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32-397: The name Payatas derived from the word payat sa taas ( lit.   ' thin at the top ' ), which describes the soil located in the upper part of Tullahan River , unsuitable for planting rice. Payatas was part of San Mateo , Rizal until it was ceded to Quezon City in 1949. On July 4, 1974, pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 86 as amended Presidential Decree No. 86-A, portion of

64-413: A mixture of housing sites, commercial and business centers, light industries, civic centers, educational areas and recreational parks. Jeepneys serve as public transport in the northern areas via Gravel Pit Road plying either Lupang Pangako or Montalban . Approximately 60 units ply these routes. Fare varies depending on distance. There is only one existing jeepney Operators and Drivers Association, which

96-625: A sports center, and a cafe. Programs are run in part by locals. Several Payatas football players have represented the country in the National Youth Team and on Team Philippines in the Street Child World Cup. In total, the Payatas Football Club has won more than 40 trophies. The seat of government of Payatas is located on Bulacan Street. Tullahan River The Tullahan River is a river in

128-505: Is Tagalog. English is widely spoken. Waray, Ilonggo, Visaya, Bicol, Ilokano, Pangasinense and Kapampangan are secondary languages commonly used. Christianity is dominant; most of the Christians are Roman Catholics. There are also a small number of Muslims, Iglesia ni Cristo, Protestants (El Shaddai, Shalom, Born Again, Mormons, Seventh Day Adventists, etc.) and Aglipays. Most residents lives in semi-concrete homes, with those living near

160-563: Is a growing barangay in Quezon City composed of people who came from different parts of the country. Tagalog is the primary language being spoken. Also numerous in the area are minority of Ilocano , Bisaya , Kapampangan , and Pangasinan speakers. Bagong Silangan as an originally considered part of Rizal province shares its culture with the once homogeneous agricultural culture of the people from San Mateo. However, due to saturation of numerous cultures Bagong Silangan's cultural identity

192-494: Is divided into different main areas like Purok, Sitio, Villages, Subdivisions, and Compound. Infrastructures such as public markets and commercial places lack in the barangay. Commercial businesses are mostly rented from private owners. Talipapa or commercial areas are not concentrated in one place. Commercial areas in the barangay are mostly found near areas of transportation or near schools. Currently, almost each sitio has its own talipapa, or local commercial area. Bagong Silangan

224-713: Is done under SMILE Project “OPLAN Paglilingap sa Payatas”. Other sources of drinking water include private artesian wells and water peddlers. Manila Water owns the East La Mesa treatment plant in the Payatas. The plant provides water to the Rizal province . Payatas is a very poor area, and many foundations operate to help improve the opportunities of residents. This includes the Fairplay For All Foundation , which runs an alternative learning center,

256-525: Is dumped in Payatas daily . Municipalities dumping in the area are Quezon City and San Juan . There are approximately 2,000 scavengers and 50 junk shop owners who profit from the dump site. Residents dispose their waste through the Xerox waste management program of the Barangay Government (Garbage Collection). Payatas is known for its former dumpsite , which closed in 2010. A landslide in

288-484: Is evolved currently as more of heterogeneous which are mixed beliefs that are still expounding and evolving. With the predominantly Catholic population, Bagong Silangan hosts cultural events that are heavily themed by their religion such as fiestas that are celebrated every May to give homage to their patron San Isidro Labrador. Additionally, minority religions such as INC, Protestants, Agnostics and others have their own celebration based on their discretion. The barangay

320-606: Is serviced by its lone jeepney line that has a route from Bagong Silangan proper to Ever Gotesco Commonwealth and Sandiganbayan . Numerous tricycle lines are also present in the Baranggay such as Sitio Veterans route and Barangay Proper Route. Beside the usual route from Batasan, one way of accessing the Barangay is through San Mateo, Rizal. The Route is linked by Bagong Silangan-San Mateo foot bridge in Purok Uno. As of 2016,

352-522: Is the Lupang Pangako JODA office. Tricycles service all other parts of Payatas. There are four registered Tricycle Operators and Drivers Associations, with almost 1,000 units operating from Area A, Area B and Urban Lupang Pangako: Some residents use their own vehicles. Payatas Road is basically the service road for the NGC area but also serves as the main access road to properties situated in

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384-545: The 2nd district of Quezon City , Philippines . Nearby barangays are Commonwealth, Batasan Hills and Payatas . Separated by a river in the east, the barangay leads to the Municipality of San Mateo in the province of Rizal . The barangay is divided geographically by having high and low areas. The border between these two areas is the Marikina Valley Fault System that runs parallel with

416-614: The Marikina River . The High area western part of the Barangay is the edge of the Guadalupe plateau where most of Quezon City lies while the lower area, the eastern side of Barangay lies at the west bank of the Marikina River . Lying directly on the Marikina fault line, Bagong Silangan is considered as a high risk area for earthquake. Many residential building, commercial and institutional buildings lies directly or lies near

448-701: The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) finished their clean-up of the Tullahan River. This article about a location in Metropolitan Manila (NCR) is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in the Philippines is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bagong Silangan Bagong Silangan is a barangay located in

480-686: The Philippines . It is located to the north of Manila and has an approximate length of 27.1 kilometers (16.8 mi). It starts at the La Mesa Reservoir in Quezon City and flows through Caloocan , Malabon , Valenzuela , and Navotas and empties into Manila Bay . In 2019, San Miguel Corporation pledged ₱ 1 billion for the cleanup of the Tullahan River as part of the Manila Bay rehabilitation effort. On June 15, 1995,

512-513: The Barangay Commonwealth, interfere with the powers, duties and functions of Barangay No. 8 (Payatas). Barangay No. 8, now called Payatas, was created with definite territorial jurisdiction as confirmed by Judge Augusto L. Valencia in his order dated March 5, 1976. Payatas is the only barangay to date that was created through judicial process. As of 2015, children aged 5 to 9 years are the largest age group, making up 11.0 percent of

544-548: The Marikina River as the main drainage out fall. Developed areas such as residential subdivisions have their own drainage network or man-made canals or pipe grids discharging into rivers and creeks. Toilet facilities and individual septic tanks are mostly found in developed housing areas. In Area A, Payatas residents mostly employ water-scaled types of toilet facilities. In Lupang Pangako, and some in Area B, Payatas, 80% of

576-585: The PNCC as BOT Project of the DOTC . Collector roads branch out from the primary roads extending the network into the inner areas. These are mostly Barangay main roads like the following: The provision of utility services such as electricity, water, public transport and communication relies on the improvement and repairs of access roads. Payatas is drained principally by the Marikina River Basin, with

608-511: The area led to the national legislation that banned open-ground dump sites in the Philippines. A more regulated dumping ground was established adjacent to the old landfill in 2011; the site closed in 2017. In 2023 the dumpsite was converted into an urban park for cycling. Approximately 95% of the area is served by MWSI or (Maynilad). This consists primarily of the residential areas near the IBP Road, Ilang-Ilang St., Payatas A. MWSI are laying

640-414: The central areas, such as Ilang-Ilang Street to Campsite, Sampaguita Street to Brgy. Bagong Silangan and Everlasting Street to Lower Hasmin. Gravel Pit Road, originally part of the peripheral road of La Mesa Reservoir, now serves as the sole public road of Northern Payatas Area. Proposed C-6 is a metro toll way facility that is expected to traverse the area. It is still under study as to its alignment by

672-664: The community known as ZONE 108 – Commonwealth in Quezon City, which is not a barrio but, having sufficient population and definite jurisdiction, organized itself into a barangay known as Barangay No. 8 and elected an official who took their oath before Hon. Eduardo Soliman Jr. On September 21, 1974, Presidential Decree No. 557 was promulgated, declaring among other things that in the case of Manila and other chartered cities with no barrios, all existing barangay therein created under Presidential Decree No. 86 as amended by Presidential Decree No. 86-A shall continue as barangays and adopt Republic Act No. 3590. On June 22, 1975, Resolution No. 75-12

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704-617: The dumpsite augmenting their houses or shanties with scavenged materials. While a portion of the area has been developed into residential subdivisions (Don Carlos Heights, Manila Remnants, Doña Nicasia, Empire Subdivision, Capitol Homes II, Amlac Ville Subd., Violago Homes Parkwood Subd., Madrigal Subd., Manahan Subd., Fil-Invest II Mountain View, Villa Gracia Homes, etc.), vast stretches of land remain either underdeveloped or undeveloped because of poor access and lack of services. Many of those areas have evolved into squatter colonies. Areas may contain

736-510: The estimated population of the barangay has reached 132,501. It is one of the most densely populated barangays in the 2nd district of Quezon City. The casualties brought by the tropical storm Ondoy have caused several families to relocate in Batangas and Laguna, thus decreasing the population especially in flood-affected areas. The first Barrio Captain of Barangay Bagong Silangan was the late Army Captain (ret) Laureano S. Ramos Bagong Silangan

768-475: The fastest-growing population in the city. Residents comprise various ethnic groups, the majority from the Northern Luzon. They include Ilokanos, Pangasinan, Novo Ecijanos, Tagalogs, Kapampangan and a small percentage of Ibanags, Itawis and members of Igorot tribes. There are also migrants from Southern-Tagalog parts: Bicolanos, Visayas, Mindanao Region and a small percentage of Muslims. The main language

800-401: The fault. While the lower part of Bagong Silangan lying near the bank of the river is prone to heavy flooding. While most of the areas in Barangay is considered urban in density and infrastructure, about a quarter of Barangay's area are actually farmland the last remaining in Quezon City. Bagong Silangan shares its history with San Mateo, Rizal as it was once part of the municipality until it

832-647: The items on the agenda is the appointment of Purok Leaders in Barangay No. 8 (Payatas), seeking to perform an act affecting Barangay No. 8 (Payatas) that is a defiance of the clarification order of the Hon. Judge Augusto L. Valencia. On October 14, Judge Jaime R. Agloro rendered his decision in Special Civil Case No. Q-21577, prohibiting that the respondents, Barangay Captain Inocencio Deyro and

864-425: The main line (pipes) for the area of Payatas and it is expected that the entire area will be serviced by MWSI by the end of 2000. The other 10% of residents are serviced by both public and private artesian wells, open-pit wells, spring creeks and water peddlers. The City rations the water daily in the areas of Lupang Pangako (Phase I, II, III and IV), where most of urban poor (approximately 5,000 families) reside. This

896-447: The population. This is followed by those in the age groups 15 to 19 years (10.7 percent), 0 to 4 years and 10 to 14 years (each 10.6 percent). Males outnumber females in the age group 0 to 54 years and females outnumber males in the age group 55 years old and over. The population of Barangay Payatas was almost 130,333 in 2015. Most of the residents fall below the poverty level, living under harsh conditions in depressed areas. Payatas has

928-463: The residents use open dumping for waste. There is no area-wide sewer system for Payatas. Wastewater coming from squatter colonies is usually directly discharged on the ground. The Payatas Dumpsite is situated in the north, three kilometers from the Commonwealth via Litex Road. It occupies more than 13 hectares of entirely private properties. An estimated 2,000 cubic meters (924 tons) of garbage

960-533: Was ceded to Quezon City in the 1930s. In fact, notable events such as the Battle of San Mateo took place here. In the early 1960s, Bagong Silangan was known as a rich agricultural area where rice was the main product. In 1968, it is the relocation site given by Mayor Norberto Amoranto to selected families coming from Barangay East Triangle in Quezon City who refused to be resettled in Carmona, Cavite , thousand families

992-429: Was passed by Barangay Zone 108 consolidating or merging all barangays within the Commonwealth area, including that of Barangay No. 8 (Payatas), resulting in the abolition of the corporate existence and personality of the latter. In 1976, Barangay Captain Inocencio Deyro of the Barangay Commonwealth, constituted under Resolution No. 75-12 which was already null and void, called a meeting to take place on June 6, 1976. Among

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1024-441: Was relocated but a selected hundred families plead to Mayor Amoranto that if there is a vacant land here in Quezon City, they begged off to relocate, with the bold decision headed by former Teniente del Barrio Laureano Ramos this pioneering families courageously settled here having no water supply, electricity and no accessible roads. Pioneering residents built their houses beside the creek in front of big rice fields. Bagong Silangan

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