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Quirino Highway
The Quirino Highway, formerly called the El Quirino Express Road or Ipo Road, is a four-to-eight lane, secondary highway that connects Quezon City to the municipality of Norzagaray in Bulacan, Philippines. The road is designated as National Route 127 (N127) of the Philippine highway network within the city bounds of Quezon City, Radial Road 7 (R-7), and a spur of Radial Road 8 (R-8) of Metro Manila's arterial road network. History Prior to the construction of the Balintawak Interchange and North Diversion Road, it forms an old road that linked the city of Manila with Novaliches, previously called as the ''Manila-del Monte Garay Road'', ''Manila-Novaliches Road'', ''Bonifacio-Manila Road'', ''Balintawak-Novaliches Road'', and ''Highway 52''. The portion of the road south of EDSA is presently known as A. Bonifacio Avenue. Circa 1955, the section of the highway from Novaliches to the Caloocan–San Jose del Monte boundary was called ''Novaliches-San Jose Road''. It also form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radial Road 8
Radial Road 8 (R-8), informally known as the R-8 Road, is a network of roads and bridges which comprise the eighth radial road of Metro Manila in the Philippines. It runs north-south through northern Metro Manila, linking the city of Manila with Quezon City, Caloocan, and Valenzuela, Philippines, Valenzuela into the northern provinces of Bulacan, Pampanga, Tarlac, Pangasinan, and La Union. The portion of R-8 between Guiguinto, Bulacan, Guiguinto and Balintawak is also designated a component of the Pan-Philippine Highway network (AH26). It also has a spur segment in Quirino Highway from NLEX to its junction with Radial Road 7, R-7 at Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City, Commonwealth Avenue, both in Quezon City. Route description Quezon Boulevard Between Quezon Bridge over the Pasig River in the district of Quiapo, Manila, Quiapo and Lerma Street in Sampaloc, Manila, Sampaloc, R-8 is known as Quezon Boulevard. It is the main north-south thoroughfare of Quiapo, which is also linked to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
N127 (Philippines)
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Philippines
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Regalado Highway
This list of roads in Metro Manila summarizes the major thoroughfares and the numbering system currently being implemented in Metro Manila, Philippines. Metro Manila's major road network comprises six circumferential roads and ten radial roads connecting the cities of Caloocan, Las Piñas, Makati, Malabon, Mandaluyong, Manila, Marikina, Muntinlupa, Navotas, Parañaque, Pasay, Pasig, Quezon City, San Juan, Taguig, and Valenzuela, and the municipality of Pateros. Route classification This list only covers roads that are listed on the Department of Public Works and Highways's Infrastructure Atlas, as well as the previous circumferential and radial road system prior to 2014, and other notable roads in the metro. These road classifications are defined as follows: * National Primary Roads – Contiguous road sections extending that connect major cities. Primary roads make up the main trunk line or backbone of the national road system. * National secondary roads – Roads that direc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balintawak Cloverleaf
The Balintawak Interchange , also known as the Balintawak Cloverleaf, is a two-level cloverleaf interchange in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, which serves as the junction between Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) and the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX). Opened in 1968 as part of the initial NLEX segment between Quezon City and Guiguinto, Bulacan, it was one of the first projects of the Construction and Development Corporation of the Philippines (now the Philippine National Construction Corporation or PNCC). Construction of the interchange was precipitated by the large number of motor vehicles in Manila and the surrounding suburbs in the 1960s, contributing to significant traffic congestion. On June 25, 1966, President Ferdinand Marcos ordered the Department of Public Works to construct some road projects to be financed through World War II reparations, including interchanges on vital intersections along EDSA.Office of the President of the Philippines. (1966).Offic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elpidio Quirino
Elpidio Rivera Quirino (; November 16, 1890 – February 29, 1956) was a Philippine nationality law, Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the 6th President of the Philippines from 1948 to 1953. A lawyer by profession, Quirino entered politics when he became a representative of Ilocos Sur's Ilocos Sur's 1st congressional district, 1st district from 1919 to 1922. He was then elected as a senator from 1925 to 1935. In 1934, he became a member of the Philippine Independence Commission that was sent to Washington, D.C., which secured the passage of Tydings–McDuffie Act to the American Congress, United States Congress. In 1935, he was also elected to the 1934 Philippine Constitutional Convention election, 1935 Constitutional Convention that drafted the 1935 Constitution of the Philippines, 1935 Philippine Constitution for the newly established Commonwealth of the Philippines, Philippine Commonwealth. In the new government, he served as secretary of the interior and finance u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of The Philippines
The president of the Philippines (, sometimes referred to as ) is the head of state, head of government and chief executive of the Philippines. The president leads the executive branch of the Philippine government and is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. The president is Direct election, directly elected by the Filipinos, citizens of the Philippines and is one of only two nationally elected executive officials, the other being the vice president of the Philippines. However, four vice presidents have assumed the presidency without having been elected to the office, by virtue of a president's intra-term death or resignation. Filipinos generally refer to their president as ''pangulo'' or ''presidente'' in their local language. The president is limited to a single six-year term. According to Article 7 Section 4 of the Philippine 1987 Constitution, the president "shall not be eligible for any reelection" and that, "no person who has succeeded as pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History Of The Philippines (1898–1946)
The history of the Philippines from 1898 to 1946 is known as the American colonial period, and began with the outbreak of the Spanish–American War in April 1898, when the Philippines was still a colony of the Spanish East Indies, and concluded when the United States Treaty of Manila (1946), formally recognized the independence of the Philippines, Republic of the Philippines on July 4, 1946. With the signing of the Treaty of Paris (1898), Treaty of Paris on December 10, 1898, Spain Cession, ceded the Philippines to the United States. The interim United States Military Government of the Philippine Islands, U.S. military government of the Philippine Islands experienced a period of great political turbulence, characterized by the Philippine–American War. A series of Insurgency, insurgent governments that lacked significant international and diplomatic recognition also existed between 1898 and 1904. Following the passage of the Tydings–McDuffie Act, Philippine Independence A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayor Of Caloocan
The Mayor of Caloocan () is the head of the local government of the city of Caloocan who elected to three-year terms. The mayor is also the executive head and leads the city's departments in executing the city ordinances and improving public services. The city mayor is restricted to three consecutive terms, totaling nine years, although a mayor can be elected again after an interruption of one term. The mayor holds office at both the Caloocan City Hall in Grace Park and at the Caloocan City Hall North in Camarin. Along Malapitan is the incumbent mayor of the city since June 2022. List Concurrently served as the District Chief of Caloocan, when it was part of the City of Greater Manila. Served in an acting capacity. Elections *2007 Caloocan local elections *2010 Caloocan local elections *2013 Caloocan local elections *2016 Caloocan local elections *2019 Caloocan local elections *2022 Caloocan local elections *2025 Caloocan local elections References {{Reflist Mayors of pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Official Gazette (Philippines)
The ''Official Gazette'', which is printed by the National Printing Office (NPO), is the public journal and main publication of the government of the Philippines. Its website only uploads what has been published; it is managed by Presidential Communications Office (PCO). History During the Spanish colonial period, there existed many publications by the government authorities in the islands. In 1852, the ''Boletin Oficial de Filipinas'' was created by law and featured not only official government issuances but also local and international news and among others, serialized Spanish novels. It ceased publication by a royal order in 1860. In 1861, it was revived as the ''Gaceta de Manila''. This was the official gazette of the government in the Philippines which published government announcements, new decrees, laws, military information, court decisions, and the like. It also republished notices originally appearing in the '' Gaceta de Madrid'' which were relevant to the island ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andres Bonifacio Avenue, Quezon City
Andres Bonifacio Avenue, also known as A. Bonifacio Avenue, is a national secondary road connecting the North Luzon Expressway and Epifanio de los Santos Avenue at Balintawak Interchange in Quezon City and Blumentritt Road at the city's boundary with Manila in a north–south direction. Etymology The road is named after the Filipino revolutionary and ''Supremo'' of the Katipunan, Andres Bonifacio, alongside other similarly named roads in Metro Manila, like those in Marikina and Intramuros. Route description The road starts at the Balintawak Interchange in Quezon City and continues until the intersection with Del Monte Avenue and Mayon Street, where it makes a westward turn. It continues until arriving at the intersection with Blumentritt Road at the city's boundary with Manila. A segment of Skyway Stage 3 currently runs above the avenue's segment from Sgt. Rivera and 5th Avenues ( C-3) to the Balintawak Interchange. Adjacent to the Balintawak Interchange is Ayala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novaliches
Novaliches is a place that forms the northern areas of Quezon City, and encompasses the whole area of Caloocan, North Caloocan. Etymology The name Novaliches came from the name of the small village of Novaliches in the town of Jérica in Spain. It was awarded to General Manuel Pavía y Lacy, who served as a Governor-General of the Philippines in 1854. The child Isabella II of Spain, Queen Isabella II bestowed on him the title "Marquess of Novaliches" for defending her against her uncle Don (honorific), Don Infante Carlos María Isidro of Spain, Carlos María Isidro Benito de Borbón, who claimed the throne of Spain which resulted in the First Carlist War. History On February 2, 1854, General Manuel Pavía y Lacy was sent to Manila to serve as the Governor-General of the Philippines. His task was to establish a penal colony where prisoners were given lands to develop in exchange for their freedom. The colony was given the name Hacienda Tala, and it eventually grew into a la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
