Island regimes and governance in Marinduque island, Philippines

Dr. jellian Ricafrente, Sir Ken Palatino, Sir Wilmer Imperio, Dr. Randy Nobleza, Dr Gerald Gutierrez

The intention of the panel is to pursue a provisional  Marinduque political history utilizing the existing timelines, geographic location and life stories of the local chief executives in the island as proposed by the late Dr. Homer Montejo. The province had been a part of Batangas, then Tayabas and for a time annexed to Mindoro. The panel members would be discussing the island regimes and governance based on the local chief executives’ demographic profiles: both personal and professional, their significant achievements, likewise the challenges they encountered,  even the perceptions of constituents and the resulting biographical notes. Since Marinduque is from three old towns, Boac, Gasan and Santa Cruz. The first established visitas, Monserrat de Marinduque (Boac), San Juan De Marinduque (Santa Cruz) and San Bernardo De Marinduque (Gasan). Eventually, Mogpog separated from Boac with its own civil government and parish which started the tradition of Moryonan. Then, Torrijos became a separate town from Santa Cruz. And Buenavista, the youngest of all the towns in the island is from the town of Gasan. Sir Wilmer would focus on the town of Santa Cruz, as the campus director of the Marinduque State College Santa Cruz branch which was formerly Marinduque Community College. Then Sir Ken Palatino would zero in Torrijos with the recent publication of  Reijohn Mediones’ Ang Torrijos – Noon, Kahapon, Ngayon  (Torrijos Town – Remote, Recent Past, Today). Dr. Randy Nobleza dwells on Mogpog while Dr. Gerald Gutierrez deals with Boac, the capital town. Finally, the lead researcher takes on both Gasan and Buenavista.

Keywords: Marinduque Studies, Local History, Political Science, Island Heritage, Governance