The Guinayangan Republic

Together with Maulawin, another sitio was cleared. It was Sisi. The Seguerras and the Esguerras pioneered the place because there was no place in Kalimpak for farming as it is planted to coconuts. This sitio got its name from the shell animals that abound the Maulawin and Sisi rivers, which is called in Tagalog “sisi” The people got the habit of eating those that when the supply from the rivers got scarce, the women got the habit of combing the seashore for them. The people usually eat those with grated coconuts. From those common shells and the habit of eating those sea animals, the new sitio got it name. Since then the place had been called Sisi.

The first barrio lieutenant was Pedro Esguerra. After his death, he was succeeded by Michael Esguerra and followed by Daniel Morado.

The place became prominent when the provincial road was opened to the public during the incumbency of Faustino Araña as Municipal President of Guinayangan. This is because the road traversed the barrio. The Eastern Tayabas Bus Co. got the franchise to operate and the barrio folks got easier time to move and transport their products.







Compiled by:
Miss Luz E. Salumbides

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