Balete is not Balite

Resolution No. 069-sb2013 as captured from www.Scrbd.com

The Sangguniang Bayan adopted Resolution no. 069-sb2013 on February 3, 2011 in response to a call for help posted on Facebook by a Baleten-on OCW based in Vancouver, Canada. The overseas contract worker was having a hard time dealing with the Philippine Consulate in the area as she insisted that her town's name is "Balete" and not "Balite" as listed in the databank of that establishment. She was worried that it might affect her records thus her insistence that the DFA corrects its records concerning the town of Balete, Aklan.

Copies of this resolution were furnished the National Historical Institute as well as the Philippine Consulate in Canada through the Department of Foreign Affairs central office in Makati. Both agencies acted with haste to attend to the issue at hand. The occasion made way for the concerned agencies to exchange additional information that not only rectify their respective databanks but also enrich their knowledge on the historicity of Balete town.

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  How Balete Got its Name
  Additional Sources on Local History
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