A driving tour around Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija, Philippines. Cabanatuan City is known as "The Tricycle Captal of the Philippines". It is also known for its Batutay/Batotay, a beef longganisa. Cabanatuan City played a big role during the World War II.

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In 1998, Cabanatuan was declared by former president Fidel V. Ramos as a highly urbanized city however it failed ratification after the majority of votes in the plebiscite was negative.

Cabanatuan was declared as a highly urbanized city by former President Benigno S. Aquino III under Presidential Proclamation No. 418 on July 14, 2012. A plebiscite scheduled in December 2012 was moved by the Commission on Elections to January 25, 2014, so as not to burden the poll body during its preparation for the 2013 local elections in the province. Incumbent Governor Aurelio Matias Umali, who had a strong voter base in the city, opposed the conversion and submitted a petition to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court issued a temporary restraining order on January 24, 2014. On April 23, 2014, voting 9-5-1, the Supreme Court granted a petition for certiorari filed by Nueva Ecija Gov. Aurelio Umali and declared as null and void Comelec Minute Resolution No. 12-0797 dated September 11, 2012, and Minute Resolution No. 12-0925 dated October 16, 2012, setting a date for the conduct of a plebiscite in which only registered voters of Cabanatuan would be allowed to vote. The province-wide plebiscite was rescheduled for November 8, 2014, but cancelled again because the Cabanatuan City government could not provide the necessary funds. No new date is to be set until the city government certifies that ₱101 million is available for the holding of the plebiscite.

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During Spanish colonial times, Cabanatuan was organized as a village called Barrio of Gapan in 1750 and became a municipality in 1777. It was the capital of the province of Nueva Ecija twice, the first in 1780 but was replaced by the town of San Isidro in 1850 and the second time in 1917 during the American occupation. It remained so until 1965 when once again it was replaced by Palayan City.

It was in Plaza Lucero in front of St. Nicholas of Tolentino Cathedral that General Antonio Luna died from an assassination hatched by Pedro Janolino, a loyal man of Emilio Aguinaldo, on June 5, 1899.

There was much grief and misery here at the hands of Japanese military forces during World War II. The Japanese entered the town on December 29, 1941 and utilized several structures like churches and schools for military services. Many people were tortured, put into forced labor, and eventually died. It was also in Camp Pangatian that soldiers from Bataan and Corregidor who were at the Death March were held. The camp has since been a tourist site called Camp Pangatian Shrine.

The town suffered further destruction by air raids conducted by the American liberation forces in 1945. But a daring rescue mission stood out from the grim stories of war. In what is now called the Raid of Cabanatuan, 500 prisoners in Camp Pangatian were freed and saved from their captors by the combined forces of the guerilla movement and U.S. Army 6th Ranger Battalion on January 30, 1945.

The town became a city by virtue of Republic Act No. 526 otherwise known as An Act Creating the City of Cabanatuan that was approved on June 16, 1950.

Its old city hall was also a place of historic significance. On June 4, 1980, it caught fire in a suspected case of arson that was politically motivated and the incumbent mayor Honorato C. Perez Sr. jumped from the second floor to save his life. A new city hall was built with the groundbreaking rites on July 14, 1982 and it was inaugurated on February 3, 1984.

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Video: October 2023
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