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4 unusual facts about barangay


Families and Children for Empowerment and Development

FCED decided to focus its assistance to street children and urban poor children and their families in 13 low income Barangays of District V and VI in Paco and Pandacan, in the city of Manila.

Limahong

A monument of Limahong can be seen at the wharf in Barangay Lucap in Alaminos, Pangasinan.

Outrigger canoe

The links between seafaring and outrigger canoes in the Philippines extend through to political life, in which the smallest political unit in the country still called Barangay after the historical Balangay outrigger proas used in the original migrations of the first Austronesian peoples across the archipelago and beyond.

Unicameralism

While Congress is bicameral, all local legislatures are unicameral: the ARMM Regional Legislative Assembly, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (Provincial Boards), Sangguniang Panlungsod (City Councils), Sangguniang Bayan (Municipal Councils), Sangguniang Barangay (Barangay Councils) and the Sangguniang Kabataan (Youth Councils).


15th Congress of the Philippines

On August 18, the House of Representatives Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms agreed to consolidate bills that seek to postpone the barangay elections, with Commission on Elections chairman Jose Melo preferring a 2011 date since synchronizing it with the 2013 general election would be costly as it will be included in the automation project.

2009 flu pandemic in the Philippines by region

After suspecting 92 influenza cases, the Department of Health on June 14 declared community outbreak in barangay Hilera, Jaen, Nueva Ecija.

Around May 28–29, 2009, around 29 students were mysteriously felt influenza-like illnesses at the same grade level in Hilera Elementary School, barangay Hilera (Jaen, Nueva Ecija).

Badoc Island

Badoc Island is an uninhabited island located about a kilometer off the shore of Barangay Pagsanahan in Badoc, Ilocos Norte.

Balamban, Cebu

Mount Manunggal is a mountain located in Barangay Magsaysay in Balamban.

Benigno V Aldana National High School

Right after that, the school was moved to its permanent location in Barangay Cablong, Pozorrubio, Pangasinan with three hectares of land donated by Don and Doña Orestes and Cion Olarte.

Bonawon, Negros Oriental

Early residents of the barangay mostly believed that the name Bonawon came from the Visayan word 'Bugnawon' which means bugnaw nga panahon or cold yet comforting weather.

Buena Suerte, Palawan

Buena Suerte (officially the Barangay Buena Suerte), or more known as Zone II, is one of the eighteen barangays comprising the Municipality of El Nido in the province of Palawan in the Philippines.

Cawayan, Masbate

The P42.95-million Cawayan Port Improvement Project in Barangay Mahayahay included the construction of rock causeway, back-up area, RC platform, RoRo ramp and breasting dolphin, as well as port lighting system, and mooring and fendering system.

Communist Party of the Philippines

Jose Maria Sison, allegedly the man behind the nom de guerre Amado Guerrero, confirmed its birth at Barangay Dulacac in the tri-boundary of Alaminos, Bani and Mabini in the province of Pangasinan.

Cuyapo, Nueva Ecija

On June 19, 1898, two to three hundred Cuyapenos, under Teniente Isabelo del Valle of Paniqui, Tarlac, answered the call of duty and ambushed a heavily armed contingent of Spanish Cazadores who came from Rosales en route to Tarlac in Bessang (now part of Barangay Maycaban.

Dasmariñas City Council

The ex officio members are the Association of Liga ng mga Barangay ng Dasmariñas (English: League of Barangays of Dasmariñas) President, who is currently, Antonio L. Ferrer, and the Sangguniang Kabataan (English: Youth Council) Federation President, who is currently, Jerome M. Menguito.

December 2007 Bocaue fire

On the morning of 31 December 2007 ten fireworks stores burned in Barangay Turo, Bocaue, Bulacan, causing a series explosions within the area.

DYAN-TV

and currently is the affiliated station of the Philippine television network AksyonTV; The station is operated and co-owned by TV5, Its studios is located at Capitol Road, Camp Marina, Barangay Kalunasan, Cebu City

Ezequiel Moreno y Díaz

He was instrumental in the foundation of what are now Aborlan, Palawan and Barangay Inagawan, Puerto Princesa City.

Gabi, Bohol

The barangay was named after the Gabi or Taro plant, Gabi, in Visayan vernacular, which are plenty throughout the barangay.

Higino A. Acala, Sr.

Higino, Sr. was born in barangay Calbasag in Julita, Leyte and was the seventh of the eleven siblings of six (6) girls & seven (7) boys.

Kinakin, Ifugao

However, the oldest account being set forth by the locals was through the work of Harold Conklin's Ethnographic Atlas of Ifugao (1980) where it states that the total land area of the barangay is 1,450 hectares.

League of Barangays of the Philippines

Each barangay is represented in the League by their Punong Barangay (Barangay Chairman/Head/Captain).

Liloy, Zamboanga del Norte

Compra National High School- is a public institution of learning for high school students and a former extension campus of the Liloy NHS located at barangay Compra, a southern part of the municipality along the National Highway.

Macabebe, Pampanga

Barangay San Roque celebrates fiesta every 1st Sunday of May in honor of Saint Roch but the Western celebrates his death every August 16 (13)

Maria Clara L. Lobregat Highway

Cruz to Barangay Licomo north of the city bordering the province of Zamboanga Sibugay.

Máximo Macapobre

As a resident of Bato (formerly known as Batohanon) and having a family of his own, Captain Imok, as he was now called by the people of his barangay (district) showed his concern for the welfare of his community and for the quality of life for his people.

Mount Malaueg

Lying on the foot of the mountain is the flowing Matalag River yet the only way to get on the mountain is to cross the certain river or go directly to the barangay of Maoanan yet it's connected with the foot of Mount.

Pantuwaraya Lake National Park

Pantuwaraya Lake National Park is a protected area of the Philippines located in barangay Pantao Raya in the municipality of Saguiaran, Lanao del Sur.

Pugo, La Union

The project would benefit not only La Union but also Benguet and Baguio itself since Barangay Palina shares a part of the Jose D. Aspiras Highway (formerly Marcos Highway), the main route to Baguio City.

Punta, Romblon

Present-day Punta barangay is very accessible because it neighbors barangay Poblacion on its northern part, and the national road that passes its eastern stretch leads to the barangays of Tuguis, Guinhayan and Manhac, and the municipalities of Sta.

San Manuel, Pangasinan

On September 12, 2012, gun-for-hire suspect Marcelino Cardinas Jr. (alias Jun Fabro, Barangay Botobot Norte, Balaoan, La Union) was arrested on the Case Unclosed twin murders of San Manuel’s Vice-Mayor Bonifacio Apilado (in Urdaneta City on June 20, 2007,)and Christopher Alfonso (an engineer, on Aug. 21, 2011).

San Miguel, Tarlac

Barangay San Miguel is considered as one of the largest and most commonly known barangays found in Tarlac City, province of Tarlac.

San Pedro, Nueva Vizcaya

It is bordered in the north by barangay Villa Coloma, in the south by barangay Villa Quirino, in the east by barangay Baretbet and the Magat River, and in the west by barangay San Geronimo.

SM City Consolacion

Constructed on a four-hectare leased prime property that was formerly where ProFoods Factory once stood along Rizal Avenue, also known as Cebu North Road in Barangay Lamac, Consolacion, Cebu, SM Prime Holdings envisions the mall to become a premier destination in the northern Cebu island.

SOCCSKSARGEN

Gumasa Beach in Glan - dubbed as the "Small Boracay in Mindanao" Barangay Gumasa has a six kilometer-long crescent beach on Sarangani's eastern shore and only about an hour's drive from General Santos City.

Taguig Renegade Drum and Lyre Corps

The last competition TR joined was in Barangay Bagong Ilog, in which it placed third, with QCHS Warriors DLC taking the championship.

Talipan National High School

Talipan National High School (formerly known as Talipan Barangay High School) is a public high school founded in 1973 and located in Pagbilao, Quezon, Philippines.

Tapuacan River

Tapuacan River (also known as Pugo - Cleanest Inland River of the North, Region I) is located in Barangay Cares, municipality of Pugo, La Union, Philippines (the smallest/inlet town which is sited in the foot Santo Tomas mountains range and about an hour away from Baguio City passing through the Aspiras, formerly Marcos Highway leading to the Ilocandia Region).

Tipolo, Mandaue

Barangay Tipolo was named after the Tipolo tree or Antipolo tree (Artocarpus blancoi).

Toledo, Cebu

With the help of the people of Barangay Tubod, some of the survivors cleared portions of the virgin forest and plateau in the vicinity of Tubod and constructed houses with roof made of cogon grass.

Upper Marikina River Basin Protected Landscape

Further south on the Quezon City side Barangay Pansol is drained by Pansol Creek, with headwaters reaching as far up to just behind the University of the Philippines Integrated School Campus.

Vicente Garcia

Padre Garcia was born in the village of Maugat, formerly a part of Rosario but now a barangay of Padre Garcia, on April 5, 1817 to parents Don Jose Garcia and Dona Andrea Teodoro.

Zamboanga City Council

Composed of 18 members, with 16 councilors elected from Zamboanga City's two legislative districts and two members composed of the President of the Liga ng mga Barangay ng Lungsod ng Zamboanga (English: League of Barangays of the City of Zamboanga) and the President of the Pederasyon ng Sangguniang Kabataan (English: Federation of Youth Councils).


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