GROUP 1 (SAN JOSE, BATANGAS)

                         

"ITS MORE FUN IN SAN JOSE "

                  

CULTURE

A culture consists of beliefs, values, understandings, practices, and ways of interpreting experience that are shared by a number of people. It is a set of taken-for-granted assumptions that form the pattern of our lives and guide how we perceive as well as how we think, feel, and act. Here are the different cultures and festivals people in San Jose celebrates. The town fiesta which is held every March 19 is in commemoration of the Feast of St. Joseph The Patriarch wherein thousands of devotees local, national and foreign origins flocked. Sometimes this coincides with Lenten Season or Holy Week wherein SINAKULO and DAGIT are also observed; hence the influx of visitors (Visita Iglesia) will last for a month. Another activity is the SINUAM Festival which is in observance of the annual Foundation Day every April 26, highlighted by the serving of free SINUAM to the public. Anpther is The Eggstravangaza Festival which is celebrated every first week of October in the Observance of World Egg Day. San Jose, Batangas being the EGG BASKET OF THE PHILIPPINES is host to poultry farmers of the country for an annual national egg convention.

PRODUCT

One of the proudest products of san jose batangas is the egg that's why it is considered as the Egg Capital of the Philippines and also eggs has a lot of benifits. Eggs are a very good source of inexpensive, high quality protein. More than half the protein of an egg is found in the egg white along with vitamin B2 and lower amounts of fat and cholesterol than the yolk. The whites are rich sources of selenium, vitamin D, B6, B12 and minerals such as zinc, iron and copper.

                               

SCENERY

The Municipality of San Jose, Batangas has many things to offer to local, national and international tourists. One of this is the St. Joseph the Patriarch Parish Church. This centuries old church which is being declared as an Archdiocesan Shrine of the Archdiocese of Lipa is the most frequently visited cite the whole year round by devotees of St. Joseph The Patriarch. Local and foreign visitors are at peak during its Feast Day and Lenten Season. The Church which features a very unique altar, façade and ceiling, a Garden with station of the cross with life size statues, a grotto, a Museum and adjacent is Minor seminary are the attractions and of course the SINAKULO and the DAGIT during Holy Week. MYHT How San Jose Batangas starts is also being part of the history , but aside from that, without the awareness of some Batanguenos is the story or what we called the “Kwentong Bayan” of San Jose. As San Jose being known for the Egg Basket of The Philippines, It was being debated if what came first. Is it the egg or chicken. But until now this kind of question or story left a mark in minds of people living in San Jose.

             

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

The municipality now known as San Jose was once a wilderness. Wild animals such as buffalo, birds and flora abound this place. The aetas were the first inhabitants of the place. They started clearing some portions of the wilderness especially in the areas near the rivers. Several groups of settlers then drove these aetas to hinterlands and permanently occupied the place. They named it “Malaking Tubig”, referring to the big river crossing the central portion of their settlement. The Spaniards then colonized the Philippines. Bauan (a nearby town of the municipality of San Jose) was established in 1596 as an ecclesiastical unit administered by the order of Saint Agustin with “Malaking Tubig” as one of the barrios under its jurisdiction. Human population of Malaking Tubig started to grow in 1754, Taal Volcano erupted destroying the original Bauan. And before its actual site could have been selected, Malaking Tubig was separated from Bauan. The recognized leaders of Malaking Tubig then petitioned the Spanish authorities for the creation of that place as a pueblo (town) which was granted to them on April 26, 1765. Two years later, Malaking Tubig was inaugurated into a pueblo where Ignacio de los Santos (also known as Ignacio Ona) became the Gobernadorcillo. Included in the inaugural jurisdiction were the present administrative unit, the Poblacion and the barrios of Labac, Dita, Ibabao, Dalipit and Makulot. The last six barrios were also separated through a petition which was approved on March 13, 1877 to become a new town of Cuenca. Since the foundation of the town of San Jose on April 26, 1765 up to the present time, there are already One Hundred Forty Six (146) appointed or elected heads (Capitanes, Alcaldes, Gobernadorcillos and Presidentes) of this Municipality. Based on the record, the list of “Cabezas”, “Gobernadorcillos”, “Presidentes Local”, “Municipal Presidentes”; “Municipal Presidentes” and “Municipal Mayors” of San Jose .

MYHT 

How San Jose Batangas starts is also being part of the history , but aside from that, without the awareness of some Batanguenos is the story or what we called the “Kwentong Bayan” of San Jose. As San Jose being known for the Egg Basket of The Philippines, It was being debated if what came first. Is it the egg or chicken. But until now this kind of question or story left a mark in minds of people living in San Jose. 

DIALECT 

San Jose, being in the Southern Tagalog Region, is dominated by Tagalog speaking population. Out of the total population of 64,469 based on CBMS Survey of 2009 about 95.28% percent of the population speaks Tagalog or 61,423, while 2.2% speaks Bicolano. The remaining 2.52% speaks other local dialects from their place of origin like, Ilocano, Cebuano, Ilonggo, Waray, etc.

PROJECTS 

San Jose, Batangas planned to work for the renovations and widening of their roads and having road signages to maintain the absence of congested traffic situations. Traffic lights, street lights and pedestrian lanes are also part of their projects.

The community of San Jose also started to build a commercial building that can be rented by vendors which can help them lessen the number of vendors using the current market place thus making it easier for people to pass by.

These plan projects are for the welfare of citizens.

SOURCE OF INCOME

The Municipality of San Jose’s agricultural production is primarily based on Poultry and Livestock Production, both in commercial and backyard scales. For 2011, there is a total of 368,980 swine, 1,840 large cattle, and 1,866 small ruminants. There was an increase in population of Poultry and Livestock from 2009-2011 . It shows that poultry and livestock industry tends to dominate the economic activity in the area. These population include backyard and commercial farms.People in San Jose are engaged in farming, poultry industry, fishing, forestry, wholesale & retail, manufacturing, services, transportation / storage / communication, mining, construction and other occupational activities. Layer farming is the leading income generating activity in the municipality. As of December 31, 2012, an estimate of 5 million layers produce eggs daily which earned San Jose the title as “EGG BASKET OF THE PHILIPPINES.”

PROBLEM

People nowadays mainly focus on improving the establishments, business and their lives. They doesn’t notice their environment. They used to cut trees and destroy our nature. And we saw this particular scene in the nature of San Jose, Batangas. Just like Pansol that is been considered as one of the tourist attraction in San Jose before. But today, it is not attractive and not that beautiful. You can see there different kind of garbage and the river seems to be dirty. The water is not clear anymore. Sometimes, poultries used the river for disposing the wastes of their pigs and chickens. Therefore, we conclude that the problem is that, the nature is not being prioritize by the municipality of San Jose.

SOLUTION 

Our solution in this problem is we are going to talk to the municipality of San Jose in this kind of issue. We will tell them that this problem is a serious matter We would like to propose an agenda to solve this problem. Our agenda is about cleaning the Pansol river nd other narure in San Jose , Batangas and bring back their natural beauty that attracts people. We should remember that we should be responsible in our every action. We should always clean our environment because it is a blessing that God gave us. We need to preserve the nature for the next generation.