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The Iloilo City Government formally donated the land where the Balantang Memorial Cemetery National Shrine, the internment site for members of the 6th Military District who fought during the World War II, to the Philippine Veterans Affairs Office (PVAO). Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas and PVAO Administrator Reynaldo Mapagu signed the deed of donation and acceptance for the 5,824-square-meter parcel of land in Barangay Quintin Salas, Jaro district. The site was declared a national shrine under PVAO’s administration in 1994 through Proclamation No. 425.
Sagay in Negros Occidental attained component city status through Republic Act No. 8192, which was subsequently ratified on Aug. 10, 1996. The city’s beginnings date back to a 1860 settlement at the Bulanon River mouth, then called Arguelles, founded by Tenientes Francisco Rodriguez and Basilio Cordova. Ten years later, the settlement was moved to a coastal area and renamed Pueblo de Magallanes, now known as Barangay Old Sagay. Its present name, Sagay, was adopted in 1960 from “sigay,” which refers to the abundant shells found along its shores. The municipal government seat was eventually relocated to Barangay Rizal on Dec. 22, 2002. Today, Sagay is a second-class city with a total population of 152,543, as of the 2024 Census. Located at the northern tip of Negros Island, the city is described as having a shape resembling an ice cream cone.
