45-724: Batasan Hills is a barangay of Quezon City , Philippines . The barangay was originally planned as the National Government Center of the Philippines . The Batasang Pambansa Complex , which sits atop the Constitution Hill, is the legislative session hall of the House of Representatives of the Philippines . The Sandiganbayan , a special appellate court, is also located here. The barangay borders
90-481: A resettlement policy called reductions , smaller, scattered barangays were consolidated (and thus "reduced") to form compact towns. Each barangay was headed by the cabeza de barangay (barangay chief), who formed part of the principalía , the elite ruling class of the municipalities of the Spanish Philippines. This position was inherited from the first datus and came to be known as such during
135-635: A cost of ₱ 20 million to ₱140 million , adjacent to the Zabarte Road. The project was completed in May 2011 and is already operational. In May 2011, a 60-kilometer-per-hour (37 mph) speed limit was implemented on Commonwealth Avenue following the death of Lourdes Estella-Simbulan , a journalist, in a road accident on the avenue. During the first week of its implementation, 120 violators were apprehended after speeds of over 60 kilometers per hour (37 mph) were recorded through speed guns . During
180-479: A new barangay through the initiative of Ben Morales (President of Filinvest 1 Homeowners Association), Melvin Morallos (Chairman of Tanggol Karapatan Dist.II/August Twenty One Movement) and Manolo Taroy (Congressional Staff of Congressman José M. Alberto of Catanduanes , who sponsored the bill for the creation of Barangay Batasan Hills) by virtue of Batas Pambansa Blg. 343. A plebiscite was conducted and ratified by
225-405: A single source, Juan de Plascencia's 1589 report Las costumbres de los indios Tagalos de Filipinas . However, historian Damon Woods challenges the concept of a barangay as an indigenous political organization primarily due to a lack of linguistic evidence. Based on indigenous language documents, Tagalogs did not use the word barangay to describe themselves or their communities. Instead, barangay
270-715: Is John "Jojo" M. Abad. It is home to several important National Government institutions including the House of Representatives of the Philippines at the Batasang Pambansa Complex , the Sandiganbayan , and the Commission on Audit . Notable buildings and structures within the barangay include the Batasang Pambansa Complex which houses the House of Representatives , and the Sandiganbayan Centennial Building, home of
315-619: Is a 12.4-kilometer (7.7 mi) highway located in Quezon City , Philippines. It spans six to eighteen lanes, making it the widest road in the country. The avenue is one of the major roads in Metro Manila and is designated as part of Radial Road 7 (R-7) of the older Manila arterial road system and National Route 170 ( N170 ) of the Philippine highway network . Commonwealth Avenue starts at Elliptical Road , which encircles
360-473: Is also home to middle and upper class real estate properties like Filinvest 1 and 2, Northview 1 and 2, and Treviso which were developed by real estate firm Filinvest Land. Other middle and upper class real estate properties include Vista Real Executive Village and Vista Real Classica Subdivision. The barangay is part of the Second Legislative district of Quezon City . The current barangay captain
405-597: Is argued to be a Spanish invention resulting from an attempt by the Spaniards to reconstruct pre-conquest Tagalog society. The first barangays started as relatively small communities of around 50 to 100 families. By the time of contact with the Spaniards, many barangays had developed into large communities. The encomienda of 1604 shows that many affluent and powerful coastal barangays in Sulu , Butuan , Panay , Leyte , Cebu , Pampanga , Pangasinan , Pasig , Laguna , and
450-793: Is because most of the people were relying on fishing for their supply of protein and their livelihood. They also traveled mostly by water, up and down rivers and along the coasts. Trails always followed river systems, which were also a major source of water for bathing, washing, and drinking. The coastal barangays were more accessible to trade with foreigners. These were ideal places for economic activity to develop. Business with traders from other countries also meant contact with other cultures and civilizations, such as those of Japan , Han Chinese , Indians , and Arabs . These coastal communities acquired more cosmopolitan cultures with developed social structures (sovereign principalities), ruled by established royalties and nobilities. During Spanish rule , through
495-428: Is being enforced to reduce accidents on the avenue. Commonwealth Avenue follows a curving route from Elliptical Road to Quirino Highway . It is divided into two portions: the eighteen-lane main segment, formerly Don Mariano Marcos Avenue, and the six-to-eight-lane Fairview Avenue. The Fairview Rotonda, a roundabout at the intersection with Doña Carmen Street at the barangay boundary of Commonwealth and Fairview, marks
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#1732780486456540-670: Is mostly residential with a number of subdivisions and villages which include: There are schools located in the barangay namely: There are three major roads in Batasan Hills: Commonwealth Avenue (Radial Road 7/N170) , Batasan (IBP) Road and the Batasan-San Mateo Road . In the future, Batasan will be served by the Batasan Station of MRT Line 7 located a few meters south of the junction of Commonwealth Avenue and IBP Road near
585-609: Is sometimes stopped and continued, In the absence of an SK, the council votes for a nominated Barangay Council president, and this president is not like the League of the Barangay Councilors, which is composed of barangay captains of a municipality. The Barangay Justice System, or Katarungang Pambarangay , is composed of members commonly known as the Lupon Tagapamayapa ( justice of the peace ). Their function
630-410: Is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines . Named after the precolonial polities of the same name , modern barangays are political subdivisions of cities and municipalities which are analogous to villages , districts, neighborhoods, suburbs , or boroughs . The word barangay originated from balangay , a type of boat used by a group of Austronesian peoples when they migrated to
675-469: Is to conciliate and mediate disputes at the barangay level to avoid legal action and relieve the courts of docket congestion. Barangay elections are non-partisan and are typically hotly contested. Barangay captains are elected by first-past-the-post plurality (no runoff voting ). Councilors are elected by plurality-at-large voting , with the entire barangay as a single at-large district. Each voter can vote for up to seven candidates for councilor, with
720-553: The 16th Congress , Representatives Miro Quimbo ( Marikina–2nd ) and Erlinda Santiago ( SAGIP Partylist ) filed separate House bills to rename the avenue into Eraño G. Manalo Avenue, after Eraño Manalo , the second Executive Minister of the Iglesia ni Cristo , which has a central temple along the avenue. Meanwhile, the Makabayan bloc wanted to rename the avenue after former Filipino senator Lorenzo Tañada . The entire route
765-404: The Batasang Pambansa Complex was being completed, the capital of the country was transferred back to Manila in 1976. Before its creation as a barangay, the area was called " Constitution Hill ", referring to the hilly area on where the government center was supposed to rise. Today, most of Batasan Hills is residential. Although it has one of the largest urban poor populations in the country, it
810-828: The Cagayan River were flourishing trading centers. Some of these barangays had large populations. In Panay, some barangays had 20,000 inhabitants; in Leyte (Baybay), 15,000 inhabitants; in Cebu, 3,500 residents; in Vitis (Pampanga), 7,000 inhabitants; and in Pangasinan, 4,000 residents. There were smaller barangays with fewer people, but these were generally inland communities, or if they were coastal, they were not located in areas that were good for business pursuits. These smaller barangays had around thirty to one hundred houses only, and
855-617: The People Power Revolution , though older people would still use the term barrio . The Municipal Council was abolished upon the transfer of powers to the barangay system. Marcos used to call the barangay part of Philippine participatory democracy, and most of his writings involving the New Society praised the role of baranganic democracy in nation-building. After the People Power Revolution and
900-723: The Quezon Memorial Circle . It passes through the areas of Philcoa , Tandang Sora, Balara, Batasan Hills , and Fairview and ends at Quirino Highway in the Novaliches area. Being located in Quezon City, which is among several cities in Metro Manila with a high incidence of road accidents, the avenue has a high accident rate, particularly due to overspeeding, earning it the nickname " Killer Highway ". A speed limit of 60 kilometers per hour (37 mph)
945-592: The Sandiganbayan which is one of the appellate courts of the Philippine judiciary. Other government agencies in the area include the headquarters of the Civil Service Commission , the Commission on Audit , and the Department of Social Welfare and Development . Also located within the barangay is Ever Gotesco Commonwealth and St. Peter's Parish along Commonwealth Avenue . The barangay
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#1732780486456990-613: The center island of Commonwealth Avenue up to Regalado Highway . The avenue's origins can be traced back to a segment of a road that connected the proposed site of the National Capitol in what is now Elliptical Road to the University of the Philippines Diliman campus and comprises what is now University Avenue. The original 1941 Frost Plan envisioned a road network connecting the proposed Capitol to
1035-456: The "Killer Highway". The outermost lanes of Commonwealth Avenue from Quezon Memorial Circle to Doña Carmen Avenue are designated as bi-directional bike lanes with plastic barriers and 0.6-meter (2.0 ft) buffer zones on both sides as part of Quezon City's bike lane network. A portion of the bike lane also uses concrete plant boxes instead of plastic barriers, with the city planning to replace plastic barriers with plant boxes. Before
1080-623: The Philippines. All municipalities and cities in the Philippines are politically subdivided into barangays, with the exception of the municipalities of Adams in Ilocos Norte and Kalayaan in Palawan , each containing a single barangay. Barangays are sometimes informally subdivided into smaller areas called purok (English: " zone " ), or barangay zones consisting of a cluster of houses for organizational purposes, and sitios , which are territorial enclaves —usually rural —far from
1125-604: The Sandiganbayan Centennial Building. Tricycles are a popular form of transportation that ply the neighborhoods of Batasan Hills. The Batasan Tricycle Terminal is located near the Sandiganbayan. It is a popular pick-up/drop-off site for passengers of PUV and UV Express. Tricycle routes serves Filinvest, Talanay, Sitio Taniman and also nearby barangays such as Bagong Silangan and Payatas. Barangay The barangay ( / b ɑːr ɑː ŋ ˈ ɡ aɪ / ; abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy. ), historically referred to as barrio ,
1170-675: The Spanish regime. The Spanish monarch, who also collected taxes (called tribute) from the residents for the Spanish Crown, ruled each barangay through the cabeza . When the Americans arrived , "slight changes in the structure of local government was effected". Later, Rural Councils with four councilors were created to assist, now renamed Barrio Lieutenant; they were later renamed Barrio Council and then Barangay Council ( Sangguniang Barangay ). The Spanish term barrio (abbr. Bo.)
1215-440: The barangay center. As of July 2024 , there are 42,004 barangays throughout the country. When the first Spaniards arrived in the Philippines in the 16th century, they found well-organized, independent villages called barangays . The name barangay originated from balangay , a certain type of traditional boat in many languages in the Philippines. Early Spanish dictionaries of Philippine languages make it clear that balangay
1260-697: The barangay. The number of barangay tanods differs from one barangay to another; they help maintain law and order in the neighborhoods throughout the Philippines. Funding for the barangay comes from their share of the Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA), with a portion of the allotment set aside for the Sangguniang Kabataan. The exact amount of money is determined by a formula combining the barangay's population and land area. Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City Commonwealth Avenue , formerly known as Don Mariano Marcos Avenue ,
1305-426: The barangays of Commonwealth and Bagong Silangan to the north, Barangay Holy Spirit to the west, Barangay Matandang Balara to the south, and the municipality of San Mateo, Rizal to the east. Batasan Hills traces its roots from the adjacent barangay Matandang Balara, formerly known as Balara and a former barrio of Marikina until it became part of Quezon City in 1949. In 1983, it was separated and constituted into
1350-519: The council are the barangay captain, seven barangay councilors, and the chairman of the Youth Council, or Sangguniang Kabataan (SK). Thus, there are eight members of the legislative council in a barangay. The council is in session for a new solution or a resolution of bill votes, and if the counsels and the SK are at a tie, the barangay captain uses their vote. This only happens when the SK, which
1395-652: The division between the two segments. The main segment, formerly Don Mariano Marcos Avenue (after Mariano Marcos , the father of former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Sr. ), stretches south of Fairview Rotonda. It features partial access control with interchanges and U-turn slots replacing at-grade intersections and pedestrian crossings placed on overpasses (footbridges). This segment has 18 lanes, with nine lanes per direction, excluding dedicated lanes for motorcycles, buses, jeepneys, and bicycles. An exclusive motorcycle lane, implemented in March 2023, restricts motorcycles to
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1440-606: The drafting of the 1987 Constitution , the Municipal Council was restored, making the barangay the smallest unit of Philippine government. The first barangay elections held under the new constitution were held on March 28, 1989, under Republic Act No. 6679. The last barangay elections were held in October 2023 . The next elections will be held in December 2025. The modern barangay is headed by elected officials,
1485-537: The eight-lane Fairview Avenue, which used to end near Jordan Plains Subdivision in Novaliches . In the 1980s, the road was widened into a six-lane highway. During the late 1990s and early 2000s, the avenue was prone to heavy traffic and accidents due to increasing public utility vehicles plying the highway and sidewalk vendors crowding onto the road. In the late 2000s, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) cleared
1530-639: The establishment of the city bike lane network during the COVID-19 pandemic , a bi-directional grade-separated bike lane was established by the MMDA in 2012 along a 2.92-kilometer (1.81 mi) segment of the highway from University Avenue to Tandang Sora. The Metro Rail Transit Line 7 (MRT 7), which will connect with the Metro Rail Transit Line 3 at North Triangle Common Station , began construction in 2016. Most of its alignment will follow
1575-430: The majority of the votes cast by the residents. In 1986, after the People Power Revolution and 3 years after the approval of Batas Pambansa Blg. 343, the first set of barangay officials were appointed by President Corazon C. Aquino through the (then) Secretary of Interior and Local Government Aquilino Pimentel . Manuel D. Laxina was the first appointed Barangay Chairman, along with six Barangay Kagawads . The barangay
1620-478: The population varied from 100 to 500 persons. According to Miguel López de Legazpi , he founded communities with only 20 to 30 people. Traditionally, the original "barangays" were coastal settlements formed by the migration of these Malayo-Polynesian people (who came to the archipelago) from other places in Southeast Asia ( see chiefdom ). Most of the ancient barangays were coastal or riverine. This
1665-411: The proposed Philippine Military Academy (PMA) through barrio Balara. However, by 1949, the revised Frost Plan shifted focus to constructing a road directly connecting Quezon Memorial Circle , which replaced the original Capitol site that was scrapped after World War II , to the new National Government Center (location of the present-day Batasang Pambansa Complex ) at Constitution Hill , which replaced
1710-509: The proposed PMA site. Originally named Don Mariano Marcos Avenue, the avenue was eventually constructed in the late 1960s as a two-lane highway. Quezon City was then the capital of the Philippines , and embassies were to be put up on the stretch of highway. Because the country's capital was moved back to Manila in 1976, other establishments were put up instead. Don Mariano Marcos Avenue was later renamed into two parts, Commonwealth Avenue and Quezon Avenue . Later, Commonwealth Avenue regained
1755-586: The sidewalk vendors, especially in the Tandang Sora area, which was prone to heavy rush hour traffic. Fairview Avenue uses stoplights and center island splittings at its intersections, while Don Mariano Marcos Avenue uses interchanges at its intersections. The avenue is 18 lanes at its widest. It is the widest road in the Philippines, beating the old record set by EDSA . On October 1, 2009, Quezon City Mayor Feliciano Belmonte Jr. announced his 15-year-old plan to link Commonwealth Avenue and Quirino Highway at
1800-429: The third lane except when entering or exiting the highway. On the other hand, Fairview Avenue, north of Fairview Rotonda, has 6 to 8 lanes, and most intersections are at-grade, usually with traffic lights. Being located in Quezon City, which has a high number of road accidents, Commonwealth Avenue has a high incidence of accidents along with Quezon Avenue. The number of accidents on the avenue has lent it its nickname,
1845-497: The topmost being the barangay captain . The barangay captain is aided by the Sangguniang Barangay (Barangay Council), whose members, called barangay kagawad ("councilors"), are also elected. The barangay is often governed from its seat of local government , the barangay hall . The council is considered a local government unit (LGU), similar to the provincial and municipal governments. The officials that make up
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1890-405: The winners being the seven candidates with the most votes. Typically, a ticket consists of one candidate for barangay captain and seven candidates for councilors. Elections for the post of punong barangay and the barangay kagawads are usually held every three years, starting in 2007. A barangay tanod , or barangay police officer, is an unarmed watchman who fulfills policing functions within
1935-427: Was envisioned to be the new home of the National Government Center, an area housing the three branches of the Philippine government (legislative, executive and judicial), as Quezon City was declared the capital of the Philippines in 1948. This government center in Quezon City was originally planned to be at what is now Quezon Memorial Circle , before it was moved north to the area of what is now Batasan Hills. Even as
1980-474: Was pronounced "ba-la-ngay", while today the modern barangay is pronounced "ba-rang-gay". The term referred to the people serving under a particular chief rather than to the modern meaning of an area of land, for which other words were used. While barangay is a Tagalog word, it spread throughout the Philippines as Spanish rule concentrated power in Manila. All citations regarding pre-colonial barangays lead to
2025-406: Was used for much of the 20th century. Manila mayor Ramon Bagatsing established the first Barangay Bureau in the Philippines, creating the blueprint for the barangay system as the basic socio-political unit for the city in the early 1970s. This was quickly replicated by the national government, and in 1974, President Ferdinand Marcos ordered the renaming of barrios to barangays. The name survived
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