CEBU CITY – Spell our town’s name correctly.
The mayor of San Remigio town in northern Cebu reiterated this call after the town’s name is still being misspelled a decade after the council approved a resolution emphasizing the correct spelling of the municipality.
“The pride of our town is very important. It would be a big problem if it’s being misspelled,” San Remigio Mayor Mariano Martinez said in Cebuano.
The resolution that was approved in November 2010 reminding government agencies and private firms of the town’s name was posted again on the town’s Facebook page.
Martinez said the resolution was posted again because the town’s name is still being misspelled but “not as much as before.” In the resolution, government agencies and private companies were reminded that the town’s name is spelled San Remigio and not San Remegio.
The council lamented that official communications coming from the provincial government as well as some jurisprudence from other government agencies and private firms spelled the name of the town as San Remegio.
The council added that the town’s name was also spelled as San Remegio in a traffic signage of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) near the boundary of Bogo City and San Remigio.
Also, some advertisement billboards have the misspelled name of the town, the council lamented.
Resolution No. 168-2021 authored by Councilor Alfonso Pestolante and co-authored by Councilor Pablito Olivar pointed out that “from the time immemorial, the name of the municipality is spelled as San Remigio.” “Historical record shows that the town name is derived from a Spanish sentry in the year 1864 named Remigio Multon and records around the world has proven that the Spanish name Remigio is spelled with an ‘MI,’” read the resolution.
“The wrong spelling of the town’s name must be corrected to avoid confusion,” added the resolution which was approved in mass motion.
According to the 2020 census, San Remigio, a third class municipality, has a population of 65,744 people.
Owning the longest shoreline in the province, the town has become known as a diving and swimming destination.