Municipality of Rosario
Location
Map of Batangas showing the location of Rosario.
Government
Region	CALABARZON (Region IV-A)
Province	Batangas
District	4th District of Batangas
Barangays	48
Income class:	1st Class Municipality
Mayor	Felipe Africa Marquez (Lakas-CMD)
Physical characteristics
Area	226.90 km²
Population      Total       Density	86,110 (2000)379.51/km² (2000)

Rosario is a 1st class municipality in the province of Batangas, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 86,110 people in 16,288 households.

Rosario is also considered as among the interior municipalities of the Batangas Bay Region comprising of 11 municipalities and 2 cities whose catchment areas drain into the Batangas Bay.¹

Barangays

Rosario is politically subdivided into 48 barangays.

Barangay Clusters

For purposes of community organizing and effective delivery of social development projects, the Office for Sustainable Development under supervision of the Office of the Municipal Mayor in 1995, conveniently divided the 48 barangays into 8 barangay clusters with 6 member barangays each.²

This system was patterned after the resolutions traditionally passed by the Sangguniang Bayan as part of its organizational plan following the general elections when new members are elected into office for a new term. Consequently, the barangay cluster arrangement was adopted and served as the framework for land usedevelopment strategies enunciated under the Comprehensive Land Use Plan of Rosario, Batangas for Planning Period 2000-2010 (CLUP).³

Current Officials

The current set of municipal officials were elected during the 2007 General Elections⁴ and their term is set to expire on 2010.

Municipal Mayor: Felipe Africa Marquez

Vice-Mayor: Leonardo Castillo Anyayahan

Sangguniang Bayan Members:

• Manuel Aguila Maranan
• Felomino Magbuhos Kalalo
• Edward Briones Aguilar
• Angelica Masilungan-Rosales Lee
• Rodjelio Jaspe Hernandez
• Armando Comia Bautista
• Virgilio Pasia Geron
• Manuel Comia Greñas

Immediate Past Municipal Officials

The immediate past municipal officials were elected during the 2004 General Elections and their term expired 2007. The incumbent mayor is Felipe Marquez who was reelected for his second term during the 2007 General Elections as chief executive of Rosario. The vice mayor is Danilo Alday. Sangguniang Bayan is composed of Angelica Rosales, Leonardo Anyayahan, Sonia Ebite, Adrian Montalbo, Kennedy Laroza, Pedro Andan and Johnny Minas. Sangguniang Kabataan Municipal Federation President is Grace Villar of Brgy. Quilib.

Barangay Officials

The following Punong Barangays and Sangguniang Kabataan Chairmen were elected last October 29, 2007 Barangay Elections⁵ and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections⁶:

World Outlook in Local Action

In compliance with the principles of 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, the Municipal Government of Rosario, Batangas formulated the Aksyon ng Bayan Rosario 2001 And Beyond Human and Ecological Security Plan⁷ by virtue of Executive Order No. 98-02 dated October 5, 1998 by then Mayor Rodolfo Guerra Villar.

The plan pursued a sustainable development approach to poverty reduction efforts balanced with concerns for ecological security. This required an active collaboration among the municipal and barangay government units, non-governmental and people's organizations, and the local community.

To further institutionalize the Aksyon ng Bayan Rosario 2001 And Beyond framework and integrate its principles in local development plans, the CLUP was prepared by the Municipal Land Use Committee and the Office of the Municipal Planning and Develoment Coordinator, with technical assistance from the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB). In 2000, the CLUP and its accompanying Zoning Ordinance (ZO) was approved with immediate effect.⁸

References

External links

• Rosario Batangas Philippines Website
• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• RosarioBatangas.com
• Barangay Clusters
• My Rosario Batangas Journal
• Agricultural Technologist
• Rosario.Batangas