According to oral history of the indigenous people of Bukidnon, there were four main tribes in Central Mindanao: the Maranao who dwell in Lanao del Sur, and the Maguindanao, Manobo and Talaandig who respectively inhabit the eastern, southern, and north-central portions of the original province of Cotabato.
Bukidnon became a regular province on March 10, 1917 by virtue of the creation of the Department of Mindanao and Sulu under Act 2711.
The fifth degree Bukidnons are largely recent immigrants from their other parts of the Philippine archipelago and have made Bukidnon as their permanent home.
The province of Bukidnon is landlocked by the provinces of Misamis Oriental to
One of the well-known attractions of Bukidnon is the pineapple plantation of Del Monte.
Bukidnon prepares for furhter growth by enhancing accessibility by the construction of new roads, the rehabilitation of old ones and the standardization of bridge capacities to 20 tons.
The indigenous tribes in the province of Bukidnon derived their names from the watershed are known as Tigwahanons or those in the Pantaron Mountains, living along Umayon River watershed are called Umayamnon.
Bukidnon also known for its picnic spot like Matunog Swimming Pool, but the most popular among several picnic spots in the province is the Matin- Ao Spring in Bangcud, Malaybalay.
Also built in Bukidnon is the country's tallest bridge in the country is the Atugan New Bridge, constructed with the latest trend in structural engineering.
Bukidnon Clash a Big Defensive Action for the AFP : QC IMC(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The clash between the 1st Pulang Bagani Command of the New People’s Army and combined forces of the 26th IB and 8th IB in Sitio Gopako, Brgy Sinuda, Kitaotao, Bukidnon last May 14, 2005 was a big defensive action for the AFP.
Contrary to the standard propaganda line of the AFPs Civil Relations Group, the incident was the result of tactical offensive operations of the 1st PBC.
Clearly hurting, the AFP is in a rampage now in the hinterlands of Davao City and Bukidnon.
In Kitaotao, Bukidnon, the Matigsalog are using their customary law called gantangan owey palavian to resolve conflicts.
In Kitaotao, which is almost entirely covered by the CADC of the Matigsalog and Manobo tribes, the healing ritual known as panubad accounts for nearly 10 percent of preventive remedies despite the town's proximity to Davao City.
Among the ancestral domains visited for this story, the more successful ones are those that received assistance to implement their management plan such as Bakun, Kitaotao, and Malungon.
The Manila Times Internet Edition | REGIONS > Five Reds killed in Mindanao;NPA hits Zambales informer(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Army spokesman, Maj. Bartolome Bacarro, announced the encounter as the police in Zambales reported that suspected New People’s Army (NPA) hit men killed a barangay councilor who was supposedly reforming and pledged to help the authorities in their counterinsurgency drive.
Two NPA rebels were also killed while six Army soldiers were wounded in a separate firefight with the group of Leonardo Pitao, alias Commander Parago, in the outskirts of Barangay Sinuday in Kitaotao, Bukidnon, on Saturday.
One of the rebel fatalities was identified as Jane Quintos, 22, of Bunakaw, Bukidnon, through her Ateneo de Davao identification card.
Defying Wainwright's final surrender order as relayed to Sharp and Nelson, the Pendatun brothers and Matalam led their men in continuing offensives on Japanese garrisons and main encampment from Midsayap and Carmen and finally, Kitaotao town, Bukidnonprovince, which hosted the biggest camp of the Japanese Army that landed in Mindanao.
Indeed, it was a defining moment in the nation's history, which the Filipino soldier could proudly recall and tell the world of those wars that his forebears had fought and died for.
And that the historically recorded surrender of the Japanese Imperial Army in Kitaotao, Bukidnon and in most of Mindanao, happened two years before McArthur returned to the Philippines in 1944, almost three years before Japan officially surrendered to the Allied Forces after Truman decided to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6, 1945.
Elta G. Laurilla(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Humbly born as Elta Sugdan Gumera in Simaya, Malaybalay, Bukidnon, she was sent by her parents to government learning institutions from grade school to high school and later to Central Mindanao University where she took up her Bachelor of Science in Agriculture Degree.
Her commitment to the cause of uplifting the welfare and interest of the IPs was kindled very early in her life when she saw the poverty, the deprivation of their rights, the indifference and neglect of the government and the apathy of the more affluent and more numerous non-tribal people.
Ever the active organizer and leader that she is, she is now National Coordinator of the Federation of Matigsalug-Manobo Tribal Councils, of Kitaotao, Bukidnon, a National Adviser of the Tuklas Katutubo Inc. and an active member of the Tribal Communities of the Philippines.
Libayao envisioned himself to be the Supreme Datu of his planned “Lumad Province” supposedly comprising of the municipalities of Arakan Valley in North Cotabato, Senuda in Bukidnon, Talaingod in Davao del Norte, and the districts of Malabog, Paquibato and Marilog in Davao City.
Banditry and cattle rustling was reportedly headed by then Kitaotao Vice Mayor Lorenzo Gawilan (now mayor), where the existence of a “Gawilan-Libayao Trail” was believed to be the transit route for stolen cattles from Senudo to Talaingod.
In an Alamara concept paper obtained by Pasaka from Bukidnon, the paper reveals a “central commander” known as Bagang Bangan Banlayen and a “field commander” known as Kulihi.
Samuel B. Bagasin, area command chief of the Army’s Northern, Northeastern and Southern Mindanao Fourth Infantry (Diamond) Division, said a one-hour heavy firefight took place in barangay Sinuda, Kitaotao, Bukidnon when elements of 403rd Infantry Brigade under the command of Brig.
He said that one NPA fatality was identified as Jane Quintos, 22, of Banakaw, Bukidnon.
Pendatun Guro, spokesman and operation officer of 401st Infantry (Unite and Fight) Brigade, and Maj. Alexis Noel C. Bravo, regional Army spokesman said, the attacking column of SDG’s crema force used B-40 rockets and mortars on the government soldiers’ position.
Nala vs Barroso Jr : 153087 : August 7, 2003 : J. Ynares-Santiago : First Division(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Regrettably, even the examination conducted by the respondent judge on Nalagon and Alcoser fell short of the required probing and exhaustive inquiry for the determination of the existence of probable cause.
Q I am showing you this document/sworn statement of Ruel Nala[gon] given to PO3 Rodrigo Delfin, Investigator, SCOT/PDEU Bukidnon Police Provincial Office, Camp Ramon Onahon, Malaybalay City on or about 12:30 in the afternoon of June 25, 2001, in the presence of PO3 Macrino Alcoser, Operative of Special Case Operation Team.
A Yes, sir because we are neighbors in Purok 4, Poblacion, Kitaotao, Bukidnon.
May 20 2005, 07:33 AM Slain rebel not an Ateneo student
DAVAO CITY -- The 22-year-old female who was one of three suspected communist rebels slain in a clash with government troops in Bukidnon Saturday was not a student of the Ateneo de Davao University, said a school official.
University registrar Rene Villarente denied military reports that one of the three slain rebels, identified as Jane Quintos of San Fernando in Bukidnon, was an Ateneo student based on a school ID card found in her possession.
