BARANGAY PROFILE OF SUA, CAMALIGAN By: Dominador N. Marcaida, Jr. MENRO (Des.), LGU-Camaligan BARANGAY HISTORY ACCORDING TO KEY INFORMANTS A long time ago, before the Spaniards came to the Philippines, the place was abundant with different kinds of sour trees, such as pomelo, lemon, oranges, kalpe, kabugao and others. These trees were planted as fences around the houses of the community. When the Spaniards came, they called the place “Suha’, which is the local name for citrus fruit trees. Some other names cropped up, like Tampac, which came from the word “Sangab- Tambac.” One story goes that one Spaniard climbed a dalandan tree to get some fruits. The branch was broken, so the Spaniard fell over a pile of fruits (tambak na prutas). The Spaniard asked the people around what happened. The people said, “Tambak”. Since then the place was called “Tambac.” As years went by, it was changed to Tampac. Other names were given to the place like, Iraya, Kalye Pugot” or “Mangaho.” When the place was registered as a barangay of Camaligan, they preferred the name “Sua”, from the local word “suha”, the local name for citrus trees. Source: Write-up submitted by Ma. Mercy I. Abarientos, Principal I – Sua Elementary School) Two residents of the barangay, a brother and a sister, one named Alejandro and another one named Ernesta Marcaida, served as key informants for this part. They gave the following narratives regarding some historical facts about barangay Sua before and after the Japanese War in the Philippines. These two key informants were the children of Nicomedes Marcaida and Eufemia Almendral (a sister of one Severina Almendral). Alejandro Marcaida, born in 1923 at Sua, Camaligan, lived at Sitio Manggaho (presently part of Sitio Tampac), with his wife Alejandra Morico. Alejandra had brothers named Gregorio and Sabas, and sisters named Iluminada, Aurea and Florentina Morico. Aurea was married to Bonifacio Agdan. Gregorio, Alejandra, Sabas, Iluminada, Aurea and Florentina were the children of the spouses Simplicio Morico and Sabina Zamudio, who were then living in the land of Gertrudes Zamudio, whose husband was Rufo Madrigal, a cabeza de barangay of Sua. Simplicio Morico had another brother named Fortunato, who was the father of Victoria, Dorotea, Felipe and Melchor Morico. This was before the Japanese war.