Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 85)
Executive Order No. 85 is about organizing certain barrios and sitios of the municipality of Plaridel, Province of Occidental Misamis, into an independent municipality under the name of Calamba.
The barrios of Calamba, Libertad, Dapacan, Mauswagon, Sulipat, Bonifacio, and Siloy, along with the sitios of Laknapan, Sulipat, Calaran, Calaran Calamba, Magcamiguing Langob, Langob Buenavista, Bonawan, Dapacan Bonawan, Salvador, Saliak Sulipat, Napisik Sulipat, and Baloncan Bonifacio were segregated.
The order was issued pursuant to the provisions of section sixty-eight of the Revised Administrative Code.
The organization took effect on November 16, 1947.
The order was signed by President Manuel Roxas.
The seat of government is at the barrio of Calamba.
The municipality of Plaridel was reduced by the territory that comprised the newly organized municipality of Calamba.
There were eleven municipalities before, and twelve after the issuance of the order.
The boundaries start from point No. 1 at the intersection of the trail leading southeastward from the barrio of Lobog, following a straight line due N. 81deg. 00a W., 8,920 meters to point No.2 at the intersection with the provincial road connecting Oroquieta and Baliangao; then S. 77deg 00a W., 2,880 meters to point No.3; thence following the boundary lines between the municipalities of Plaridel and Baliangao and between Plaridel and Lopez Jaena, returning to the starting point.
The recommendation came from the Secretary of the Interior.