Doña Remedios Trinidad, Bulacan
Encyclopedia
Doña Remedios Trinidad is a 1st class rural municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines
. According to the latest census, it has a population of 19,086 people in 2,808 households.
issued Presidential Decree No. 1196 creating the municipality of Doña Remedios Trinidad. The largest in Bulacan, it is partially embracing two major portions of the Angat Watershed reservation. Bulacan forest reserve, Biak-na-Bato National Park and 327.3 km² of alienable and disposable public land.
The new municipality covers seven barangays, originally part of Angat
, Norzagaray
, and San Miguel
. These are Pulong Sampaloc and Camachile of Angat; Bayabas and Kabayunan of Norzagaray; Talbac, Camachin and Kalawakan of San Miguel.
The municipality of Dona Remedios Trinidad was created in honor of the late mother (Remedios T. Romualdez
) of then First Lady, Imelda Romualdez Marcos, who was a Bulakeña from Baliuag.
and the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) signed an agreement for the development of an P11-billion bulk water supply project. Ayala-owned Manila Water
Co. Inc. will implement the project. MWSS and Manila Water will provide a financial package of an infrastructure
grant, a P10-million development assistance and a P10-million royalty fee to the towns of Norzagaray and Doña Remedios Trinidad, which will host the water supply project.
-based Bulacan Agriculrural State College opened a branch campus as Bulacan Agricultural State College-DRT.
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
. According to the latest census, it has a population of 19,086 people in 2,808 households.
History
On September 13, 1977, Philippine President Ferdinand MarcosFerdinand Marcos
Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos, Sr. was a Filipino leader and an authoritarian President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He was a lawyer, member of the Philippine House of Representatives and a member of the Philippine Senate...
issued Presidential Decree No. 1196 creating the municipality of Doña Remedios Trinidad. The largest in Bulacan, it is partially embracing two major portions of the Angat Watershed reservation. Bulacan forest reserve, Biak-na-Bato National Park and 327.3 km² of alienable and disposable public land.
The new municipality covers seven barangays, originally part of Angat
Angat, Bulacan
Angat is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 53,117 inhabitants in 9,483 households.-History:...
, Norzagaray
Norzagaray, Bulacan
Norzagaray is a 1st class municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 105,470 inhabitants in 15,912 households....
, and San Miguel
San Miguel, Bulacan
San Miguel de Mayumo is a 1st class, partially urban municipality located in the 3rd district of the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 138,839 people.-History:...
. These are Pulong Sampaloc and Camachile of Angat; Bayabas and Kabayunan of Norzagaray; Talbac, Camachin and Kalawakan of San Miguel.
Barangays
Doña Remedios Trinidad is politically subdivided into the following 8 barangays.- Bayabas
- Camachile
- Camachin
- Kabayunan
- Kalawakan
- Pulong Sampalok (Poblacion)
- Sapang Bulak
- Talbak
The municipality of Dona Remedios Trinidad was created in honor of the late mother (Remedios T. Romualdez
Remedios T. Romualdez
Remedios T. Romualdez, also known as Remedios Trinidad, was the mother of former First Lady Imelda Marcos, the wife of Former President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos. It is not true that she was a maid or that she sired her daughter Imelda illegitimately...
) of then First Lady, Imelda Romualdez Marcos, who was a Bulakeña from Baliuag.
Bulacan P 11-billion bulk water supply project
On December 12, 2007, BulacanBulacan
Bulacan , officially called the Province of Bulacan or simply Bulacan Province, is a first class province of the Republic of the Philippines located in the Central Luzon Region in the island of Luzon, north of Manila , and part of the Metro...
and the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) signed an agreement for the development of an P11-billion bulk water supply project. Ayala-owned Manila Water
Manila Water
The Manila Water Company, Inc. is a public utility company in the Philippines. Manila Water, as it is more commonly known, is the East Concessionaire of MWSS during its privatization on August 1, 1997, with its counterpart Maynilad Water Services, Inc. as the West Concessionaire...
Co. Inc. will implement the project. MWSS and Manila Water will provide a financial package of an infrastructure
Infrastructure
Infrastructure is basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society or enterprise, or the services and facilities necessary for an economy to function...
grant, a P10-million development assistance and a P10-million royalty fee to the towns of Norzagaray and Doña Remedios Trinidad, which will host the water supply project.
Education
The San IldefonsoSan Ildefonso, Bulacan
San Ildefonso is a 1st class municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 93,438 inhabitants in 15,753 households.- Built up area :...
-based Bulacan Agriculrural State College opened a branch campus as Bulacan Agricultural State College-DRT.