BAIS CITY POLITICAL HISTORY

BAIS CITY POLITICAL HISTORY Historian: Penn Tulabing – Villanueva Larena The Origin of its name Bais is a Visayan word for an elongated eel-like a fish but like most places in the country whose name was the result of the language barrier this particular aquatic species succeeded in attaining epic prominence by a mere accidental stoke of faith. This happened when Spanish engineers, surveyors, and civil guards boarded a sailboat in the vicinity of the two Islands (Dewy and Olympia) wanting to know the name of the place for the record, they asked two native fishermen who were catching “Bais” fish at that time. Spoken in Spanish the natives thought the strangers inquired of the name of the fish, so that the curt reply almost in the chorus was “Bais”, upon the chief engineer surveyor listed down the word “Bais”. From that time on, the place bore the name of the snacky aquatic denizen (Josefa Villanueva Perez, historian Bais City). Pre Spanish Period Bais before was alrea