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29-493: It is a major port, commercial center and the largest municipality in Romblon in terms of population and income. It's zip code is 5505. There is a legend that the inhabitants there found an "odiong" (local term for "arrow") struck onto a tree; thus, the place was called inodiongan , meaning "struck by an arrow", which later metamorphosed to Odiongan. Historically, Odiongan, as the largest municipality on Tablas Island, Romblon,

58-445: A Japanese gunboat shelled the town to force the guerrillas out of hiding. This was followed the following month by a landing of Japanese forces from Panay, which massacred people in the various towns of Tablas, Romblon , and Sibuyan , including Odiongan. On 1 October 1946, the special municipality of Tablas was abolished by Republic Act No. 38 . The following year, Odiongan was restored to its original jurisdiction as municipality in

87-467: A new municipality. On 11 June 1978, Ferrol formally became the 16th municipality in Romblon by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 1492, signed by President Ferdinand Marcos . Ferrol is located on Tablas Island . It is bounded on the north by Odiongan , on the west by the Tablas Strait , on the east by Santa Maria , and on the south by Looc . It has a total land area of 26.72 km . Ferrol

116-434: A population of 49,284 people, making it the most populous municipality in the province. Asi language is the native language of majority of the municipality's inhabitants, while Onhan is the medium of communication in southern barangays bordering Ferrol and Looc municipalities respectively. Most of the town's inhabitants are devout Roman Catholic and Philippine Independent Church (Independent Catholic) adherents with

145-529: A small population of Protestants , including Baptists , Iglesia ni Cristo , Foursquare Gospel , Assemblies of God , Seventh-day Adventists , and Jehovah's Witnesses . Poverty incidence of Odiongan Source: Philippine Statistics Authority As a municipality in the Province of Romblon, government officials in the provincial level are voted by the electorates of the town. The provincial government have political jurisdiction over local transactions of

174-431: Is Trina Alejandra Fabic y Firmalo y Que.The incumbent Vice Mayor Diven Fos Dimaala. Barangays are also headed by elected officials: Barangay Captain , Barangay Council , whose members are called Barangay Councilors . The barangays have SK federation which represents the barangay, headed by SK chairperson and whose members are called SK councilors. All officials are also elected every three years. Negrito This

203-492: Is also accessible via Tugdan Airport in Alcantara town, where Cebu Pacific has flights from Manila four times weekly. As a municipality in the Province of Romblon, government officials in the provincial level are voted by the electorates of the town. The provincial government have political jurisdiction over local transactions of the municipal government. Pursuant to Chapter II, Title II, Book III of Republic Act 7160 or

232-769: Is an accepted version of this page The term Negrito ( / n ɪ ˈ ɡ r iː t oʊ / ; lit.   ' little black people ' ) refers to several diverse ethnic groups who inhabit isolated parts of Southeast Asia and the Andaman Islands . Populations often described as Negrito include: the Andamanese peoples (including the Great Andamanese , the Onge , the Jarawa , and the Sentinelese ) of

261-672: Is connected to nearby Odiongan and other municipalities through the Tablas Circumferential Road. Jeepneys and tricycles are the common form of land transportation. A port in Barangay Agnocnoc caters to intra-provincial travel and fishing vessels. Beaches near Ferrol include Binucot, Atabay and Guin-awayan beaches. Caves the Mabaho and Burobintana caves. The town is accessible via Odiongan by RORO vessels from Batangas City or Roxas, Oriental Mindoro . It

290-495: Is politically subdivided into 6 barangays . Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios . According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 6,964 people. Onhan , together with Tagalog , Hiligaynon , and English , is the medium of communication in business and trade. Poverty incidence of Ferrol Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Ferrol has the highest level of vegetable production in Romblon. Livestock and rice farming are also present in

319-543: The Municipality of Ferrol , is a 6th class municipality in the province of Romblon , Philippines . According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 8,005 people. Ferrol was established in 1850 as a barrio of Odiongan by the Spanish colonial authorities. They discovered the place 10 kilometers south-west after repulsing and chasing a convoy of Muslim pirates that attacked Odiongan. The Spaniards noticed

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348-917: The Andaman Islands, the Semang peoples (among them, the Batek people ) of Peninsular Malaysia , the Maniq people of Southern Thailand , as well as the Aeta of Luzon , the Ati and Tumandok of Panay , the Mamanwa of Mindanao , and about 30 other officially recognized ethnic groups in the Philippines . The word Negrito, the Spanish diminutive of negro , is used to mean "little black person." This usage

377-603: The Local Government Code of 1991, the municipal government is composed of a mayor (alkalde), a vice mayor (bise alkalde) and members (kagawad) of the legislative branch Sangguniang Bayan alongside a secretary to the said legislature, all of which are elected to a three-year term and are eligible to run for three consecutive terms. Barangays are also headed by elected officials: Barangay Captain , Barangay Council , whose members are called Barangay Councilors . The barangays have SK federation which represents

406-672: The Neolithic expansion and must have persisted into historical times, as suggested by evidence from morphological features of human skeletal remains dating from around 6,000 years ago resembling Negritos (especially Aetas in northern Luzon), and further corroborated by Chinese reports from the Qing period rule of Taiwan (1684 to 1895) and from tales of Taiwanese indigenous peoples about people with "dark skin, short-and-small body stature, frizzy hair, and occupation in forested mountains or remote caves". Ferrol, Romblon Ferrol , officially

435-549: The basis of perceived similarities in stature and complexion. (Historically, the label Negrito has also been used to refer to African pygmies.) The appropriateness of bundling peoples of different ethnicities by similarities in stature and complexion has been called into question. There are over 100,000 Negritos in the Philippines. In 2010, there were 50,236 Aeta people in the Philippines. The Ati people 55,473 (2020 census) Officially, Malaysia had approximately 4,800 Negrito (Semangs). This number increases if we include some of

464-589: The coastal areas which is mostly for home consumption and grown in small scale. Other economic opportunities include copra farming, fish cultivation, agricultural manufacturing and retail, and tourism. The Tablas Island Electric cooperative supplies 41.78% of households in Ferrol with electricity. As for water supply, the town has a Level 3 water supply system and a Level 4 irrigation system with 75 service areas. Landline and cellular phone services from PLDT , Smart , and Globe are already available in Ferrol. The town

493-463: The first mayor of Odiongan on 1898 to 1899. During the American colonial period in the Philippines , Odiongan faced a number of catastrophes: a cholera epidemic in 1902 killed much of the town's population, a strong typhoon lashed the town in 1908, and famine struck the town in 1914. However, the perseverance and determination of the townsfolk led to the town's continuous existence. In 1940,

522-466: The interior. It has a good anchorage in Barangay Poctoy which serves as link between the islands of Mindoro , Panay and to the luzon island via Batangas or Lucena . Odiongan is politically subdivided into 25 barangays . Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios . Budiong was formerly a sitio of Canduyong; it became a barrio in 1954. According to the 2020 census, it has

551-403: The majority population of their respective homeland. Discrimination and poverty are often problems, caused either by their lower social position and/or their hunter-gatherer lifestyles. Based on perceived physical similarities, Negritos were once considered a single population of closely related people. However, genetic studies suggest that they consist of several separate groups descended from

580-468: The municipal government. Pursuant to Chapter II, Title II, Book III of Republic Act 7160 or the Local Government Code of 1991, the municipal government is composed of a mayor (alkalde), a vice mayor (bise alkalde) and members (kagawad) of the legislative branch Sangguniang Bayan alongside a secretary to the said legislature, all of which are elected to a three-year term and are eligible to run for three consecutive terms. The incumbent mayor of Odiongan

609-484: The physical and morphological phenotypes of Negritos, such as short stature, a wide and snub nose, curly hair and dark skin, " are shaped by novel mechanisms for adaptation to tropical rainforests " through convergent evolution and positive selection , rather than a remnant of a shared common ancestor, as suggested previously by some researchers. A Negrito-like population was most likely also present in Taiwan before

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638-512: The populations or individual groups among Orang Asli who have either assimilated Negrito population or have admixed origins. According to the 2006 census, the number of Orang Asli was 141,230 Andamanese of India with just c. over 500. Thailand Negrito Maniq is estimated 300, divided into several clans. Other puts it at 382 or less than 500. Most groups designated as "Negrito" lived as hunter-gatherers , while some also used agriculture , such as plant harvesting. Today most live assimilated to

667-452: The province of Romblon. Odiongan is located in the mid-western part of Tablas Island . It is bounded by San Andres and San Agustin to the north, by Santa Maria to the east, by Looc and Alcantara to the south, and by Ferrol and Tablas Strait to the west. Odiongan has a total land area of 18,567 hectares (45,880 acres). Much of the town lies in the low-lying plains along the coast, with rolling hills and mountainous forest area at

696-647: The resemblance of the bay of the vicinity similar to that of Ferrol, Spain , which is the home port of Spain's Maritime Department of the North ; hence the town's name. In 1978, in order to consolidate the Onhan-speaking barangays of Odiongan into one municipality, Assemblyman Nemesio Ganan Jr. authored a bill in the Congress of the Philippines which created Ferrol, together with the barangays of Agnocnoc, Bunsoran, Hinagoman, Tubigon, and Claro M. Recto into

725-836: The same ancient East Eurasian meta-population that gave rise to modern East Asian peoples and Oceanian peoples , as well as displaying genetic heterogeneity. The Negritos form the indigenous population of Southeast Asia, but were largely absorbed by Austroasiatic- and Austronesian-speaking groups who migrated from southern East Asia into Mainland and Insular Southeast Asia with the Neolithic expansion. The remainders form minority groups in geographically isolated regions. Genetic studies provided mixed evidence of modern Negrito populations, with admixtures in different. Studies indicate that Negrito populations are closer to their neighboring non-Negrito communities in their paternal heritage and overall DNA on average. It has been found that

754-504: The town became the seat of the special municipality of Tablas, created by virtue of Commonwealth Act No. 581 (authored by Congressman Leonardo Festin), which covered the entire island. It remained so throughout the Japanese occupation of the Philippines from 1941 to 1945. During that time, Odiongan was chosen as the headquarters of the resistance movement in the province, under the leadership of Lt. Col. Enrique Jurado. On 4 September 1943,

783-408: Was coined by 16th-century Spanish missionaries operating in the Philippines, and was borrowed by other European travellers and colonialists across Austronesia to label various peoples perceived as sharing relatively small physical stature and dark skin. Contemporary usage of an alternative Spanish epithet, Negrillos , also tended to bundle these peoples with the pygmy peoples of Central Africa on

812-571: Was first inhabited by the Negritos and the Mangyan tribes from Panay Island to the south and Mindoro Island to the west, respectively. This was followed shortly by Onhan-speaking settlers from Panay. Around 1810, a group of Bantoanon-speaking people settled in the area in search of a place more suitable for agriculture. However, the settlement founded by these Bantoanons were destroyed and pillaged by Muslim pirates . In 1840, another attempt

841-476: Was made by a different group of Bantoanons; this time, they constructed a fort or cota which protected the settlement from attacks and natural calamities. In 1855, the settlement was officially designated by the Spanish colonial authorities as a pueblo or town. When the Philippine Revolution broke out in 1898, the town joined the cause of the revolutionaries led by Tomas Fiedacan and became

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