Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 266)
Executive Order No. 266, dated September 24, 1949, organized the barrio of Tunga into an independent municipality.
The sitios of Balire, Naliwatan (Barugo), Palinki, Upat, and the southern parts of the sitios of Busawon and Pasacay were included to form the municipality of Tunga.
The municipality of Tunga begins to exist upon the appointment and qualification of its mayor, vice-mayor, and a majority of the councilors.
The seat of government of Tunga is at the barrio of Tunga.
Elpidio Quirino was the President of the Philippines who signed Executive Order No. 266.
Section 68 of the Revised Administrative Code is the provision cited as the legal basis for creating the municipality.
The municipality of Barugo retained its present territory minus the portion included in the newly created municipality of Tunga.
The boundary starts from Sagkahan extension point on the Barago-Carigara boundary, runs straight easterly to north of the culvert bridge on the Carigara-Barugo-Jaro road, then northeasterly to Caracnayon bridge, easterly to north of Sitio Upat, and southeasterly to the intersection of Bunawang River and Barugo-Jaro boundary line.
The recommendation of the Secretary of the Interior preceded the issuance of the Executive Order.