| ANTIQUE TOWNS: ANINI-Y |
| MUNICIPALITY OF ANINI-Y HISTORICAL BACKGROUND Anini-y
is one typical town of Antique that is imbued with historical facets and tourist
attractions. The Myths and Legends of the Philippines identified this area to
have been peopled by Ignieni tribes long before the Borneans came. Their folk
stories on Tub/ok Lawi and other gods
told about the creation of their ancient world. Hinilawod has cited the ‘puro
it hurao-hurao’
The Maragtas
of Monteclaro and the Santaren Papers have declared that the Ten Bornean
Datus landed at Imbidayan a rock formation at a beach which is now part of
Sinogbuhan but is claimed by local folks to have been part of Anini-y before but
the leadership then failed to claim. The
barter supposedly took place under kadapdapan’ which root word is dapdap- the
old name of Anini-y barangay bounding Sinogbuhan. The town started as an arabal
of Dao (now T. Fornier) in the year 1843 while Spain still ruled over the
island. In 1848, the parish priests of Anini-y and Dao initiated the transfer of
the barrios of Magdalena, Casay, and San Francisco from Dao to Anini-y. It was
then that Anini-y established its legal identity and became separated from its
mother town. The coming of the Americans at the turn of the twentieth century
and the introduction of their democratic government reverted Aniniy to its
status as arabal of Dao. On August 5, 1949, President
Elpidio Quirino signed Executive Order 205 mandating Anini-y to cease from being
an arabal of Dao and to become a separate town. This order was initiated by the
late Juan C. Obaga who was appointed its first municipal mayor through the
efforts of the late Congressman Egmidio Nietes of the Lone District of Antique.
Mayors Draper and Ela were elected after him. Mayor Leon's term (1 964-February
1986) ended when President Marcos was overthrown during the EDSA Revolution. When Pres. Corazon C. Aquino
took power, Mr. Virgilio Rendon was appointed as Officer In-Charge Municipal
Mayor. He was elected into the position twice until 1995 when he was defeated by
Mr. Reynaldo Belleza Pollicar. Anini-y is known for Sira-an
Hot Spring Development Complex, Nogas Island and the province’s oldest Hispano
church at the poblacion. This triad will complete the south leg of the proposed
Panay Tourism Triangle of Boracay in the southwest, and Sicogon on the
northeast. About two kilometers south of the Poblacion, Siraan Hot Spring’s balmy and invigorating sulfuric waters and its cool and panoramic vista against ribbon-clad horizon, accented by Hurao-hurao and Nogas Islands have attracted domestic and foreign visitors and tourists. Concrete picnic sheds, guest houses, conference pavilion, restaurant, duplex houses, and multi-purpose hall are some of the amenities available for the visitors.
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