Environmental Scanning
Environmental Scanning of a City/Municipality
(MoalBoal, Cebu)
Group 4
Members:
Cheryl Lynn Dela Pena Geo Mercader Joshua Langanlangan Justin Jeong Jung Hyun Seop Moon Ki Hwa
Historical Background
The town proper of Moalboal, Cebu is situated in a wide cove the beauty and loveliness of which can, in a small measure resemble Manila Bay. Looming across the town proper is Pescador Island, which location wise typifies Corregidor Island; to the cove’s right stands Tongo Point, which by location may be the counterpart of Bataan Peninsula; to the cove’s left is Badian Point which may well be the Cavite Harbor. Indeed, Moalboal Bay is Manila Bay as to its location aspect. It’s beautiful sunset with its grandeur and magnificence is an attraction to many people. How Moalboal Got Its Name. How Moalboal got its name has puzzled not a few people. Many and varied are the conjectures on how and why it has been so named. However, only three possibilities have come into focus. Legend states that a Spaniard was walking around the place and met a townfolk near the bubbling underground spring situated along the coast of the town. The Spaniard asked the folk in Spanish as to the name of the place. The folk unable to perceive the Spanish language answered “bokal-bokal” for he discerned that the Spaniard was asking about the bubbling spring. Bokal-bokal was a tongue twister to the Spaniard hence MOALBOAL. Others claim that Moalboal is so named after the itinerant peddlers from Bohol who peddled their wares from barrio to barrio in Moalboal. A great majority believe that Moalboal was founded by settlers coming from Bohol Island. In this connection, it has been said that one Laurente Sabanal of Bohol who was captured by the Spaniards for killing
(MoalBoal, Cebu)
Group 4
Members:
Cheryl Lynn Dela Pena Geo Mercader Joshua Langanlangan Justin Jeong Jung Hyun Seop Moon Ki Hwa
Historical Background
The town proper of Moalboal, Cebu is situated in a wide cove the beauty and loveliness of which can, in a small measure resemble Manila Bay. Looming across the town proper is Pescador Island, which location wise typifies Corregidor Island; to the cove’s right stands Tongo Point, which by location may be the counterpart of Bataan Peninsula; to the cove’s left is Badian Point which may well be the Cavite Harbor. Indeed, Moalboal Bay is Manila Bay as to its location aspect. It’s beautiful sunset with its grandeur and magnificence is an attraction to many people. How Moalboal Got Its Name. How Moalboal got its name has puzzled not a few people. Many and varied are the conjectures on how and why it has been so named. However, only three possibilities have come into focus. Legend states that a Spaniard was walking around the place and met a townfolk near the bubbling underground spring situated along the coast of the town. The Spaniard asked the folk in Spanish as to the name of the place. The folk unable to perceive the Spanish language answered “bokal-bokal” for he discerned that the Spaniard was asking about the bubbling spring. Bokal-bokal was a tongue twister to the Spaniard hence MOALBOAL. Others claim that Moalboal is so named after the itinerant peddlers from Bohol who peddled their wares from barrio to barrio in Moalboal. A great majority believe that Moalboal was founded by settlers coming from Bohol Island. In this connection, it has been said that one Laurente Sabanal of Bohol who was captured by the Spaniards for killing