This page was created on October 2017.The coverage of the story is mainly in the area of Roxas Oriental Mindoro and Its nearby towns located in Oriental Mindoro and partly in nearby provinces like Occidental Mindoro and Romblon. Roxas, officially the Municipality of Roxas, is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Oriental Mindoro, Philippines. It is considered as the center of socio-cultural
activities in the southern part of Oriental Mindoro. During Christmas season, the indigenous Mangyan people from the uplands go to this common destination to receive gifts from kindhearted lowlanders mostly in the form of old clothing, bread, rice and even money. Roxas started as a small barrio of Mansalay called Tikling by the banks of the Tikling River and settled by migrants from Panay, Romblon and Batangas. It was later named Paclasan (from palasan, a species of palm growing abundantly on marshy surroundings). Roxas became a separate municipality on October 15, 1948 by virtue of Exec. Order No. 181 and was inaugurated as such on November 15. The town was renamed after Pres. Roxas.
