2. BARANGAY OFFICIALS:
BARANGAY CHAIRMAN:
Joseph G. Tabion
BARANGAY COUNCILOR:
Larry G. Tabal
Milagros A. Taaca
Alano G. Gerona
Zenaida T. Opeña
Edwin Tabula
Daniel T. Bajesta
Dencio Tabale
3. HISTORY OF BARANGAY STO.
DOMINGO
In the beginning, Sto. Domingo was just a small sitio, a small unit
of a community known as barrio. Palina was then recognized as the
mother barrio composed of other sitios: Sta. Lucia; Palina West; Palina
East; Palina Sur; and Awed.
As the years passed by, the population of sitio Sto. Domingo
grew up and produced notable people who became famous and well
known not only in the local community but also in the entire Urdaneta.
4. GEOGRAPHY OF STO. DOMINGO
Sto. Domingo is located in the north of Poblacion, south of Palina
East, West of Nancayasan and east of Sta. Lucia and Nancamaliran East.
It has total land area of 233.95 hectares. Based on barangay records 55%
of total land area is used for residential purposes and the remaining 45%
is used for agricultural purposes.
There are 7 puroks namely: Kinapudno, Kinalinteg, Southern
Star, Maharlika, Urduja, Liwliwa, and Dona Olimpia.
5. POPULATION OF STO. DOMINGO
Sto. Domingo has a total population of
3,382 composed of 1,671 male and 1,711
female from children to adult. The total
numbers of families in Sto. Domingo is 910.
6. ECONOMY AND
LIVELIHOOD
The source of income of the barangay come from farming,
raising pigs, tinapa making, goat raising, boarding houses,
apartments, palay buying station and others but must of the
families’ source of income is farming. Most of them are
employed in private and government offices and some are
working abroad.
7. SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
PROGRESS
Sto. Domingo is also known to be the home of successful
entrepreneurs. Some known entrepreneurs in the barangay are
Mrs. Diana Carmelo, who owns the famous Diana’s Delicacies,
Mrs. Judith Naval, who owns Naval Construction supply and
Mr. and Mrs. Manny Lazo, who owns Armani Lending
corporation. School, concrete roads and bridges and beautiful
houses are some proofs of progress happening in Sto. Domingo.
8.
9. EDUCATION IN STO. DOMINGO
The heirs of Don Vicente Taaca initiated that the
barangay shall have its own barangay school. That is
why on August 12, 1971, a 4,437 sq. meter lot was
donated by Don Vicente Taaca and established Vicente
Taaca Memorial School named in honor of the donor.
10. FAITH AND
RELIGION
Their religious affiliations are 95% Roman
Catholic, 0.5% Iglesia Ni Cristo, 0.5% Islam and
other religious affiliation are 4%.
11. THE BARANGAY AT PRESENT
At present, progress can be seen in the barangay.
Different infrastructures were build like concrete roads and
bridges to make transportation more accessible. Construction
of new and beautiful houses is also evident in the barangay
which denotes progress to the life of the community members.
Since 2013, the barangay facilities such as the health
center, daycare center, reading center and Gabay sa
Mamamayan Aksyon center are fully functional and
operational.
It was established as an independent barangay and
from then on development in the barangay as well as the way
of living of the people has improved.
