Barangay Arobo History

BARANGAY AROBO HISTORY

During the spanish time, Barangay Arobo was uninhabited. The oldest person by the name Pedro Cabañero who remained bachelor hailed from Barangay Igdanlog., Frequently went to this place to till the land which he did not establish in his own name. He built a Barong-barong or a hut for his shelter. Thus, followed by Mateo Perfas who hailed from San Joaquin, Iloilo and he also established his own hut, thus the two oldest person were the pioneered and permanently lived in this barangay. Pedro Cabañero tilled the land in the form of Kaingin system. In his small farm there was a huge tree named AROBO and beared a fruits which is edible, because of the scarcity of food on that time they used the fruits of the tree for there food and they took good care of it. Then later, the tree died because of age. When other inhabitants dwelled in this place, Pedro Cabañero and Mateo Perfas called for a meeting and suggested that the place must be named AROBO in memory of that edible tree. Thus, barangay AROBO was borned.

Arobo was the sitio of Brgy.Masayo until the year 1963 when the inhabitants passed a resolution for its separation from Brgy.Masayo to become a bonafide Barrio Arobo. Its patron saint is SAINT JOSEPH and the first Barangay fiesta was held on March 19-20, 1965.