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2022 Bulacan Local Elections
Bulacan local elections were held on May 9, 2022 as part of the 2022 Philippine general election. Voters will select their candidates of choice for all local positions: a town mayor, vice mayor and town councilors, as well as members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, the vice-governor, governor and representatives for the six districts of Bulacan and the lone district of San Jose del Monte City. This is the first election to have six districts instead of four. Gubernatorial and Vice Gubernatorial election The candidates for governor and vice governor with the highest number of votes wins the seat; they are voted separately, therefore, they may be of different parties when elected. Governor Incumbent Governor Daniel Fernando will run for his second term against his former political ally, incumbent Vice Governor Wilhelmino Sy-Alvarado. Per City/Municipality Vice Governor With incumbent Vice Governor Wilhelmino Sy-Alvarado running for governor, his party has nomin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Bulacan Local Elections
Bulacan local elections were held on May 9, 2022 as part of the 2022 Philippine general election. Voters will select their candidates of choice for all local positions: a town mayor, vice mayor and town councilors, as well as members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, the vice-governor, governor and representatives for the six districts of Bulacan and the lone district of San Jose del Monte City. This is the first election to have six districts instead of four. Gubernatorial and Vice Gubernatorial election The candidates for governor and vice governor with the highest number of votes wins the seat; they are voted separately, therefore, they may be of different parties when elected. Governor Incumbent Governor Daniel Fernando will run for his second term against his former political ally, incumbent Vice Governor Wilhelmino Sy-Alvarado. Per City/Municipality Vice Governor With incumbent Vice Governor Wilhelmino Sy-Alvarado running for governor, his party has nomin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Bulacan Local Elections
Bulacan local elections were held on May 9, 2022 as part of the 2022 Philippine general election. Voters will select their candidates of choice for all local positions: a town mayor, vice mayor and town councilors, as well as members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, the vice-governor, governor and representatives for the six districts of Bulacan and the lone district of San Jose del Monte City. This is the first election to have six districts instead of four. Gubernatorial and Vice Gubernatorial election The candidates for governor and vice governor with the highest number of votes wins the seat; they are voted separately, therefore, they may be of different parties when elected. Governor Incumbent Governor Daniel Fernando will run for his second term against his former political ally, incumbent Vice Governor Wilhelmino Sy-Alvarado. Per City/Municipality Vice Governor With incumbent Vice Governor Wilhelmino Sy-Alvarado running for governor, his party has nomin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marilao
Marilao, officially the Municipality of Marilao ( tgl, Bayan ng Marilao), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 254,453 people. With the continuous expansion of Metro Manila, the municipality is part of Manila's built-up area which reaches San Ildefonso on its northernmost part. Marilao is from Manila and from Malolos City. Marilao is one of the 21 Philippine municipalities that have met the requirements for cityhood set by the Constitution and Local Government Code of the Republic of the Philippines and as agreed upon by the League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP). History Long before the establishment as an independent town, Marilao traces its origin as little as a ''barrio''. It was initially a ''barrio'' of its neighboring town Meycauayan and the Franciscan missionaries from Meycauayan built a ''visita'' (chapel) dedicated to Saint Michael the Archangel. Marilao, just like Pangil, a to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malolos
Malolos, officially the City of Malolos ( fil, Lungsod ng Malolos), is a 1st class Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, component city and capital of the Provinces of the Philippines, province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 261,189 people. It is the capital city of the Provinces of the Philippines, province of Bulacan as the seat of the provincial government. The city is north of Manila, the capital city of the Philippines. It is one of the major suburbs conurbated to Metro Manila, situated in the southwestern part of Bulacan, in the Central Luzon Regions of the Philippines, Region (Region 3) in the island of Luzon and part of the Super regions of the Philippines, Metro Luzon Urban Beltway Super Region. Malolos was the site of the Constitutional convention (political meeting), constitutional convention of 1898, known as the Revolutionary Government of the Philippines, Malolos Convention, that led to the establishment o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hagonoy, Bulacan
Hagonoy, officially the Municipality of Hagonoy ( tgl, Bayan ng Hagonoy), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 133,448 people. History Hagonoy was first mentioned in the history of the Philippines in 1571. Even before the "blood compact" between the Spain's conqueror Miguel Lopez de Legazpi and the Philippines' Datu Sikatuna was made, the place was already known as Hagonoy. The land consists of archipelagic marsh and river tributaries going to the sea, where the first ancestors of this town probably took this way to reach Hagonoy. Hagonoy first appeared in Philippine history when they formed part of the fleet of Tarik Sulayman of Macabebe, Pampanga that met Martin de Goiti at the Battle of Bangkusay in the initial defense of the Lusong against the Spaniards in 1571. In the beginning, Hagonoy was part of Alcaldia de Calumpit as its visita together with Apalit. It has huge convent having founde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guiguinto
Guiguinto, officially the Municipality of Guiguinto ( tgl, Bayan ng Guiguinto), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 113,415 people. Guiguinto is one of the fast-growing municipalities. From a predominating agricultural economy, it gradually urbanized and developed, now part of the Metro Manila conurbation. Guiguinto is from Manila and from Malolos City. It is the birthplace of composer Constancio De Guzman, known for writing songs like "'' Maalaala Mo Kaya''". It also houses the Immaculate Conception Seminary, a Diocesan Seminary of the Diocese of Malolos located in barangay Tabe. The appellation “Guiguinto” literally translates to “Gold” for the early conquistadores came and saw this town on a harvest season when it lushes in golden rice stalks against the sun. History Guiguinto began as a barrio of Bulakan, the former provincial capital of Bulacan. It is said that Spaniards set up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doña Remedios Trinidad
Doña Remedios Trinidad, officially the Municipality of Doña Remedios Trinidad ( tgl, Bayan ng Doña Remedios Trinidad), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 28,656 people. It is known as "Bulacan's Last Frontier" because of its natural environment and as it is the least travelled town in the province. Etymology The municipality of Doña Remedios Trinidad was named in honor of Doña Remedios T. Romualdez, mother of then First Lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos, who was a Bulakeña from the town of Baliuag. History On September 13, 1977, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos issued Presidential Decree No. 1196 creating the municipality of Doña Remedios Trinidad. The municipality covers seven barangays, originally part of Angat, Norzagaray, and San Miguel. These are Pulong Sampaloc and Camachile of Angat; Bayabas and Kabayunan of Norzagaray; Talbac, Camachin and Kalawakan of San Miguel. Geography ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calumpit
Calumpit, officially the Municipality of Calumpit ( tgl, Bayan ng Calumpit), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 118,471 people. Etymology The name "''Calumpit''" comes from the tree "'' Kalumpít''", an indigenous hardwood species similar to ''apalit'' and narra, which grows abundantly in front of the St. John the Baptist Parish Church in the Población-Sucol area. History Precolonial era Calumpit was already an established ''barangay'' under the leadership of Gat Maitim prior to the Fall of the Kingdom of Tondo in June 1571. Other nearby villages were Gatbuka, Meyto, Meysulao, Pandukot, Malolos, Macabebe, Hagonoy, Bulacan, Hagonoy, and Apalit. When Calumpit was hispanised and established as a political and geographical entity in 1572, they chose what is today Barangay Población as the site of the church and the administrative center of the aforementioned villages, which were annexed t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bustos, Bulacan
Bustos, officially the Municipality of Bustos ( tgl, Bayan ng Bustos), is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 77,199 people. With the continuous expansion of Metro Manila, Bustos is now included in the Greater Manila's built-up conurbation area which reaches San Ildefonso, Bulacan at its northernmost part. Etymology The town got its name from Jose Pedro Perez de Busto a mining engineer from Villaviciosa, Asturias, Spain, served as the right-hand of Simón de Anda y Salazar, and was appointed ''teniente general alcalde'' (Provincial Governor) of Bulacan. History Bustos was a part of the town of Baliuag as its barrio during the Spanish Period. The town was separated from Baliuag by a tragic incident when around 1860, during a rainy Sunday, a group of natives from Bustos with babies in their arms were on their way to St. Augustine Parish Church of Baliuag for baptismal when they drowned after the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulakan
Bulakan, officially the Municipality of Bulakan ( tgl, Bayan ng Bulakan), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 81,232 people. It is north of Manila. Bulakan, which is one of the oldest towns in the Philippines, became the ''encomienda'' or capital of the '' Provincia de la Pampanga'', and later became the first capital of the Province of Bulacan before it was moved to Malolos shortly after the American occupation. With regards to whether to use the letters "c" or "k" to refer to the municipality of Bulakan, the New Provincial Administrative Code of Bulacan (Ordinance no. C-004) of 2007 states on Chapter 2, Section 15 that the word "Bulakan" stands for the municipality and first capital of the province while "Bulacan" refers to the province itself. Etymology The name "Bulakan" is derived from the Tagalog word "bulak", which means "cotton". The town was named Bulacan due to the abundance of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bocaue, Bulacan
Bocaue, officially the Municipality of Bocaue ( tgl, Bayan ng Bocaue), is a 1st class municipality of the Philippines, municipality in the Philippine Province, province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 141,412 people. With the continuous expansion of Metro Manila, the municipality is now part of Greater Manila Area, Manila's built-up area which reaches San Ildefonso, Bulacan, San Ildefonso in its northernmost part. The Bocaue River runs through most of the town. Among its tourist attractions are a town museum located near the municipality's center and the town's river festival celebrated on the first Sunday of every July. The river festival is in commemoration of the Holy Cross of Wawa, believed to be miraculous by the town's predominantly Roman Catholic population. Etymology The town's name comes from the Old Tagalog word "''Bukawe''", which refers to a type of long bamboo (''Schizostachyum lima, Schyzostachyum lima''). History Boca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baliuag, Bulacan
Baliwag or Baliuag, officially the City of Baliwag ( fil, Lungsod ng Baliwag), is a component city in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 168,470 people. Baliuag was founded in 1732 by Augustinian friars and was incorporated by the Spanish Governor-General on May 26, 1733. The city was a part of Quingua (now Plaridel) before. Baliwag is from Malolos and from Manila. Through the years of Spanish domination, Baliuag was predominantly agricultural. People had to depend on rice farming for the main source of livelihood. Orchards and ''tumanas'' yielded fruits and vegetables, which were sold in the public market. Commerce and industry also played important contributions to the economy of the people. Buntal hat weaving in Baliwag together with silk weaving popularly known in the world as Thai silk; the manufacturer of cigar cases, piña fibers, petates (mats), and Sillas de Bejucos (cane chairs) all of the fine quality became k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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