Edited sentence: However, in 1907, Masantol was again reinstated as a separate independent municipality and this lasted up to the present.On July 26, 1904, Masantol once more became part of Macabebe.On November 30, 1893, the Catholic Parish of San Miguel was formally acknowledged through a Royal Decree...Originally named San Miguel de Masantol and a part of the town of Macabebe, Pampanga, three of the town's leading patriarchs - Manuel Fajardo, Gregorio Bautista, and Juan Lacap - filed a motion on June 26, 1877 to separate the barrios of Bebe, Bulacus, Caingin and Nigui from Macabebe thereby creating a new Spanish pueblo called San Miguel.This new pueblo was approved by Spanish Governor General Domingo Moriones y Murillo and was inagurated on May 1, 1978