This is a Google earth shot of my place..X marks the spot where my house stands..Y is pointing to the triangular patch of land beside us which is for sale..It is 200 sq. meters at 2500 pesos per sq. meter..This is what our neighbour named Cherise (?) told us..It has a mango tree, just beside the right of way that goes beside our garage..Z with a thin line points to the bungalow of Fely Ungos..There are already a number of houses in the area and according to them, our place is very quiet, compared to some places in Poblacion..The rice fields in front of us gives a very nice view from our front porch..There are several stories re: it..one time, they said FVRamos whose house is also beside it wanted to buy a portion for a heliport..Up to now nothing yet..The white lines are small roads going in and out of the particular subdivision. If I heard right, one part of the rice field in front of us belongs to the DeVera family and some portions are for sale as residential areas...The irrigation road going to Domanpot I think is hidden by the trees and houses.That narrow concrete road that passes in front of our house is the "tambak" or shortcut mentioned by Marcie Wise in her historical account ( see the next article )..vdc
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STORY OF DUMAQUIT/CABINCOLAN by Marcie Wise
My maternal Grandmother's name is Rufina Esteban Padilla. Her two brothers are Panyong, the father of Amado Esteban who is one time owner of the Rizal Academy ) and Jovencio Esteban. Jovencio, on the other hand is a Math teacher who taught at the Pacifican Colleges and later, at the Rizal Academy.
Grandma Rufina have 2 children: Uncle Carlito, Marcelina, my mother, known as “Nena,” and Uncle Fred. *** When the winds of War started to blow over Europe in 1942, Laki Panyong advised us to evacute ( agbakwit ) to that area of Asingan known as Bangkag. The Esteban family has a large acreage of land in Bangkag where sugar cane (kaunasan) then was cultivated.*** As a result, the Esteban/Padilla family moved to Bangkag and built there a small nipa hut (bahay kubo). Subsequently, Grandpa Uming Casimero followed us too as they also had land there. Their land is situated just on the opposite side of ours. Consequently, the Uson and the Figuracion family from Domanpot also evacuated to that part called Bangkag-Laod (Bangkag North). *** In December, 1941, Japan invaded the Philippines and within a few months, defeated the American and Filipino forces. My Grandpa thought the occupation would not last long, but it lasted two years in Asingan.
Starting in early 1942, Japanese forces occupied Asingan. They set up a camp next to the Catholic church. According to my mom, people in Asingan saw the bombing of San Manuel by the Japanese . During the occupation, , my mother and other children would go to school in Poblacion(South Central School)during the day , making their way via the tambak (rice field paddies ). That tambak is presently the concrete road which passes through the front of Manong Vic's new house. It would pass thru Cabingcolan. At the time, there was no irrigation road yet. It was built after the war.** According to my mom and other witnesses, the occupation was very hard on Asingan. For example, if one Japanese soldier was killed, the Japanese forces would kill 10 Filipinos in retribution, burying them in South Central School. My mom and others witnessed these gory executions and will never ever forget them. In addition, the Japanese raped many women in Asingan.
To avoid conscription to the Japanese forces, men and women hid in the middle of sugar cane fields (kaunasan). Also, they would go to Banawang to hide. The Japs had also the vicious habit of abducting young women and making them "comfort women". You can just imagine what this word means.*** Laki Uming Casimero family has a helper. His name is Juan Paet. At that time, the Japs were hunting young men to conscript for the Japanese Army. But the young men were always on the lam hiding in the sugar cane fields. The Japanese saw Juan, took him and when he refused to join him, they tied him to an artesian well and whipped him mercilessly. But he survived the ordeal. He died only last year ( 2010 )
In September 1945, the Japanese commander in the Philippines surrendered to Gen. Wainwright in Baguio, thus ending the war.My Grandpa Panyong family then moved back to Baro with his only son, Uncle Amado Esteban. In addition, Laki Uming Casimero and Laki Jovencio Esteban families also moved back to Poblacion. My Inang Baket did not want to return so she stayed in Bangkag with her three children, one of whom was my Mom. My Mom built there our present house where we stayed until we immigrated to Hawaii.** The name Domaquit was formed in the following manner: Doma-for Domanpot; plus Quit for the ibakquit people. Accordingly, -DOMAQUIT is born. Before that people called us taga-bangbankag or abagatan.---#
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