Pambujan is a fourth class municipality in the province of Northern Samar, Philippines. It is an ordinary town with notable qualities and resources. It boasts a 16th-century Roman Catholic church, a scenic island named Caohagan, baseball players who claimed their place in the international scene, young professionals and achievers, a socio-cultural activity held every first full moon of the year (k
nown as Kadayaw Festival), and a sports arena which has been the venue for various municipal, provincial and regional sports gatherings. The populace of its barangays on the riverside depend mainly on copra, abaca, ricefields, rootcrops, and handicraft-making as their source of livelihood, while those on the roadside mostly live on a small and medium business ventures, fishing, livestock production and government / private employment. The municipality has a number of daycare centers in each barangay, two private and one public preparatory schools, a number of primary and elementary schools and two secondary schools. It is accessible to Region VIII’s premiere state university- the University of Eastern Philippines- as well as other private colleges in Catarman, the capital town of Northern Samar. The local government has various programs and projects for the different sectors in the locality, especially for women and children. It has even earned provincial and regional citations as Child-Friendly municipality. It has also several livelihood and infrastructure projects, which remarkably contribute to the upliftment of life of the Pambujanons. Pambujan is in the heart of the second district of Northern Samar. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 31,057 people. List of former chief executives
Presidente Municipal:
Pedro Tan (1909)
Licerio Sosing (1910)
Eustaquio Dela Cruz (1910–1911)
Primitivo Balanquit (1916–1918)
Fructuoso Lozano (1923–1924)
Galo Dela Cruz (1925–1927)
Isidro Morales (1928–1930)
Hilarion Siervo (1931–1933)
Municipal Mayors:
Arsenio Tan (1934–1941)
Juan F. Avalon (1945–1946)
Pedro Dela Cruz (1947–1954)
Ramon Siervo (1955–1962)
Alfredo N. Dela Cruz (1963–1967)
Manuel T. (1968–1986)
Viador D. Tagle (1986–1987)
Manuel T. (1987–1998)
Lino L. (1998–2007)
Rogelio S. Tan (2007–2013)
Lino L. (2013-2016)
Felipe A. Sosing (2016-Present)
