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3 unusual facts about Makati


Arnaiz Avenue

It continues across Legaspi and San Lorenzo villages of the Makati CBD which contains several office towers and condominiums, a number of Japanese restaurants, a Waltermart mall, the old Plaza Fair, Don Bosco and the Ayala Center.

Egbert Xavier Kelly

The Irish Brothers were left to the chapel and a few small rooms while the American De La Salle Christian Brothers were interned, first in a retreat house of the Society of Jesus at Santa Ana, Manila, and then in a Spanish hospital in San Pedro, Makati.

Urban Bank

The I.S. was first filed as Criminal Case No. 01-081 at the Makati City Regional Trial Court Branch 133 on June 26, 2000, then refiled as Criminal Case No. 02-2704 at Makati City RTC Branch 64, only to be re-ordered back to Branch 133.


Binay

Jejomar Binay, Jr. (born 1977), Filipino politician and current mayor of Makati

Buendia railway station

Further away from the station are Makati Cinema Square, Exportbank Plaza and the San Antonio, Pio Del Pilar and San Isidro national high schools.

Datu Yusoph Boyog Mama

In 1977, Datu Yusoph Mama started his professional career in the Foreign Service when he became a Foreign Trade Analyst in the Bureau of Foreign Trade in Makati, Metro Manila.

Dino Carlo Chua

He also became the Franchise Owner of Padis Point Restaurant in Cavite, Co-owner of Culture Club in Eastwood City, Libis, Co-Owner of ClubV Ultimate bar in Mile Long, Makati, Executive Producer of Delta Records Corp. and Developer / President of DeltaLand Realty Corporation (Owner of Villa Tanza Executive Homes).

Eugenio Lopez, Jr.

Serge and Geny would soon became close friends ands they were soon transferred in the Maximum Security Unit in Fort Bonifacio, the headquarters of the Philippine Army in Makati City.

Georgina Wilson

Wilson attended High School at Assumption College, Makati, Philippines before starting an Economics degree at Ateneo de Manila University.

Jejomar Binay, Jr.

He had singer and former councilor Rico J. Puno as running mate, but lost the election to Vice Mayor Ernesto Mercado's running mate, Makati's ABC President Romulo Pena, Jr.

Katrina Legarda

She is presently a Professor in the College of Medicine of the University of the Philippines teaching Medical Jurisprudence and also a Professor in the College of Law of the Pamantasan Ng Lungsod ng Maynila (PLM), and Lyceum of the Philippines University-makati (LPU) teaching Persons and Family Relations and Legal Writing.

Low-speed vehicle

E-jeepneys or minibuses, supported by Greenpeace started plying Manila / Makati City streets on July 1, 2008.

MMDA TV

It gives traffic updates and news about the agency together with its radio station DWAN, The studios and facilities are located at EDSA, Makati City His MMDA-TV Launch as Channel 4 On Global Destiny Cable.

Negros Trade Fair

Nikko Garden Hotel in Makati provided the space for the trade fair with the support of the Department of Trade and Industry.

Pablo Ocampo Street

It runs west-east for about 3.4 kilometers (2.1 miles) connecting the southern districts of Malate and San Andres southeast to Makati.

Pasay Road railway station

Further away from the station are Ayala Center, the Makati Central Business District (centered on Ayala Avenue), the Ayala Museum, other condominium developments such as The Shang Grand Tower and the BSA Tower, and major office buildings such as Ayala Tower One and the Philamlife Tower.

Philippine Bank of Communications

The bank is also known for its towering headquarters, PBCom Tower, the tallest building in the Philippines, located in Makati.

Robinsons Place Manila

Robinsons Manila was originally built in the 1980s, on the site of what was then the campus of the Ateneo de Manila University before it relocated to Loyola Heights and the Assumption Convent before it relocated to San Lorenzo Village, Makati.

Zobel de Ayala family

Ayala Corporation developed the center of Makati City into a mixed-use industrial development now known as the Ayala District, a district composed of Ayala Center and its surrounding throughfares (Ayala Avenue, Makati Avenue, Paseo de Roxas & Sen. Gil Puyat Ave.), which now comprise the Philippines' financial capital, Makati City.


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