BRIEF HISTORY OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF BOSTON

 

ORIGIN OF NAME

Boston was once sitting on the splendor of Spanish culture. According to the old folks of the town, the Spaniards were the pioneering immigrants of the place. It was evidenced by a church with post made of selected big hard woods and walling made of brick stones built by the natives of the place now occupied by a newly designed church by parishioners.
According to the old folks, Boston got its name from an American Missionary who came to the town and asked the name of the place from an old man holding a cane. The old man thinking of the cane he was holding replied “BASTON” a native dialect. From then on, the place was called “BOSTON”.

FOUNDATION

Boston was a part of the Municipality of Cateel until it became an independent municipality by the virtue of RA 5820 enacted on June 21, 1969. Its corporate existence started in 1971 when the first set of municipal officials took their oath of office on January 1, 1971 under the leadership of Honorable Mayor Honorio Cabrera Yucosing whose (4) year term of office was extended. In January of 1977, he tendered his resignation, and was replaced by Hon. Vicente Rosit Castillones, a member of the Municipal Council representing the business sector, who was then the representative of the municipality to the Provincial Board of Davao Oriental.

His appointment as Municipal Mayor was signed by Hon. Minister Rono in January of 1977. The resignation of Hon. Honorio c. Yucosing took effect upon the assumption to the office of Hon. Vicente R. Castillones on October 4, 1977. Hon. Vicente R. Castillones was given another mandate in December 1979 political exercise. He served as elected Municipal Mayor from 1980 until 1986. Except for the lone oppositionist in the Municipal Council, the late Hon. Angelico Limoso, the entire set of Municipal Officials was replaced after the EDSA revolution by a newly appointed set of Municipal Officials headed by the late Hon. Manuel Rodriguez Castro as OIC Mayor. The late Hon. Manuel R. Castro was elected to the position as Municipal Mayor in January 1988 local election. He served until 1992. In the Synchronized National and Local Elections of May 1992, the late Hon. Manuel R. Castro lost his post to his former running mate Hon. Vice Mayor Rebecco Butulan Rosit Sr. Hon. Mayor Rebecco B. Rosit served for a maximum of three (3) terms from 1992 until 2001. His brother Hon. Mayor Ramie B. Rosit took the post when he victoriously sought the people’s mandate in May 2001 National and Local Elections. He finished his last third term which end in the last day of June, 2010. His brother, Hon. Rebecco B. Rosit, Sr., a former member of the Sangguniang Bayan succeeded him in the May 2010 National and Local Elections against the opposition candidate Hon. Rustan R. Castillones, a Punong Barangay of Poblacion and current ABC President.

The development thrust of the previous and present administration focused on the economic services by providing farm-to-market roads, construction of Municipal Water System, Rehabilitation and maintenance of water supply in all barangay, provide linkages to financing institution to avail livelihood programs, and sound and well-managed fiscal management. He also gave full support to social services of the CSOs and indigenous people in the formulation of development plans and programs.