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Primary and secondary education is in the region is governed by the Department of Education-National Capital Region (DepEd-NCR). Meanwhile, the higher educational institutions are under the CHED-National Capital Region. The region has the highest literacy rate among all the regions of the Philippines, with 99.2% in 2008.
Metro Manila, the capital region of the Philippines, is a large metropolitan area that has several levels of subdivisions. Administratively, the region is divided into seventeen primary local government units with their own separate elected mayors and councils who are coordinated by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, a national government agency headed by a chairperson directly ...
As part of the National Capital Region (NCR), the city is the home to numerous national government bodies such as the Senate of the Philippines set to move in at least 2025. [101] [102] A study is also being pushed by the House of Representatives to move their chamber from Quezon City to Taguig within the same complex as the Senate. [103]
The Greater Manila Area (Filipino: Malawakang Maynila) is the contiguous urbanization region surrounding the Metropolitan Manila area.This built-up zone includes Metro Manila and the neighboring provinces of Bulacan to the north, Cavite and Laguna to the south, and Rizal to the east.
Metro Manila, the officially defined metropolitan area, is the capital region of the Philippines, and includes the much larger Quezon City and the Makati Central Business District. It is the most populous region in the country, one of the most populous urban areas in the world, [14] and one of the wealthiest regions in Southeast Asia.
Poverty incidence of Makati 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 2006 2.90 2009 1.37 2012 0.46 2015 1.86 2018 0.28 2021 0.80 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Makati is the second top revenue earner in the National Capital Region, following Quezon City at first place. The city has not increased its tax rates since its new Revenue Code took effect in 2006, and has been free of deficit for about three ...
June 2, 1978 – Metro Manila is declared the National Capital Region. [8] June 11, 1978 – The regional center of Region IX is transferred from Jolo, Sulu to Zamboanga City. [9] July 15, 1987 – The Cordillera Administrative Region is created. [10] August 1, 1989 – The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) is created. [11]
On January 3, 2025, 2,264 intelligence officers from the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) in the Philippines underwent drug testing, with all results returning negative. NCRPO chief Brig. Gen. Anthony Aberin stated that the outcome underscores the commitment to maintaining the integrity of intelligence officers, who play a crucial ...