Valenzuela,officially the City of Valenzuela,is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 714,978 people.
Punturin is one of the 33 barangays that comprises the City of Valenzuela,Philippines. It is a mix of industrial and residential areas like its neighboring barangays of Bignay and Lawang Bato.
Sherwin Ting Gatchalian,known as Win Gatchalian,is a Filipino politician and businessman serving as a Senator since 2016. A member of the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC),he previously served as the Representative of Valenzuela's 1st district from 2001 to 2004 and from 2013 to 2016. He was the Mayor of Valenzuela from 2004 to 2013.
Magtanggol Tanjuan Gunigundo I,also known as Magi Gunigundo,is a Filipino politician who last served as the representative of the second district of Valenzuela to House of Representatives from 2001 to 2004 and from 2007 to 2016. He also served as the representative of the now-defunct lone district of Valenzuela from 1998 to 2001.
The Schools Division Office –Valenzuela or simply DCS–Valenzuela is a subdivision of Department of Education mandated to supervise public and private elementary,and secondary(JHS/SHS) education in Valenzuela City,Metro Manila,Philippines. The current head of the Division is Dr. Alejandro G. Ibañez,CESO V,with OIC Assistant Schools Division Superintendent Dr. Rustica R. Lorenzo,CESE
The Valenzuela City School of Mathematics and Science,also referred to as VCSMS and ValMaSci,is a specialized public high school in Valenzuela City,Philippines.
Local elections were held in Valenzuela on May 10,2010,within the Philippine general election. The voters elected for the elective local posts in the city:the mayor,vice mayor,the two Congressmen,and the councilors,six in each of the city's two legislative districts.
Local elections were held in Valenzuela on 13 May 2013,within the Philippine general election. The voters elected local posts in the city:the mayor,vice mayor,the two Congressmen,and the councilors,six in each of the city's two legislative districts.
Tagalag,also known as Taga-Ilog,is an administrative division in northern Metro Manila,the Philippines. It is an urban barangay in the city of Valenzuela,and is famous for fish products such as tilapia and bangus,as well as desserts such as halaya and garbanzos. It was declared as a city eco-tourism zone in 2016.
Malanday is a settlement and one of the constituent barangays in the city of Valenzuela,Metro Manila,Philippines. It is located in the northern section of the city bordering Meycauayan in the province of Bulacan.
On May 13,2015,a fire broke out at the Kentex manufacturing factory in Valenzuela,Metro Manila,Philippines. 72 people were killed in the fire,making the incident the joint-second worst fire disaster in Philippine history alongside the Manor Hotel fire in 2001;only the Ozone Disco Club fire in 1996 had claimed more lives.
Local elections was held in Valenzuela on May 9,2016,within the Philippine general election. The voters elected for the elective local posts in the city:the mayor,vice mayor,the two Congressmen,and the councilors,six in each of the city's two legislative districts.
Bignay National High School is a public general high school in Valenzuela City,Philippines. It is located at Gitna St.,Brgy. Bignay,Valenzuela City.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Metro Manila was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus reached Metro Manila on January 30,2020,when the first case of COVID-19 in the Philippines was confirmed in Manila. Metro Manila is the worst affected region in the Philippines,where most cases in the country are recorded. A state of calamity and community quarantine was declared in the region on March 15.
Valenzuela's 1st congressional district is one of the two congressional districts of the Philippines in the city of Valenzuela. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 2001. The district was created following Valenzuela's conversion into a highly urbanized city through Republic Act No. 8526 on February 14,1998. It consists of 24 barangays in the northern part of the city,namely Arkong Bato,Balangkas,Bignay,Bisig,Canumay East,Canumay West,Coloong,Dalandanan,Isla,Lawang Bato,Lingunan,Mabolo,Malanday,Malinta,Palasan,Pariancillo Villa,Pasolo,Poblacion,Polo,Punturin,Rincon,Tagalag,Veinte Reales and Wawang Pulo. It is currently vacant for the 19th Congress since the resignation of its most recent representative Rex Gatchalian upon assuming the position of Secretary of Social Welfare and Development in 2023.
Local elections were held in Valenzuela on May 9,2022,as part of the Philippine general election. Held concurrently with the national elections,the electorate voted to elect a mayor,a vice mayor,twelve city council members,and two district representatives to congress. Those elected took their respective offices on June 30,2022,for a three-year-long term. 350,676 out of 443,611 registered voters voted in this election.
Weslie "Wes" Ting Gatchalian is a Filipino politician who has served as the 27th mayor of Valenzuela since 2022. A member of the Nationalist People's Coalition,Gatchalian was first elected to public office in 2013,as the party-list representative of Alay Buhay Partylist,serving until 2016,where he was elected as the district representative for Valenzuela's 1st district. As a representative,Gatchalian served as House Deputy Speaker from 2020 to 2022.
Eric Morales Martinez is a Filipino politician who is currently a member of House of Representatives from Valenzuela's 2nd district since 2016 and he was the House Deputy Speaker for 18th Congress from 2020 to 2022. He is currently a member of the former ruling party Partido Demokratiko Pilipino,where he also serves as its vice president for National Capital Region.
