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The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) is a government agency of the Philippines under the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). The MGB is responsible for the conservation, management, development, and use of the country's mineral resources, including those in reservations and public lands.
Makati is a low-lying, coastal city vulnerable to natural calamities intensified by climate change, such as typhoons, floods, and landslides. [65] [66] The city's disaster risk reduction and management office noted a rise in rainfall experienced by the city over the years, particularly during the rainy season. [67]
There are 11 mangrove species in the area. These are locally known as the Bungalon, Bakauan Babae, Bakauan Bato, Pototan, Kolasi, Pagatpat, Banalo, Tabigi, Saging-saging, Buta-buta and Nilad. Nilad is a species introduced to the area by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-National Capital Region (DENR-NCR). [13]
The Philippines' National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (Filipino: Pambansang Pangasiwaan sa Pagmamapa at Dulugang Kaalaman), abbreviated as NAMRIA, is an agency of the Philippine government under the Department of Environment and Natural Resources responsible for providing the public with mapmaking services and acting as the central mapping agency, depository, and distribution ...
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 Makati Poblacion Park, often shortened to Poblacion Park, is an urban linear park along the south bank of the Pasig River in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is the largest of three public parks in Makati's old downtown area situated at the site of the Casa Hacienda , a former plantation house .
The City of Makati insist that it does not need to pay permit or pay taxes for the park to Taguig. Citing Presidential Proclamation No. 1916 of 2009, [17] Makati states that local government unit owned assets are exempted from taxes and that Taguig's insistence of requiring Makati permit is an "admittance" of Makati's ownership of the park. [15]
The former MMDA headquarters along EDSA and Orense Street in Makati. On November 7, 1975, President Ferdinand Marcos issued Presidential Decree No. 824 creating Metro Manila and its managing public corporation, the Metropolitan Manila Commission (MMC) after the residents of the affected cities and municipalities approved the creation of Metro Manila in a referendum held on February 27, 1975.