Natural beach resorts abound the seacoasts in all barangays. Jomalig originates from the word "HUMALIK" meaning "KISSED". Based on the story, there was a Datu who lived on island and had a beautiful daughter. A young man from a neighboring island wanted to marry the princess but Datu challenged him. The Datu said that he will only give his daughter if the young man can roam the island in one day a
nd successfully shoot three fishes in every pond on the island. The young man took the Datu's challenged but in the end failed. At this point, he asked the girl to come with him but they failed to leave. Hopeless, he requested the princess to kiss him. The people in island witnessed what happened and they shouted “humalik”, and she kissed the young man. From that time on, the people on island named the island “Humalik”. Many years passed and the Humalik become Jomalig. Formerly Jomalig Island is only a barrio of Polillo, Quezon - the mother municipality. On January 23, 1961, the senate and the House of representatives enacted R.A. No. 3572, creating this island from the municipality of Polillo, Quezon and constituted it into a district with the barrioo of Talisoy as the seat of its Municipal Government. The first Mayor and Members of the Municipal Council were appointed by the President of the Philippines. One of the smallest municipality in the Province of Quezon. Jomalig, an island of Quezon Province, lies in the Eastern Part of Polillo Group with a distance of 30 nautical miles from the mainland. Its boundaries are Patnanungan Island in the Northwest, mainland in the southwest and the eastern side faces the vast blue Pacific Ocean.
