INTRODUCTION
Barangay
Sta. Cruz is a barangay located in Makati's first congressional district. It is
bounded by Barangay Olympia in the north, Manila South Cemetery of the City of
Manila to the east, Barangays Bel-Air and San Antonio to the south, and
Barangays La Paz and Tejeros to the west. The Barangay is a member of the Northwest
Cluster, or Cluster 3 of Makati.
Barangay
Sta. Cruz hosts one of the known public cemeteries in Metro Manila, which is
the Manila South Cemetery. It covers 0.91% of the barangay, while 0.36% is used
as residential area. Sta. Cruz’s population as of 2010 is 7,440, which is 1.40%
of the total population of Makati City. On the other hand, the barangay’s land
area is 0.473 square kilometers or 1.70% of the total land area of Makati.
There are 16 residents per 1,000 square meters.
HISTORY
Sta. Cruz
was formerly a part of Barangay Olympia and was known as Sitio Paltok which means a
higher place. This place was once a vast rice field that most of its early
inhabitants were farmers. Although Paltok was a sitio of Olympia, it has its
own Tinyente del Barrio.
In the
year 1959, Congress approved the Barangay Charter Republic Act. 2320 and
Olympia held its first barrio election in 1960. Bayani Robles was elected
Barrio Lieutenant and Marcelo Angeles as Vice Barrio Lieutenant for Sitio Sta.
Cruz.
On the
second term of Marcelo Angeles as Vice Barrio Lieutenant in 1962, he had some
of the leaders of Sitio Sta. Cruz make an appeal to Mayor Maximo Estrella to
make their sitio an independent barrio, because of a provision set forth in the
barrio charter act which stated that a sitio composed of at least 500
inhabitants can be recognized as a separate barrio, has been met.
Their
appeal was recognized and was approved in 1964 by the municipal council of
Makati and was finally approved by the Provincial Board of Rizal. Upon its
recognition as independent barrio, they held their first barrio election.
The 5th
Congress of the Republic of the Philippines in its second session introduced an
act to amend and revise Republic Act No. 2370, otherwise known as the Barrio
Charter of which the Barrio Lieutenant and Vice Barrio Lieutenant hold office
for a term of two years only. Under the Revised Barrio Charter Republic Act
3590, the Barrio Lieutenant shall be called Barangay Captain and there shall be
seven Barangay Councilmen, who shall hold a term of four years. The Revised
Barrio Charter was approved by Congress on June 2, 1963. As provided for in
Article II Section 8, election of Barrio Council shall be on the second Sunday
of January, immediately following the regular elections for principal and
provincial officials.
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