Gandara, Samar

Gandara
Municipality
Map of Samar with Gandara highlighted
Country	Philippines
Region	Eastern Visayas (Region VIII)
Province	Samar
Congr. district	1st district of Samar
Barangays	69
Government
• Mayor	Eufemio Delos Santos Oliva
Area
• Total	573.49 km2 (221.43 sq mi)
Population  (2010)
• Total	31,943
• Density	56/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	6706
Dialing code	55

Gandæra is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Samar, Philippines. According to the 2010 Philippine Census, it has a population of 31,943. The town was formerly named Bangahon, but its population was resettled to its current location on September 29, 1902. After settling in its new location, the name Gandæra was given to it in commemoration of the former Governor General José de la Gándara y Navarro.

History

During the 9th century, after the Mesopotamian exploration the Hindus explored the Cambaye Island, they bring Sabai Grass seedlings, Negritos and the Hindis help together to grow the Grass, when the grass are ripe enough they harvest it and sundried it, Sabai fibres were extracted from Sabai Grasses, they weave the dried grass and turn it into dresses by using a catgut as a weaver.

On the 13th century an Arabian-British explorer built and structured this sea farer guide from an Scree with the help of a Negrito inhabitants located nearby with China White as an ingredient as building material, it is lit with a Western Incandescent lamp and powered by a Baghdad Carbon Cell, the said battery is charged by sun at day.

Gandæra's colonial past is evident from the solitary watchtower, the Friars returned after the remaining crew of Magellan came back from Spain, and situated along the Village called Dapdap and their Shrine called Tinago in 1596, and created a Cabecera called Catbalogan, and the Bangahon Church, the relics of the church and fragmented artworks. Statues of saints are of numbers one of which is the St. Niño (An infant Child) a White statue carved from wood and being tell that it is a pair of the Black statue of the St. Niño of Cebu the Magellan remnants they called the Black and White saints. The White statue is being told that a clan "Correche" is now being held it privately. Townspeople quarried the stones from Napalisan cliff or scree carried to Dapdap and then formed and constructed the Tinago Shrine and the church from what they called Galut a clay or Feldspar , Kaolinite used to make a pot or in a pottery business in Bangahon for the church of Bangahon. These are remants from the old Gandæra, named Bangahon due to its geographical location in the forked of the Gandæra River. "Guin babanga han wala ug too nga salug". The book Conquestas de las Islas Filipinas by San Agustin the Bangahon states it was already a Pueblo or town in 1729, and was made a parish by the Spanish Jesuits Missionaries with St. Michael the Archangel as patron saint.

The Eighteenth Century ended with Bangahon at the height of abundance and prosperity being a trading center complemented with its fertile soil producing plentiful and ample harvest every year. Potable water were carried from a balangay with a Natural Spring of Mineral Water now called San Agustin. However, when the American battleships landed at Calbayog on February 9, 1900, the municipal officials of Bangahon burned their town to avoid being captured by American soldiers. The problem of where to build a new town was solved during a conference of July 25, 1901, at barrio San Pelayo wherein Dumalo-ong was unanimously chosen due to its ideal location being at the center and midway of the left river, right river and downstreams barrios. Furthermore, the site was located almost halfway between Calbayog City and Catbalogan City. Gandæra's foundation anniversary is February the 29th.

Established in 1902 and named after the surname of Spanish Governor General José de la Gándara y Navarro, the first captain was Jose Dionesio Mendiola, who died during the year's cholera epidemic and replaced by Jose Pichon on June 15, 1902, serving until June 15, 1903. Succeeded by Ramon Mendiola (1903–1906) who was remembered for celebrating the first Gandæra town fiesta on September 29, 1903. From the year 1907, town executives were called Presidents. During World War II, there are two Mayors in this municipality, Filadelfo D. Aliman for the Japanese Government and Teodoro Bisnar for the Philippine Government the Pulahanes.

The town's new poblacion was built on some six hectares of farmland donated by Martino M. Reyes. The donation was executed on January 12, 1909. The school site covered by certificate of title no. 95 dated July 20, 1912, and that of the parish under lot no. 146-CAD-444-D dated August 31, 1976, further supported by an extra judicial donation dated March 20, 1908.

Article 960 dated October 23, 1903, transferred the jurisdiction of baraŋgays Bangon, Buenas Aires, Calanyugan, Cambaye, San Luis, Pangi and Pagsanghan to the Municipality of Tarangnan.

In December 6, 1978 and on 1987, Pagsanghan and San Jorge were created as a new municipalities respectively out of Gandæra.

Barrios

Barangays of Gandara

Gandara is politically subdivided into 69 barangays, listed here with its Philippine Standard Geographic Code.

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Wind Dynamics

The town experiences a variety of wind types: Amihan (south-westwind), Timog (southwind), Habagat (north-eastwind), Canaway (north-west wind), Cabunghan (east wind), Dumagsa (southeast wind) and Salatan (west wind).

River Dynamics

The town is exposed to a De-elevating and Elevating river level it is experienced up to Rizal and by San Miguel. The river has two currents acting respectively by the Osmosis of the ocean.

Aquatics

The river of Gandera starts at San Enrique from innermost left branch, and San José from the innermost right branch, this innermost branches merges at Rizal and flow singularly to Bangahon left of it, from San Miguel the river flow to Bangahon right of it to Kaliku-an. This outer left and outer right branches merges at 14 August and then flow to Palanas where it encounters two arteries the outermost left where Bangon of Pagsanghan is situated and the outermost right to Caprangasan towards the sea, at Bangon the river is cut into half to the right is where Lungib can be pass by and to the right the administrative zone of Pagsanghan, passing by Lungib an islet is at reach then the river stretches left and right down to the sea where Napalisan is located.

Geographics

Based on Spanish conquestadores, the history of Purok or Pupruk was their base / grounds on dividing and naming Baraŋgay as a constituents of a Cabecera , the Cabecera created pueblos and thus Gandera was one, minor conflicts arises on land situatory and this pueblo was considered critical so they Spaniards decided to create a Juzgado, after the proclamation of Isabella II of Spain making Samar Island independent, on a Pueblo named Magsuhung with a four hours ride from the Cabecera.

After First World War the countries official division of lots started way back in 1913, with the enactment of Commonwealth Act No. 2259 making the GEODESY SERVICES the national geodetical surveyor. Thus, after the survey, they gaved the lot survey records to the Local Government Assessment Office and process for authentication to the Bureau of Lands, Land Title, to be signed by the countrys' president.

Gandæra is strategically located on the western coast of the province of Samar, in the Eastern Visayas region (Region VIII). It is bounded to the west by the municipalities of Santa Margarita and City of Calbayog, to the south-west by the municipality of Pagsanghan, to the north by Matuguinao and to the east by the municipality of San Jose de Buan. The Pan-Philippine Highway (Maharlika Highway) now called 1 Asian Highway 26 traverses Gandæra at Kilometer Post 763 and 764 from Baraŋgay Tambongan at Kilometer Post 754 from Lunetas Kilometer Zero road to the north to Baranggay San Agustin at Kilometer Post 768 road to the south. Catbalogan City is about 37 kilometres southeast of Gandæra, and 763 kilometers from Luneta, Maniula, the capital of the Philippines.

	Area (Hectares)	Percent
Area Below 100m Elevation	29,953.983	60.60%
Area 100m to 200m Elevation	10,683.023	21.60%
Area 200m to 300m Elevation	2,969.738	6.00%
Area 300m to 400m Elevation	2,101.837	4.30%
Area 400m to 500m Elevation	1,966.722	4.00%
Area 500m to 600m Elevation	860.920	1.70%
Area 600m to 700m Elevation	271.645	0.50%
Area 700m and above Elevation	0.232	0.01%

The hills and mountains of this town that encloses the poblacion were full of old big trees and woods, but sometimes in January 1977 to January 1978 a company named Eurasia Group harvested and cut those woods and trees, the mountains and hills left were just grasses and the town were in problems of flooding due to this logging company.

Land use

• Agricultural
  • Cultivated: 6,567.4352 Hectares (13.28%)
  • Uncultivated: 18,005.7802 Hectares (32.42%)
• Built-Up Area: 583.3246 Hectares (1.18%)
• Grass Land: 4,142.00 Hectares (8.38%)

Sub-ground use

• Mining with no processing zone

Others

• Reservation: 19,129.59 Hectares (38.69%)

Soil Types

Soil Type	Area in Hectares	% Total
Catbalogan Clay	34,241	69.25%
Faraon Clay	8,426	17.04%
Kaolin Loam	5,126	10.37%
San Miguel Clay Loam	892	1.10%
Hydrosol	542	1.10%
San Miguel Clay (Galut)	215	0.43%

Flood Prone Areas

When the Towns Poblacion or the Town Proper get flooded the Barrios of Concepcion, Tambongan and Calirocan, Marcos(Epay) and San Miguel gets flooded too due to its elevation from the Median of the River High and Low Tidal Level.

Based on NOAH of the Department Of Science and Technology (DOST) the Highest recorded water level in a High Tidal Current is 0.9411 meters, at zero the river is still going to reverse direction from Low Tide to High Tide. At elevation 0.7542 the river is High and at still going to reverse direction from High Tide to Low Tide.

At 1 meter level of River Tide (High) in the Poblacion:

Bunyagan: 1.2 meters above

Tagnao: 1.4 meters above

Casabahan: 0.87 meters above

Concepcion: 0.41 meters above

Tambongan: 0.97 meters above

Calirocan: 0.14 meters above

Possible Flooding

	Area in Hectares	% Total
Torrential Flooding	356	0.72%
Extreme Flooding	12,064	24.40%
Moderate Flooding	4,972	10.06%
Mild Flooding	6,879	13.91%
No Flooding	25,171	50.91%

Flood Prevention

source: Forest Rangers

	Numbers to Plant	% Total
Hamurawon	430	43.22%
Narra	243	23.40%
Rubber Plant	69	4.06%

Erosion Potential

Possible Erosion

	Area in Hectares	% Total
No Apparent Erosion	12,419.8304	25.12%
Slightly Eroded	5,023.3072	10.16%
Moderately Eroded	6,877.3822	13.91%
Severely Eroded	8,835.2854	17.87%
Extremely Eroded	16,286.1948	32.94%

Erosion Prevention

	Length in Feet	%age from Total
Right Aquatic Channel	11844.69	86.37%
Left Aquatic Channel	1432.96	10.45%
Right Geo-Channel	436	03.17%

Administrative Boundaries

Aquatic Boundaries

• East 11.9935 North 124.6694 merge point of Santa Margarita, Calbayog, Tarangnan and Gandera, 10,241 meters West-Northwest of Napalisan (E 11.9895 / N 124.7305)
• East 12.0049 / North 124.7597 between Santa Margarita and Gandera a river called Lambique-Hinagbungan River 5,521 meters Northeast of Napalisan, this river serves as a boundary between two municipalities, down to East 11.99120 / North 124.75106 of the said river 1,315 meters North of Tambungan.
• East 11.9397 / North 124.7116 merge point of Tarangnan, Pagsanghan and Gandera, 8,909 meters South-Southwest of Napalisan (E11.9895/S\N124.7305)
• East 11.9723 / North 124.7532 between Pagsanghan and Gandera between an islet and an island called Cambaye and Caprangasan respectively 4,763 meters Southeast of Napalisan a river called Pagsanghan-Gandara River then to East 11.9601 / North 124.7136 midpoint of a river 881 meters East-Southeast of Lungib and 319 meters Northeast of Bangon Island a river boundary then to East 11.9710 / North 124.7265, 50 meters north of Palanas midpoint of Pagsanghan-Gandera River to the right where left is back to Caprangasan. Then from Palanas the river serves as a boundary proceeding up to East 11.9884 / North 124.7889, 1,077 meters South-Southwest of San Pelayo and 2,168 meters East-Northeast of Buenas Aires.
• East 11.9946 / North 124.8355 midpoint of a river, 2,117 meters North of Leyte-leyte of San Jorge and 2,134 meters South of San Miguel.
• East 12.11614 / North 124.76028 midpoint of a river, between Corré of Magsuhung and San Enrique.
• East 12.1193 / North 124.8732 midpoint of a river, between a barrio of Matugnau and San Jose of Gandera, 1,750 meters Northwest of San Jose of Gandera (East 12.1111 / North 124.8797)

Road Boundaries

National Highway

• East 11.99063 / North 124.74723 a bridge Stationed at 753+243.30 Kilometers from Rizal Monument in Luneta southbound. With a distance from Gandera of 9+756.7 Kilometers to the North.
• East 11.98478 / North 124.81318 an Electric Sub-Station at Kilometer Post 768 from Rizal Monument in Luneta southbound. With a distance from Gandera of 5+000.0 Kilometers to the South.

Provincial Roads

• East 12.11423 / North 124.88455 a road 2,657 meters West-Southwest of Barruz and 965 meters Northeast of San Jose of this town.
• East 11.9716 / North 124.7910 a road and a Garbage Dumpsite of two Municipalities, 11,188 meters East of Pueblo Pagsanghan.

Demographics

Population census of Gandara

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1990	23,673	—
1995	27,263	+2.68%
2000	28,866	+1.23%
2007	31,222	+1.09%
2010	31,943	+0.83%
Source: National Statistics Office

Based on latest 2014 survey, the total population was 33,264, consisting of 17,046 males and 16,218 females. The number of households was 6,653, with an average household size of 4.87 persons and a density of 68/km2. Built-up Area population density at town proper 6,652 along Carline Area is 4,992, Coastal Area is 5,751 and Rural Area is 5,748.

Household Income:

• Maximum Household Income: Php 22,552.16/month
• Minimum Household Income: Php 1,436.50/month
• Average Household Income: Php 5,366.25/month

Aquatic,Geo and Avian Farm Income:

• Average Farm Household Income: Php 2,159.30/month

Poverty Potential

• Poverty Threshold: Php 12,321.12/month
• Poverty Incidence: 4.21%

Economy

The economy of Gandera started with a barter trading system, they produce and consume by exchanging products to and from farm or towncenter, until a townfolk kadiong convinced them to put up a cooperative or a cooperation of Gandareños products to put up a bunk or a stockade and that cooperative will issue a bunknote to ease the trading of products or goods. Fellows can lend seeds or fishlings from the stockade, lenders now start with their own products and can be trade with the bunk/stockade or cooperative bunknotes. Bunknotes became rampant on the town and they decided to issue a paper and metal money as a bunknote. Products from different villages stocked at the bunk, and every village has a unique bunknote to signify their origins, aside from Bangahon were a calamity had happened they only had a few stocks but in their village that stock equivalent of a bunknote has a higher value, the village with the highest stocks is the reference stocks, their number of products divided by the reference stocks is the particular village bunknote equivalent in trading. Excess stocks in the bunk are used for the development of the town.

The cooperative is until now in service but has a different name, a bank.

The Internal Revenue Allotment from the National Government Budget Management Office for Gandara was PHP 28,202,218 as of 2006.

Energy and Water

Water

The first water facility in the Town is an Artesian Well within the vicinity of Pinaŋgay Clan residence then the NAWASA (NAtional WAter and SAnitation) old pipelines can be located at the street through the reservoir can be found until now besides the mountain along Baculanta Steps.

The drill bit that were used in Burabod II mountains

Nowadays, the towncenter has new water facility, the wells are bored and driven by a conic-spiral drill bit designed to sustain the adobe mountainside, inspired from a Geo-Technical Engr. Isabelo Barcoma, an electric to mechanical energy driven water pumps, it is equipped with submersible pumps, inspired from a Plumbing Engineer.

Household with Main Source of Water Supply

	Number	Percent in Total
Owned Water System	108	1.64%
Shared Water System	2591	39.56%
Owned Deep Well	55	0.84%
Shared Deep Well	866	13.22%
Owned artesian Well	23	0.35%
Shared Artesian Well	1150	17.55%
Owned Shallow Well	11	0.17%
Shared Shallow Well	33	0.51%
River, Stream, Spring	999	15.25%
Bottled Water	399	6.10%
Peddler	259	3.95%
Other Sources	57	0.87%

Average Water Demand/Requirement per Month: (Source:click here)

12 Cubic Meters per mOnth

Energy

Energy the source of light, had been in the town old concrete tower are noticeable they had been built near drainage canal which is a poor foundation Engr. Bote of Nagkaisang Nayon decided to drive a pile first and then dig for footing, electric generator powered with a fuel was used in the operation situated at Adela Heights, the engine Blackstone now is missing and according to a fellow native of the town he had sighted that the engine was now being used on a Rice Mill.

	Number	Percent in Total
With Hydro Electricity	??%a	??%a
Without Electricity	2655	46.51%

	Number	Percent in Total
With Solar Electricity	2	??%a
Without Electricity	2655	46.51%

	Number	Percent in Total
With Geothermal Electricity	3053	53.49%a
Without Electricity	2655	46.51%

Transportation

This town can be reached from Manila or Tacloban City by land, air or sea. Closer municipalities and cities travel by land along Asian Highway and Provincial Roads.

Air

Currently, no commercial (passenger) flights to Gandæra are available. However, the Calbayog City Airport can be access by private and charter jets to and from Manila, Cebu from and to this town .

River and Sea

The Port/Pier or rumpi of Gandæra is classified as a municipal port and managed by the Municipal Officials of the town. It is a major port that can handle passengers and cargoes to and from Matuguinao, San Jorge and Pagsanghan including riverside barrios and the remote island of Napalisan del Senibaran. Balutu or river boat which is manually driven/propelled by a saddle (Bugsay) and a Bankero traverses the Old Maharlika Road Ferry Route. Special boat is also available to nearby riverside barrios.

Land

Freight, Handling and Cargoes (CBM)

Bunk and Stockpile transport from and to KM Post Seven Six Three to and from any point via Asian Highway

Raffae Trucking (Three Axled)

Andrew Trucking (Tri-axled)

Ashley Trucking (Tri-axled)

Passenger

Bus transit is the dominant public land transport to Catbalogan City from Manila or Tacloban City passing Gandæra through the Pan-Philippine Highway (Maharlika Highway)now called Asian Highway.

DupTours - Catarman City-based company provides transport services in this town from major cities and towns in Samar and Leyte provinces. With fixed routes: Catbalogan to Tacloban, Catbalogan to Calbayog, Tacloban to Ormoc, etc. others are VSGrandtours, Van-Van and Turbanada all are closed with conditioned air vanette

Bus companies that ply the 24-hour Manila-Zamboaŋga City route or the south road including the 2-hour ferry from Matnog, Sorsogon to Allen, Northern Samar and 2 hour Liloan-Lipata ferry terminal that traverses the town are the following:

Del Monte Land Transport Bus (DLTB) -Dual Axled-

CUL Transport -Dual Axled-

Eagle Star Transit Corp. -Dual Axled-

Goldline Tours -Dual Axled-

Philtranco (Pantranco then) -Dual Axled-

Silver Star -Dual Axled-

Ultra Bus -Dual Axled-

Bus that traverse the Calbayog-Tacloban and Vice Versa highways are the following:

Alvin Transit (Gandæra's Pride) -Dual Axled-

Samar Bus Line -Dual Axled-

Eddie Boy Bus -Dual Axled-

Only Alvin Transit orbits and traverse the streets of the town, the name of the streets are the following:

Martino Reyes Street

San Roque Street

San Miguel Street

Ramon Mendiola Boulevard

Filadelfo Diaz Avenue

Felix Gayondato Street

Jose Piczon Street

Nazario Guantic Street

Dionisio Abella Street

Multi-Cab (Various dual axled cargo mini-truck and open vanette) traverses the streets, the Asian Highway and offer/serve 'lakbay' to and from this town going from and to a City

A Motorized Dual Cycle pony are also being availed here in this town, they provide rides to interior village and hamlet thru a concrete and earth Farm-to-Market and Market-to-Farm road

Auto-calesa a Motorized Three-Cycled or Wheeled Calesa serve and offer warping activity to and from a location along the Asian Highway. Some have dual permits since they traverse the administrative zone of two different towns.

A homo powered (not motorized) Three-Cycled or Wheeled PAjero offer and serve transport service within the busy and fine streets of the town

Land Port/Pier Terminal

Municipal 'Habal-habal' Transport (located at the Town Auditing Center)

Municipal 'Auto-Calesa' Transport (located closely)

Postal Service

ZIP Code Six Seven Zero Six

Office	Employee/s	Mail Courrier
Philippine Postal Office	2	1

Posted Mails 3,169 mails per year

Delivered Mails 24,096 mails per year

Radio Feeding Networks

-One-Way Frequency-

TCCN (Tan-Cabueños Cable Network)

DYMS (Ngoso Repeater Station)

Radio Communication Networks

Telecommunication Services

-Two-Way Frequency-

Acc. by: Municipal Telecoms Office

Acc. by: NTC (National Telecommunication Commission)

Wired Communication Service

West-Samar Telecoms Incorporated (PLDT) (Main:Calbayog City)

107 Subscribers

Wireless Networks

Globe:Covering 26 Barrios

Smart:Covering 35 Barrios

Agriculture

Aquatic and Geo-Resource Information and Culture

Aquatic Resource

	Area (Hectares)	Farm Household Involved	Annual Production (MT)
Imelda Fish	137.88	87	609.18
Crustacean	1,367.11	1,038	2,280.47
Sword Fish	1,438.69	1,966	1,971.96
Sea Fish	134.66	1,137	1,182.20

Geo-Resource

	Area Planted (Hectares)	Farm Household Involved	Annual Production (MT)
Rice Irrigated	147.88	83	828.13
Rice Rainfed	1,297.11	1,148	4,280.45
Rice Upland	977.66	1,139	1,173.20
Corn	436.52	899	1,091.04
Leafy Vegetable	46.17	333	184.67
Fruit Vegetable	67.41	498	337.06
Sweet Potato	209.80	845	734.30
Cassava	238.01	899	833.04
Gabi	345.85	1019	1,210.47
Ubi	114.69	346	401.40
Banana	457.82	1,601	6,768.53
Abaca	338.92	496	576.16
Coconut	2,021.13	1,395	1,263.21
Jackfruit	252.15	1,109	806.87
Mango	76.80	367	153.60
Lanzones	116.27	325	290.68
Other Fruits	213.76	618	384.78
Coffee	11.48	35	20.66
Cacao	164.33	811	328.67

Municipal Farm-to-Market Distributor

• Municipal Health and Sanitation accredited

Gandera Wet and Dry Public Market

Financial Establishments

The Rural Bank of Gandara (San Miguel Street)

Western Union Money Transfer

Samar ELectric COoperative Payment Center

Michel Lhuillier (San Roque Street and Ramon Mendiola Boulevard Intersection)

Pawnshop and Money Transfer

Cebuana Lhuillier (San Roque Street)

Pawnshop and Money Transfer

Palawan (Ramon Mendiola Boulevard)

Pawnshop and Money Trasfer

Educational Institution

Christ Temple Kinder School

Gandara Central Elementary School First Municipal District

School Identification Number 123509

District Principal:

School Principal: Esther Aboganda Voz

Gandara Central Second Municipal District Elementary School

School Identification Number 123542

District Supervisor:

School Principal: Guadalupe "Iadni" Diodoco Dy Dacaynos

Ramon T. Diaz Memorial High School (formerly Gandara Rural High School)

First District Provincial Educational Division

School Identification Number

District Supervisor:

School Principal:

Saint Michael's High School

School Principal:

Religious Institution

Roman Catholic

St. Michael Parish Church

Protestants

Christ Temple

The Jehovah's Witness

The Church of Jesus Christ on Other-Day Saints

Social Profile

Employment

* Employment Rate: 470 per 1,000 Population

• Major Fields of Employment
  • Agriculture and Forestry: 21.06%
  • Mining and Quarrying: 0.06%
  • Manufacturing: 2.47%
  • Construction: 1.10%
  • Electrical, Gas and Water: 0.07%
  • Transportation, Etc.: 1.24%
  • Trade: 12.05%
  • Finance, Dwelling and Real Estate: 0.07%
  • Community, Social and Personal: 4.97%
  • Other not adequately defined: 4.92%

* Self-Employment Rate: 530 per 1,000 Population

• Major Fields of Self-Employment
  • Pajero Tsuper 10.03%
  • Vanette Tsuper 09.97%
  • Vendee 10.04%
  • INTER-national radio NETwork 69.96%

Education and Literacy

Number of Persons Attended Schools	11,304
Number of Persons Attended in Public Schools	10,999
Number of Persons Attended in Private Schools	305

No Grade Completed	2,047
Elementary Graduate	1,138
High School Graduate	1,368
College Graduate	1,059
Post Graduate	38

Completed ALS (Accelerated Learning Service)	5,569
Others	38

Civic Organization

Number of Persons Involved in an organization: 1,509

Christ Temple Protesters

Couples For Christ

Kids For Christ

Guardians

Fraternities and Sororities

• The Societies of Public Information on the Town

Tau Gamma Phi

Alpha Kappa Rho

Lambda Beta Phi

CBO

Citizen Nutritional Status

Above Normal:284

Chubby:4,214

Obese:39

Skinny:9

Community Health Status

Health is noticeable on this town, people have bulgee tummy they miscalled it as a Schistosommiasis illness this type of bellies is just of an obesity. Free pharmaceutics are availed at the Municipal Health Office, puericulture services and pre-natal shelter are offered here. Government and Private pharmaceutics in this town are BFAD (Bureau on Food And Drugs) accredited.

Number of Households availed Medical Treatment:307

Married couple who are still reproductive:2,242

Services

National Government Financed but GOVERNED by the Local Government, the Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office

by: A.Engr. Ligaya Nueva Carijutan

KALAHI-CIDSS (KApitbisig LAban sa kaHIrapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services)

International Union Financed but GOVERNED by the Local Government, the MSWDO

PLAN Philippines(click here)

4P's (Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program)

Energization and Street Lumen

There are a lot street lights in the town, energy is from an electric cooperative but the lamp (incandescent and fluorescent) are by the Local Government Unit, it is being managed and maintained by no other than Mr. Percival Gantala Orbeta.

The municipal compound has a 235 volts of 25,000 watts or 25 KVA of power capacity with its solo Voltage Step-Down device Transformer located intersection of Nazario and Mendiola streets, which also serve the Municipal auditorium, its negative ground connection can be located near a Well, besides Carijutan lot area which is a common connection of another Transformer located closely, serving the residents, its positive side is from SAMELCO I Area 3 supply of 3,900 volts.

Recreational Facilities

Minda Basket Grounds

Central Tennis Playground

14 August Anniversal Baskets

Housing, Industrial and Transportation Development

BLISS (Bagong Lipunan Integrated Sites and Services)

THE OLD GAINDARA STEEL BRIDGE (Along old Diversion Road)

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Arts and Festival

Kiseyo

The town is noted for its Kiseo, Kalinayan, Tableya, Pulahanes, Liŋganay, Bangahon Church Ruins, the Wacthtower.

Kisiyu (White Cheese) are produced using seawater salt, they fetch a seawater then put in in a clay container (Daba) then boil it until all liquids evaporate the remnants are now the salt used for Keseo making.

Three-In-One Tabliya are fabricated here, they use sugar from local sweets (Kalamay) industry, Cocoa, and Mineral Water for domestic consumption.

Liŋganay (Tower Bell) is celebrated here, it is a town buzz that the said bell was from a place called Balangiga. The place were the solitary bell came from were known to had been raided/massacred by the Pulahanes.

Town's Carabao Festival is a colorful festival that includes street dancing and celebrates the varied usefulness of the carabao in the farming activities of town peasants although the word Gandara from their Coat of Arms is a Gander "a duck" Mayors and the entire populace are apologizing the Coat of Arms of the late Jose dela Gandara y Navarro where they are now thru this webpage.

It is also a homage to catholic St. Michael the Archangel to pay tribute to the Spanish colonization, the patron saint of some of the townspeople.

A "Tabo" is held every Sunday on the busy street of Gandera. A normal trading system.

Peace and Security

Municipal Urban Cops Quarter

Piniaplata Rural Police (Special Action Force)

• server of WARRANT on hard to reach Ground Coordinates (GC)

Casandig Military Howitzer Installation Camp (The Infantry and the Hukbong Katihan ng Pilipinas)

• The batteries are the back-up of SAF activities, ROUTERS told the batteries will operate in cooperation and coordination of nearby dwellers to mark is completed

Municipal Disaster and Danger Reduction Management Center

Bureau of Municipal Fire Protection

Pork Butchering Facilities

• GSO supervised

Gandera Slaughter House

Canis Familiaris Sanctuary

A gallera in Katorse de Agosto is used as a dog sanctuary, especially lost dogs, old dogs and astray dogs. This dogs are then brought to a jungle or a forest and then they let them, the Forest Rangers, go. Dogs attain Nirvana in the middle of the Jungle or Forest especially when there is no homo-sapiens exposed to them.

Solid Waste Disposal and Management

Garbage and trashes are collected in this municipality it is one of the various services of the GSO, waste are dumped at the Town and another Town boundary, they share space on this vicinity. Grey or fecal waste are not collected since the town has no public sewers citizens on this town has private septics.

Garbages and trashes are managed by large dump trucks and Various Services Officers.

Liquid Waste Disposal and Management

Black water and Storm water are collected by the town drainage facility maintained by the General (Various) Services Office, repaired by the Municipal Engineering Office and protected / managed by the respective Barrios it is in-situ of.

Medical Facilities

Municipal Health and Puericulture Center

(Medical Check-Up and Ob-Gynal Fetal to Infant Release Services)

Condeza-CalinaoDy Medical Clinic

(also offers Blood Typing and Ob-Gynal Fetal to Infant Release Services)

Gandera District Hospital (First District Legislative Order under the Governance of the entire province of wSamar)

(also offers Dental aside from Medical Services)

Enchantment, Tourism and Studies

The sub-River Rock formation or SCREE of Gandarenos called Correche Beach is somewhat they called mystical and if you are a Historian, Geologist or a Geographer you will be challenged with the flow of the river origins how would it be formed. Pika-Pika is encountered here.

The Town Auditorium was built by then Haciendero Diaz with its letter "N" a symbol of the Nacionalista Political Party. Witchery, Taboo and Paranormal activities are sometimes encountered here.

The town also has water and geological formations that tourist may want to visit, like the Pisak han Tagnao, this Tagnao Falls is located in between Sumayao and Tagnao proper. the Pisak han Nalihugan is also an attraction.

Local Officials and Officers, Endorsed

Endorsed

Gandera Water Services	Officer	Staff
	Ms. Azucena Dela Cruz	09

Appointed

Name of Office	Officer	Staff
General Services Office	Mr. Maximo Arcos	29
Municipal "Planning and Development Office"	Mr. Manuel Felix V. Yangzon	2
Municipal Assessors Office	Mr. Salvador T. Tan	8
Municipal Budget Office	Mrs. Perpetua Vde Gabon	4
Municipal Treasurers Office	Mr. Arsenio U. Aliman	17
Municipal Accounting Office	Mrs. Illuminada Baldo DeGuia	9
Municipal Registrar Office	Mrs. Marilou Vde Cac	2
Human Resource and Management Office	Mrs. Erlinda Delector	2
Municipal Mayors Office	Mr. Salvador Geroca Tan	7

Elected

Name of Official	Katungkulan
Eufemio Ds. Oliva	Municipal Mayor
Jonathan Yulo Isanan	Municipal Vice-Mayor
Beatres Robles Romo (deceased)	Municipal Councilor
Beatres C. Alvarez	Municipal Councilor
Gamor L. Saripada	Municipal Councilor
Rey Cinco Bernales	Municipal Councilor
Orlando Doroja Estrelles	Municipal Councilor
Raul Ynto Bucatcat	Municipal Councilor
Rex Manozo	League of Baragay Councilor

Laws and Regulations in the country starts in the baragay council, the Baragay Captain will signed the petition and bring it to the League of Baragay Councilors, baragay captains will elect the League of Baragay Councilor leader which in turn will brought forward the petition of the Baragay Councilors to the Municipal Councilors, the Mun. Councilors will now discussed the matters on the petition, and will sign or not sign the petition, petition that passed the Municipal council will be signed by the Municipal Vice Mayor, this is different from a baragay level which is because of lack of fund the baragay captain will act as a bearer of the petition, in this matter the Municipal Mayor will sign and brought forward the petitions that had been signed by the Municipal Vice Mayor to the Congress, then the congress will now have a conference to discuss or decide on the petitions if it is deem needed and will schedule it to the Senate, the senate will discussed and debate the matters of the petition, and will sign or not sign the petition, petitio that passed the Senate will be signed by the Vice-President of the Philippines, then the President of the Philippines will sign and brought forward to the Office of the Provincial Government (the CAPITOL).

National Officers

Municipal AGRiARIAN Office

Marcelino Ramos

Staff

7

An office that serve and offer advice and cosultation on Geo (Land) and Aquatic Autonomous Research on Information And Networking (ARIAN)

Municipal Trial Court

Mrs. Samson

Staff

13

An office where one can file his/her complaint to the Judge correspondent and then the Judge decides if the complaint is feasible and the correspondent or a clerk tells the complainant to seek a lawyer and the complainant will take an oath/induct (hurar) personally to her/him the Judge backed up by an image recorded by a camera. Failure to do so will be dismiss.

Office of the Commission on Election

Rene P. Magbutay

Staff

3

Office of the Bureau of Internal Revenue

Nelly F. Cayabyab

Staff

3

Office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources

Mr. Leonardo 'Bok' Botero Piczon

Staff

3

Office of the Forest Rangers that protects harassment of Forest, Coral Reefs and endangered Aquatic (Water Inhabitants), Geo and Avian (Winged Animals)

Office of the Department of Interior and Local Government

Mrs. Gina Jaropojop

Staff

3

Office that serve and offer Advice and Consultation to Elected Officials

Funeral Grounds

Town Public Cemetery (Adela Plains)

References

Gandæra Municipal Planning and Development Officer: Mr. Manuel Felix V. Yangzon

External links

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Philippine Census Information
• Local Governance Performance Management System
• More photos and information on Gandæra, Samar
• Napulu ug Upat san Agustus
• BFAR-Bureau of Fisheries and Avianry Resource Tarangnan, Samar
• Department of Budget Management
• Calbiga, Samar