Historical Development of New Corella, Davao del Norte, the son of Corella, Bohol
The New Corella has a simple history fifty-five (55) years ago. In the year 1935, five years before the outbreak of World War II, a group of Boholanos headed by Catalino Cajes Sayon, a young agricultural graduate and fresh from his adventures in the United States, arrived in a small barrio of Bugwak, part of the former District of Saug, now the municipality of Asuncion, (Barrio Bugwak is now the barrio of New Bohol) to seek for lands they hope to till and cultivate as their own.
Not satisfied of the terrain and location of the lands around Bugwak which are hilly, these Boholanos moved on a little farther north. Utilizing the native Mangguwangans and Mandayans as their guide, they arrived at Mopia plain wherein they were amazed and attracted of the potentialities and rich resources for irrigation. To develop the place, the Boholanos took the opportunity of occupying and tilling their respective claimed land areas.
The plain became the haven of the second, third and fourth wave of Boholano settlers and after a year, the barrio of New Corella was born, a name given after their hometown at Corella, Bohol. The barrio being fully established, became the fourth barrio created within the eastern part of the vast Saug district territory.
Like any other places, New Corella has a mythical story that every Corellans are proud to tell and cherish.
Year after year, different tribes like Leyteño, Ilonggo, Ilocano, Cebuano and many others begun to thrive in the said plain with farming as their main source of livelihood.
As a municipality, New Corella was formerly a barangay of her mother town Asuncion. It was once created through a Presidential Proclamation in 1964 and was fully established in 1965 after the first set of municipal officials duly sworn in to Pres. Diosdado Macapagal in Manila.
Appointed as first Municipal Mayor was Hon. Prospero S. Amatong who held office only for eleven (11) months because after the election in 1965, the supreme court declared its creation as illegal and unconstitutional. Thus, in 1966 Cong. Lorenzo S. Sarmiento filed a house bill no. 394 creating New Corella into a municipality. This was enacted and approved on June 18, 1967 through R.A. No. 4747. From this beginning, marked the rebirth of New Corella as a municipality.
The first elected mayor of the town was Hon. Arcadio E. Omega. He served the municipality from 1968 to 1971. It was during his incumbency where development programs and projects were first introduced and implemented. In other words, he pioneered the development of the town. His worth and capabilities were proven when he was re-elected as the Chief Executive and served the town from 1972 to 1980. For this, he was able to continue the plans for the development of the municipality.
The second chief executive of the town was Hon. Miguel C. Darunday and he was elected in January 1980. He served the people of New Corella as Mayor from February 1980 to March 1986. When her Excellency Corazon C. Aquino took over the Presidency by virtue of "People's Power" during the EDSA revolution on February 1986, Hon. Miguel C. Darunday was replaced by Vice Mayor Daniel B. Turan. He served as the OIC/Municipality Mayor of New Corella from April 1986 to 1987. He was elected as mayor when he ran for the post in 1988. During his term, infrastructure project such as public market and public terminal were conducted. Because of his honest and devoted leader of the town, he was able to implement programs and projects for the upliftment of the living/economic condition of the populace, particularly projects that supports agricultural productivity.
Four years is not enough for him to make his dream come true for the betterment of the people of New Corella since various projects were left unfinished, so it was for this reason that he ran for a re-election on May 11, 1992. Luckily, he was re-elected by a majority votes and he was re-elected again last May 1995 election.
New Corella comprises twenty (20) barangays. The biggest one is Poblacion with 8,128 people and the smallest barangay is Patroceño with 550 people.
New Corella falls under the fourth (4th) class level having an average annual income of P2.0 Million taken from realty taxes and other revenues derived from small and medium scale industries.
Basically, New Corella is an agricultural one having an area of 21,605.04 hectares or 67.20% devoted to agricultural activities. Livestock and poultry raising are backyard in scale. It likewise constitute a vital economic activity.
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