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Grefaldia, Camille
Onrubia, Nikka Angeline G.
Roman, Victor
I. History or Background
i. Introduction
a.) Brief Historical Background of Metro Manila
- Metro Manila evolved from a small tribal settlement ruled by
Rajah Sulayman. Spaniards colonized the Philippines 30 years
after Magellan set foot on the islands in 1500s. Spaniards
named Manila as the capital region and then began their 309
years of colonization. They started building Intramuros, the
Walled City, and made it the seat of the Church and the State.
By the late 1800s, American took over the Philippines and
colonized the country for 50 years and then three years under
Japan occupation during the Second World War. In 1945, the
Battle for the Liberation of Manila which many considered as
one of the greatest tragedies of World War 2 occurred. One
hundred thousand men, women, and children perished.
Architectural heritage was reduced to rubblethe City of Manila
was the second most devastated Allied capital of World War II.
(Anon, 2017, Gov.ph) Though the Second World war devastated
Manilas landscape, the liberation in the coming years allowed
them to restore what was damaged. The post-war years known
as the Golden Age was the time of reconstruction and
revitalization of Manila which resulted in increase in growth of
the population and area and became one of the most
progressive cities in Asia, for a time. Makati, Mandaluyong and
San Juan were developed and residential villages emerged in
Quezon City, Pasig, Pasay and Paraaque. Factories and
industrial areas were built in Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas and
Valenzuela. On June 2, 1978, through Presidential Decree No.
1396, the metropolitan area was declared the National Capital
Region of the Philippines. When Metro Manila was established,
there were four cities, Manila, Quezon City, Caloocan, Pasay and
the thirteen municipalities of Las Pias, Makati, Malabon,
Mandaluyong, Marikina, Muntinlupa, Navotas, Paraaque, Pasig,
San Juan, Taguig, Valenzuela and Pateros.
iii. When does the issue of traffic become a trouble or public trouble?
-Increase incident rates due to traffic
-People are neglecting the fact that accidents in the road are
continuously increasing.
VI. Bigger Questions that need to be addressed
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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