Old residents of the town believed that Maluso started as a cluster of houses of the Tausog, Iranon, Yakan, Samal and Christians whose main livelihood were farming (kaingin system) or the slash and burn method, hunting and fishing. The natives of Maluso bartered their farm products with the traders from other coastal towns. It flourished in the middle part of the 19th century as a result of the logging operation in the area.
It is politically subdivided into twenty (20) barangays with a total inhabitants of forty thousand six hundred forty six (40,646) population based on Philippine Census of Population 2015. Maluso has an aggregates total land area of 30,414 hectares.
Geographical Location
Maluso is located on the Southwestern tip of the Province of Basilan. It is specifically located between 121º 56’ and 06’’ East longitudes and between 06º 26’ 33’’ to 06º 25’ 34’’ latitude coordinates. It is bounded on the north by the municipality of Lantawan, on the south east by the municipality of Sumisip, on the south by the municipality of Tongkil under the Province of Sulu.
It is the trading hub of the neighboring municipalities of Lantawan, Sumisip, Tabuan Lasa, Hadji Muhtamad and even from the municipality of Tongkil, Sulu Province.
History - Origin of the Name Maluso
In the early years Maluso was originally called “Tinggilan” by its native settler. The name “Tinggilan” was so coined because in those times the poblacion was a swampy place and people used the floated logs and woods as pathways. The old folks still refer to the poblacion in this name.
Accordingly, Maluso got its name from the Spanish words “Mal-uso”. The word came about because, understandably these “conquistadores” do not conform and understand the ways and culture of the native, thus they called it “Mal-uso”, which means “bad way, usage or traits”. And so up to this day the name Maluso remains.
Political History
In July 1, 1948 R.A No. 288 creating the City of Basilan (which was formerly part of Zamboanga). This act was authored by the first Congressman Juan S. Alano who came from one of the prominent family at the time. Basilan City then was composed of three districts: Namely: Maluso, Isabela and Lamitan with only one Mayor appointed by then President Elpidio Quirino, in the person of Mayor Nicasio Valderosa.
During the term of President Ramon Magsaysay, R.A 1211 was passed thereby amending the charter of Basilan City. Hon. Leroy S. Brown was the first elected Mayor of Basilan City.
When Basilan became a province in December 27, 1973 by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 356 issued by President Ferdinand E. Marcos, the districts became Municipalities, and in December 02, 1974 P.D. 356 was issued naming Isabela Municipality as the Capital Town. Eventually, on December 11, 1975 P.D. No. 840 was issued creating the Seven (7) Municipalities of Basilan Province, namely: Isabela, Lamitan, Maluso and the new ones: are Lantawan, Sumisip, Tuburan and Tipo-Tipo.
First Deputy Mayor of Maluso was Hon. Reynaldo D. Lopez Sr. year 1954-1955, followed by Jose Vera David (1956-1962) and Hon. Adolfo Domingo (1963-1973)
After the creation of the Province, the First appointed and eventually elected as first Mayor of Maluso Municipality was Hon. Jean Fatima S. Yasin from 1974 to May 1986.
After the revolution in September 1986, Engr. Roberto T. Calanza was appointed as OIC Mayor of Maluso. In May 1989 he was officially elected into office and served until June 30, 1992.
The third elected Mayor was Hon. Omar Moh. Sali Aron, who serve the full three terms from 1992 – June 2001.
The fourth elected Mayor was Hon. Sakib A. Salajin, who also served for three consecutive terms from July 1, 2001 – June 30, 2010.
The fifth Mayor of Maluso was Hon. Indanan K. Daud, who served as Mayor from July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2016.
The sixth and the incumbent Mayor of Maluso Municipality is Hon. Hanie A. Bud, who took his office last July 1, 2016. The present leadership is famous on his political slogan “#RebuildMaluso: Building Maluso’s Future Today!”.
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