The Creation of Barangay Baguindoc

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Baguindoc was a little sitio before its creation as a barangay in the year 1969. It was named after the first settlers of the place the “Baguindoc Family”.

Baguindoc is plain fertile land located at the eastern part of Moncada and at the western part of the town near a “danao” now popularly known as the Quinabuntoc Creek. The economic status of the people is moderate. The income of the people comes mainly from farming and fishing. The main crops of the place are rice, sugar, cane, corn and vegetables, they usually sell their products at the nearby towns, Moncada and Paniqui.

Most of the people of the Baguindoc are Aglipayans and almost everybody speaks Ilocano.

The first barrio captain was Antonio Baguindoc. His grandson Leandro Baguindoc succeeded him and become the barrio captain in the year 1946-1954. Other barangay captains who played an important role in the making of Baguindoc a better place to live in were the ff: Barangay Captain Sergio Ermitanio and Barangay Captain Faustino Agbisit, Jr.

At present, Barangay Captain Eduardo V. Padero tries his best efforts to focus on the general welfare of the barangay constituents while the barangay people is looking forward for a better barangay through their own efforts and initiative, with the assistance of the Local Government.

THE SEAL

1969 marks the creation of Barangay Baguindoc as one of the barangays of Anao

The sun symbolizes new hopes and turning visions into realities for the people of Baguindoc. It also represents new aspirations, dreams and visions for young generations. It also symbolizes the readiness of the entire barangay in facing and meeting the challenges of the fast changing society for a more progressive and more developed Barangay Baguindoc.

The green leaves represents the main crops of Barangay Baguindoc which serves as the source of livelihood for the people of Baguindoc such as rice, corn, sugarcane and different kinds of vegetables.

The fish (tilapia) signifies Baguindoc’s main source of income came from water resources. People from this place and nearby barangays shared these God’s gift, different species of fish, such as tilapia, as their main source of income.

The land and water represents the two major means of livelihood for the people of Barangay Baguindoc. The plain of hundred hectares of farmland that is very fertile and a long “Danao” popularly known as Quinabuntoc Creek. Farmers harvest thousand cavans of palays as well as vegetables, sugarcanes, tobacco, corn, mangoes and others. Also, fisherman does harvest lots of different fishes from the Quinabuntoc Creek as a source for daily livelihood as well as main source of income for the barangay.

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