Welcome to the New Digital Home of Alcantara
As part of our commitment to responsive governance, this new website is designed to be your primary hub for local information, news, and services. Here, you will find our complete Citizen’s Charter, a public pledge that details the integrity, efficiency, and standards we uphold in every frontline service we deliver.
Vision
Alcantara as an economically sustained community anchored on agri-business and commerce, with a God-loving, an educated and healthy citizenry living in ecologically-balanced and safe environment under a responsive governance.
Mission
To do our duty to the best of our ability, integrity, efficiency in delivering goods and services and in fulfilling the needs of Alcantaranhons and to rise to their expectation and beyond.
Profile
Alcantara as an economically sustained community anchored on agri-business and commerce with God-loving, an educated and healthy citizenry living in ecologically-balanced and safe environment under responsive governance.
Alcantara
the 13th municipality in the province of Romblon was created on March 21, 1961 when Pres. Carlos P. Garcia signed Ex. O. 427. It lies in the southeastern seaboard of Tablas Island. It is bounded on the north by the municipality of Sta. Maria, on the west by Looc, on the south by Sta. Fe and on the east by Romblon Pass.
The seat of government is located at barangay Poblacion, where the municipal, public market, RHU clinic and other institutions are located.
The municipality is traversed by the national highway from its western boundary to its northern border along its length near the coast, Communications link with its highland barangays are provided by barangay roads.
The barangay was named after Ciriaco Alcantara, a Cabeza de Barangay who succeeded in convincing the Spanish authorities to create a number of barangays out of the loosely-knit settlements along the southeastern coast of Tablas Island. When the place became a municipality, his name was given to the town and the barangay was called Poblacion.
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