30-716: The Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino ( lit. ' Struggle of the Patriotic Filipino Masses ' ) was the umbrella political opposition coalition during the 1998 Philippine general election that led to the election of then Vice President Joseph Estrada as President of the Philippines . It was the largest political party during that time, uniting the major Philippine political parties which included Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino , Nationalist People's Coalition and Partido ng Masang Pilipino , along with minor and regional parties. Estrada won
60-488: A barrio known as Santo Niño. At the time, Compostela was an incongruous mixture of wooden-roofed houses concentrated along the Agusan River which was properly known as "dungguanan" (embarkation). This area later became its center of trade and commerce or Poblacion . A Senate bill officially renaming Compostela Valley to Davao de Oro was passed in 2019. Provincial officials led by Governor Jayvee Tyron Uy justified
90-529: A density of 170 inhabitants per square kilometre or 440 inhabitants per square mile. The majority of the inhabitants are migrants from Cebu, Samar, Bohol and other Visayan provinces. The cultural minorities in the province include the Kalagan , Mansaka , Mandaya , Dibabawon, Mangguangan and Manobo groups such as the Atta, Talaingod, Langilan, and Matigsalug Manobo. Arnold Bajo is the most successful defender of
120-487: A new province by dividing Davao del Norte started in the 1980s during the time of Congressman Lorenzo S. Sarmiento Sr., himself the author of RA No. 6430. However, this was not realized until his death in the late 1980s. His son, Rogelio M. Sarmiento, who became his successor in Congress, pushed for the passage of the bill creating the province. Upon consultation with the governor of Davao del Norte, Prospero S. Amatong ,
150-666: Is a province in the Philippines located in the Davao Region in Mindanao . Its capital is Nabunturan while Monkayo is the most populous. It used to be part of the province of Davao del Norte until it was made a separate province in 1998. The province borders Davao del Norte to the west, Agusan del Sur to the north, and Davao Oriental to the east. To the southwest lies the Davao Gulf . The first elected governor
180-431: Is the predominant religion of this province forming 74% of the province population. Other significant religious minorities include Protestants which form 15% of the province population and Iglesia ni Cristo which form 2% of the province population. Other religions are divided between Sunni Islam and Animism . Poverty incidence of Davao de Oro Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Davao de Oro
210-427: The 1987 Philippine Constitution despite the passage of RA No. 6430 on June 17, 1972, renaming it as Davao Province . Tedious technical and legal issues needed to be resolved before the name could be adopted. The proposal was thus shelved and the name finally agreed upon was Compostela Valley , referring to the great fertile plain in the heartland of the province. The origin of the province’s inhabitants came from
240-464: The Philippines on May 11, 1998. In the presidential election, Vice President Joseph Estrada won a six-year term as president by a landslide victory . In the vice-presidential race, Senator Gloria Macapagal Arroyo won a six-year term as vice president also by a landslide victory. This was the third election where both president and vice president came from different parties. The first party-list elections were held. Aside from voting for
270-399: The 78th province in the country, was created out of Davao del Norte Province by virtue of Republic Act No. 8470 , signed by President Fidel V. Ramos on January 30, 1998. The new province was officially named Compostela Valley. On March 7 of the same year, the law was ratified through a plebiscite conducted in the eleven (11) municipalities of the mother province. The movement to create
300-463: The Senate slate which is: TPW ( The Pilipino Win/The Philippine Way ), JOBS and LABOR . T stands for Torres; P for Pimentel; W for Webb; J for Jaworski; O for Ople; B for Bagatsing; S for Sotto; L for Lagman; A for Aquino-Oreta; B for Biazon; O for Osmeña; R for Romero. Below is the official senatorial slate of LAMMP for the 1998 Philippine senatorial election . The success of
330-511: The barrio (barangay) of New Sabonga was transferred to the municipality of Compostela from the municipality of Asuncion . On June 23, 1957, then President Carlos P. Garcia signed Republic Act No. 2038 which separated Compostela from Nabunturan. The first Mayor appointed by President Carlos P. Garcia was then Mayor Pio P. Galenzoga, one of the pioneer settlers. In the same year the sitios of Kao, Magkagong, Margosan, Matilo, Magangit, Cabacungan, Tigbatinao and Camanlangan were constituted into
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#1732791186691360-622: The chief executive. The vice governor is the presiding officer of the Davao de Oro Provincial Board , the province's legislature. Each municipality elects its own mayor, and a vice mayor presiding its Sangguniang Bayan . The province is represented by two representatives in the House of Representatives of the Philippines , each coming from a congressional district . The province's Regional Trial Court meets in Nabunturan . It has one branch under
390-520: The coalition was partly because of the popularity of its presidential bet, Vice President Estrada who won the presidential election. His senatorial slate also gained majority of 7 out of 12 available seats in the Senate . The following were the LAMMP senatorial bets who won: The coalition also gained great majority in the House of Representatives and majority of elected local officials who ran as members of
420-671: The coalition. LAMMP was abolished during the 2001 midterm legislative elections and was replaced by a new coalition of pro-Estrada legislators led by Angara's LDP , named Puwersa ng Masa (Force of the Masses) which was led by Estrada's wife, Luisa Pimentel-Ejercito . 1998 Philippine general election Fidel V. Ramos Lakas Joseph Estrada LAMMP Joseph Estrada LAMMP Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Lakas Neptali Gonzales LDP Marcelo Fernan LDP Presidential elections, legislative and local elections were held in
450-434: The congressional seat of the 2nd district of the new province. The governorship was turned over to Luz M. Sarmiento, by virtue of a presidential appointment. Sarmiento, the wife of then Congressman Lorenzo S. Sarmiento Sr. served the province from March 27, 1998, to June 30, 1998. She was succeeded by Jose R. Caballero. Jose R. Caballero, a practicing lawyer and former vice governor of then undivided Davao del Norte (1988-1992)
480-606: The ethnic tribes of the Mansaka , Mandaya , Manobo , Mangguangan, Dibabawon, Aeta , Kamayo , Davaweño and Kalagan . Similar to the history of other Mindanao provinces, most of the present populations of the province are descendants of migrants who came from Luzon and Visayas islands during the pre-war and post war eras, among the Luzon migrants were Tagalogs from Bataan (thus, the town New Bataan ) & Ilocanos from North Central Luzon. The bigger wave of immigrants came during
510-403: The northeastern section of the Davao Region . The province borders Davao del Norte to the west, Agusan del Sur to the north, and Davao Oriental to the east. To the southwest lies Davao Gulf . Davao de Oro is divided into 2 districts comprising 11 municipalities . † Provincial capital The population of Davao de Oro in the 2020 census was 767,547 people, with
540-614: The poor minorities, especially the Mandayas . He died in a battle while defending the poor. According to legends, 40 days after his death, his bodily spirit was infused into the statue of Ara-Araba, the local tribe's god of harvest. From then on, he was worshipped as a god by the members of the Mandaya tribe. The primary language spoken in the province is Cebuano . Secondary languages include Kalagan , Mansaka , Mandaya , Ata Manobo , Dibabawnon, Tagalog, and English . Roman Catholicism
570-486: The presidential election against then- House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. . Meanwhile, Estrada's running mate Edgardo Angara lost to fellow senator Gloria Macapagal Arroyo of Lakas–NUCD–UMDP . Shortly after the 1998 elections, the party's name was changed into Lapian ng Masang Pilipino (Organization of the Filipino Masses), as the "struggle" ended with Estrada's victory. The coalition devised an acronym for
600-554: The province was Prospero S. Amatong, the three-term governor (1986-1998) of the then undivided province of Davao del Norte, who held the position only for a day. As the law creating the new province allowed incumbent elected officials of Davao del Norte the option to serve the remainder of their term in Compostela Valley, Amatong took this option and assumed the governorship of the then-Compostela Valley on March 26, 1998. The following day, he resigned and filed his candidacy for
630-486: The province's other two legislators, 3rd District Congressman Rodolfo P. Del Rosario and 2nd District Congressman Baltazar A. Sator, and other provincial and municipal officials, it was decided that the addition of four municipalities, namely Maco , Mabini , Pantukan , and Laak to the proposed province would be the most ideal and equitable configuration as this would make both provinces on an almost equal footing in terms of area, population, and development opportunities. It
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#1732791186691660-412: The provincial capital, is also home to the biggest gold ring in the Philippines, "The Solidarity Ring." The main sources of livelihood in the province are agricultural products such as rice, coconut, cacao, coffee, papaya, mango, pineapple, durian and banana. Some residents in the province have fishponds and culture their own fish like tilapia and milkfish . Davao de Oro is headed by its governor as
690-521: The renaming as part of an clear up confusion with its geographic location, with the province's name sometimes associated with Cagayan Valley and the town of Compostela in Cebu, and associate it further with fellow provinces in the Davao Region . The plebiscite was held on December 7, 2019, with the majority of participants voting in favor of the name change. Davao de Oro covers a total area of 4,479.77 square kilometres (1,729.65 sq mi) occupying
720-566: The representative from their congressional district, a voter can also vote for a party-list. Local elections for all positions above the barangay level, but below the regional level, were held on this day. The newly created province of Compostela Valley (now known as " Davao de Oro ") held its first local elections on this day as well. Davao de Oro Davao de Oro , officially the Province of Davao de Oro ( Cebuano : Lalawigan sa Davao de Oro ; Filipino : Lalawigan ng Davao de Oro ),
750-530: The time of President Ramon Magsaysay wherein the policy of attraction adopted by the national government was to offer parcels of land to tenant-farmers. Although a virtual melting pot, the Visayans (mostly Cebuano -speaking) are the dominant group in Davao de Oro. Upon its establishment, Davao de Oro was ruled by a succession of three governors during the first four months of its existence. The first governor of
780-519: Was Jose Caballero, formerly a lawyer for a mining group in the province. It was formerly known as Compostela Valley (shortened to ComVal ; Cebuano : Kawalogang Kompostela ) from its inception until December 2019, when a plebiscite ratified the law that proposed to rename the province to Davao de Oro. [REDACTED] Spain 1521–1898 [REDACTED] United States of America 1898–1942 [REDACTED] Japan 1942–1945 [REDACTED] Philippines 1946–present Davao de Oro,
810-511: Was also decided that Nabunturan would be the capital town because of its more central location. The name originally proposed for the province was Davao del Norte , the former name, or so it was thought, of the mother province. However, the House of Representatives ’ Reference and Research Bureau, which conducted the research and legal work on the creation of the province, found out that the mother province continues to be officially referred to as Davao del Norte in most official documents including
840-514: Was billed as the second richest province in the Philippines by the Commission on Audit by year 2017. That year, its provincial government posted a record high of ₱18.75 billion worth of assets, the largest in whole Mindanao. As of 2019, with an increase of ₱20.099 billion worth of assets, it remains the richest province in Mindanao. The economic drive which brought the province to this status
870-420: Was caused by numerous business establishments, banana plantations, and vast gold and silver mines across the province, further augmented with its up-to-date transportation infrastructure. The province possesses one of the largest gold deposits in the Philippines, with 10 out of its 11 towns having one or more gold mines, the largest of which is at Mt. Diwalwal in the town of Monkayo . The town of Nabunturan ,
900-449: Was the first elected governor of Compostela Valley. Arturo T. "Chiongkee" Uy is the fourth governor of Compostela Valley. He first served the province as member of the 3rd Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Compostela Valley (2004-2007) before he was elected as governor in the May 2007 national and local elections. He was reelected unopposed during the May 2010 national and local elections. In 1955,
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