Bulan, Sorsogon
Bulan is a 1st class municipality in Sorsogon Province, Philippines. According to the 2007 census, it has a population 91,730 inhabitants.
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[edit] Geography
The Municipality of Bulan is strategically located at the southwestern most tip of the island of Luzon and is a premier town in the Province of Sorsogon. It has an area of exactly 20,094 hectares and is the terminal and burgeoning center of trade and commerce of its neighboring towns. It comprises fifty-five (55) barangays and eight (8) zones and is populated by people of diversified origin. This municipality is bounded on the North by the Municipality of Magallanes, on the East by the municipalities of Juban and Irosin, on the South by the Municipality of Matnog, and on the West by Ticao Pass. It has a distance of 667 kilometers from Manila, 63 kilometers from the province's capital- Sorsogon City, 20 kilometers from the town of Irosin, Sorsogon and 30 Kilometers from the town of Matnog.
[edit] Economy
Residents of the Bulan is now looking forward on its cityhood because of its rapid-economic growth considering the fact that it is sited as the richest municipality in the province and 5th among the 1st class municipalities in Bicol Region with an average annual income of Php 58.8M. If it happens, Bulan will be the second city in the province and will be the 9th in the region.
Major export of this town are from its coastal waters, agricultural lands produce rice, copra, abaca fiber.
Most of the revenues come from the fishing port of Bulan and businesses.
There is one commercial bank in bulan, the Allied Bank(with 2 ATMs), and a rural bank Rural Bank of San Jacinto, Masbate.
There are also lending institutions like Intertrade, GSAC, and PALFSI that are very popular to SMEs.
[edit] Telecommunications
Bulan has fixed landline phones from Digitel and PLDT. Mobile or cellular networks are Globe, Smart and Sun Cellular Telecommunications Companies
[edit] Education
[edit] Primary Education
The Primary Education in Bulan are divided into two Districts, The Bulan North District comprising all the Barangays towards the North coastal Barangays, to the interior land locked northern Barangays. The Bulan South District comprises the southern Coastal Barangays.
[edit] Secondary education
Bulan has many secondary educational institutions. The Largest public high school is Bulan National High School. Formerly, it was the Bulan High School/Bulan Vocational High School, before the former was converted in to Sorsogon State College Bulan Campus. BNHS has satellite Campuses at Barangays Otavi, Beguin, J.P. Laurel, San Juan Bag-o. There is also a Secondary School in San Francisco, one of the biggest Barangay of Bulan. The San Franscisco National High School.
There are various private secondary schools. The St. Louise De Marillac School (Formerly Colegio de la Inmaculada Concepcion) a Catholic school run by the Daughters of Charity religious congregation, Saint Bonaventure Academy of Butag, the Southern Luzon Institute-Kenerino Ramirez Asuncion Memorial School (SLI-KRAMS) were the oldest school in Bulan, Solis Institute of Technology, and A.G. Villaroya Technological Foundation Institute.
[edit] Tertiary education
- Sorsogon State College (Institute of Management and Information Technology)
- R.G. De Castro Colleges (formerly Quezon Academy)
- SLI-KRAMS
- Solis Institute of Technology
- A.G. Villaroya (Post-Secondary courses only)
- Sun Yat Sen Memorial College (before Dr. Sun Yat Sen Memorial School)
[edit] ALTERNATIVE LEARNING SYSTEM (formerly non-formal education)
a parallel learning system to provide a viable alternative to the existing formal education structure. It encompasses both the non-formal and informal sources of knowledge and skills such as those acquired at home, the church, media, environment or even the life itself and span the pre-literacy to higher skills continuum.
There are two major existing programs implemented.1) Basic Literacy Program 2)Accreditation and Equivalency (A & E). ALS implementers such as Mobile Teachers and District ALS Coordinators were the one administer the implementation of the programs. It is intended for Out-of-School Youth and Adults who are unschooled or school drop-out. For more inquiries look for Bulan South and Bulan North Districts ALS implementers.
[edit] Barangays
Bulan is politically subdivided into 63 barangays.
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[edit] Noted Bulaneno Personalities
- Socorro de Castro ~ Physician, War Veteran, Public Servant
- Tomas de Castro, Pon-od ~ Lawyer, Diplomat (Philippine Ambassador to Argentina, Switzerland in the 1950-60s)
- Fr. Severino Diaz ~ One of the "15 Martyrs of Bicolandia"
- Dindo Fernando ~ Actor
- Rev. Fr. Manuel F. Ginete CM, Gate ~ former Provincial Superior in the Phils. of the Congregation of the Mission, now Representative of the Superior General of the CM to the Vincentian Family (the Congregation of the Mission is a Roman Catholic community of Priests and Brothers founded by St. Vincent de Paul)
- Dante Gonzalgo, San Francisco ~ Professional Basketball Player (PBA)
- Liliosa Hilao ~ Student Activist during Martial Law
- Marie Hilao-Enriquez ~ Sister of Liliosa Hilao, Human Rights Activist, (presently serves as secretary general of Karapatan as well as the Society of Ex-Detainees Against Detention and for Amnesty or SELDA)
- Sergio "Iyong" Hizo, Zone 3 ~ Bulan Historian, Inventor
- Gregorio Honasan, Zone 7 ~ Military Colonel, Senator
- Aurora Salve, Canipaan ~ Actress
- Remegio Gonzalgo Tee ~ Scientist-Physicist, Professor
- Manuel S. de Vera, Zone 8 ~ Physician, Public Servant, the only Bulaneno to be member of Mensa International
[edit] External links
- Bulan Observer
- Bulan Community Site
- Philippine Standard Geographic Code
- 2000 Philippine Census Information
- Sorsogon State College - Bulan Campus Website
- LGU Profile of Bulan,Sorsogon
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