Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 143)
Manuel L. Quezon was the President of the Philippines when the Order was signed.
May 1, 1938, is the date when the organization of the former municipality of Tubungan as an independent municipality takes effect.
The provincial board of Iloilo recommended the segregation and reestablishment of Tubungan as an independent municipality.
Assemblyman Honorable Jose C. Zulueta from the First District of Iloilo and the Secretary of the Interior were involved in the recommendation.
After the order, Guimbal consists of its present territory minus the territory comprising the former municipality of Tubungan.
Tubungan consists of the territory that was previously the former municipality of Tubungan.
The seat of government is located in the barrio of Tubungan.
Tubungan is legally organized and reestablished as an independent municipality.