The Guinayangan Republic

The Barrio Manggagawa (Fabrica) was a former sitio included within the territorial jurisdiction of Mambinga. It has an approximate area of one and a half hectares of land situated just outside the town of Guinayangan. It has its boundary line from the poblacion, the so called Prenza River.

According to the old beliefs of the inhabitants, the former name was Barrio. It was named by the Aetas that once settled temporarily in the place. It was cleared little by little until all the cultivated parts were planted with different crops. Soon after months more settlers came and occupied the place. Once a former forest became the settlement of industrious people and their families. The Aetas abandoned the place and moved further into the mountains.

Upon the arrival of the Americans in the Philippines, the people learned various kinds of trade. Victoriano Lagdameo and his family established in this part shipbuilding industry. Several of his inter islands ships known as "barco" in Spanish word were built and constructed in the said settlement. Tha place became well populated, mostly laborers. Several years later the industry died and a large lumber mill of an American capitalist was built in the same place. It operated from 1904 to 1912 until the source of logs and timbers were exhausted.

The sawmill was to be transfered to other place but many laborers decided to stay in the place permanently by building presidios. As time goes on the people suggested that the place be named Manggagawa, meaning laborers as the word stand for the former dwellers of the place. From that time on the place was known to be Manggagawa.










Compiled by: 
Ms. Amparo Argosiño

Excerpt from the manuscript: 
Collection And Compilation Of Historical Data And Cultural Life Of The
Municipality Of Guinayangan Including Its Barrios And Sitios, 
Province of Quezon, Philippines
Philippine (Republic) Bureau Of Public Schools
Division Of Quezon