine Rice Research Institute, National Seed Quality Testing Center of the Bureau of Plant Industry and the Agricultural Training Institute.
History
Bual was settled by Christians from Visayas during the early part of the 21st century. Its history dates back from the settlements of Islamic families up to the migration of Visayan groups looking to find a place for permanent dwelling The place was originally called Bual, believed to have been coined from an Ilocano word "agbubual" meaning the uprooting of a big tree. The Dilangalen family was the leading clan of the realm, which stretched from the present-day poblacion (town center) of Midsayap, to the present-day border with Kabuntalan known before as Tumbao. Bual was eventually divided into two separate barangays in the 1970s, Bual Sur to the west and Bual Norte to the east. Notice some sort of misnomers in naming these barangays as geographically speaking Bual Sur is actually located on the eastern divide while Bual Norte is in the western side.
Notable institutions
It is home to some of the most important government organizations including:
- Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice)
- Agricultural Training Institute-Farmer's Training Center (ATI-FTC)
- National Seed Quality Control Services (NSQCS)
Amenities
Bual Norte has schools providing basic education for its constituents namely; Simeon Panganiban Elementary School and the newly established Midsayap Dilangalen National High School Bual Norte Annex which opened in June 2012, a day care center, a health center, a concrete farm-to-market road, concrete barangay hall and a well-coordinated purok sector system.
Barangay Bual Norte is the home of the popular boxer Lorenzo Villanueva
Barangay Officials
- Punong Barangay- Pablo Catin Domingo
- Kagawad- Ronilo Lastimoso
- Kagawad- Amelia Deanon Amoguis
- Kagawad- Domingo Marfil Jr.
- Kagawad- Pedro Villasoto
- Kagawad- Jonel Jabalde
- Kagawad- Jose Domile
- Kagawad- Mel Jeffry Deanon
- Sangguniang Kabataan Chairman- Angelo Leslie Dais
- Barangay Secretary- Mary Rose Amot Diamante
- Barangay Treasurer- Silahis Cornelio Macoy