Dingras
In the early times, there were two prosperous barangays in the present site of the town each one ruled by a powerful chief or datu.While he was watching the fleeing deer, he saw a beautiful damsel gathering wild flowers on the opposite side of the riverbank.But because the fathers of Ding and Ras were bitter enemies, the only way he could win her was in the open battle fiercely fought between the two tribes.On January 27, 2000, Mayor Robert Castro was forcibly removed from his office by the police due to defying orders from the regional trial court issued nine days prior to step down after losing an electoral contest to Oswaldo Parado, who was found to have won the 1998 mayoral race by over 370 votes.[5][6] Through Presidential Proclamation 680, September 20, 2024 was declared a special non-working day as tribute to Josefa Llanes Escoda, a World War II heroine and the Girl Scouts of the Philippines founder.