Prieto Diaz
The town was given its present name from the surnames of the two Bicolano martyrs, Father Gabriel Prieto (1853–1897) and Father Severino Diaz (1862–1897) when it became independent from the Municipality of Bacon on October 12, 1903, by virtue of Act 940 of the Philippine Commission.The months of September, October and November experience more destruction from the violent tropical storms.Forty percent of the storms carrying high-velocity winds in the Philippine passes through southeastern part of Luzon where Prieto Diaz is located.They belong to the Aeta people classification but have distinct language and belief systems unique to their own culture and heritage.Poverty incidence of Prieto Diaz Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] The following are the elected officials of Prieto-Diaz, Sorsogon for the term 2013-2016[22] Prieto-Diaz have 19 elementary schools[23] and 3 secondary schools[24] directly supervised by Department of Education - Division of Sorsogon.