Rizal (province)

{{Further|Morong (district)|Manila (province)}}

Tagalog settlement arrived sometime in the pre-Spanish period. The provincial territory began with the organization of the Tondo and Laguna provinces during the Spanish administration. Some of the towns like Pasig, Parañaque, Taytay and Cainta were already thriving.

From the reports of the Encomiendas in 1582–1583, the Encomiendas of Moron (Morong) was under the jurisdiction of La Laguna and, the Encomiendas of Passi (Pasig), Taitay (Taytay) and Tagui (Taguig) belonged to the Province of Tondo. It was recorded that in 1591, the Encomiendas of Moron and Taitay were under the jurisdiction of the Franciscan Order in the Province of La Laguna; and the Encomiendas of Nabotas (Navotas), Tambobo (Malabon), Tondo, Parañaque (then La Huerta, Parañaque), Longalo (Don Galo, Parañaque), Tagui and Pasig were under the jurisdiction of the Augustinians in the Province of Tondo.

File:Paul de la Gironière in Filipino hunting costume, early 1800s.jpg established the Jala Jala hacienda in Morong.]]

In 1853, a new political subdivision named Distrito Politico-Militar de los Montes de San Mateo ({{translation|Political-Military District of the San Mateo Mountains}}) was formed.{{cite news|url=https://www.rizalprovince.ph/pages/history.html|title=Journey to the Past|website=Rizal Provincial Government|accessdate=June 18, 2022}} This consisted of the towns of Antipolo, Bosoboso, Cainta and Taytay from the Province of Tondo, and the towns of Morong, Baras, Tanay, Pililla, Angono, Binangonan and Jala-jala from the Province of La Laguna, with Morong as the capital. This district was changed to Distrito Politico-Militar de Morong four years later.{{cite web|url=https://www.rizalprovince.ph/pages/history2.html|title=Journey to the Past|website=Rizal Provincial Government|accessdate=June 19, 2022}}

By virtue of Circular No. 83, dated September 2, 1859, the Province of Tondo became the Province of Manila. All its towns were placed under the administration, fiscal supervision and control of the Governor of the new province.

The town of Mariquina (Marikina) became the capital of the Province of Manila during the tenure of the revolutionary government of Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo.{{cite web|url=http://202.91.162.20/marikina/motg/history.htm|title=Brief History of Marikina|publisher=Marikina On The Go, Marikina Science High School|access-date=February 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304024117/http://202.91.162.20/marikina/motg/history.htm|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=dead}} The Politico-Military District of Morong had for its capital the town of Antipolo from 1898 to 1899 and the town of Tanay from 1899 to 1900.

File:Atlas of the Philippine Islands (1900) map 09.jpg and Morong district]]

On February 6, the First Philippine Commission sought to establish civil government in the country through a provincial organization act after the Filipino-Spanish and Filipino-American conflicts.

Therefore, on June 5, 1901, a historic meeting was held at the Pasig Catholic Church for the organization of a civil government in the Province of Manila and District of Morong, with 221 delegates in attendance.{{cite web|url=https://www.pasigcity.gov.ph/historical-spots|title=Historical Spots|website=Pasig City|accessdate=June 16, 2022|archive-date=April 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200426113437/https://www.pasigcity.gov.ph/historical-spots|url-status=dead}} The first Philippine Commission, headed by William Howard Taft and composed of Commissioners Luke E. Wright, Henry C. Ide, Bernard Moses and Dean C. Worcester, discussed with the Assembly the issue of whether or not to write the Province of Manila with the District of Morong, was not self-sufficient to operate as a separate province.

Although the delegates from Morong, Hilarion Raymundo, and José Tupas, objected to the proposal, Juan Sumulong of Antipolo strongly advocated the move. After much acrimonious debate and upon the suggestion of Trinidad H. Pardo de Tavera the body agreed on the creation of a new province independent of the Province of Manila. The new province was aptly named after José Rizal, the country's national hero.

File:Pasig City (86) Old Capitol.jpg, which was the seat of government for the province until 1950.{{cite web|url=https://www.theurbanroamer.com/the-pasig-formerly-of-rizal-rizals-first-capitol/|title=the Pasig formerly of Rizal: Rizal's first Capitol|website=Urban Roamer|date=April 14, 2012|accessdate=June 17, 2022}}]]

On June 11, 1901, the province of Rizal was officially and legally created by virtue of Act No. 137 by the First Philippine Commission which during the time was acting as the unicameral legislative body in the island of Luzon.{{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|access-date=June 12, 2022}}

The new province was composed of 32 municipalities, 19 from the old Province of Manila (i.e. Cainta, Caloocan, Las Piñas, Malibay, Mariquina (Marikina), Montalban (Rodriguez), Muntinlupa, Navotas, Novaliches, Parañaque, Pasig, Pateros, Pineda (Pasay), San Felipe Neri (Mandaluyong), San Juan del Monte (San Juan), San Mateo, San Pedro Macati (Makati), Taguig, Tambobong (Malabon)); and 13 from the Politico-Military District of Morong (i.e. Angono, Antipolo, Baras, Binangonan, Bosoboso, Cardona, Jalajala, Morong, Pililla, Quisao, Tanay, Taytay and Teresa).{{cite PH act|chamber=Act|url=https://lawyerly.ph/laws/view/l89ad|number=942|date=October 12, 1903|accessdate=June 17, 2022|title=An Act Reducing the Thirty-Two Municipalities of the Province of Rizal to Fifteen}} The City of Manila from the old Province of Manila was treated as a separate entity. The seat of the provincial government was Pasig; however, for seven months in 1904, San Felipe Neri served as the provincial seat.{{cite web|url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2002/06/28/the-presidents-day-june-28-2002/|title=The President's Day: June 28, 2002|date=June 28, 2002|accessdate=September 30, 2023|website=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines}}

The number of municipalities changed with the municipal boundaries through time, mostly occurring within the provincial boundary.{{cite PH act|chamber=Act|url=https://lawyerly.ph/laws/view/l8ae8|number=984|date=November 6, 1903|accessdate=June 21, 2022|title=An Act Amending Acy Numbered Nine Hundred and Forty-Two, Entitled "An Act Reducing the Thirty-Two Municipalities of the Province of Rizal to Fifteen," by Reducing the Thirty-Two Municipalities of the Said Province to Sixteen}}{{cite PH act|chamber=Act|url=https://lawyerly.ph/laws/view/l3c89|number=1442|date=January 16, 1906|accessdate=April 24, 2022|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.}}{{cite PH act|url=https://lawyerly.ph/laws/view/l4d28|chamber=Act|number=1625|date=March 27, 1907|accessdate=June 19, 2022|title=An Act Increasing the number of municipalities in the Province of Rizal from seventeen to nineteen, by separating from San Felipe Neri the former municipality of San Juan del Monte and from Parañaque the former municipality of Las Piñas, giving to each the territory which it comprised prior to the passage of Act Numbered Nine hundred and forty-two, and providing for the distribution of funds in the municipal treasuries of said municipalities.}}{{cite PH act|chamber=Act|number=1720|title=An Act Increasing the Number of Municipalities in the Province of Rizal to Twenty, by Separating From the Present Municipality of Pililla the Former Municipality of Jalajala and Giving the Latter the Same Territory Which It Comprised Prior to the Passage of Act Numbered Nine Hundred and Forty-two|url=https://lawyerly.ph/laws/view/l40d2|accessdate=June 20, 2022|date=September 20, 1907}} On October 12, 1903, the former municipalities of Bosoboso, Malibay, Novaliches and Quisao were absorbed by Antipolo, Pasay, Caloocan and Pililla, respectively, by virtue of Act No. 942. On November 25, 1903, Muntinlupa was ceded to the Province of La Laguna and became part of the municipality of Biñan,{{cite PH act|url=https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/dtSearch/dtisapi6.dll?cmd=getdoc&DocId=622&Index=%2A9b8c493322d6ea4e01a8b64cca8b398a|chamber=Act|number=1008|title=An Act Amending Act Numbered Nine hundred and thirty-nine, entitled "An Act reducing the thirty municipalities of the Province of La Laguna to nineteen," and Act Numbered Nine hundred and forty-two, entitled "An Act reducing the thirty - two municipalities of the Province of Rizal to fifteen," and providing that the boundary line between the Provinces of La Laguna and Rizal be changed so as to include in La Laguna the municipality of Muntinlupa now a part of Rizal.|date=November 25, 1903|accessdate=April 24, 2022}}{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} but was later returned to Rizal on March 22, 1905, and became part of Taguig until December 17, 1917.{{cite PH act|url=https://lawyerly.ph/laws/view/l43ec|chamber=Act|number=1308|date=March 22, 1905|accessdate=June 18, 2022|title=An Act providing for the return of the former municipality of Muntinlupa from the Province of La Laguna to the Province of Rizal, repealing paragraph (e) of section one and sections two and three of Act Numbered One thousand and eight, and changing the name of the municipality of Pateros, of the Province of Rizal, to Taguig.}}{{cite news|url=https://www.muntinlupacity.gov.ph/?page_id=28|title=About the City|website=City Government of Muntinlupa|accessdate=June 19, 2022|archive-date=June 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626204300/https://www.muntinlupacity.gov.ph/?page_id=28|url-status=dead}}

File:Map of Rizal (1938).svg

On October 12, 1939, Quezon City was established,{{cite PH act |chamber=CA|number=502|title=An Act to Create Quezon City|url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1939/10/12/commonwealth-act-no-502/s |access-date=June 19, 2021|date=October 12, 1939|publisher=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines}} which included parts of Caloocan, and later on, Novaliches and parts of Marikina, Pasig and San Juan.

Marking's and the Hunter's ROTC Guerrillas operated in Rizal Province throughout the war.{{cite book |last1=Kaminski |first1=Theresa |title=Angels of the Underground |date=2016 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York |isbn=9780199928248 |pages=244–246, 332, 351–353, 375}}{{cite book |last1=Panlilio |first1=Yay |title=The Crucible: An Autobiography by Colonel Yay, Filipina American Guerrilla |date=1950 |publisher=Rutgers University Press |location=New Brunswick |isbn=9780813546827 |pages=42,187}}

In 1942, Quezon City and the towns of Caloocan, Makati, Mandaluyong, Parañaque, Pasay, and San Juan were merged with Manila to form the City of Greater Manila, by virtue of Executive Order No. 400 signed by President Manuel L. Quezon as an emergency measure.{{cite PH act|chamber=EO|number=400, s. 1942|title=Creating the City of Greater Manila|date=January 1, 1942|accessdate=August 24, 2022|url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1942/01/01/executive-order-no-400-s-1942/}} The city was dissolved by President Sergio Osmeña in 1945, thus restoring the pre-war status of the merged cities and towns.{{cite PH act|chamber=EO|number=58, s. 1945|title=Reducing the Territory of the City of Greater Manila|date=July 26, 1945|accessdate=August 24, 2022|url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1945/07/26/executive-order-no-58-s-1945/}}{{cite web|title=Historical Background|url=http://ncr.emb.gov.ph/historicalbackground/|website=DENR - Environment Management Bureau - National Capital Region|access-date=May 28, 2022}}

File:Rizal Provincial Capitol.jpg, Pasig was the seat of government for the province from 1950 to 2009.{{cite web|url=https://www.theurbanroamer.com/the-pasig-formerly-of-rizal-the-second-rizal-capitol/|title=the Pasig formerly of Rizal: the second Rizal capitol|website=Urban Roamer|date=April 19, 2012|accessdate=June 17, 2022}} It was demolished in 2010 and the site was rebuilt as Capitol Commons.]]

Through Presidential Decree No. 824, Rizal was partitioned on November 7, 1975 to form Metropolitan Manila. The municipalities of Las Piñas, Parañaque, Muntinlupa, Taguig, Pateros, Makati, Mandaluyong, San Juan, Malabon, Navotas, Pasig and Marikina, and the three cities of Caloocan, Pasay and Quezon City were excised to form the new region, while the other 14 towns remained in Rizal.{{cite PH act|chamber=PD|number=824|title=Creating the Metropolitan Manila and the Metropolitan Manila Commission and for Other Purposes|url=http://www.lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1975/pd_824_1975.html|access-date=17 April 2016|date=7 November 1975|quote=Section 2. Territorial Jurisdiction. The Commission shall have jurisdiction over the cities of Manila, Quezon, Pasay and Caloocan and the municipalities of Makati, Mandaluyong, San Juan, Las Piñas, Malabon, Navotas, Pasig, Pateros, Parañaque, Marikina, Muntinlupa, and Taguig in the province of Rizal; and the municipality of Valenzuela, in the province of Bulacan, all of which together shall henceforth be known as Metropolitan Manila.}}

On June 17, 2008, Governor Casimiro Ynares III announced the transfer of the provincial capitol from Pasig to Antipolo. The new {{Philippine peso|270-million|link=yes}} capitol building, constructed by Ortigas & Co., owner thereof, was completed by December of that year. Built on a {{convert|5|ha|adj=on}} lot near the Ynares Center,{{cite web|url=http://www.gmanews.tv/story/101682/Rizal-capitol-to-be-transferred-to-Antipolo |title=gmanews.tv, Rizal capitol to be transferred to Antipolo |publisher=Gmanews.tv |date=2008-06-17 |access-date=2012-04-24}} it was successfully inaugurated on March 4, 2009, bringing back the Capitol Building inside the provincial territory from which it was absent for 34 years (when Pasig was incorporated into Metro Manila).

On June 19, 2020, President Rodrigo Duterte signed Republic Act No. 11475 into law, which officially transferred the capital of the Rizal province from Pasig to Antipolo. The law was published on June 22, 2020, and took effect on July 7, 2020. The publication of the law coincided with the 159th birth anniversary of Dr. Jose Rizal.

Rizal covers a total area of {{convert|1,182.65|km2|sp=us}}{{PSGC detail|nscb}} occupying the northern-central section of the Calabarzon in Luzon. The province is bordered on the north by Bulacan, east by Quezon, southeast by Laguna, south by Laguna de Bay, and west by Metro Manila.

Located {{convert|20|km|sp=us}} east of Manila, commuters take approximately an hour to reach the provincial seat which is in Antipolo. Generally hilly and mountainous in terrain, most of the province's southern towns lie in the shores of Laguna de Bay, the country's largest inland body of water.

Talim Island, the largest island situated within Laguna de Bay, is under the jurisdiction of the province and shared by the municipalities of Binangonan and Cardona.

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Rizal comprises 13 municipalities and 1 city.{{PSGC detail|nscb}}

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| 1903 = 72,628

| 1918 = 106,921

| 1939 = 194,158

| 1948 = 265,256

| 1960 = 567,283

| 1970 = 1,152,200

| 1975 = 1,558,883

| 1980 = 555,533

| 1990 = 977,448

| 1995 = 1,312,489

| 2000 = 1,707,218

| 2007 = 2,298,691

| 2010 = 2,484,840

| 2015 = 2,884,227

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The population of Rizal in the 2020 census was 3,330,143 people,{{PH census|current}} with a density of {{convert|{{sigfig|3,330,143/1,191.94|2}}|PD/km2|disp=or|sp=us}}.

Due to its location being in the heart of the Katagalugan, almost all of the residents of Rizal mainly speak Tagalog. English and Filipino are used as second languages respectively; Filipino is a version of Tagalog which is spoken by residents of Rizal in code switching & when speaking to Tagalog speakers of other dialects. Being bordered by Metro Manila (whose majority of its cities were once part of Rizal), a large number of people from farther provinces have migrated to the province, resulting in minor but significant usage of the Bicolano, Cebuano, various Cordilleran languages, Cuyunon, Ilocano, Hiligaynon, Kapampangan, Karay-a, Pangasinan and Waray, as well as various Lumad (indigenous languages in Mindanao) languages, Iranun, Maranao, Maguindanaon and Tausug languages.

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Roman Catholicism is the predominant religion with about 80 percent adherence.

Iglesia Ni Cristo is a religious minority in Rizal, it has numerous chapels scattered around its municipalities. Subdivided in 2 Ecclesiastical Districts, its members comprises the 5% of the province's population.

Various Christian groups exist such as Members Church of God International (MCGI),{{Cite news |date=March 11, 2024 |title=RPPO, MCGI inaugurate new dormitory for Rizal cops, dependents |url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1220538 |access-date=May 8, 2024 |work=Philippine News Agency}} Oneness Apostolic or Pentecostal like UPC, ALJC and ACJC, Iglesia Filipina Independiente, Born-again Christians, Jesus Is Lord Church Worldwide, Jehovah's Witnesses, Baptist, Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints, El Shaddai (movement) Methodists, Presbyterians, Seventh-day Adventist and other Evangelical Christians. Muslims, Anitists, animists, and atheists are also present in the province.

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Before the 1990s, the primary source of economy in Rizal province were the huge piggery estates owned by Manila-based families.{{Citation needed|date=December 2012}} In recent years, the province became one of the most progressive provinces in the country, owing to its proximity to Metro Manila, the economic center of the Philippines. Antipolo, Taytay and Cainta serve as the economic centers of the province, while Angono, Rodriguez, Morong, San Mateo, Tanay, Binangonan and Teresa are taking successful steps to urbanize areas within their jurisdiction. {{Citation needed|date=December 2012}} Other areas of the province are having difficulty to start the urbanization process, mainly because of the lack of main roads to connect these to economic centers.{{Citation needed|date=December 2012}}

In a study recently{{when|date=June 2016}} conducted by the National Statistics Coordination Board (NSCB),{{Citation needed|date=December 2012}} Rizal province came out to be the Philippines' least poor province with a poverty incidence rate of 3.4%, even lower than that of the National Capital Region or Metro Manila. {{Citation needed|date=December 2012}}. On April 23, 2013, the National Statistics Coordination Board (NCSB) reported that Rizal, from being the least poor province in poverty incidence moved down to the 3rd Place, with Cavite taking over as the least province by 4.1% (compared to Rizal's 7.6%) and Laguna for 2nd with 6.3%.{{cite web |url=http://www.nscb.gov.ph/poverty/defaultnew.asp |title=Rizal poverty incidence rate |publisher=NCSB |date=2013-04-23 |access-date=2013-05-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130429201612/http://nscb.gov.ph/poverty/defaultnew.asp |archive-date=2013-04-29 }}

Antipolo, the province's capital city, is the center of trade and exchange, tourism, government, and economy.{{Citation needed|date=December 2012}} It is also a center of education and sports because of the availability of various educational and physical training facilities.{{Citation needed|date=December 2012}} Acclaimed of its scenic attractions, the city also produces agricultural products such as cashew nuts and rice cakes.{{Citation needed|date=December 2012}} Taytay, the province's center of garment and textile manufacturing, is also the town where the country's largest mall operator runs a store near the town center.{{Citation needed|date=December 2012}} Meanwhile, Cainta serves as the center of business-process outsourcing (BPO) businesses in the province, aside from being known for the presence of several shopping centers and delicacies such as bibingka or rice cakes.{{Citation needed|date=December 2012}}

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The provincial legislature or the Sangguniang Panlalawigan is composed of ten elected members. Effective 2022, four members are elected from each of the province's first legislative district, two from the second district, and one each from the third and fourth legislative districts and Antipolo's first and second legislative districts.

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• Licerio Gerónimo (1855–1924) – Philippine Revolutionary General (Rodriguez)
• Tomás Claudio (1892–1918) – Filipino soldier who enlisted in the U.S. Army during the First World War. He was considered as the first Filipino to die overseas during an international conflict. (Morong)
• Ambrosio Flores (1843–1912) – Filipino general in the Philippine Revolution and the first governor of the province of Rizal.

• Carlos “Botong” Francisco (1912–1969) – National Artist of the Philippines for Visual Arts – Painting (Angono)
• Lucio San Pedro (1913–2002) – National Artist of the Philippines for Music (Angono)
• Vicente Manansala (1910–1981) – National Artist of the Philippines for Visual Arts – Painting (Binangonan)
• Francisco Feliciano (1941–2014) – National Artist of the Philippines for Music (Morong)
• Nemesio Miranda (born 1949) – painter and sculptor (Angono)
• Rodel Tapaya (born 1980) – painter (Rodriguez)
• JC Jacinto (born 1985) – visual artist (Cainta)
• Jesse Santos (1928–2013) – Filipino comic-book artist (Teresa)
• Ligaya Tiamson-Rubin – writer and educator (Angono)
• Jose Antonio Vargas (born 1981) – journalist, filmmaker, and immigration rights activist in the United States (Antipolo)

• Herlene Budol (born 1999) – actress and comedian (Angono)
• Mike Tan (born 1987) – actor (Angono)
• Francis Magalona (1964–2009) – actor, rapper, musician, producer, television host. (Antipolo)
• Yassi Pressman (born 1995) – actress, singer and dancer (Antipolo)
• Kristel de Catalina (born 1985) – spiral pole dancer, Pilipinas Got Talent season 6 grand champion (Antipolo)
• Rocco Nacino (born 1987) – actor (Antipolo)
• Ai-Ai delas Alas (born 1964) – actress/comedienne (Cainta)
• Bea Alonzo (born 1987) – Actress, and businesswoman. (Cainta)
• Camille Prats (born 1985) – actress, model (Cainta)
• Aster Amoyo (born 1956) – television host, talent manager, columnist (Cainta)
• Amy Perez (born 1969) – actress, host (Cainta)
• Yeng Constantino (born 1988) – singer-songwriter, Pinoy Dream Academy season 1 grand champion (Rodriguez)
• Makisig Morales (born 1996) – former child actor (San Mateo)
• Alice Dixson (born 1969) – Actress, Philippines' representative for Miss International in 1986 (Taytay)
• Toni Gonzaga-Soriano (born 1984) – Actress, Singer, TV Host, ("The Ultimatitan-sabay sabay Star") (Taytay)
• Alex Gonzaga (born 1988) – TV Host, Vlogger, Actress, Comedian, Book Author (Taytay)
• Xyriel Manabat (born 2004) – former child and current teen actress (Taytay)
• Meg Imperial (born 1993) – Model, Actress (Taytay)
• Andrea Brillantes (born 2003) – former child and current teen actress, dancer (Taytay)
• Jon Lucas (born 1995) – Teen Actor, Dancer, Rapper (former member of Hashtags of It's Showtime!) (Taytay)
• Rez Cortez (born 1956) – Filipino Veteran actor and assistant director (Taytay)
• Cai Cortez (born 1988) – actress and comedian (Taytay)
• Faith Anne (born 1994) – singer

• Rhea Santos (born 1979) – Unang Hirit host (San Mateo)

• Valentin Mechilina (born 1915) – conductor and composer known for his Dalampasigan overture (Binangonan)
• Gloc-9 (born 1977) – rap artist and musician (Binangonan)

• Consuelo Ynares-Santiago (born 1939) – former associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (Binagonan)
• Mon Ilagan (born 1960) – broadcaster, former mayor of Cainta who served in 2004 - 2013 (Cainta)
• Rebecca Ynares (born 1949) – Former Politician, served as the Governor of Rizal Province in 2001 – 2004, and 2013 – 2022 (Taytay)

• Christian Standhardinger (born 1989) – Basketball Player (Angono)
• Arvin Tolentino (born 1995) – Basketball Player (Angono)
• Johnmar Villaluna (born 1994) – MLBB Pro Player, 2021 SEA Games Gold Medalist, MLBB World Champion (Antipolo)
• Alvin Patrimonio (born 1966) – retired professional Filipino basketball player (Cainta)
• Tin Patrimonio (born 1991) – athlete (tennis) player, model, actress and a former reality show contestant (Cainta)
• Rachel Anne Daquis (born 1987) – Volleyball Athlete (Taytay)
• Oliver Barbosa (born 1986) – Chess Grand Master (Taytay)

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