Taytay, Rizal

Taytay is an urban municipality in the province of Rizal, Philippines. It is one of the fourteen (14) municipalities of the Province of Rizal. It belongs to the First District together with Angono, Antipolo, Binangonan and Cainta. It is bounded by Cainta on the north, Pasig City on the west, Antipolo City in the East and Angono on the South.

[edit] Population

According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 198,183 people in 42,620 households.

[edit] Mayors of Taytay

John Timothy L. Jose - (2008 - present)
George Ricardo R. Gacula - (2004 - present)
June V. Zapanta - (1995 - 2004)

[edit] Sanggunian Officials

Hon.Fernando R. Cabitac,Jr. (Vice Mayor) Tel No : 658-7288 Hon.Janet D.L. Mercado ( Councilor) Tel No : 286-3099 Hon. Sharon De Leon (Councilor) Tel No : 658-7263 Hon.Joey Calderon (Councilor) Tel No : 286-3012 Hon. Antonio Alabata (Councilor) Tel No : 286-3101 Hon. Arturo Valle (Councilor) Tel No : 286-3012 Hon. Ceferino Gene Resurreccion (Councilor) Tel No : 286-3101 Hon. Reggie Lyn Gonzaga (Councilor) Tel No : 658-7263 Hon. Andres Cruz, Jr. (ABC President) Tel No : 286-3097 Hon. Dianne Eliza Esguerra (SK Federation President) Tel No : 286-3100 Hon. Trece DI Cayton (Councilor) Tel No : 286-4439 Mr. Noli Del Rosario (Sangguniang Bayan Secretary) Tel No : 658-7263

[edit] Organization

Office of the Municipal Mayor Municipal Mayor Hon. George Ricardo R. Gacula EMail Address : joricgacula@taytayrizal.com Telephone No : 658-7270

Office of the Municipal Accountant Municipal Accountant Mr. Lissandro Plana Telephone No : 658-8425

Office of the Municipal Administrator Municipal Administrator Ms. Joyce Youingco Telephone No : 679-7076

Office of the Municipal Assessor

Ms. Connie Viray

Telephone No : 658-7268

Office of the Municipal Agriculture

Ms. Myrna Custodio

Telephone No : 286-2861

Office of the Municipal Budget

Mr. David Atanacio,Jr.

Telephone No : 286-1585

Office of Bussiness Permit & License

Ms. Iluminada Velasco

Telephone No : 286-2181

Office of the Municipal Health

Dr. Gerardo Camba

Telephone No : 679-8089

Office of the Municipal Engineer

Engr. Rodel Gatapia

Telephone No : 658-7266

Office of the Municipal Legal Counsel

Atty. Clifford Equila

Telephone No : 679-7076

Office of the Local Civil Registrar

Engr.Ronald Cruz

Telephone No : 660-4691

Office of the Municipal Planning & Development Coordinator

Arcth. Romeo Valle

Telephone No : 658-7281

Office of the Municipal Social Welfare & Development

Mrs. Tess Dotado

Telephone No : 658-7282

Office of the Municipal Treasurer

Mrs. Marilyn Pasay

Telephone No : 658-7267

Office of the Urban Poor Affairs

Mr. Ramiro Tolentino

Telephone No : 286-4123

Comelec Office

Mr. Villardo Trinidad

Telephone No : 679-4165

DILG office

Mrs. Linda Espitular

Telephone No : 658-7269

Fire Department Office

SI Ferdinand Andres

Telephone No : 658-6439

General Services Office

Mr. Ariel Villanueva

Telephone No : 658-5772

Legal Counsel Office

Ms. Joanne Francisco

Telephone No : 286-2645

Police Department Office

Chief SI Jaime Piloneo

Telephone No : 658-7267

Public Attorney Office

Atty. June Santos

Telephone No : 658-7269

Municipal Trial Court

Judge Wilfredo Timola

Telephone No : 658-7265

Taytay Public Market

Ms. Gina Pineda

Telephone No : 286-0752

NBI Office

Telephone No : 660-6917

Public Employment Services Office

Ms. Jesmelyn Loyola

Telephone No : 286-4107

[edit] Economy

This town is known for its quality ready-made dresses and woodworks, hence the brand "Garments and Woodworks Capital of the Philippines." It is also the home of one of the premier educational institutions in the country, San Beda College (Rizal Campus). Some of the big business establishments include SM City Taytay, the first SM Mall in the province opened to the public, and Puregold Taytay, the rival of SM City Taytay Hypermart. For food and nighttime entertainment, there's The Gate, a space for bars, coffee shops, diners, etc.

[edit] Fast foods

McDonald's
Jollibee
Chowking
Red Ribbon
Pay & Eat Budbod Atbp.

[edit] Bakeshops

Red Ribbon
Goldilocks
Flora's Bakery
Julie's Bakeshop

[edit] Coffee Shops

Mocha Blends
Cofitarium

[edit] Educational Institutions

Juan Sumulong Memorial Junior College

(Where the majority of the mid-aged and senior population graduated)

Siena College
San Beda College (Rizal Campus)
National College of Business and Arts
University of Rizal Systems
Taytay National Highschool
Harris Memorial College
Master's Vineyard Academy
AMA Computer Learning Center
Asian Institute of Computer Studies
Taytay United Methodist Christian School

[edit] Youth Organizations

Sanguniang Kabataan (SK)
Youth For Christ (YFC)
east youth (GCF East)

[edit] Commerce and Industry

Commerce and industry, no doubt, is a very active economic sector in the municipality. This sector contributes a substantial income to the municipal coffers.

As of October 1995 ^{[more recent report required]}, commercial activity dominated the economic landscape with 71% of the total number of economic establishments registered with the Business Permits and Licensing Division of the municipal government. There are 3792 commercial and industrial firms operating in the municipality.

[edit] Infrastracture

[edit] Waste Management

It is essential that a town has an efficient and environment friendly mode of solid waste disposal to safeguard the health of its people and assure the preservation of the natural environment.

Taytay has a current total fleet of ten dump trucks that regularly collect the garbage generated by its five barangays. Their capabilities can haul the average generated solid waste of 50-60 tons per day based on population.. These are dumped tree kilometers away in a valley area near the boundary with Antipolo northeast of the town center and adjacent to Rosario Memorial Park.

[edit] Transportation

The Municipality of Taytay has an existing road network with a total lengt of 139.666 kms. The two main roads cutting through Taytay and serving as the main access from Metro Manila are Rizal Avenue which leads to the Poblacion and the Central Business district of the town and the Manila East Road connecting from Ortigas Avenue Extension which passes north and northeast of the town center. The roads meet at a junction just off the location of the New Taytay Public Market towards the adjacent town of Angono on its eastern boundary

[edit] Power

The provision of efficient power services is the linchpin of productivity Any area that envisions itself to modernize, to be more productive, and its product competitive needs to have ample power supply to engine its growth and development.

It has been recorded that Taytay is the third largest user of power among the towns of Rizal, which all have been energized and served the MERALCO. This makes Taytay a town with sufficient power for domestic use. Added to this is the presence of a substation of the National Power Corporation in Barangay Dolores.

[edit] Communications

Communication is another major and key infrastructure component. Its ample availability in an area is one of the essential requisite for economic progress and social integration.

Currently, majority of the communication needs of the people of Taytay are being served by the Philippine Long Distance telephone Company (PLDT) with some availing of cellular phone and paging services. The number of telephones of the town is far beyond the minimum of one telephone line per 1000 residential population and also a single telephone line per 1500 population in industrial areas.

The town operates a telegraph services unit which issues an average of 116 transmissions and 5,483 telegrams of all kinds per month.

Since Taytay is just on the fringe of Metro Manila, it can be reached by all radio and television stations. Likewise, printed communications such as newspapers and magazines are distributed and bought in the area simultaneously as those in Metro Manila.

[edit] Medical and Health

The provision of primary health care is being undertaken by the Municipal Health Office which provides medical services to the Municipals 5 barangays. Taytay has 7 health units with a total of 40 Barangay Health Centers. These are commonly staffed of doctors, nurses, dentists, midwives, etc. Only Taytay Emergency Hospital which is based at the Office of Municipal Health Officer at the Municipal Hall has daily schedule of medical services from Monday thru Sunday, 24 hrs a day. The other units are on scheduled basis.

The services offered by these hospitals/clinics to the municipal and provincial residents include out-patient treatment, child delivery, EENT treatment, surgery, internal medicine, pediatric, obstetrics and gynecological treatment and diagnosis of social diseases.

There are many hospitals in Taytay - like Taytay Emergency Hospital and Manila East Medical Center(MEMC).

[edit] Location

The municipality is 12 kilometers away from Pasig City, the provincial seat of Government and a former municipality of Rizal. It is accessible from various points from Metro Manila through the Ortigas Extension Avenue; Manila East Road; Felix Avenue (formerly Imelda Avenue); A. Bonifacio Avenue; Manggahan Floodway; and Sumulong Highway.

[edit] History

The territory occupied by the previous 26 towns of Rizal Province began with the organization of the Provinces of Tondo and La Laguna during the Spanish regime. Some of the towns like Pasig, Parañaque, Taytay and Cainta were already thriving. Tagalog settlements which carried on trade with the Chinese and Arab traders long before the Spanish conquest.

From the reports of the Encomiendas in 1582-83, the Encomiendas of Moron (Morong) was under the jurisdiction of La Laguna and, the Encomiendas of Passi (Pasig), Taitay (Taytay) and Tagui (Taguig) belonged to the Province of Tondo. It was recorded that in 1591, the Encomiendas of Moron and Taitay were under the jurisdiction of the Franciscan Order in the Province of La Laguna; and the Encomiendas of Nabotas (Navotas), Tambobo (Malabon), Tondo, Parañaque, Longalo (Dongalo), Tagui and Pasig were under the jurisdiction of the Augustinians in the Province of Tondo.

In 1853, a new political subdivision was formed. This consisted of the towns of Antipolo, Bosoboso, Cainta and Taytay from the Province of Tondo; and the towns of Morong, Baras, Tanay, Pililla, Angono, Binangonan and Jalajala from the Province of La Laguna, with the capital at Morong. This district was later changed to Distrito Politico-Militar de Morong after four years.

In 1860, by virtue of Circular No. 83, dated September 2, 1859, the Province of Tondo became the Province of Manila. All its towns were placed under the administration, fiscal supervision and control of the Governor of the new province.

The town of Mariquina (Marikina) became the capital of the Province of Manila during the tenure of the revolutionary government of Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo. The Province of Morong had for its capital the town of Antipolo for the period 1898-1899, and the town of Tanay for 1899-1900.

On February 6, 1901, the Second Philippine Commission sought to establish civil government in the country through a provincial organization act after the Filipino-Spanish and Filipino-American conflicts.

Wherefore, on June 5, 1901 a historic meeting was held at the Pasig Catholic Church for the organization of a civil government in the Provinces of Manila and Morong, with 221 delegates in attendance. The first Philippine Commission, headed by President William Howard Taft and composed of Commissioners Luke E. Wright, Henry C. Ide, Bernard Moses and Dean C. Worcester, discussed with the Assembly the issue of whether or not to write the Province of Manila with Morong Province, was not self-sufficient to operate as a separate province.

Although the delegates from Morong, Don Hilarion Raymundo and Don Jose Tupas, objected to the proposal, Delegate Don Juan Sumulong of Antipolo strongly advocated the move. After much acrimonious debate and upon the suggestion of Dr.Trinidad H. Pardo de Tavera (who accompanied the commission the body agreed on the creation of a new province independent of the Province of Manila. The new province was aptly named after Dr. Jose P. Rizal dubbed as the greatest Malayan that ever lived.

On June 11, 1901, the province of Rizal was officially and legally created by virtue of an Act No. 137 by the First Philippine Commission which during the time was acting as the unicameral legislative body in the island of Luzon.

The new province was composed of twenty-six (26) municipalities, 14 from the old Province of Manila (Las Piñas, Malabon, Makati, Parañaque, Mandaluyong, San Juan, Navotas, Muntinlupa, Taguig, Pateros, Pasig, Marikina, San Mateo, and Montalban); and 12 from the Politico-Militar District of Morong, (Angono, Baras, Binangonan, Cainta, Antipolo, Cardona, Jalajala, Morong, Pililla, Tanay, Taytay and Teresa). The seat of the provincial government is Pasig.

On November 7, 1975, by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 824, the 12 towns of Las Piñas, Parañaque, Muntinlupa, Taguig, Pateros, Makati, Mandaluyong, San Juan, Malabon, Navotas, Pasig and Marikina were incorporated into the newly formed Metro Manila Area thereby leaving theremaining 14 towns of San Mateo, Montalban, Cainta, Taytay, Angono, Antipolo, Binangonan, Teresa, Morong, Cardona, Tanay, Baras, Pililla and Jalajala to the Province of Rizal.

That's the history of Taytay and fellow munipalities.

[edit] Geography

It is situated in the province’s of western portion, bounded by the grids 14° 34’ 24” north latitude and 121° 07’ 48” east longitude. It shares boundaries with Cainta in the Northwest, Antipolo in the North-northeast, Angono in the East-southeast and Taguig in the Southwest. The municipality is sited to East of Pasig City and to the North of Laguna Lake. It has an area of 4,140 hectares representing 3.2% of Rizal Province’s land area.

The shape of Taytay is rectangular – trapezoidal with gently hilly rolling terrain on its eastern side while relatively flat on its southwestern side, including the poblacion. The municipality’s highest elevation ranges from 200 to 255 meters which is situated along the inner north-eastern hills of Barangay Dolores, alongside the Antipolo Boundary. Its lowest points are from 5 to 20 meters along the southern portion of Barangay San Juan and Muzon towards Laguna Lake.

The municipality is principally drained by southwest trending rivers such as Taytay River, Panghulo River, and Napindan Channel, all of which empties into Laguna Lake. Taytay River flows across Barangays Dolores and San Isidro and joins Antipolo River (present course of Manggahan Floodway) as it passes through the southern end of Barangays Sta. Ana and San Juan. Panghulo River snakes its way from upper Taytay across Barangay San Juan towards the southern portion of Barangay Muzon. Napindan Channel crosses the southern boundaries of Barangay Sta. Ana and San Juan as it empties into Laguna Lake. Bangiad Creek, found at the southeastern limits of the municipality, flows southwest ward across Barangay Muzon, extending toward Laguna Lake.

[edit] External links

v • d • e City and Municipalities of Rizal

Municipalities: Angono • Baras • Binangonan • Cainta • Cardona • Jalajala • Morong • Pililla • Rodriguez • San Mateo • Tanay • Taytay • Teresa

Component City: Antipolo City

Categories: Municipalities of Rizal