Navotas#Education

Navotas was once part of Malabon. According to one legend, the long and narrow delta extended unbroken from north to south along the seashore. The strip of land between the former district of Tondo, Manila and this town was eaten away by the sea until an opening was made. Water began to flow through the opening. The geographical change prompted the people to refer to the place as "butas", "nayon ng butas", or "nabutas", a Tagalog word that means breached or pierced through.{{Cite book |last=Salonga |first=Isayas |url=https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/philamer/aar6353.0001.001 |title=Rizal Province directory |publisher=University of Michigan Digital Collections |year=1934 |volume=1 |location=Manila|accessdate=April 17, 2024}}{{rp|page=[https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/philamer/aar6353.0001.001/107?rgn=full+text&view=image 99]}} What began as a natural channel developed into a regular waterway, now known as the Navotas River. In later years, the place came to be known as "Nabotas", then "Navotas".

It was also known as Hacienda de Navotas. It was once owned by the Dominican friars until it was sold to the Pascual family during the early days of the American regime and developed into a residential estate.

San Jose de Navotas was the name given to the locality after its patron saint, Saint Joseph. On June 11, 1859, a "Superior Decreto" established a new parish and municipality under the supervision of Friar Matias Navoa. The populace was divided into two distinct groups, the naturales (locals) and the mestizos. Mariano Estrellas was the gobernadorcillo (petty governor) of the naturales and Mariano Israel, of the mestizos. Today, because records are incomplete, recognition is only given to the gobernadorcillos for the mestizos. A school in honor of San Jose was built and known as "San Jose Academy."

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The movement for the separation of barrios San Jose de Navotas and Bangkulasi from Tambobong (now Malabon), then a town in the province of Tondo (later Manila), began on December 20, 1827. Led by the principales of such barrios, such separation was petitioned before the Spanish colonial government when the locals experienced difficulties in doing business transactions and accessing Tambobong's poblacion across what is now the Navotas River for religious events.

On February 16, 1859, the petition was finally granted, separating both barrios from Tambobong to form a new distinct town. The town initially composed of four barrios (villages): San Jose, Tangos, Bangkulasi, and Tanza. Later on June 11, the Real Audiencia enacted a Superior Decreto, which established the San Jose de Navotas Parish with a church and parochial school.

On August 6, 1898, Navotas joined the revolutionary government of General Emilio Aguinaldo.{{cite web|url=https://www.navotas.gov.ph/OurCity/History|title=Our History|website=Navotas City|accessdate=August 1, 2023}}

On June 11, 1901, Navotas was eventually incorporated into the newly created province of Rizal with the enactment of Act No. 137.{{Cite PH act|url=https://lawyerly.ph/laws/view/l2485 |date=June 11, 1901 |title=An Act Extending the Provisions of the Provincial Government Act to the Province of Rizal |chamber=Act |number=137}}

On October 12, 1903, the town was returned to Malabon by virtue of Act No. 942.{{cite PH act|url=https://lawyerly.ph/laws/view/l89ad|chamber=Act|number=942|date=October 12, 1903|accessdate=April 24, 2022|title=An Act Reducing the Thirty-Two Municipalities of the Province of Rizal to Fifteen}} On January 16, 1906, Navotas regained its independent municipality status with the enactment of Act No. 1442 which separated it from Malabon.{{cite PH act|chamber=Act|url=https://lawyerly.ph/laws/view/l3c89|number=1442|title=An Act Increasing the Number of Municipalities in the Province of Rizal From Sixteen, as Established by Act Numbered Nine Hundred and Forty-two, as Amended, to Seventeen, by Making Malabon and Navotas Separate Municipalities, and Transferring the Former Municipality of Baras From the Municipality of Morong to the Municipality of Tanay|date=January 16, 1906|accessdate=April 24, 2022}}

On November 7, 1975, Navotas was transferred from the province of Rizal to the newly formed National Capital Region or Metro Manila, by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 824.{{cite PH act|chamber=PD|number=824|url=http://www.lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1975/pd_824_1975.html|title=Presidential Decree No. 824 November 7, 1975. Creating the Metropolitan Manila and the Metropolitan Manila Commission and for Other Purposes |date=November 7, 1975 |publisher=The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation, Inc. |access-date=July 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312121648/http://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1975/pd_824_1975.html|archive-date=March 12, 2016|url-status=live}}

On June 24, 2007, Navotas became a highly urbanized city by virtue of Republic Act No. 9387 dated March 10, 2007, after a plebiscite was conducted.{{cite PH act|chamber=RA|number=9387|url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2007/03/10/republic-act-no-9387/|title=An Act Converting the Municipality of Navotas into a Highly Urbanized City, to be known as the City of Navotas |date=March 10, 2007 |access-date=April 24, 2022}}

Navotas is a coastal town in the northwest part of Metro Manila. It is a narrow strip of land with an aggregated shoreline of approximately {{convert|4.5|km|sp=us}}. It is bordered on the north by Obando, Bulacan along Sukol Creek which separates it from Balt; on the south by the city of Manila; on the east by the cities of Malabon and Caloocan and bodies of water such as Binuangan River, the Daang Cawayan River, the Dampalit River, the Batasan River, the Navotas River, the Bangculasi Channel, the Malabon Channel and the Estero de Maypajo; and on the west by Manila Bay. Islands encompassed by the city include Navotas Island, where the city proper is located, and Isla Pulo.

Land reclamation, which includes the Navotas Fish Port Complex, had increased the city's land area. Projects such as the Navotas Boulevard Business Park and the Navotas Fish Port Complex expansion by the Philippine Fisheries Development Authority are expected to add up to {{convert|680|ha}} to the city's land area.{{cite news|url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/2/28/2-manila-bay-reclamation-projects-expected-to-resume-soon-2057|title=2 Manila Bay reclamation projects expected to resume soon|first=Andrea|last=Taguines|date=February 28, 2024|accessdate=May 14, 2024|work=ABS-CBN News}}

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Navotas is politically subdivided into 2 districts, with 18 barangays:

Population Changes

Some barangays in Navotas experienced dramatic population change between 2010 and 2020. This is because of an ongoing effort by the government to relocate informal settlers from hazard-prone areas to socialized housing built in Barangay Tanza 2.

Navotas East is bounded by Barangay Sipac-Almacen to the north, Barangay Tañong of Malabon (via Estrella Bridge over Navotas River) to the east, Barangay Navotas West to the west, and Brgy. Bagumbayan North to the south. Their patron saint is San Ildefonso.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

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The name of Barangay San Jose was derived from the Diocesan Shrine and Parish of San Jose de Navotas, the first place of worship in the town.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

Barangay San Roque is bounded by Tangos South to the northwest and north, Tangos North and Tanza, Navotas (via Badeo 5) to the northeast, Brgy. Hulong Duhat, Malabon and Brgy. Flores, Malabon in Malabon to the east (via Navotas River, Badeo 4), Manila Bay to the west and Brgy. Daanghari to the south. Its name is derived from San Roque de Navotas Parish, the first place of worship in the town.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

It is famous for its annual fiesta, every last Saturday and Sunday of the month of January. Every fiesta the whole barangay (including Brgy's Tangos North and Tangos South) is filled with stalls and stores. Also every fiesta of San Roque, A. Dela Cruz St. is full of stalls which sell kalamay, from Batangas.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

Barangay Sipac-Almacen is famous for the location of the Navotas City Hall and some points of interest like Navotas National High School, the main high school of Navotas, Navotas Playground, and others.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

Until 2018 Navotas had 14 barangays.

In accordance with Republic Act No. 10933, approved by President Rodrigo Duterte on August 23, 2017, and ratified in a plebiscite on January 5, 2018, Northbay Boulevard South was divided into Barangays NBBS Kaunlaran, NBBS Dagat-dagatan, and NBBS Proper.{{cite PH act|chamber=RA|number=10723|url=https://laws.chanrobles.com/republicacts/110_republicacts.php?id=10723 |title=An Act Dividing Barangay North Bay Boulevard South (NBBS) in the City of Navotas Into Three (3) Distinct and Independent Barangays to Be Known as Barangay NBBS Proper, Barangay NBBS Kaunlaran and Barangay NBBS Dagat-dagatan|date=August 23, 2017 |access-date=May 22, 2020}}

Pursuant to Republic Act No. 10934,{{cite PH act|chamber=RA|number=10934|url=https://laws.chanrobles.com/republicacts/110_republicacts.php?id=10724 |title=An Act Dividing Barangay Tangos in the City of Navotas Into Two (2) Distinct and Independent Barangays to Be Known as Barangays Tangos North and Tangos South|date=August 23, 2017 |access-date=May 22, 2020}} approved by President Rodrigo Duterte on August 23, 2017, and ratified in a plebiscite on January 5, 2018, Tangos was divided into Barangays Tangos North and Tangos South.

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Barangay Tanza occupied the northernmost portion of the city, including Isla Pulo which is separated from the city proper, and was bounded by Barangay Binuangan and Salambao in Obando, Bulacan to the north, Manila Bay and Barangay San Roque to the west, Barangay Hulong Duhat and Dampalit, Malabon to the east, and Barangay Tangos to the south.

By virtue of Republic Act No. 10935,{{cite PH act|chamber=RA|number=10935|url=https://laws.chanrobles.com/republicacts/110_republicacts.php?id=10730 |title=An Act Dividing Barangay Tanza in the City of Navotas Into Two (2) Distinct and Independent Barangays to Be Known as Barangay Tanza 1 and Barangay Tanza 2|date=August 23, 2017 |access-date=March 17, 2020}} approved by President Rodrigo Duterte on August 23, 2017, and ratified in a plebiscite on January 5, 2018, Tanza was divided into Barangays Tanza 1 and Tanza 2.{{Cite news |last=Bueza |first=Michael |date=December 28, 2017 |title=Barangay Plebiscites in Navotas, Occ. Mindoro Town on January 5 |work=Rappler |url=https://www.rappler.com/nation/192451-comelec-barangay-plebiscites-navotas-san-jose-occidental-mindoro |access-date=March 17, 2020}}{{Cite news |last=Villamente |first=Jing |date=January 8, 2018 |title=Navotas Voters OK Creation of 4 Villages |work=The Manila Times |url=https://www.manilatimes.net/2018/01/08/news/top-stories/navotas-voters-ok-creation-4-villages/372935/ |access-date=March 17, 2020}}

Both Tanza 1 and Tanza 2 are accessible via Badeo 5 in Barangay San Roque, Navotas and the Tanza-Malabon Bridge in Barangay Hulong Duhat in Malabon.

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Navotas has been dubbed as the Fishing Capital of the Philippines.{{Cite web |last=Mongaya |first=Candeze |date=July 27, 2017 |title=Bulungan at the Navotas Fish Complex |url=https://www.rappler.com/move-ph/176354-bulungan-navotas-fish-complex |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170727040156/https://www.rappler.com/move-ph/176354-bulungan-navotas-fish-complex |archive-date=July 27, 2017}}{{Cite conference |last1=Lumaque |first1=Leonard Brian L. |last2=Lopez |first2=Ahvie A. |last3=Comedis |first3=Emily |date=2015 |title=Navotas: Sharing their Fishing Culture |url=https://www.dlsu.edu.ph/wp-content/uploads/pdf/conferences/research-congress-proceedings/2015/LCCS/002LCS_Lumaque_LBL.pdf |conference=Proceedings of the DLSU Research Congress |volume=3 }} The city is home to the Navotas Fish Port Complex, which is considered as the Philippines's premier fish center.{{cite web|url=https://pfda.gov.ph/transparency/about-us/fish-ports/navotas-fish-port-complex|title=Navotas Fish Port Complex|date=July 12, 2016|publisher=Philippine Fisheries Development Authority|accessdate=February 18, 2023}}

In the ship repair sector, the Navotas complex is expected to accommodate 96 vessels for repair.{{Cite news |last=De Leon |first=Max V. |date=November 22, 2012 |title=Filipino Firm Invests P259M for Shipyard in Navotas |work=Business Mirror |url=http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/index.php/news/top-news/3760-filipino-firm-invests-p259m-for-shipyard-in-navotas |url-status=dead |access-date=January 12, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121216143922/http://businessmirror.com.ph/index.php/news/top-news/3760-filipino-firm-invests-p259m-for-shipyard-in-navotas |archive-date=December 16, 2012}}{{clear left}}

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With regards to the separation of Navotas from Malabon in 1859 and the organization thereof as a distinct municipality or "pueblo" with its own government and church, this town was headed by the

gobernadorcillos who exercised executive and judicial functions.

However, as this locality was composed of two groups the naturales and the mestizos, each of which had its own gobernadorcillo appointed by the governor-general who was the supreme authority in all local matters, since the inhabitants did not allow choosing their officials. This political system was somehow revoked at the end of the Spanish Regime through the Maura Law of 1883, which guided some of the selected officials to the supervision of an insular authority. During the revolutionary period (from 1898 to 1902), as the democratic system of local governance was being established via the First Philippines Republic and Malolos Constitution, people of Navotas with high character, social position and honorable conduct gathered in a meeting and elected the chief of the town, the

headman of the barrio (barangay) and three officials viz., for police and internal order, justice and civil registry, and taxes and property. In this situation, these elected officials constitute an assembly wherein the chief of the

town was the president, the headman, the vice-president, and the justice officer the secretary. In this period, the name of Navotas LGU and its head were changed from "pueblo to municipality" and from "President to Mayor". Philippine Commission, which exercised supervision over local government, appointed the first local

official. Gradually, election of officials was allowed.

During the period of the Philippine Commonwealth (from 1935 to 1945), the 1935 constitution ushered.

This provided that the President of the Philippines should exercise general supervision over all local

governments. This allowed Navotas to have three leaders. This trend from 1946 to 1972 (during the second Philippine Republic) was toward decentralization. Congress passed laws giving more autonomy to Local Government Units through the grant of additional powers and lessening of national control affairs. This created four Mayors of Navotas. During the Martial Law Period, President Marcos had changed the structure and functions of LGU's, thus

decentralization suffered the set back with the concentration of power on his hands. After December 31, 1975 (expiration of tenure of office of the local elective officials), the President assumed the power of appointment of

the officials as authorized by the people in a referendum held on February 27, 1975. During the Marcos Regime, Navotas had two Mayors.

Navotas was proclaimed as a full-fledged city by virtue of RA 9387{{cite web|title=Republic Act No. 9387: An Act Conventing the Municipality of Navotas into a Highly Urbanized City to be Known as the City of Navotas|url=http://www.thecorpusjuris.com/legislative/republic-acts/ra-no-9387.php|website=The Corpus Juris|date=March 10, 2007 |access-date=March 9, 2016}} that converted the municipality of Navotas into a highly urbanized city. A plebiscite was held on June 24, 2007, which was ratified the conversion of Navotas into a highly urbanized city.

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Navotas has 15 public elementary schools and 6 public secondary schools including Navotas National High School and Kaunlaran High School.{{cite web |url=http://www.navotas.gov.ph/Downloads/FORMS/SchoolsList.pdf |title=Schools List |publisher=Navotas City Website |access-date=January 23, 2015 }}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The Navotas Polytechnic College located at the North Bay Boulevard South in Kaunlaran Village is owned and operated by the city.

Navotas was home to the Navotas Uni-Pak Sardines, a founding member of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League during its inaugural season and played for three seasons until the 2019–20 season.

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Transportation in Navotas is provided by cars, bicycle pedicab, tricycles, boats, bus, jeepney and taxi.

C-4 Road between Tanong, Malabon and Navotas West is the most popular bus stopover.

Commuting in boats is popular in the city because of its location by Manila Bay. The pier of commuting boats are located in San Roque, Navotas that connects to Tanza, Navotas, which is separated by water.

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