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In the late 1800’s, a huge narra tree stood prominently on the lot of Isaac Marcelo, one of the pioneer families of the place located along the periphery of the mighty Agno River. Through the passage of time, the place was named after the tree scientifically known as pterocarpus indicus. Incidentally, narra is also the Philippines’ national tree.
Narra used to be a Sitio of Brgys. San Roque and San Vicente. When the barrio charter authored by then Sen. Emmanuel Pelaez which states, among other things, that a Sitio “with at least 500 inhabitants can qualify to become a barangay”. Narra became a full-pledged barangay in 1964. The huge narra tree is now only remembered in fond memories but Brgy. Narra continues to grow robust and sturdy like our national tree.
Brgy. Narra has an area of about 14,000 hectares, more or less. It is composed of seven sitios, namely: Cavite, Calingcamasan, Caniogan, Narra Proper, Narra Sur, Narra West and Narra East. It is located on the north-eastern periphery of the Agno River. It is bounded by Brgys. San Vicente, Flores and Guiset Norte on the south; by Brgy. San Bonifacio on the west; and Brgy. San Roque on the north. It has a present population of more or less 6,000. Many of its sons and daughters became overseas contract workers - their monetary remittances have steadily contributed to improve the quality of their families and their barangay. Farming is still the primary source of livelihood of its residents.
It has modest facilities for elementary education - from kindergarten to grade six, with an aggregate school population of about 451 pupils managed by 14 school teachers. The school is equipped with a well-managed library which was awarded as the most functional elementary library in Region 1 in school year 1998-1999. The school administration is presently headed by Mrs. Loreta M. Lat, Principal I.
It has its own barangay hall, barangay health center, day care center, two basketball courts, a multi-faith chapel for Catholics and non-Catholics, a Church of the Iglesia Ni Cristo, Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, and three rice mills.
Brgy. Narra is one of the host barangays of the 11th tallest dam in the world, the San Roque Multipurpose Project. The biggest amount of dam-fill materials used in the construction of the SRMP came from its land area. As a host, its residents were privileged beneficiary in the employment of workers during the construction of the huge dam by the National Power Corporation, the main proponent of the project.
After the completion of the SRMP, two important projects were established by the Pag-rangayan Community Development Foundation, Inc. (PCDFI,) a conduit to the social development program of the San Roque Power Corporation. These are the Pugon de Calingcamasan, a bakery project of Sitio Calingcamasan and the Food Processing Center of Sitio Cavite. Goat raising and duck raising were also given to the project beneficiaries.
Today, Brgy. Narra is proud of its progress made possible through the spirit of cooperation and the guidance of its illustrious leaders headed by VAdm. Virgilio Q. Marcelo, AFP (Ret), who initiated the formation of the Narra Multipurpose Cooperative (NMC), the most important happenstance of Brgy. Narra.
Brgy. Narra’s steady progress is administered by a very able barangay council headed by Punong Barangay Bartolome Salcedo.
Narra used to be a Sitio of Brgys. San Roque and San Vicente. When the barrio charter authored by then Sen. Emmanuel Pelaez which states, among other things, that a Sitio “with at least 500 inhabitants can qualify to become a barangay”. Narra became a full-pledged barangay in 1964. The huge narra tree is now only remembered in fond memories but Brgy. Narra continues to grow robust and sturdy like our national tree.
Brgy. Narra has an area of about 14,000 hectares, more or less. It is composed of seven sitios, namely: Cavite, Calingcamasan, Caniogan, Narra Proper, Narra Sur, Narra West and Narra East. It is located on the north-eastern periphery of the Agno River. It is bounded by Brgys. San Vicente, Flores and Guiset Norte on the south; by Brgy. San Bonifacio on the west; and Brgy. San Roque on the north. It has a present population of more or less 6,000. Many of its sons and daughters became overseas contract workers - their monetary remittances have steadily contributed to improve the quality of their families and their barangay. Farming is still the primary source of livelihood of its residents.
It has modest facilities for elementary education - from kindergarten to grade six, with an aggregate school population of about 451 pupils managed by 14 school teachers. The school is equipped with a well-managed library which was awarded as the most functional elementary library in Region 1 in school year 1998-1999. The school administration is presently headed by Mrs. Loreta M. Lat, Principal I.
It has its own barangay hall, barangay health center, day care center, two basketball courts, a multi-faith chapel for Catholics and non-Catholics, a Church of the Iglesia Ni Cristo, Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, and three rice mills.
Brgy. Narra is one of the host barangays of the 11th tallest dam in the world, the San Roque Multipurpose Project. The biggest amount of dam-fill materials used in the construction of the SRMP came from its land area. As a host, its residents were privileged beneficiary in the employment of workers during the construction of the huge dam by the National Power Corporation, the main proponent of the project.
After the completion of the SRMP, two important projects were established by the Pag-rangayan Community Development Foundation, Inc. (PCDFI,) a conduit to the social development program of the San Roque Power Corporation. These are the Pugon de Calingcamasan, a bakery project of Sitio Calingcamasan and the Food Processing Center of Sitio Cavite. Goat raising and duck raising were also given to the project beneficiaries.
Today, Brgy. Narra is proud of its progress made possible through the spirit of cooperation and the guidance of its illustrious leaders headed by VAdm. Virgilio Q. Marcelo, AFP (Ret), who initiated the formation of the Narra Multipurpose Cooperative (NMC), the most important happenstance of Brgy. Narra.
Brgy. Narra’s steady progress is administered by a very able barangay council headed by Punong Barangay Bartolome Salcedo.
Brgy. Narra, San Manuel, Pangasinan:
ROBUST AND STURDY
ROBUST AND STURDY
