HISTORY OF NAIC
Naik is a rarely used but highly cultured Tagalog
word meaning "suburbs" or "countryside." It is not archaic
as one Filipino scholar contends. For more than a century Naik
was a part or suburb of the elder town of
One source claims that Naik
was founded in 1971. But another source maintains that it was established
earlier – in 1758 – by the Dominican friars. By whichever date Naik was founded, it is evident that Maragondon,
its mother town, had been in existense as a regular municipality
independent of Silang, one of the oldest towns in
The research made by public school teachers
of
The prominent people who paved the way for
the revolution in Naik included former gobernadorcillos and capitanes
municipal; namely, Cirilo Arenas, Gregorio (Goyo) Jocson, in whose house
General Aguinaldo recuperated from illness, Benito Poblete, and Tobal Bustamante.
Aguinaldo had a
soft spot in his heart for the town of Naik fo the following reasons: (1) it was in Naik
he formed a "cabinet of reconciliation" as a president of the Revolutionary
Government, after Easter Sunday of 1897 (2) Aguinaldo
was ready to die with his boots on, i.e., fighting, in the battle of Naik, when suddenly he was saved from certain death by a Taong Agila (Eagle
Man) in the person of General Mariano Riego de Dios, and (3) Aguinaldo caught
Andres Bonifacio and his followers in the act of
adopting the Naik Military Agreement, a treasonous
document, calling for the establishment of a separate government and army, the
latter to be headed by General Pio del Pilar. Found guilty of sedition and treason, Bonifacio and his brother Procopio
were executed on
The 30 barrios /barangays
compromising Naik are the following: (1) Bukana, (2) Bucana Sasahan, (3) Bagong Kalsada, (4) Balsahan, (5) Bancaan, (6) Calubcob, (7) Capt. Ciriaco Nazareno, (8) Central,
(9) Humbac, (10) Gomez-Zamora, (11) Halang, (12) Ibayo Silangan, (13) Ibayo Estacion, (14) Kanluran, (15) Manbulo, (16) Munting Mapino, (17) Mozon, (18) Makina, (19) Malainen bago, (20) Malaine Luma, (21) Molino, (22) Palangue,
(23) Latoria, (24) San Roque,
(25) Santulan, (26) Sapa,
(27) Sabang, (28) Labac,
(29) Timalan Concepcion,
(30) Timalan Balsahan.
Of these 30 barrios/barangays
the following are the most historical:
1. Bancaan – meaning a place where the boats used
for crossing the river were moored; (2) Bucana –
meaning mouth or entrance of the river; (3) Halang – refering to a bridge built across the street; and Labac – meaning a low place serving as basin of floodwater.
TOWN
HEADS OF NAIK
The
following is a list of municipal presidents and mayors of Naik
from the beginning of the American regime to the present:
1. Marcial Velasquez, (2) Blas
Cena, (3) Leoncio Velasco,
(4) Cristobal Bustamante,
(5) Andres Gonzales, (6) Pedro Valenzuela, (7) Ciriaco
Nazareno, (8) Vicente Diosomito,
(9) Jose Nazareno, (10) Ciriaco
Ramos, (11) Blas Poblete,
(12) Mariano Nazareno, (13) Antero
Tanega, (14) Fidel Bustamante,
(15) Emilio Arenas, (16) Crispulo Miguelino,
(17) Saturno Ramirez, (18) Leon D. Nazareno, (19) Macario B. PeÑa, 1955-1976, (20) Clemente I.
Mojica, 1976-1980; (21) Elvira Nazareno,
December 1980-March 2, 1981; and (22) Clemente I. Mojica, March 3, 1981-1986; (23) Elvira B. Nazareno, 1988