When the Samar Mining Company (SAMICO) opened the Sibuguey project in 1957 at Bobuan (now part of the municipality of Bayog), the next group of settlers flooded in.

Instrumental in the formation of the Municipality of Buug was the persistence of Mr. Quirino M. Gonzales, a fisherman who also was a councilor of Malangas and a native of Merida, Leyte.

It has a pentagon-like shape bounded on the south by Dumanquilas Bay, Bayog on the north, Kumalarang on the east, Diplahan on the west, and Malangas on south-west.

Poverty incidence of Buug Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] Credit institutions and commercial businesses have multiplied.

The legislative council is headed by a vice mayor with ten municipal councilors as members, eight of which are elected, plus the representative of Sangguniang Kabataan and the president of the Association of Barangay Captains (ABC).

The current representative is Wilter W. Palma II Buug offers a range of educational options, from primary to tertiary levels, catering to diverse fields of study.