Bugsuk
{{Short description|Island in Balabac, Palawan, Philippines}}
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| country_admin_divisions = Mimaropa
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| country_admin_divisions_1 = Palawan
| country_admin_divisions_title_2 = Municipality
| country_admin_divisions_2 = Balabac
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Bugsuk is an island in the Balabac municipality of Palawan province in the Philippines. Its area is {{convert|119|km2}}.
History
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Eight crew members of the USS Flier reached Bugsuk Island after their submarine struck a mine on August 13, 1944, while on surface patrol during World War II. The survivors, who had been on deck and in the conning tower when the explosion occurred, swam 18 hours to reach an atoll near Bugsuk. Over the next three days, they swam to two other islands before landing on Bugsuk and being helped by Filipino guerrillas, led by Nazario B. Mayor. Seventy-eight men died on the Flier, including seven who escaped the sub but didn't survive the swim.[http://www.ussflier.com/release.htm ussflier.com] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131209073555/http://www.ussflier.com/release.htm |date=December 9, 2013 }}
In 1972, San Miguel Corporation under Danding Cojuangco was awarded lands in Bugsuk island as part of a deal with the administration of president Ferdinand Marcos Sr. as part of an agrarian reform program. In exchange the SMC ceded lands to the government in other parts of the country.{{cite news |title=Marcos urged to return 10,000 hectares to IPs, residents in Palawan |url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/luzon/marcos-urged-return-hectares-indigenous-peoples-residents-palawan/ |access-date=9 February 2025 |work=Rappler |date=26 September 204 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240926092511/https://www.rappler.com/philippines/luzon/marcos-urged-return-hectares-indigenous-peoples-residents-palawan/ |archive-date=26 September 2024}} The SMC developed a coconut plantation. This caused a land dispute between the SMC and the indigenous people who insist on ancestral domain claims.{{cite news |last1=Gutoman |first1=Dominic |title=In Palawan, residents say San Miguel Corporation implicated in harassment, surveillance |url=https://www.bulatlat.com/2024/09/26/in-palawan-residents-say-san-miguel-corporation-implicated-in-harassment-surveillance/ |access-date=9 February 2025 |work=Bulatlat |date=26 September 2024}}{{cite news |title=SMC confirms land ownership in Palawan’s Bugsuk Island |url=https://www.philstar.com/business/2024/12/03/2404561/smc-confirms-land-ownership-palawans-bugsuk-island |access-date=9 February 2025 |work=The Philippine Star |date=3 December 2023}}
Geography
Most of Bugsuk island is under barangay Bugsuk of Balabac municipality. The southern tip is under barangay Sebaring. This part of the island also host Punta Sebaring, a white sand beach.{{cite news |title=This quick view of the longest beach in Balabac, Palawan will make you want to go the beach, pronto! |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/lifestyle/travel/724514/a-quick-view-of-the-longest-and-softest-beach-in-balabac-palawan-will-make-you-want-to-go-the-beach-pron/story/ |access-date=9 February 2025 |work=GMA News |date=2 February 2020 |language=en}}
Demographics
The Cagayanen and Molbog indigenous peoples have lived in the island.{{cite news |title=Bishop hits ‘harassment’ of Palawan islanders over resort dispute |url=https://interaksyon.philstar.com/politics-issues/2024/07/04/278729/bishop-hits-harassment-of-palawan-islanders-over-resort-dispute/ |access-date=9 February 2025 |work=Interaksyon |publisher=CBCP News |date=4 July 2024}}
Transportation
Bugsuk has a {{convert|3|km|m|adj=on}} runway developed by the San Miguel Corporation.{{cite news |title=Mega Projects |url=https://biznewsasia.com/mega-projects-2/ |access-date=9 February 2025 |work=Biz News Asia}}{{cite news |last1=Magdayao |first1=Aira Genesa |title=Gov. Alvarez bets on Balabac becoming new tourism hub for Palawan |url=https://palawan-news.com/gov-alvarez-bets-on-balabac-becoming-new-tourism-hub-for-palawan/#goog_rewarded |access-date=9 February 2025 |work=Palawan News |date=26 February 2022}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/67668763 Bugsuk Island] at OpenStreetMap
{{Islands of the Philippines}}
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