CLMN in Muntinlupa

MUNTINLUPA

      The origin of the name “Muntinlupa” came from at least three versions. First, its association with the thin topsoil in the area—thus the term Muntinlupa. Second, residents, purportedly replying to a question by Spaniards in the 16th century what the name of their place was, said “Monte sa Lupa”—apparently mistaking the question for what card game they were playing. Third, the topographical nature of the area, where the term Monte or mountain was expanded to Muntinlupa or mountain land.

      Some documents suggest that the first and third versions of Muntinlupa and Monte sa Lupa respectively eventually became Muntinlupa either through misspelling or mispronunciation. But no record to date can firmly establish which of the three versions is historically correct.

      Muntinlupa is an old term, which refers to a village now known as the Población. As early as 1800, the Catholic priest Father Joaquín de Zúñiga chronicled it as la población que sigue se llama Muntinlupa.

      As early as 1601, Muntinlupa was under the religious supervision of the Augustinians. The religious education of the residents was under the convent of the Guadalupe Sanctuary until one Quijano Bustamante bought from the residente the land of Muntinlupa. In 1869, the project of forming a town out of the barrios of Muntinlupa was approved by the Civil Government.

      In 1901, Muntinlupa was one of the districts of Morong. On November 25, 1903, by Act 1008 of the Philippine Commission, the Municipality of Muntinlupa was included within the boundary of Laguna Province and placed under Biñan along with San Pedro. Muntinlupa protested against this Act, through Marcelo Fresnedi, the head of the Municipality.

      A petition to the Governor General for the return of Muntinlupa to Rizal Province, was heard and granted through Act 1308 and duly approved on March 22, 1905. Muntinlupa was returned to Rizal and became, with Pateros, a part of Taguig from which it was eventually separated because of its physical distance.

      The residents later petitioned the government for an independent status of the Municipality which granted under Executive Order 108 dated December 19, 1917 with the approval of Governor General Francis Burton Harrison which took effect on January 1, 1918.

      Vidal Joaquin, a native of Alabang, served as the first appointed mayor in 1918 while the first elected mayor was Melencio Espeleta.

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CLMN in Muntinlupa

      The The CLMN was first introduced to Muntinlupa City through the ecological camp Kilos Kabataan Para Sa Lawa, which was conducted in Muntinlupa City (Anfort Resort in Cupang) on 26 to 28 October 2005.  Thirty-eight high school students from various schools in the city had participated.  Orientation and lectures on "What is Secchi Disk" and "How Useful it is in Lake Monitoring?" and on the procedure for water quality monitoring using secchi disk were part of the program.  A field demonstration of sampling procedure was also conducted at the Laguna de Bay.