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Brooke's Point
Brooke's Point, officially the Municipality of Brooke's Point (Tagalog: Bayan ng Brooke's Point), is a municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 76,715 people.
Before it was named Brooke's Point, it was named Bonbon, which means 'locality' in the Palawano language.
Brooke's Point is named after British soldier James Brooke, described as "the first white Rajah" of Sarawak and founder of the Brooke dynasty. It is believed that during one of his voyages, he landed on the tip of an island with a long narrow stretch of land inhabited by Palaweños and Muslims under the Sultanate of Sulu. During American rule, American scouts named the place Brooke's Point.
The name has now come under critical review, with some branding the naming of the municipality as "white worship" and the persistence of colonial mentality amidst Filipino sovereignty. Municipal officials have also demanded that the original name of the municipality, Bonbon (sometimes written as Bon-Bon), be restored.
The supposed founder and organizer of the early settlers was Deputy Military Governor Edward Alexander Miller, who eventually became the Military Governor of Palawan. Fort Miller was an old building located in this town named after him. The first recorded Municipal President of Brooke's Point was Datu Pula.
The Pearl of Lao Tzu, formerly considered the world's largest pearl, was found in its waters on May 7, 1934.
At the outbreak of the war, local forces were organized. In 1943, the Imperial Japanese Army arrived and garrisoned the Central School building. Guerrilla forces began forming and within the same year, after conducting intelligence operations in the town, attacked the Japanese forces and caused their withdrawal to their launch, which were then sunk by guerrilla forces. Brooke's Point had been liberated. However, Japanese planes began bombing Brooke's Point until the duration of the war.
On June 28, 1949, the Brooke's Point, formerly a municipal district, became a municipality by virtue of Executive Order No. 232 by then-President Elpidio Quirino.
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Brooke's Point
Brooke's Point, officially the Municipality of Brooke's Point (Tagalog: Bayan ng Brooke's Point), is a municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 76,715 people.
Before it was named Brooke's Point, it was named Bonbon, which means 'locality' in the Palawano language.
Brooke's Point is named after British soldier James Brooke, described as "the first white Rajah" of Sarawak and founder of the Brooke dynasty. It is believed that during one of his voyages, he landed on the tip of an island with a long narrow stretch of land inhabited by Palaweños and Muslims under the Sultanate of Sulu. During American rule, American scouts named the place Brooke's Point.
The name has now come under critical review, with some branding the naming of the municipality as "white worship" and the persistence of colonial mentality amidst Filipino sovereignty. Municipal officials have also demanded that the original name of the municipality, Bonbon (sometimes written as Bon-Bon), be restored.
The supposed founder and organizer of the early settlers was Deputy Military Governor Edward Alexander Miller, who eventually became the Military Governor of Palawan. Fort Miller was an old building located in this town named after him. The first recorded Municipal President of Brooke's Point was Datu Pula.
The Pearl of Lao Tzu, formerly considered the world's largest pearl, was found in its waters on May 7, 1934.
At the outbreak of the war, local forces were organized. In 1943, the Imperial Japanese Army arrived and garrisoned the Central School building. Guerrilla forces began forming and within the same year, after conducting intelligence operations in the town, attacked the Japanese forces and caused their withdrawal to their launch, which were then sunk by guerrilla forces. Brooke's Point had been liberated. However, Japanese planes began bombing Brooke's Point until the duration of the war.
On June 28, 1949, the Brooke's Point, formerly a municipal district, became a municipality by virtue of Executive Order No. 232 by then-President Elpidio Quirino.