Tuesday, 03 May 2011 07:35
Written by Administrator
In what life was crude and simple, San Mateo has developed into one of the progressive towns of Isabela. First named as "Marasat", it was aformet barangay of Cauayan, then Santiago. It was called the Municipality of Yoshisawa under the government of the Japanese Imperial Army during the Second World War. After the liberation, it was finally created and named San Mateo by virtue of Presidential Executive Order No. 97 on March 17, 1946 by former President Sergio Osmena. Recently proclaimed as the Agro-Ecological Destination in Cagayan Valley by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo by virtue of Presidential Proclamation No. 1685 dated December 1, 2008.
Tuesday, 03 May 2011 07:36
Written by Administrator
The historical development of the San Mateo dates back even before its founding in 1946 when it became a municipality from mother town Santiago.
In 1942, during the Japanese time, a shadow government of the Japanese Imperial Army existed better known as Yoshisawa, in honor of Colonel Yoshisawa, the highest ranking officer of the Japanese Imperial Army, who came to San Mateo. Mayor Doroteo Barbero was appointed in 1942 but in 1943 he was tortured to death by the Japanese soldiers who suspected him as a "guerilla." His former secretary Estanislao Bueno succeeded him. Mayor Bueno had difficulties in running the affairs of the puppet administration. He was dictated by the Japanese and closely watched by the guerrillas to the extent of being branded as pro-Jap. The stigma of puppetry in his name finally cleared when the American Forces stationed in Tuguegarao, Cagayan, vindicated him. He served from 1943 to 1945.
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