Valenzuela City Convention Center is a convention center located in Valenzuela in Metro Manila, Philippines. It is well known among the citizens of Valenzuela as its center for the performing arts, as well as a popular venue for concerts, art shows and exhibits, and conventions. [1] [2]
Richard Steven Valenzuela, better known by his stage name Ritchie Valens, was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. A rock and roll pioneer and a forefather of the Chicano rock movement, Valens died in a plane crash just eight months after his breakthrough.
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.
Pío Valenzuela y Alejandrino was a Filipino physician and revolutionary leader. At the age of 23, he joined the society of Katipunan, a movement which sought the independence of the Philippines from Spanish colonial rule and started the Philippine Revolution. Together with Andrés Bonifacio and Emilio Jacinto, they formed the secret chamber of the society called Camara Reina. He took charge of the publication of Ang Kalayaan, Katipunan's first and only official publication. He was the one who tried to convince the exiled José Rizal to join the revolutionary movement.
Our Lady of Fatima University (OLFU) is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational basic and higher education institution.
The Valenzuela City Polytechnic College, or simply referred to as Val Poly, is a technical college located in Parada, Valenzuela City, Philippines. It was founded in 1996 by Edison Nalo and is formerly called as Valenzuela Manpower.
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.
Rexlon Ting Gatchalian is a Filipino politician serving as the 28th Secretary of Social Welfare and Development since 2023. He previously served as the district representative and Mayor of Valenzuela, Philippines. He is the brother of politicians Win Gatchalian and Wes Gatchalian.
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
St. Louis College Valenzuela, formerly known as Philippine College of Technological Resources (PCTR) is a private school located at Maysan Road, Valenzuela City, Philippines.
Dalandanan is one of the highly developed barangays in Valenzuela, Metro Manila, Philippines. It was named after the impressive line of dalandan trees that used to distinguish the area.
Museo Valenzuela is a museum in Valenzuela in Metro Manila, Philippines. It is the city's historical and cultural landmark, named after Pío Valenzuela in 1963. Museo Valenzuela features collections of artifacts depicting the city's past and continuing development. It is also a venue for historical, cultural, and artistic presentations as well as seminars and symposia on national and local issues.
Valenzuela Medical Center, formerly known as the Valenzuela General Hospital, is a government healthcare centre and hospital in Karuhatan, Valenzuela, Metro Manila, Philippines. The hospital is administered by the National Government through the Department of Health.
Karuhatan is one of the constituent barangays in the city of Valenzuela, Metro Manila, Philippines.
Viente Reales is one of the constituent barangays in the city of Valenzuela, Metro Manila in the Philippines. The barangay is home to industrial factories of wire, fishball, packaging and rubber products.
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.
Pariancillo Villa is one of the constituent barangays in the city of Valenzuela, Metro Manila, Philippines.
Polo or Pulo is a barangay and former municipality within the city of Valenzuela, Philippines. It is located in the northern part of Valenzuela, and was an independent municipality from 1623 to 1963.
The Center for Latin American Studies is an academic institute within the School of Foreign Service of Georgetown University in Washington, DC dedicated to education about and research of Latin America. The Center was founded in 1959 by Dr. William Manger, the former Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States, as the Georgetown University Latin American Studies Program. Due to its inter-disciplinary orientation, it was one of the first programs of its kind in the United States.
SM City Valenzuela, is a shopping mall owned and operated by SM Prime Holdings, the largest retail and mall operator in the Philippines. It is located along MacArthur Highway, Barangay Karuhatan, Valenzuela City. Opened on October 28, 2005, it is the first SM Supermall in Valenzuela City and in the CAMANAVA Area. It is also the 21st SM Supermall in the Philippines and the 10th in Metro Manila after SM City San Lazaro in Santa Cruz, Manila.