THIS WEEK’S MILESTONES: March 10 – 16, 2019

March 12, 2016

The first water reservoir at Barangay Guadalupe in Carcar City, Cebu province, was inaugurated.

It was built to provide steady and ample supply of water to 12,641 residents (2015 population).

Barangay Guadalupe previously sourced its water supply from the Kabadang spring, but the barangay did not have a storage facility to provide enough water to every household.

March 16, 1961

The former barangays of Lugait, Biga and Aya-aya were separated from Manticao town in Misamis Oriental province and became a new municipality called Lugait through Executive Order No. 425 signed by then President Carlos P. Garcia.

Lugait has a total land area of 36,426 hectares and currently has eight barangays. It had a population of 19,758 in 2015.

Compiled by Kathleen de Villa, Inquirer Research