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Metro Manila, the capital region of the Philippines, is a large metropolitan area that has several levels of subdivisions. Administratively, the region is divided into seventeen primary local government units with their own separate elected mayors and councils who are coordinated by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, a national government agency headed by a chairperson directly ...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue [2] (BIR; Filipino: Kawanihan ng Rentas Internas) is a revenue service for the Philippine government, which is responsible for collecting more than half of the total tax revenues of the government. It is an agency of the Department of Finance and it is led by a Commissioner.
Quezon City, the most populous city in the Philippines, is politically subdivided into 142 barangays.All of Quezon City's barangays are classified as urban. [1]These barangays are grouped into six congressional districts, with each district represented by a congressman in the House of Representatives.
BIR – Bureau of Internal Revenue; BJMP – Bureau of Jail Management and Penology; BLE – Bureau of Local Employment [4] BLGF – Bureau of Local Government Finance [5] BLR – Bureau of Labor Relations [6] BMB – Biodiversity Management Bureau [7] BOC – Bureau of Customs; BON – Philippine Board of Nursing; BPI – Bureau of Plant Industry
Much of San Miguel is located on a riverine island, separated by the mainland by the Estero de (Stream of) San Miguel, and by the Pasig River.In order to reach the district, one has to cross any of the following bridges traversing Estero de San Miguel, from west to east: Carlos Palanca Bridge, P. Casal Bridge, Nepomunceno Bridge, Arlegui Bridge, San Rafael Bridge, Chino Roces Bridge (carrying ...
The Greater Manila Area (Filipino: Malawakang Maynila) is the contiguous urbanization region surrounding the Metropolitan Manila area.This built-up zone includes Metro Manila and the neighboring provinces of Bulacan to the north, Cavite and Laguna to the south, and Rizal to the east.
Map of ancient Manila in 1570. The polity of Maynila shown in yellow.. Manila, to the extent that it has this placename, was likely founded in the Middle Ages, in the early 16th century [13] due to the Sanskrit origin of the component "nila" in its name which refers to "indigo", [14] and the prevalence of the placename during the rule of Rajah Matanda, the old king of Maynila, who was born ...
About 95 percent of the barangay's population consists of adherents of the Iglesia ni Cristo.The non-Trinitarian Christian church host some of its significant facilities in the barangay such as its Central Office, Central Temple, Eagle Broadcasting Corporation, headquarters of INCTV, Iglesia Ni Cristo School for Ministers and the New Era University.