The Municipality of San Fernando, Cebu

Municipality of San Fernando, Cebu

Municipal Hall

San Fernando is a second-class municipality in the province of Cebu, Philippines. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 60,970 people

In 2005, Metro Cebu's definition was expanded to include Danao City in the north and the municipalities of San Fernando and Carcar down south. 

THE RATIONALE OF THE REVISED MUNICIPAL SEAL/LOGO OF SAN FERNANDO

    The logo or municipal seal of San Fernando, province of Cebu, promulgated under Resolution No. 172 series of 1999, Ordinance No. 3 is the product after collating 10 participating entries coming from bonafide residents of this municipality.

The ensembles comprising the logo or seal of San Fernando have the following meaning narrated as follows:

      As we can see from the center of the logo, the year 1858 was inscribed on the pathway leading to the municipal hall where the replica of the late Juan Diyong, the first San Fernando resident who assumed leadership inquest for social justice.

       The late Juan Diyong carried on his right hand the flaming torch in broad daylight, lighting his path on the way to the town hall. The flame burning red expresses his burning desire to serve the people of the municipality.

       This is exclusively contained on a diamond square giving emphasis to men’s early exploitation of the town’s natural resources.

        From the four corners of the diamond square, the upper right reflects the smoke-belching chimney of an industrial complex with mechanical gear on its side depicting the industrial development of the present times. On the same corner, one can observe a communication tower sending and receiving signals involving communication as an essential factor for development towards progress.

       This means that the municipality is geared towards industrial development.

       In the lower right corner, one can see an open book with a feather pen reflecting education, an essential thrust of LGU emphasizing literacy to the people. It exists by giving free education to the less fortunate as mandated by the constitution of the Republic.                                                                                                                                     In the upper left corner, we can see a group of people converging, representing the community, wherein the residents are peace-loving and law-abiding citizens.

       Then on the lower left, heads of cattle, kernels of corn, and fish, represent staple products and foods expressing the continuing agricultural development of the town.

       With these, it is safe to say that San Fernando is an agro-industrial area in a community of development.

       On the lower portion, we can see twenty-one (21) green leaves mushrooming from the circle which represents 21 barangays of the municipality.

       To top it all, we can see the bold letters inscribed on the outer layer of the circle bearing the identity as Municipality of San Fernando, Cebu, an expression to the whole world that our town exists and is part of the province of Cebu in the Philippine archipelago.