Talk:Bulacan

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The official site says that the area is 2,637.67 km², which contradicts the figure in the article. Still need to confirm which is correct. (Just because it came from the official site of the province doesn't mean it's true). —seav 09:17 26 Jun 2003 (UTC)

[edit] History

"When the Americans established a civil government in the Philippines, they held the first election in the country in the town of Baliuag, Bulacan on May 6, 1899. "<<-- I doubt the veracity of this fact because I believe that it is highly improbable that an election was held in Baliuag, if it was really true that the first local elections was actually held there, in 1899. why?

1. 1999 was the height of the conflict between the Filipinos and the Americans. the province of Bulacan was a hotbed of "insurrection" during that year. A civil government may only be established in a pacified province, city or town.

2. the Americans only began organizing a civil government in 1900. Even with the establishment of the civil government with the Philippine Commission as the legislature, executive powers still resided in the Military Governor. Civil Government was only fully established on July 4, 1901 with William Howard Taft as Civil Governor.Angeles624 19:49, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Feel free to edit the articles as long as you can prove it. --- Tito Pao 21:22, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
The Baliuageños celebrated this on 1999, the centenary, there were a couple of old folks claiming their parents voted.
Some links: [1] (not really reliable), [2] (a travel website), [3] (a blog, but has the most detail and the most scholarly in tone), etc. You can find more by conducting a google search with the phrase "Baliuag 1899 election". --Howard the Duck 01:59, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
From the book Malolos: The Crisis of the Republic by Teodoro Agoncillo, p. 390:
...The following day, Bustos and Baliuag fell, and the Filipino defenders fled northward. At Baliuag, Lawton seized 150,000 bushels of rice and 265 tons of sugar and distributed them to the civilians. On May 7, he authorized the creation of the first Filipino local government under the Americans. General Field Orders No. 8, dated at Baliuag, May 7, said:
For the purposes of official and just representation of the inhabitants of this town with Military authorities, as well as for temporary convenience in restoring and maintaining order among the former, the citizens ere authorized to meet and elect a capitan municipal. The result of such meeting has been the selection of Señor Francisco Guerrero, who is therefore announced as Mayor and authorized to select a council and such other assistants or officers as may be necessary to properly administer municipal affairs. He will be accordingly respected and obeyed.
I'll cite other references I can find. — scorpion prinz 00:27, 22 April 2007 (UTC)


Those first elections are correct. But it should not be civil government but military government. By May 1899, Bulacan was already in American hands. In fact, the southern half of Pampanga was captured by May 4. Although the country was still at the height of the conflict, the revolutionary troops by this time, had already fled to the north, to Nueva Ecija and Tarlac. Ivanhenares 14:22, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Legislative Districts of Bulacan

The municipality of Bulacan do not belong to the 4th Congressional district but to the First Congressional district (which includes the towns of Calumpit, hagonoy, paombong,and pulilan and the city of malolos.) thanks Angeles624 15:34, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Done. --Howard the Duck 16:48, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

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