CHAPTER II

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

Historical Origin of Binmaley Pangasinan

I. ETYMOLOGY

The origins of the Municipality of Binmaley are in rooted in legend .The most
popular says that two brothers, both heirs to a Lingayen Datu's throne, engaged into a
dispute as to who should rule between them as they has a keen rivalry resulting from
their businesses in salt making, fish processing (the manufacture of bagoong or fish
paste and daing or dried fish), and gold artifacts, which they traded with the Chinese,
Arabs and other oriental traders frequenting the area. The younger of them felt cheated
and complained to his brother who ordered him to leave Lingayen. He did so in rage
with his followers, went eastward, and transformed small fishing community from its
lethargic existence to a bustling entrepot of trade and industry that soon rivaled his
erstwhile hometown. His boundless energy and vision as well as his business acumen,
leadership, charming personality, and honest dealings served him well in drawing new
members (i.e. businessman, traders, fisherman, artisans, etc.) to the community. The
center was called Binmaley, which in Pangasinan means, a place that became a town".

Another popular legend has it that a magnanimous woman whom the town folk
called Binamin founded the municipality. She had no known beginnings and was said to
the very first inhabitants of the town>She was apparently accepted as a priestess and
had a big shelter constructed where she and her flock worshipped their idols and where
strangers dropped in occasionally for food and lodging. Grateful travelers , thus spread
the news of her kindness and the growing community eventually made her their leader,
their loving grandmother-their "Binamin". Some claim that the term is actually the
abbreviated form of the phrase "Bai-min-amin" which means "our grandmother"

A third legend says that Binmaley, derived its name from the Pangasinan phrase
"nanmaliw ya baley", meaning a place or territory that has been converted into a town
because it is believed that the municipality was formerly a part of the town of
Binalatongan now known as San Carlos City.

II. CREATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY

No records are extant as to when the first huts in the community were erected.
Binmaley was thriving when a certain Very Revered Father Luis Gandullo arrived from
Binalatongan (now San Carlos City) in 1589 and baptized children in the place. It was
then a town of swamps and natural ponds. From them on there are scan accounts as to
how the town evolved except that apparently the hostility of the population to the
Catholic priest was such that no regular parish was established in the area for a long
time. Binmaley was designated in the friar records, thus as avisita or a chapel visited
now and again by a priest from Binalatongan. A municipality authority was presumably
installed by 1591 and sometime between 1611 and 1613 the community was made a
regular parish. Thus, in 1614, the approbation of the casa of Binmaley appears for the
first time in the ACTAS CAPITULARES attached to Binalatongan. However, in 1623, the
case of Binmaley is given to Lingayen.

LOCATION

The municipality of Binmaley is located around two hundred and twenty one
(221) kilometers north of Manila. It is bounded on the north the famous Lingayen Gulf of
Luzon. At the northeast is the City of Dagupan, whose center is approximately ten (10)
kilometers from Binmaley municipal hall and southeast is the municipality of Calasiao.
The City of San Carlos about Binmaley on the South while west of the municipality
around 4 kilometers away, lies Lingayen, the capital town of Pangasinan. Binmaley is
physically integrated to these places by concrete and/or asphalted roads. Binmaley lies
at longitude 15 57' 30" to 16 04' 11" north and latitude 12 19' 30" to 120 15' 00" west.

LAND AREA

The municipality covers a land area of 6,120 hectares which is about 1.14% of
the total provincial area. More than half of Binmaley is submerged, constituted by
swamps and fishponds, especially along the banks of the Agno River. Rice fields and
residential lots constitute the lesser portion of the municipal territory.

Binmaley has thirty-three (33) barangays including the Poblacion. The three
largest barangays are Pototan (386.02 hectares or 6.31% of total), Basing (386.99
hectares or 6.03% of total) and Balagan(352.97 hectares or 5.32% of total). The
smallest barangay in terms of land area is Calit with only 56.73 hectares of roughly less
than 1% of the total municipal lands.

TOPOGRAPHY

Binmaley is relatively flat compared to other municipalities of Pangasinan. It is

leveled with a slope from 0 to 3 percent, which indicates level to nearly level lands.
These are considered useful for paddy rice culture or for other crops suitable to the local
soil and climatic conditions. Binmaley's fishponds are classified under this type of slope.
 CLIMATE SOIL TYPE

Two distinct seasons: 5 Soil Type

1. Dry seasons - November to April 1. Brown Legua Olay

2. Wet Season-May to October 2. Green Pangasinan Fine Sand
3. Pangasinan Hydrosol
Average Temperature - 27 Celsius 4. San Manuel Fine Sandy Loam
Average Relative Humidity - 77.83% 5. San Manuel silt Loam

ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES

Binmaley is known for its large bodies of water, its greatest natural resource and,
hence, the focal point of its economic development. Predominantly a fishing community,
the municipality is dubbed as the fishbowl of the province. Milkfish (Bangus) feeds
Binmaley folk, literally and figuratively. It is the municipality's primary product raised in
the ponds carved out of the swamps and natural pools that make up nearly of the
municipality's land area. Bangus has raised the economic status of Binmaley above par
compared to the other 46 municipality of Pangasinan, an achievement that once earned
the sobriquet "Bangus Queen of the Philippines". There are other stocks raise, however,
among which are siganin (malaga), prawn, and tilapia. These products are bought and
sold in markets as far as Tarlac, Bulacan, Manila and Baguio.

Several tributaries and branches of the Agno River, which feed a considerable
number of fishponds, also crisscross the municipality. The largest of these is the Manat
River. Rich in marine life, these water bodies are the source of livelihood for local
fisherman who operates various types of fishing apparatus, keep fish cages, and raise
oysters in cultured beds.

Other fishermen engage themselves in offshore fishing in Lingayen Gulf.

Basically, a small-scale activity with the use of small motor craft and fishing gear, the
livelihood of fishermen in the four coastal barangays of the municipality.

1. Fisheries

Out of the total land area of 6,120 hectares, 3,291 hectares (53%) are devoted to
fishponds. Of this area, 3,080 hectares are brackish water fishponds. There are 2,431
registered fishpond operators in Binmaley, which is the biggest producer of Bangus in
the entire province of Pangasinan. Bangus is the main specie cultured and raised
among other marine products like prawn, tilapia, and siganid. Almost all Binmaley
barangays have fishponds, Biec having the most number followed by Canaoalan and
Pototan.
 Other Fishing Activities

The fishing industry in the municipality is divided into 4 sub-industries each

distinct from the other these are (1) Inland Fishpond (2) Offshore (Municipal) fishing
Operations (3) Oyster Bed Operations and (4) Operation of Fishing Apparatus(sky-lab,
lagao, trap nets, etc.).

Inland Fishing

There are 3,028.99 hectares of brackish fishpond and 93.69 hectares of

freshwater fishponds in the municipality. Of the total,25% are considered "First Class
Fishponds". These fishponds along the Agno have greater land use intensity than the
1,088 hectares (35% of total)"Second Class fishponds" and the 1,232 hectares (40% of
total) of fishponds in the "Third Class" category.

Bangus is the principal species of fish popularly and profitably raised in around3,
080.36 hectares of fishponds. Prawn is generally poly-cultured with Bangus, Siganid
and Tilapia are the other stocks popularly raise by bangus fishpond operators. Other
marine species like mullets, crabs, and shrimp enter the ponds during high tide and
thrive together with the principal stocks until these are harvested.

Offshore(Municipal) Fishing Operations

The Lingayen Gulf is the major source of harvest from offshore fishing. Four
coastal barangays, Baybay Lopez, Sabangan, Buenlag, and San Isidro Norte, depend
on it as a major source of livelihood. Fisherman from these communities actively and
regularly engage in offshore fishing albeit on a small scale, using such methods as the
beach seine, purse seine, gill-net and jacket net with the aid of small motorized and
hand-paddled boats.

Oyster Bed Operations

Oyster rising is another source of income and livelihood for the people of
Binmaley. An aggregate area of 14.27 hectares is devoted to it in 19 barangays where
74 operators are actively engaged. The oyster beds are located along the Manat River
and other tributaries of the Agno where in 1999; the reported combined production was
recorded at 1,783.25 metric tons.

2. Agriculture

Next to fishing, agriculture is the secondary source of livelihood of the people in

the municipality. Agricultural land covers an appropriate area of 1,996.2 hectares or
32.16% of the municipal land area. Of this, some 1,377 hectares are actually devoted to
the production of rice and some 29.7 hectares to various crops such as corn, legumes,
vegetables, and root crops both for household consumption with a little surplus for
commercial purposes. Barangay Papagueyan has the largest area of tillable soil with
122 hectares of un-irrigated rice lands with an additional 30 hectares of irrigated land.
Barangay Parayao and Basing follow with 111 and 96 hectares of un-irrigated lands,
respectively.

COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES

1. Furniture Making and shops located in Malindong

2. Rubber By-products in Parayao
3. Ceramics and Pottery in Pallas and Parayao
4. Lime Production in Gayaman
5. Noodles Factory in Sta. Rosa
6. Bagoong Making in Caloocan Sur and Naguilayan

TOURISM

Binmaley lies in the center of the long coastal seaboard of Western Pangasinan.
As such, it is gifted with a fine natural beach that presents a wide front and a gradually
receding seabed. The Binmaley beach is one of the most scenic and cleanest beaches
in Northern Luzon. The water is ideal for swimming, motorboat rides, and the occasional
wind and wave surfing for the more adventurous tourist. Furthermore, the place is only
1.5 kilometers away from the Poblacion and is, thus, easily accessible from any point of
the municipality. The main road to the site is well paved and transportation is easily
availed of via the numerous tricycles willing to take picnickers and tourists to the spot.

The municipal Hall is one of the oldest "presidencia" restored to its original
grandeur and beauty.

The Our Lady of the Purification Parish Church is the shrine of the miraculous
Patroness of the municipality.

The Binmaley Catholic High School was acclaimed as one of the best schools
north of Manila, and the Mary Help of Christians Minor Seminary, established in the late
1920's is the only remaining minor seminary in the province.

The traditional Pista'y Dayat celebrated on the first of May is by far the biggest
activity held in the area. This celebration, coinciding with Labor Day and held in honor of
the "Lady of the Poor", commences with a religious procession in honor of the Lady that
winds down from the Municipal Hall to the Beach area. Devotees, government
employees and flocks of visitors all participated in the religious parade. Sports activities
and competition are held after the event.
 The two biggest traditional and cultural activities Binmalenians look forward to
are the "Foundation Day of Binmaley" and the "Feast of the Lady of the Purification"
held every February 1and 2,respectively,these celebrations grand weeklong activities
beginning in the last quarter of January. The night of February 1 witness the culminating
festivities while a high mass celebrated by the Archbishop is held the Following day as a
fitting and to the gala.

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Binmaley mayor calls for unity

BINMALEYs newly elected Mayor Lorenzo Enzo Cerezo, together with nine
other local officials, took their oaths on June 30 at the Binmaley Auditorium.

Binmaleys local government officials are re-elected Vice Mayor Pedro Marrera III
and Sangguniang Bayan members Vonnark Valerio, Edgar Mamenta, Jose Carrera Jr.,
Ellen Alipio, Urbano Delos Angeles III, Jovito Castro, Jeffrey Delos Angeles and Jocelyn
Bautista.

Cerezo, a businessman-turned-politician, called on his rivals supporters to rally

behind him for the towns progress.

Let us all bear in mind that we have only one town, one future, and at the
moment, one Binmaley mayor Cerezo said in his inaugural speech.

Cerezo won by a very slim margin over his opponent, former Mayor Simplicio
Rosario.

He said one of the immediate tasks that he will address is the waste
management and garbage disposal problem in the town and immediately formed Task
Force Basura that will collect garbage left uncollected over the last two months.

Residents of Binmaley, including volunteers and students were asked to help

solve the garbage problems in the town.

He also unveiled his 10-point Action Program, with each plan starting with the
letters of his name, Enzo Cerezo, namely: Economic Prosperity through Aquaculture,
No-nonsense Governance, Zero Corruption, Order, Peace and Safety, Creation of Jobs
and Livelihood, Environment Care and Protection, Reforms in Delivery of Health and
Social Services, Education, Zonification and Long-Term Town Planning and Official
Leadership by Example.
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Binmaley towns garbage woes now over

BINMALEY, Pangasinan, July 8 (PNA) the garbage problem in the town of

Binmaley is now finally over following the signing of a memorandum of agreement
(MOA) between the municipality and the city of Urdaneta, owner of the only sanitary
landfill so far built in Pangasinan.

Mayor Simplicio Rosario confirmed to the media he signed the MOA on July 6
with Urdaneta City Mayor Amadeo Perez IV that would allow Binmaley to dump its
garbage at the Urdaneta Sanitary Landfill but would pay a tipping fee of still unspecified
amount.

Binmaley is generating wastes at the rate of five tons a day which it was
previously dumping on a portion of the Andres Malong Philippine Army reservation in
San Isidro Norte, Binmaley until the Army filed a complaint before the Provincial
Environment and Natural Resources Office.

PENRO, headed by Leduina Co, issued a cease-and-desist order to the

municipality, stopping it from further dumping garbage at the Army reservation and at
the same to also rehabilitate the site.

Binmaley did not contest the order.

Rosario said that following Binmaleys arrangement with Urdaneta City, the town
is now building a functional Material Recovery Facility (MRF) in Barangay Tombor which
seeks to convert wastes into organic fertilizer to be used in gardens and farms.

He said he was already starting the facility in 2010 but he lost in his re-election
bid and that the next mayor did not continue with the project.

When he came back as mayor in 2013, he had to continue the practice of the
past town administration of using a portion of the military reservation as a dump site for
failure of his predecessor to provide one for the town.

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