Navotas is a municipality in MetroManila in the Philippines.
The Province of Manila was the 8th and last Province in the Pacific to revolt against Spain paving the establishment of the Federated Philippine Republics (composed of Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Bulacan, the District of Morong in Nueva Ecija, Laguna, Batangas, Cavite and Manila).
MetroManila (Filipino: Kalakhang Maynila) is the National CapitalRegion and the prime tourist destination in the Philippines.
Buses are common in the major thoroughfares of MetroManila and most ply the EDSA route from the Bonifacio Monument in Kalookan City in the North to Baclaran or Alabang in the South.
The largest malls in MetroManila are practically their own cities within the city: complete with boutiques, supermarkets, department stores, restaurants, cinemas, medical facilities, hotels, schools, offices, gyms, serviced apartments, spas, convention centers, art galleries, bowling alleys, museums, ice skating rinks, and even a chapel for Sunday masses.
Manila traces its origins to a small seaport established in the twelfth century at the mouth of the Pasig River.
MetroManila has serious infrastructure and environmental problems in the areas of land, water, air, sewerage, drainage, waste, and traffic.
MetroManila has a water supply system that is unsatisfactory, with a distribution system that is unable to reach much of the population on the periphery of the city.
Paul University Manila, the city-owned Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, the Polytechnic University of the Philippines, and the University of the East.
MetroManila is the political, economic, social, and cultural center of the Philippines, and is one of the modern metropolises in Southeast Asia.
MetroManila is also sandwiched by the Manila Bay to the west and the Laguna de Bay to the southeast with the Pasig River running between them, bisecting the region.
MetroManila is home to several leading Philippine educational institutions such as the Ateneo de Manila University, De La Salle University, the University of the Philippines (both the Diliman and Manila campuses), and the University of Santo Tomas.
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MetroManila is the smallest of the country's administrative regions, but the most populous and the most densely populated, having a population of 9,932,560 (2000 census) in an area of only 636 square kilometers.
MetroManila is also sandwiched by the Manila Bay to the west and the Laguna de Bay to the southeast with the Pasig River running between them, bisecting the region.
Likewise, The Province of Manila was the 8th and last Province to revolt against Spain paving the establishment of the Federated Philippine Republics (composed of Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Bulacan, Tarlac, Laguna, Batangas, Cavite and Manila).
Manila traces its origins to a small seaport established in the twelfth century at the mouth of the Pasig River.
MetroManila has serious infrastructure and environmental problems in the areas of land, water, air, sewerage, drainage, waste, and traffic.
MetroManila has a water supply system that is unsatisfactory, with a distribution system that is unable to reach much of the population on the periphery of the city.
MetroManila circa 2005 is a sprawling, congested and anarchic emgacity without a soul.
This is also true of MetroManila, whose soullessness is one of the main reasons the metropolis has a weak identity and why its citizens feel little attachment to it.
MetroManila is a national capital without a clearly defined physical center.
It is the NWRB that is supposed to regulate the use of such water outside that of the two MetroManila concessionaires - Manila Water Corporation and Maynilad Water Services Inc. - and the 500 water districts nationwide.
As of June 2000, Manila Water, concessionaire for MetroManila's east zone, was losing 54 percent of its water to thefts and leakages; Maynilad, which operates the older and much bigger west zone, was losing 65 percent or almost two-thirds.
One reason could be the high number of industrial firms located in MetroManila, which hosts 69 percent of the total 15,000 in the country.
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MetroManila is often simply referred to as Manila, especially by non-residents, and is abbreviated as M.M. or "M.L.A." The region is also sometimes called the Greater Manila Area, but this term usually also includes adjacent towns not strictly a part of MetroManila.
The districts of and Ermita in Manila are popular tourist spots, while some prefer to go to Timog Avenue and Libis in QuezonCity, or the Ayala Center and Rockwell Center in MakatiCity.
One of its newest roads, the Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard, parallel to the, is one of the destinations of Manila's elite.
Manila, the Philippine capital, is the political, social, cultural, religious, educational, industrial and commercial center of the country.
Manila Bay is considered one of the finest harbors in the far east.
Manila sprawls east from Manila Bay along the Pasig River, and immediately south of the river is Intramuros, the old walled Spanish town where many of the city's historical sites are found.
Manila is actually more than Manila: the metropolis of today not only encompasses the CIty of Manila, but it includes seven (7) other cities and nine (9) towns.
The City of Manila has an area of 38.3 sqare kilometer; it is located on the west coast of the Philippine main island of Luzon, surrounded by fertile plains.
Manila is home and working place to nearly 2 million industrious, charming and hospitable people; likewise the city is the haven of approximately 3 million day time transients.
Welcome to MetroManila, the political, economic, social, educational, cultural and recreational hub of this vast archipelago of 7,107 islands that is the Philippines.
MetroManila's 11 golfing greens are some of the best places to tee off in Asia.
MetroManila is well-equip modern facilities and services for international convent Philippine International Convention Center Complex on Roxas Boulevard is the premier convention center in the country.
MANILA, PHILIPPINES (25 March 2002) - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide a US$1.25 million technical assistance grant to help MetroManila tackle the urgent and critical issue of solid waste management, with the aim of increasing environmental quality and protect public health.
About 12 tons of medical waste is generated daily in MetroManila's 713 hospitals and clinics and with the impending prohibition of incinerator technology as mandated by the Clean Air Act, new approaches must be introduced to ensure the proper disposal of toxic and infectious medical waste.
In addition to helping support short-term disposal solutions to the crisis, ADB's assistance will provide planning, design, training, and other assistance to develop and strengthen an integrated solid waste management system for MetroManila, and assist in conceptualizing closure designs for uncontrolled dumpsites.
Sa tatlong MetroManila Film Festival (MMFF) entries ng Regal Entertainment this year, pinakahuling nag-pictorial ang Shake, Rattle and Roll 9 (SRR 9).
The streets of MetroManila are one big marketplace for vendors.
From the sidewalks where pedestrians have been effectively ejected to the intersections where peddlers race one another to the middle of busy streets where traffic bottlenecks are rampant.
Manila derived its name from two Tagalog words; "may," meaning "there is," and "nilad," the name of a shrub that originally grew abundantly along the shores of the Pasig River and Manila Bay.
Welcome to MetroManila, the political, economic, social, educational, cultural and recreational hub of this vast archipelago of 7,107 islands that is the Philippines.
MetroManila's 11 golfing greens are some of the best places to tee off in Asia.
MetroManila is well-equip modern facilities and services for international convent Philippine International Convention Center Complex on Roxas Boulevard is the premier convention center in the country.