Bustos, Bulacan

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Bustos, officially the Municipality of Bustos ({{langx|tl|Bayan ng Bustos}}), is a municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 77,199 people.{{PH census|current}}

The town got its name from Jose Pedro Perez de Bustos, a mining engineer from Villaviciosa, Asturias, Spain who served as the right-hand of Simón de Anda y Salazar and was appointed teniente general alcalde (Provincial Governor) of Bulacan.{{Cite web |date=25 May 2017 |title=Mayor Mendoza laments on beginnings of Bustos | Politiko Central Luzon |url=http://centralluzon.politics.com.ph/mayor-mendoza-laments-beginnings-bustos/}}

History

Bustos was a part of the town of Baliuag as its barrio during the Spanish Period. The town was separated from Baliuag by a tragic incident when around 1860, during a rainy Sunday, a group of natives from Bustos with babies in their arms were on their way to St. Augustine Parish Church of Baliuag for baptismal when they drowned after the planceta or raft they were riding accidentally capsized while crossing the wild river of Angat due to the strong water current. This fateful event led the people of Bustos to request and build their own parish church to avoid the crossings in the wild river for community safety. The locals chose Holy Child Jesus (Santo Niño) as their patron saint in honor of those infants that died in the river.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bulacan.gov.ph/bustos/history.php|title=Bulacan, Philippines: Bustos, Bulacan: History|access-date=2018-07-21|archive-date=2019-04-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426101034/https://www.bulacan.gov.ph/bustos/history.php|url-status=dead}}

Bustos also gained its independence from Baliuag on April 29, 1867, through the painstaking efforts and sacrifices of its inhabitants with the integration of barrios Bonga Mayor and Bonga Menor. However, it was returned to Baliuag on October 8, 1903, with San Rafael merging as well.{{cite PH act|chamber=Act|number=932|date=October 8, 1903|url=https://issuances-library.senate.gov.ph/legislative%2Bissuances/Act%20No.%20932|title=An Act Reducing the Twenty-five Municipalities of the Province of Bulacan to Thirteen|accessdate=July 3, 2023|website=Senate of the Philippines Legislative Digital Resources|archive-date=October 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021150820/https://issuances-library.senate.gov.ph/legislative%2Bissuances/Act%20No.%20932|url-status=dead}}

Bustos became a distinct municipality on January 1, 1916, during the Philippine Assembly through Assemblyman Ricardo Lloret Gonzalez (Bulacan–2nd). A year after, the town inaugurated its municipal hall on January 1, 1917. Leon Prado became its first Municipal Mayor and served from 1917 to 1919. Gabriel Alvarez served as the first parish priest of the institutionalized Santo Niño de Bustos Parish Church.

The town became a part of Baliuag again during the American period. At the time, Bustos also became a part of the historical World War II in the Philippines and served as the military headquarters of soldiers in the province of Bulacan during the war in 1945 being led by Bustosenyo then Capt. Alejo Santos.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bulacan.gov.ph/bustos/history.php|title=Bulacan, Philippines: Bustos, Bulacan: History|access-date=2018-07-21|archive-date=2019-04-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426101034/https://www.bulacan.gov.ph/bustos/history.php|url-status=dead}}

With the theme "Bustos Sentenaryo: Isang Daan tungo sa Ikasandaan" ({{translation|Bustos Centenary: One Way Towards One Hundredth|literal=yes}}), Bustos celebrated its 100th year founding anniversary in 2017, at the same time as the Santo Niño de Bustos Parish Church's 150th year founding anniversary as an independent parish church of the municipality. The Philippine Postal Corporation made a special commemorative stamp for the centennial anniversary celebration of the town.{{Cite web|url=http://www.philippinestamps.net/RP2017-Bustos.htm|title = Philippines Stamps}}

Geography

Bustos is located at the center of five adjoining towns of Bulacan: San Rafael on the north; Pandi and Plaridel on the south; Baliuag on the west; and Angat on the east. With the continuous expansion of Metro Manila, Bustos is part of Manila's built-up area which reaches San Ildefonso, Bulacan at its northernmost part.

The land areas are mostly rice fields devoted for planting crops and agricultural products. Some farmlands of the town are covered by irrigation systems of National Irrigation Administration coming from Bustos Dam and Angat Dam on the Angat River.

Bustos is {{convert|29|km}} from Malolos, {{convert|52|km}} from Manila, {{convert|35|km}} from San Jose del Monte, and {{convert|11|km}} from Plaridel.

=Barangays=

Bustos is politicially subdivided into 14 barangays, as shown in the matrix below. There are (six urban and eight rural) barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

=Climate=

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| Jan high C = 28

| Jan low C = 20

| Feb high C = 29

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| Mar high C = 31

| Mar low C = 21

| Apr high C = 33

| Apr low C = 22

| May high C = 32

| May low C = 24

| Jun high C = 31

| Jun low C = 24

| Jul high C = 30

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| Aug high C = 29

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| Sep high C = 29

| Sep low C = 24

| Oct high C = 30

| Oct low C = 23

| Nov high C = 30

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| Dec high C = 28

| Dec low C = 21

| Jan precipitation mm = 6

| Feb precipitation mm = 4

| Mar precipitation mm = 6

| Apr precipitation mm = 17

| May precipitation mm = 82

| Jun precipitation mm = 122

| Jul precipitation mm = 151

| Aug precipitation mm = 123

| Sep precipitation mm = 124

| Oct precipitation mm = 99

| Nov precipitation mm = 37

| Dec precipitation mm = 21

| Jan rain days = 3.3

| Feb rain days = 2.5

| Mar rain days = 11.7

| Apr rain days = 6.6

| May rain days = 17.7

| Jun rain days = 22.2

| Jul rain days = 25.2

| Aug rain days = 23.7

| Sep rain days = 23.2

| Oct rain days = 17.9

| Nov rain days = 9.2

| Dec rain days = 5.2

| source 1 = Meteoblue

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| title = Bustos: Average Temperatures and Rainfall

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| access-date = 12 May 2020 }}

| date = 12 May 2020

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Demographics

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In the 2020 census, the population of Bustos, Bulacan, was 77,199 people,{{PH census|current}} with a density of {{convert|{{sigfig|77,199/69.99|2}}|PD/km2|disp=or}}.

=Religion=

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Bustos has two parishes under the administration of the Diocese of Malolos, Santo Niño de Bustos Parish Church and San Isidro Labrador Parish Church.

Other Christian religious groups, such as Iglesia ni Cristo, Seventh-day Adventist Church, Jesus is Lord Church, Ang Dating Daan, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Jehovah's Witnesses and other Protestant groups can be found in the municipality.

People in Bustos celebrate a number of Catholic holidays throughout the year. The first church in Bustos has been dedicated to Santo Niño, the Holy Child Jesus, and there is a feast that is held in memory every third Sunday of January, where the townspeople celebrate it with music and dance while holding images of Santo Niño decorated with flowers and lights with parade of floats with images of the saint (locally known as Tugyaw).Maricel Eballo, [https://www.catholicsandcultures.org/philippines/santo-nino/feast-santo-nino-bustos-bulacan"Feast of Santo Niño in Bustos, Bulacan"]{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Catholics & Cultures updated December 4, 2017

Economy

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Bustos is, in the majority, an agricultural town. It is hailed as one of the largest rice producers of the country and the Central Luzon Region (the Rice Granary of the Philippines), and received the Rice Achiever Award as an Outstanding Municipality in Region III (Central Luzon) and a Hall of Fame award at the Agri-Pinoy Rice Achievers Awards of 2014 conferred by the Department of Agriculture.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/401391/Central-Luzon-bags-rice-achievers-awards|title = Central Luzon bags rice achievers awards| website=SunStar |date = 30 March 2015}}

The Bustos commercial center in the town proper is still expanding with the influx of more business investors willing to venture into the small but flourishing town. At present, the town has its public market and a few small private markets, business shops, banks, convenience stores, restaurants, cafeterias, and grocery stores.

Bustos has its own trademark product, the finger food 'minasa'.

Minasa refers to "cassava cookies", made from cassava flour, egg yolk, yeast, butter, and coco milk. It is often compared to the uraro, another local delicacy. Minasa is one of the famous treats from the province of Bulacan traded in the local and global market of Filipino pasalubong products. During the Spanish colonial era, Bustos' minasa cookies were made from sago or arrowroot starch instead of cassava. The main ingredient was changed because of the long production time of sago starch and when cassava starch became cheaper and easier to produce with the onset of cassava flour-making equipment. Also, minasas were exclusively produced and eaten by the elite Bulakeños who were the only ones who could afford the ingredients and the equipment for the production of the flour.

The word minasa translates to "molded" in English. The process of preparing minasa is similar to the making and baking of cookies. The only special characteristics of minasa are its shape, which is molded on specially-made wooden molders with intricate designs, commonly floral designs, and its being baked in a hurno or brick stone oven that adds to the yumminess of the cookie. Minasa is said to be a part of the history and culture of Bulacan because of the egg yolks that were left in kitchens during the building of old stone houses that were made of egg whites. Currently, there are stalls all around Bustos selling this local delicacy, making the municipality the "Home of Minasa".

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Bustos has a rural bank, the Rural Bank of Bustos, which is located at Gen. Alejo Santos Highway, Barangay Bonga Menor, beside the Bustos by-pass road going to Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija. It has a branch in Barangay Poblacion in front of Santo Niño Hospital. The bank is currently under the management of Producers Savings Bank Corporation.

;Other products, industries, & services:

Rice and other agricultural products
Poultry & swine raising and other dairy products
Bags and handicrafts making
Pastry making
Food processing and retail selling
Garments and embroidery
Metal-crafting
Furniture making
Fishpond raising
Recreational facilities and services
Resorts and hotels
Electrical supply and hardware

Culture

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Minasa Festival is the official festival of Bustos observed every January where street dances, dance showdowns, cooking contests, singing contests, running events, beauty pageants, live band concerts and other variety shows are commonly done. It features the cookie minasa, a locally-made delicacy as well as other items such as the dry-like wafer crispy barquillos. The festival was first celebrated in 2011 and since then, the activity is televised yearly.

Manok-Manok (Chicken) Festival in Barangay San Pedro every June and Hito (Catfish) Festival in Barangay Camachilihan every August are also observed.

Government

=Local government=

Bustos is a recipient of the 2017 Seal of Good Local Governance given by the Department of the Interior and Local Government. Based on the 2022 Philippine general election, here are the following elected local officials of the Municipality of Bustos for the term 2022 – 2025.

class=wikitable \|+ 2022–2025 Bustos Municipal Officials{{cite web\|url=https://www.bulacan.gov.ph/bustos/government.php\|title=Municipal Officials-Bustos\|publisher=Provincial Government of Bulacan Official Website\|access-date=26 July 2018\|archive-date=22 January 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122073915/http://www.bulacan.gov.ph/bustos/government.php\|url-status=dead}}
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Mayor \| Francis Albert "Iskul" G. Juan \| {{party name with colour\|National Unity Party (Philippines)}}
Vice Mayor \| Martin S. Angeles \| {{party name with colour\|National Unity Party (Philippines)}}
rowspan=8\| Councilors \| Marie Niña N. Perez \| {{party name with colour\|Partido Federal ng Pilipinas}}
Leo T. Santos \| {{party name with colour\|Partido Federal ng Pilipinas}}
Phillip Wryner "Gen" B. Santos \| {{party name with colour\|Partido Federal ng Pilipinas}}
Juliet D. Dela Cruz \| {{party name with colour\|Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan}}
Aljhaneal "Anel" E. Quiñones \| {{party name with colour\|Partido Federal ng Pilipinas}}
Soliman C. Santos \| {{party name with colour\|Partido Federal ng Pilipinas}}
Wilfredo "Willy" G. Canoza \| {{party name with colour\|Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan}}
John Erick "Tangkol" L. Perez \| {{party name with colour\|Partido Federal ng Pilipinas}}
colspan=4\| Ex Officio Municipal Council Members
ABC President \| Fortunato SJ. Angeles (Liciada) \| {{party name with colour\|Nonpartisan\|no_link=y}}
SK Federation President \| Kyle Gabrille D.R Navarro (Tibagan) \| {{party name with colour\|Nonpartisan\|no_link=y}}

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|+ 2022–2025 Bustos Municipal Officials{{cite web|url=https://www.bulacan.gov.ph/bustos/government.php|title=Municipal Officials-Bustos|publisher=Provincial Government of Bulacan Official Website|access-date=26 July 2018|archive-date=22 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122073915/http://www.bulacan.gov.ph/bustos/government.php|url-status=dead}}

Position

Name

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Mayor

| Francis Albert "Iskul" G. Juan

| {{party name with colour|National Unity Party (Philippines)}}

Vice Mayor

| Martin S. Angeles

| {{party name with colour|National Unity Party (Philippines)}}

rowspan=8| Councilors

| Marie Niña N. Perez