Saturday, January 23, 2016

Barangay Sta. Cruz, Makati City

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.

 

Hence, Marcelo Angeles, who was the former Vice Barrio Lieutenant became the Barrio Captain from 1964 to 1972. He was succeeded by Morita Estrella from 1972-1976, followed by Amado Aluquin until his son Arthur, took over in 1982. Then Severino O. Victorino took over the Barangay Captain post in 1986 until 2002 which made him the longest serving Barangay Captain of Sta. Cruz.

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