Municipal Background: 1.1 History
Municipal Background: 1.1 History
MUNICIPAL BACKGROUND
1.1 History
BRIEF HISTORY
The Municipality of Rizal, formerly Marcos Town was created under Batas Blg. 386 which was approved on April 1983.
I.2. Location
The municipality of Rizal is located 207 kilometers southwest of Puerto Princesa City and 53 kilometers from the Municipality of
Quezon. It is bounded by Municipality of Bataraza in the south, in the north by Municipality of Quezon, east by Municipality of
Brooke’s Point and on the west by the South China Sea.
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II. SOCIO-ECONOMIC
PROFILE
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2.1. Social
2.1.1. Health and Nutrition
A. Malnutrition
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Total No. Severely Under- % of
Total
BARANGAY of Target Underweigh weight SUW
weighed
PS t (SUW) (UW) and UW
Bunog 422 15 24 341 11.44
Campung Ulay 303 32 27 233 25.32
Candawaga 849 29 39 699 9.72
Canipaan 349 11 26 286 12.93
Culasian 385 10 25 362 9.66
Iraan 997 18 46 761 8.40
Latud 317 31 30 261 23.37
Panalingaan 670 31 40 554 12.81
Punta Baja 1558 36 83 1263 9.42
Ransang 733 110 90 597 33.50
Taburi 785 11 60 666 10.66
TOTAL 7368 334 490 6023 13.68
PHO (2018)
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Leading Causes of Infant Mortality
No
Causes . Rate/1000
1 Acute Gastroenteritis (AGE) 3 171.75
2 Influenza Virus 3 171.75
3 Advirse Effect 2 114.5
4 Cardiac Arrest 2 114.5
5 Heart Failure 1 57.25
6 Pneumonia 1 57.25
7 Stllbirth 1 57.25
PHO (2015)
C. Morbidity
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Leading Causes of Morbidity
Causes No. Rate/1000
1 ARI/URTI 806 11.56
2 Pneumonia 500 7.717
3 Animal Bite 423 6.07
4 Hypertension 411 5.89
5 Acute Gastroenteritis (AGE) 214 3.07
6 Tuberculosis alll Forms 205 2.94
7 Sysmtematic Viral Infection 167 2.39
8 Bronchitis 142 2.04
9 UTI 141 2.02
10 Bronchial Asthma 100 1.43
Table 3: Morbidity Rate, Rizal
PHO (2015)
2.1.2. Education
A. Literacy Rate
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Table 4: Literacy Rate, Rizal
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Literacy
Barangay Yes No Total Pop’n Rate
Bunog
Campung Ulay
Candawaga
Canipaan
Culasian
Iraan
Latud
Panalingaan
Punta Baja
Ransang
Taburi
Total
PSA (2015)
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B. Primary Education
Table 5: Total Primary Enrollment SY 19-20, Rizal
In 2020, Rizal registered a total of 9,754 enrollment in Grade Level Male Female Total
kinder to Grade 6. There are more male enrollees (50.36%) Kinder 682 698 1380
than females (99.64%). See table 5. Grade 1 795 775 1570
Grade 2 836 799 1635
Grade 3 663 642 1305
Grade 4 674 654 1328
Grade 5 689 656 1345
Grade 6 573 618 1191
SPED/Non Graded
Total 4,912 4,842 9,754
DepEd 2020
C. Secondary Education
Junior High School enrollment in 2019 based on DepEd
C.1. Junior High School report for 2019-2020 was posted at 4,087 students.
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Enrollments by grade levels showed a declining trend from
Grade 7 to Grade 10 of which a significant decrease was
highly noticeable between Grade 8 to 9. In a sense, total
female enrollees and male enrollees are equal. See table 6.
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Junior High School
Grade Level Male Female Total
Grade 7 644 597 1241
Grade 8 596 571 1167
Grade 9 409 492 901
Grade 10 378 384 762
SPED/Non
Graded 16 0 0
Total 2,043 2,044 4,087
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Senior High School
Grade Level Male Female Total
Grade 11 221 279 500
Grade 12 166 191 357
Total 387 470 857
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2.1.3. Housing
CBMS 2014
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2.2.1 Agriculture and Fisheries
2.2.2. Tourism
A. Tourist Spots
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Rizal is one of the five municipalities located along Mt. Mantalingahan Range in Southern Palawan which is a protected landscape
that is know for its natural and fascinating beauty and a home for diverse wildlife species and indigenous people in the Province.
At this mountain range found the highest peak in Palawan, about 2,040 meters above sea level. Thus, make Mt. Mantalingahan
to become a destination to tourists such as mountain climbers and nature trekkers.
B. Tourist Arrivals
In 2018, Rizal recorded number of tourist 3,803 in 2017 and
8,541 in 2018. Tourist arrivals from 2017 to 2018 showed a
very high increased of 124.59%.
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Tourist Arrival
Year 2017 2018
Total Guest 3,803 8,541
PTO 2018
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II. INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’S
PROFILE
I. INTRODUCTION
The indigenous peoples in the Philippines are defined by the defined territory, and who have, under claims of ownership
Indigenous Peoples‟ Rights Act (IPRA) of 1997 as: “A group since time immemorial, occupied, possessed and utilized
of people or homogeneous societies identified by self- such territories, sharing common bonds of language,
ascription and ascription by others, who have continually customs, traditions and other distinctive cultural traits, or
lived as organized communities on community-bounded and who have, through resistance to political, social and cultural
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inroads of colonization, non-indigenous religions and disaggregation for indigenous peoples can be gleaned from
cultures, become historically differentiated from the majority the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues’
of Filipinos. recommendation that stated this as a “topic of primary
importance.” In its first two sessions in 2002 and 2003, the
ICCs/IPs [Indigenous Cultural Communities/indigenous Permanent Forum identified “data collection as an urgent
peoples] shall likewise include peoples who are regarded as priority (Tebtebba Foundation, 2006).”
indigenous on account of their descent from populations
which inhabited the country, at the time of conquest or There is generally a lack of systematic collection and
colonization, or at the time of inroads of non-indigenous documentation of disaggregated data on indigenous peoples
religions and cultures, or the establishment of present state on socio-economic development, education, health, land
boundaries, who retain some or all of their own social, issues, large development projects, development
economic, cultural and political institutions, but who may infrastructure, labor and employment. A comprehensive
have been displaced from their traditional domains or who organization of information of the indigenous people in the
may have resettled outside the ancestral domains (IPRA, province to identify who and where the indigenous people
Chapter II, Section 3h).” are is vital to focus targeting of development interventions
intended for them and to objectively identify beneficiaries of
There are no accurate figures on the population of proposed programs and projects.
indigenous peoples because of the lack of any formal
census. Indigenous peoples’ communities are found in the The Provincial Government leadership identified socio-
forests, mountains, lowlands and coastal areas and are in economic and geographic profiling of indigenous peoples as
varied levels of socio-economic development. They engage a work area of primary concern. This is partly because of
in a mix of production systems including swidden farming, insufficiency or perhaps lack of data on the demographic
settled agriculture, hunting and gathering, livestock raising, characteristics and conditions of indigenous peoples.
fishing and production and trade in local handicrafts. A Governor Jose Ch. Alvarez directed the PPDO to generate
common characteristic of indigenous peoples is their close better data collection and disaggregation concerning
attachment to ancestral land, territory and resources indigenous people.
(Cariňo, J., 2012).
Following the instructions of the Governor, PPDO conducted
On the global level, the importance of data collection and household and geographic profiling of indigenous people in
the municipality of Rizal.
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III. METHODOLOGY
This Report involves two types of household data sources: The survey was designed for one-time purpose. It may be
administrative and survey data. Existing census data and other replicated in the future when deemed necessary and upon
government data are used to compare with data gathered availability of logistical support. The survey for municipality of
from the survey. However, data from administrative records Rizal was done from April - May, 2017.
are usually not disaggregated systematically by gender and
specific location (barangay and sitio). The survey of Indigenous Peoples in Rizal was conducted in 11
barangays, namely: Bunog, Campung Ulay, Candawaga,
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Canipaan, Culasian, Iraan, Latud, Panalingaan, Punta Baja,
Ransang, and Taburi. The Provincial Planning and Development Coordinator
as Project In-Charge supervised the overall field operations.
This survey used a one-page questionnaire which was divided Researchers from PPDO did most of the coordination and
into three (3) sections, namely: a. General Household fieldwork, serving mainly as lead enumerators and field
Information; b. Ethnicity; c. General Socio-Economic Services. coordinators. Field editing/evaluation of the questionnaires
were done by the PPDO Researchers while the PPDC as project
Interviews were used to get information from the respondents. in-charge undertook the editing and evaluation of the survey
Geographic profiling utilized the geo-tagging system using returns.
android tablets.
The services of barangay enumerators were also engaged. A
PPDO informed the municipal mayor and the barangay officials team of 5 to 6 residents per barangay were trained in filling up
and requested permission to concerned households before the the questionnaires and geotagging.
conduct of the survey. Each household was visited and
interpersonal interviews and responses on the questionnaire The result of the survey was encoded in spreadsheet
were noted and recorded. The survey was conducted from applications and SPSS software for statistical analysis and
9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. ArcMap GIS software for geographic profiling.
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SURVEY RESULTS
AND FINDINGS
4.1. Household Profile
4.1.1 Population
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A. Population Size
Barangay Punta Baja is the most thickly populated with 5,812 persons and 1,857 households.
Barangay Campung Ulay is the least populated with only 1,351 persons and 897 households.
There were a total 30,345 respondents in 8,793 surveyed households in Municipality of Rizal in this
survey.Table 1 shows the distribution of the respondents by barangay.
2017
Barangay Households Population HH%
1. Bunog 664 2,429 7.55%
2. Campung Ulay 416 1,351 4.73%
3. Candawaga 897 3,370 10.20%
4. Canipaan 505 2,115 5.74%
5. Culasian 519 1,885 5.90%
6. Iraan 1,093 3,883 12.43%
7. Latud 560 1,865 6.37%
8. Panalingaan 388 1,196 4.41%
9. Punta Baja 1,857 5,812 21.12%
10. Ransang 1,124 3,823 12.78%
11. Taburi 770 2,664 8.76%
TOTAL 8,793 30,345 100%
Source: PPDO Survey of IPs,
2018
B. Age Distribution
Majority of the surveyed population in the municipality falls under the age range of 0 to 14 years old.
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The distribution of the surveyed population according to age is as
follows: 0-14 years (children) 13,205 or 43.52 percent, 15-24
years (early working age) 4,647 or 15.31 percent, 25-54 years
(prime working age) 9,444 or 31.12 percent, 55-64 years (mature
working age) 1,642 or 5.41 percent, 65 years and over (elderly)
1,369 or 4.51 percent. Refer to Table 2.
AGE DISTRIBUTION
Age Group Age Range Population Population (%)
Children 0-14 13,205 43.52%
Early Working Age 15-24 4,647 15.31%
Prime Working Age 25-54 9,444 31.12%
Mature Working Age 55-64 1,642 5.41%
Elderly 65+ 1,369 4.51%
Total 30,307
Total Working Force 15,733 51.85%
Source: PPDO Survey of IPs, 2018
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C. Sex Distribution
Gender-wise, the respondents in the municipality are composed of 15,580 females representing 51.35 percent
of the population and 14,761males representing the remaining 48.65 percent. Refer to Table 3.
SEX
Total
Barangay Male Female
1. Bunog 1,210 1,219 2,429
2. Campung Ulay 670 683 1,353
3. Candawaga 1,717 1,653 3,370
4. Canipaan 1,077 1,038 2,115
5. Culasian 946 939 1,885
6. Iraan 1,817 2,016 3,833
7. Latud 922 942 1,864
8. Panalingaan 540 654 1,194
9. Punta Baja 2,645 3,167 5,812
10. Ransang 1,901 1,922 3,823
11. Taburi 1,316 1,347 2,663
Total 14,761 15,580 30,341
As to educational attainment, Table 4 shows that 20,734 respondents (68.43 percent) consider themselves
as elementary undergraduates, including those in daycare and kindergarten / preparatory school, while
1,396 respondents (4.61 percent) consider themselves as elementary graduates. High school
undergraduates and graduates are numbered at 4,688 and 1,396, placed at 15.47 and 4.61 percent,
respectively. College graduates total to 387 respondents (1.28 percent) while college undergraduates and
those who have availed of vocational/technical training posted 3.10 percent with a total of 938 respondents. See Table 4.
More than half of the respondents are single (54.20 percent). Married respondents take up the
next big proportion (36.05 percent), corresponding to more than half of the population (68.66
percent) of marriageable age, or those aged 10 years old and above. Live-in respondents follow
at 5.65 percent. Least are widower and seperated respondents with 2.21 and 1.14 percent
respectively. See Table 5
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Table 5. Marital Status, municipality of Linapacan
Marital Status Population (2018) %
Single 16,411 54.20%
Married 10,916 36.05%
Widower 224 0.74%
Widow 670 2.21%
SINGLE LIVING-IN
Live-in 1,712 5.65%
Separated 345 1.14%
Total 30,278 100.0
Source: PPDO Survey of IPs, 2018
A. Household Composition
Household members are largely children and women, 73.52% of the respondents.
The average household size among the surveyed households is five (4) members, with an average of two males and
two females per household. Almost three-fourths of the individual population of the surveyed households belong to
the combined sector of Children and Women.
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Table 6: Population Distribution by Vulnerable Sector
There are 2,173 individual senior citizens in the surveyed households. Gender-wise, male senior citizens are is slightly
greater in number at 50.99 percent and female senior citizens only constitutes 49.01 percent of the total senior citizen
population, See Table 7.
In terms of age, 45.19 percent belong to the 60 – 65 years old age group, 37.14percent are within 66 – 75 years old, and
14.04 percent are within 76-85 years old, and only 3.64 percent are aged 86 years and above.
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Table 7: Senior Citizen Population by Barangay and by Sex
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Person With Disabilities
Barangay Male Female Total
1. Bunog 61 84 145
2. Campung Ulay 31 23 54
3. Candawaga 28 17 45
4. Canipaan 84 23 107
5. Culasian 48 15 63
6. Iraan 52 45 97
7. Latud 84 28 112
8. Panalingaan 31 16 47
9. Punta Baja 95 64 159
10. Ransang 51 38 89
11. Taburi 37 15 52
Total 602 368 970
A total of 970 residents have any of the following disabilities: visual, oral defect and orthopedic impairement.
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D. Economic Activities/Sources of Income
Respondents are dominantly farmers, laborers and farmers.
The primary source of income of the surveyed households is farming (55.98 percent)
followed laborers (21.16 percent) and fishing (16.01 percent), while 6.85 percent are
engaged in other economic services.
Livestock
Barangay Farmer Hunter & Poultry Fisherfolk Laborer Gov't. Others Total
Raiser Employee
1. Bunog 431 1 15 55 140 0 2 644
2. Campung Ulay 188 1 13 47 134 0 57 440
3. Candawaga 499 2 32 153 176 0 0 862
4. Canipaan 318 0 5 93 30 0 29 475
5. Culasian 294 2 19 47 174 0 27 563
6. Iraan 731 0 17 95 201 0 16 1,060
7. Latud 348 3 28 85 55 0 2 521
8. Panalingaan 257 3 27 23 70 0 2 382
9. Punta Baja 561 1 38 442 482 2 123 1,649
10. Ransang 104 0 16 40 135 0 1 296
11. Taburi 546 1 21 143 20 1 16 748
Total 4,277 14 231 1,223 1,617 3 275 7,640
Source: PPDO Survey of IPs, 2018
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E. Housing Features
About 67.54 percent of the households surveyed have roof and walls that are totally made of light materials
(cogon, nipa or bamboo). Around 8.06 percent are built with mixed but mostly strong materials and 17.91 percent
are mixed with mostly light materials. Based on these data, 85.44 percent of the surveyed households are
considered vulnerable to natural/man-made disasters as they used light construction materials and/or makeshift
materials on the roofs and outer walls of their housing units. See Table 10.
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A. Water and Sanitary Toilet
Majority (29.31 percent) of the households in the barangay source their water from dug well,
followed by about 26.30 percent source from shared faucet, community water and 18.32 percent
from owned use tubed/piped deep well and 17.85 source water from Lakes.Rivers, Rainwater and
Others.
In terms of toilet facilities, 37.94 percent of the surveyed households have access to
sanitary toilets, while 3.97 percent use public toilet facility while 53.11 percent have no
access to sanitary toilet.
Electricity
Most of the households have solar home systems (39.16 percent). 8.86 percent of the
households are reported using generators while only 11.46 percent is covered by the Palawan
Electric Cooperative, and households with other sources of electricity not specified constitutes
40.53 percent.
B. Health Insurance
C. Social Pension
About 38.38 percent of the 2,173 identified senior citizens in the municipality
receives social pension.
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D. Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps)
Only 3,127 (35.56 percent) of the 8,793 surveyed households in the
municipality have access to the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program
(4Ps) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development
There are 204 households availed the services of Palawan Rescue Program
in the municipality.
A total of 84 households in the municipality availed scholarships for tertiary education through the Tuition
Assistance for Students program of the Provincial Government of Palawan.
G. GAMOT Project
1,450 households in the municipality availed the GAMOT Project of the Provincial Government of Palawan.
I. PAG-ASA Program
There are 33 households in the municipality were provided burial assistance by the PAG-ASA Program.
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J. Special Program for Employment of Students
20 students in the municipality were provided a source of income by the Special Program
for Employment of Students (SPES).
285 household benefited from the Cash for Work/Food for Work Program of the Department
of Social Welfare and Development.
M. Medical Assistance
171 households with members who had been sick in the past year were provided with medical
assistance by the PGP
There are 11 household accessed the Blood Donor’s Assistance Program of the PGP.
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4.2 Geographic Distribution
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Table 11: Ethnolinguistic Distribution
Ethnicity Pop'n %
Ethnicity Pop'n %
Mapon 1,219 4.02%
Palaw'an 14,001 46.14%
Ilonggo 4,186 13.80%
Tagbanua 199 0.66% Aklanon 795 2.62%
Batak 9 0.03% Bicolano 108 0.36%
Maranao 65 0.21% Waray 169 0.56%
Tau’t-Bato 392 1.29% Boholano 16 0.05%
Tausug 258 0.85% Bicolano 108 0.36%
Badjao 15 0.05% Karay-a 148 0.49%
Cuyuno 862 2.84% Masbateño 14 0.14%
Cagayanen 1,152 3.80% Tagalog 1,451 4.78%
Agutaynen 100 0.33% Others 167 0.55%
Ilocano 1,369 4.51% No Data 67 0.22%
Cebuano 3,060 10.08% TOTAL 30,343 100.00%
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Majority of the surveyed respondents are Palaw’an with 14,001 (46.14 percent), followed by Ilonggo with 4,186
(13.80 percent) and Cebuano with 3,060 (10.08 percent).
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Map 1: Ethnolinguistic Distribution,
Municipality of Rizal
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Map 2: Base Map
Municipality of Rizal
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Map 3: Elevation Map
Municipality of Rizal
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Map 4: Bgy. Bunog
Municipality of Rizal
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MapMap
6: Bgy. Canipaan
5: Bgy. Candawaga
Municipality of Rizal
Municipality of Rizal
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Map 7: Bgy. Iraan
Municipality of Rizal
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Map 8: Bgy. Latud
Municipality of Rizal
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Map 9: Bgy. Panalingaan
Municipality of Rizal
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Map 10: Bgy. Punta Baja
Municipality of Rizal
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Map 11: Bgy. Ransang
Municipality of Rizal
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Map 12: Bgy. Taburi
Municipality of Rizal
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Majority of the surveyed households in municipality of Rizal are situated in an elevation range of 00-20 meters
with 2,895 households and 13,159 population. 330 households are situated in an elevation range of 20-40 with
330 population. 21 households are situated in an elevation range of 40-60 meters with 102 population. The rest
are shown below. See Table 12.
Elevation HH Pop’n
0-20 4,356 15,602
20-40 1,968 6,612
40-60 902 3,090
60-80 691 2,236
80-100 303 960
100-200 410 1,342
200-300 95 283
300-400 47 136
400-500 18 48
Total 8,790 30,309
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