Magsaysay RotundaMagsaysay Rotunda is a Registered Property, Municipality of Calamba, Misamis Occidental located at Calamba, Misamis Occidental, Region X.
The idea of putting up a second Rotunda was initiated by a brotherhood
organization in Calamba known as the EVERLASTING HAPPINESS ASSOCIATION (ELHA). Reassessing what a small group can achieve and for want of a memento of success that is worth remembering, the association through its President, Mr. Pedro Clapano, Sr. and his five (5) fellow pioneers namely; Alejo Medequiso, Jose Romanillos, Ponciano Postanes, Arsenio Taclob and Faustino Chapano decided to undertake a project that would cater to the ELHA's need of a meeting place and a venue for gatherings.
This took place during the administration of Mayor Lorenzo de Guzman.
Considering that the matter at hand is imbued with national interest, Mayor de Guzman and ELHA President Pedro Clapano went to Manila and made audience with the then Senator Genaro Magsaysay, brother of President Ramon Magsaysay, soliciting national support for the creation of the monument of the late President Ramon del Fierro Magsaysay in Calamba, Misamis Occidental.
The objective of building up the Magsaysay Rotunda is to give honour and respect to the great man who has been known by the masses for his honesty and humbleness. His untimely death only brought him more closer to the heart of the people. Thus he was posthumously called the "Idol of the Masses".
The men behind the construction of the Magsaysay monument were greatly
impressed by his courage, bravery and gallantry idolizing him highly like a hero. It should be remembered that way back in the 1950s, Magsaysay Rotunda, as the town's vital landmark already existed as a crossing where vehicles used to stop over. In 1960, Magsaysay Rotunda was utilized as a center for night gatherings like "bayle", purposely to raise funds for the construction of the perimeter line and chairs for a rotunda. All of these endeavours were initiated by the pioneering "Magic 6" of the ELHA.
Up to this time, the Magsaysay Rotunda's integrity of purpose was kept alive all the time by the townspeople. Quite visible between the Southwestern Poblacion and Northern Poblacion and a necessary landmark connecting the Municipalities of Calamba and Baliangao, Misamis Occidental. It also provides the alternative road going to Dipolog, the capital city of the Province of Zamboanga del Norte.