Captivating Capiz (Municipality of Cuartero). Decades before the 6th century, before the spaniards came back to the Philippines, Cuartero was a dense forest inhabited by some tropical animals, bats, rodents and some man eating animals. As time went on, some members of the sumakwelan settlers happened to reach place using the river, now known as the panay river, as their means of passage. They began cutting down the big trees that paved the way for their homes. The early settlers established their settlements along the riverbanks. As other settlers came by the hundreds, the clearings were made wider. As the settlement expanded and widened, the settlers agreed to give a name to the place. The first name given was Binudhian, and then it was change to Mapang, after a creek. People from neighboring places came to settle in the place. After a while, the name was change again to Fonda, meaning founder. As years passed, the name of the place bacame CUARTERO, in honor of the Bishop of Jaro who inaugurated the church in 1890. It bacame an arabal of Dao sometime in 1973. All taxes, personal and real estate had to be paid in Dao Municipal Treasury.

For almost half of the century of concerted efforts and struggle to become an independent municipality, answer came when all required papers and documents were complecated. Manuel Funa, a noted businessman and Pascual de la Torre, a Spaniard, went to Manila to present the documents for approval. On August 23, 1938, Pres. Manuel L. Quezon approved the separation of Cuartero from Dao on Executive Order 159.

Since then, elected officials and the people, to date, worked hard in making Cuartero to what is today. Now, under the administration of Hon. Roger F. Flores and Hon. Lolito Hijosa, Cuartero is emerging as a booming and progressive municipality. Its people continue to maintain the ties among themto preserve the spirit of love, peace and unity. Cuartero was belong to Panay Island.