(PNA file photo) MANILA - There was a time when the former town of Novaliches, shared by Quezon City and Caloocan City since 1948, served as the "egg, meat, fruit, and vegetable basket" or the source of these farm products for residents of both cities. That was until the early 1980s when Novaliches was still considered the "bukid" or farm area of its two mother cities. The southern parts of both Quezon City and Caloocan at the time were already commercially developed and no longer fit for growing or raising farm products. The then sparsely-populated barangays of Novaliches belonging to Quezon City were Nagkaisang Nayon, Capri, Novaliches Proper, San Agustin, San Bartolome, Kaligayahan, Santa Monica, Pasong Putik, Santa Lucia, Gulod, Bagbag, Talipapa, Sauyo, Pasong Tamo, Tandang Sora, Culiat, Sangandaan, Baesa, Balong Bato, Kangkong, and Unang Sigaw. On the other hand, the Novaliches side that belonged to Caloocan included barangays Bagbaguin, Caybiga, Llano, Deparo,
HEROES. The monuments of national hero Dr. Jose Rizal (left) and Katipunan founder Andres Bonifacio found in Novaliches in these photos taken in 2018. The two monuments were erected nine decades apart.(Photos by Leilani Samonte-Junio) MANILA - Where in the Philippines can you find monuments of the national hero Dr. Jose Rizal and Katipunan founder Andres Bonifacio located just a few meters apart and appearing to be walking away from each other, perhaps because of differences in opinion and principle? If you want to see this, then go to the old poblacion (settlement) of the former town of Novaliches first a part of the old Bulacan province (1855-1858), then of Manila province (1858-1901), of Rizal province (1901-1903), and finally divided between Quezon City and Caloocan since 1948 until at present. The two monuments seem to be a dramatization of the supposed disagreement between the two heroes about the premature launching of the revolution against Spanish rule in the Philippines in 18
MANILA Another vital government service needed by the fast-increasing number of residents of Novaliches, Quezon City will be available soon at the Novaliches District Center (NDC) in Jordan Plains subdivision, Barangay Santa Monica. NDC Administrator and QC District 5 Action Officer William Bawag said in an interview on Monday Mayor Joy G. Belmonte, in line with the city government's "Kasama Ka Sa Pag-Unlad" (you are a partner in progress) program, has ordered the setting up of a branch of the QC Civil Registry Office at the 40-year-old NDC or mini-city hall. He said the proposed new office will provide civil registry documents such as birth, baptismal, death and marriage certificates to the local residents so that they will not need to travel about 16 kilometers from Novaliches to the main city hall in Diliman. Bawag said the city government continues to expand the delivery of public services to the Novaliches people in fulfillment of the promise made by Belmonte when
The Quezon City local government opened five satellite offices for the registration of persons with disabilities (PWDs). According to the QC Persons with Disability Affairs Office (PDAO QC), the offices will process QC ID registration, accept PWD registration/renewal; receive requests, and issue bo