Bernardo Dagala Explained

Bernardo Dagala
Office:Municipal President of Malabon
Term Start:1903
Term End:1905
Predecessor:Position created
Successor:Ángel Luna (as Municipal President of Malabon)
Hermogenes Monroy (as Municipal President of Navotas)
Birth Name:Bernardo O. Dagala
Birth Date:August 20, 1869
Birth Place:Tambobong, Manila, Captaincy General of the Philippines, Spanish Empire
Death Place:Malabon, Rizal, Philippines
Occupation:Politician

Bernardo O. Dagala (August 20, 1869 August 16, 1966) was a Filipino politician who lived in and served as the municipal president of Malabon from 1903 until 1905, when Malabon annexed its neighbor Navotas through the Philippine Commission Act No. 942.[1]

A native of Navotas, Dagala opposed the annexation and campaigned for its independence. In 1906, Navotas was again granted independence as a distinct municipality through Philippine Commission Act No. 142.[2]

Notes and References

  1. An Act Reducing the Thirty-Two Municipalities of the Province of Rizal to Fifteen. Act. 942. October 12, 1903.
  2. Web site: Our History . 2024-02-18 . www.navotas.gov.ph.