:: Municipality of Vaderrama ::
Valderrama
is among the barrios in the Municipality of Bugasong. Formerly, it was called
Caberi-an due to the abundance of beri shrubs in the place. According to the
history, a settlement of some thirty (30) families, settled along the coast of
Bugasong, moved eastward following the river bank of Cangaranan River until they
reached the Kaberi-an. The place is favorable; they cleared and tilled the soil
to establish residence.
Flourishing from the humble beginnings, the settlement grew to be self-sufficient, until finally it became necessary for them to have their own new sets of officials to govern themselves. Many years passed, the Spaniards came to the Philippines. Some of them sailed to the northern part of the country until they reached the island of Panay, where some of them settled in the Municipality of settlement in Bugasong. This period of rediscovery began when the head of the Spanish settlement in Bugasong noted that there was an area settled by the natives who were fast growing. The natives, through the influence of the Spaniards, moved for the separation of Kaberi-an from the Municipality of Bugasong through the representation of the Spanish officials. The separation was granted. The settlement attained progress. Because of new system of government under the control of the Spaniard, they began thinking to change the name of Kaberi-an.
One day, a Spanish official came to visit the place. As he entered the town, he met a young lady with a pail. The Spanish official asked her in Spanish language about the name of the place. The lady did not understand Spanish and thought that she ask what she was carrying and she smilingly answered �BALDE�. The Spanish official nodded and from that time on the place was called Valde.
However, to name a place without any significance, RAMA was added to the word VALDE making it VALDERRAMA, in honor of the priest who held the first mass in Limasawa.
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