BARANGAY STO. DOMINGO

1. In the beginning, Sto. Domingo was just a small sitio, a small unit of a community known as barrio. Palina was then recognized as the mother barrio composed of other sitios: Sta. Lucia; Palina West; Palina East; Palina Sur; and Awed.

2. Sto. Domingo is located in the north of Poblacion, south of Palina East, West of Nancayasan and east of Sta. Lucia and Nancamaliran East. It has total land area of 233.95 hectares. There are 7 puroks namely: Kinapudno, Kinalinteg, Southern Star, Maharlika, Urduja, Liwliwa, and Dona Olimpia.

3. At present, progress can be seen in the barangay. Different infrastructures were build like concrete roads and bridges to make transportation more accessible. Construction of new and beautiful houses is also evident in the barangay which denotes progress to the life of the community members. Since 2013, the barangay facilities such as the health center, daycare center, reading center and Gabay sa Mamamayan Aksyon center are fully functional and operational. It was established as an independent barangay and from then on development in the barangay as well as the way of living of the people has improved.

4. Sto. Domingo has a total population of 3,382 composed of 1,671 male and 1,711 female from children to adult. The total numbers of families in Sto. Domingo is 910.

5. Sto. Domingo is also known to be the home of successful entrepreneurs. Some known entrepreneurs in the barangay are Mrs. Diana Carmelo, who owns the famous Diana’s Delicacies, Mrs. Judith Naval, who owns Naval Construction supply and Mr. and Mrs. Manny Lazo, who owns Armani Lending corporation. School, concrete roads and bridges and beautiful houses are some proofs of progress happening in Sto. Domingo.

6. The source of income of the barangay come from farming, raising pigs, tinapa making, goat raising, boarding houses, apartments, palay buying station and others but must of the families’ source of income is farming. Most of them are employed in private and government offices and some are working abroad.

7. The heirs of Don Vicente Taaca initiated that the barangay shall have its own barangay school. That is why on August 12, 1971, a 4,437 sq. meter lot was donated by Don Vicente Taaca and established Vicente Taaca Memorial School named in honor of the donor.

8. Their religious affiliations are 95% Roman Catholic, 0.5% Iglesia Ni Cristo, 0.5% Islam and other religious affiliation are 4%.