Feature news:
By: Becky d. de Asis
By: Becky d. de Asis
Tandubas is an island municipality of Tawi- Tawi lies within, longitude 120deg,
06 min, to 120 deg. 22 min and latitude of 05 deg. It found in North East of
Languyan, North West facing Celebes sea, South West of Sapa-Sapa and South East
to South Ubian and a 4th class municipality.
Tandusbas a gateway or passage to Asean countries such as Malaysia, Indonesia
and China.
Entering Tandubas is not yet easy to
ride a 1 hour and 20 minutes on speedboats from Bongao island, the capital town of the
province. You will seen different beautiful views, different rocks formations , sparkling , clear waters, while acquiring a beautiful beaches along with.
Fresh airs from the beautiful islands, whispering at your ears, while sun lights kissing your
lips turned to red roses, blooming faces, excited to reach the white sand of
Tandubas, printing the 1st steps into the hidden paradise that you will never resists.
Amazing place, very reached in culture and products even people are
very accommodating. I thought this place is like Sulu, but I’m wrong. “It just paradise!".
Mayor Rahima A. Sali of Tandubas welcomed everybody wants to
discover the beautiful Island of Tawi-Tawi. She is very jolly and accommodating
lady mayor.She wants Tandubas a competitive municipality in terms of tourism and
development. She knows that tourism is a key to progress. She urging her
constituents to join her efforts to do something good for Tandubas.
Infrastructure:
Farm to market roads are almost concreted connecting to far-flung
barangays, covered court, core shelter housing and school buildings and water system, internet connetions and lights are available.
Products: Tandubas are reach of marine products such as crabs, octopus, cuttle fish and mantis
shrimps. Also dried fish one of their products, seaweeds and mat weaving.
Her mission; Inspiring by peace-loving constituents, the
foremost asset and strength of LGU
Tandubas and acting as an essential force towards sustainable development, provide good governance and
unwavering commitment to genuinely and
mutually work together for the common and good. An strong leadership and
equally sharing bounties that globalization offers and promises with a well-balanced
environment.
History:
Tandubas had been a part of the sultanate of Sulu when the province of
Sulu was created about a century ago, Tandubas was one of the district, by the
virtue of executive order no. 355 dated July 01, 1958.
So many years the island had been named as Tanjung Bas. The Malaysian
word Tanjung has an equivalent in sama
dialect which is Tandu. The name Tanjungbas has been changed by the natives to
Tandubas, a named that was used from generation to generation.
Tandubas known as a hidden paradise of the Southern Philippines.
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