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| BADO DANGWA, Gounder of Dangwa Tranco |
DANGWA has become synonymous with blooms and flowers, so that when one needs them for special occasions, one is directed not to Dimasalang St. but to—“Dangwa”, where the buses that drop these flowers all the way from Baguio have their terminal. The bus line owes its name to Igorot maverick Bado Dangwa, a La Trinidad Agricultural School graduate.
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| DANGWA, 1960, screengrab from igorotna youtube post |
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| DANGWA BUS, 1970. from the blog 'Home Court' |
His ambition to be a teacher was put on hold when his school principal James Wright, convinced him that there was a better future in the transportation business. To get him started, Wright provided the cash-strapped Dangwa 5 Chevrolet cars discarded by the North Garage transport service. Dangwa was suddenly in business, using these cars to ply the La Trinidad-Baguio route. Thus the DANGWA TRANSPORTATION COMPANY was born.
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| DANGWA TRANCO, Fleet no: 578,Bus Manufacturer:Santarosa Motor Works Inc., Model: SR SDX,Taken: East Ave., Quezon City, posted by markstopover on flickr.com |
Eventually, he would grow his fleet from just 3 cars in 1928
to 173 vehicles at the onset of World War II. After the war where he served as
a guerrilla leader, he put the Dangwa Transportation back on its feet, and
which continues in business today with its modern fleet of air-conditioned buses. Dangwa would later
become the governor of the Mountain
Province.
SOURCES: Dangwa Tranco, The Beginning and Early Years, youtube, uploaded by igorotna, 20 Sep. 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ofy4l4lW2pA
Home Court, https://rusa4.wordpress.com/tag/dangwa-tranco-bus-1970/
Dangwa Terminal FB Page
Flickr.net: Posted by markstopover, DANGWA TRANCO, Fleet no:
578, Bus Manufacturer: Santarosa Motor Works Inc. (Philippines), Model: SR SDX,
Shot Taken: East Ave., Quezon City
Gutierrez, Lazaro, Memoirs of Baguio 1901-1960, Summer
Capital Publishing House, p. 215.
Fry, Howard T., A History of the Mountain Province, New Day
Publishers, Quezon City, Philippines, © 1983
Dangwa Transportation the bus lines established in 1928 by Governor Bado Dangwa Filipino chieftain businessman & politician former governor of Mountain Province in northern Philippines.
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