In today’s generation under the leadership of Mayor Yevgeny Vincente “Bambi” Emano, Tagoloanons are believed to be an epitome of a spider. The physical aspects include the ten barangays of Tagoloan that adhere close to the administration. They are considered the local eyes of the Tarantula that are grouped to stir themselves in a sustainable mutual relationship thata among others includes security of their living and livelihood and like tarantula have their back and call on the head the deadly fangs.

There are many unique characteristics of a tarantula that can be found among lumad Tagoloanons. Tarantula is known for its nocturnal activities. Tagoloanons prosper in their lives because of their industriousness. They worked hard, and even do overtime work to earn extra income.

Tarantula’s web of many establishments has played a role of great contribution to its constituents. A tarantula can survive for many days if crisis strike in life. The people are warm and friendly, superb in hospitality, while tarantula is young, and he can easily be taught to survive under extenuating circumstances with an endeavor to help him independently.

During the last five years, a sizeable agricultural area was virtually unproductive due to encroachment of industries in prime tillable land.

The major agricultural crops in the area are corn, coconut, mango, peanut, rice, banana, and papaya.

Poultry & Livestock Production. Poultry production, particularly chicken, increased from 70,000 birds in 1995 to 136,542 in 1999, and continuously rose to 226,452 birds in 2002 to 374,000 birds in 2003. The increase in poultry production was mainly due to the advent of broiler contract growing in the area. Multinational companies led by Swift, San Miguel Corporation, and Vitarich contributed to the growth of poultry production.

The cattle population of Tagoloan has decreased from 2,356 heads in 2002 to 1,102 heads in 2003. Carabao, swine, and goat-sheep populations decreased in production due to lack of interest in raising and high cost of investment.

Out of 77.1 kilometers total road length, about 16.4 percent is concrete, 9.2 percent is asphalt, and 74.5 percent is gravel-paved road. Some portions of these roads, particularly barangay and provincial roads, need rehabilitation and improvement by gravelling, patching of asphalt and concreting. There are also areas in some barangays that need new road opening and circumferential roads to accommodate the increasing rate of population growth.

Port or Wharf. Tagoloan has one wharf located in Barangay Gracia. It is made of concrete and being operated by Gracia Arrastre and Stevedoring Corporation. Materials, goods loaded and unloaded in this area come usually from industries like PACCO products, VICMAR Plywood, sometimes Pepsi Cola and other light products. Its capacity ranges from 2 to 3 medium or small-sized container ship. Sometimes, the area cannot cope with the loading requirements of different industries located in Tagoloan and its neighboring towns. It needs rehabilitation and expansion on order to accommodate bigger cargo ships and also to facilitate the growing needs of industries not only in Tagoloan but also the demands of nearby towns and even cities.

The Municipality has port which is the Mindanao Container Terminal Project (MCTP) of PHIVIDEC, which is the gateway to the rest of the world. The Phase 1 of MCTP consists of port facility with 300 meters of berth to accommodate one 30,000 DWT ship and two untis of loading and unloading crane facilities. The port has support facilities such as container yard, warehouse and storage areas and a general cargo yard.

Water System. The Municipality has its own water scheme serving ten barangays. It serves Levels I, II, and III type of water system. Industrial and commercial establishments are using industrial water from PHIVIDEC water system run by electricity, while others get their drinking water from the Tagoloan Rural Waterworks Sanitation and Association (TRWSA).

Some residential areas not served by the present water system use deep and shallow wells in order to have drinking water while others use covered artesian wells.

Power Supply. There are two power substations found in the Municipality of Tagoloan. These are NAPOCOR power substations, which is located in the upper Natumolan, while the CEPALCO substation is located in lower Natumolan along the old national road.