Quezon City Socio Ecological Profile

Preface
This edition of the Quezon City Socio-Ecological Profile (variously called “Socio-Economic Profile”, “Socio-Economic and Physical Pro-
file”, or simply “Ecological Profile”) is a milestone in a number of important ways. For one, the year 2010 is a national population cen-
sus year and for once, it is possible to make a direct correlation between the number of inhabitants and the actual conditions of their
social, economic and physical environment at the time they were counted. This reality has tremendous significance for planning and
policy making. For another, the year 2010 is an election year and it marks the change over from one administration to another at all
levels of political jurisdiction except at the barangay level. In a very real sense, the data compiled in this Profile represent to a significant
degree the accomplishments of the out-going administration or the effects and outcomes of those accomplishments. The in-coming
administration, in turn, may use the same data to craft programs that will have the effect of building and improving on the record of its
predecessor. This will ensure both continuity and progress.
Indeed, this document was prepared on the initiative of the Belmonte administration during the last year of its third consecutive term.
The obvious objective of such an undertaking is to document the legacy of the nine-year stewardship of the Belmonte administration
on one hand, and to provide a baseline information for the succeeding administration, on the other. This Profile has therefore served as
the main data base for the crafting of the Comprehensive Development Plan which is another major bequest of the Belmonte admin-
istration to its successor. The in-coming Bautista administration thereby enjoys a headstart in that instead of beginning its term with
planning it can proceed right off with implementing the plan. That an out-going administration will take the trouble of handing over to
its successor a set of well organized data base and a well crafted development plan is a phenomenon rarely seen anywhere. Other local
governments may take their cue from this trail-blazing act of the Quezon City government.
While the Profile was prepared principally for use in planning and policy making by responsible officials and staff of the city govern-
ment, it can likewise be used by other readers for their own purposes. The compilation of data contains minimal analysis and interpre-
tation to allow different users to apply their own analytical frameworks to extract the desired interpretations and conclusions from the
same data sets. High school and undergraduate college students will find the Profile a rich resource for school reports and term papers.
To graduate students the Profile can be an aide to identifying areas for in-depth investigations towards the production of theses and
dissertations.
The Socio-Ecological Profile is by far the most comprehensive collection of information about practically every aspect of Quezon City. As
such it should be open to a wide range of readership. Even casual visitors who happened to pick up a copy may find a wealth of detail
between covers interesting enough to make them want to take a second look. Movers and migrants who, by chance or by choice, have
taken up residence in the city may find in the Profile enough advantages of staying in Quezon City to make them decide to become
permanent residents. Old-time residents may yet find new and unique features of their city and rekindle their sense of loyalty and
pride of place.
The production of this document owes in large part to the painstaking efforts of the different sectoral committees anchored by the
respective technical staffs of the City Planning and Development Office. That this latter office had to play a key role owes to the current
practice among local governments to prepare or update their Profile in conjunction with the larger project of preparing their mandated
plans. This explains why the Profile contents are organized under the five development sectors. However, this need not be so for long if
the Profile is envisioned to reach a wide range of readership. While the traditional sectors are mandated to maintain and update their
respective data holdings as basic inputs in comprehensive development planning other topical headings are expected to be added in
future editions of the Profile. This opens the door for other elements of the city’s constituencies to contribute to its contents, take part
in its production and maintenance and, utilize the data sets for a variety of purposes. In terms of form and style, too, a book of facts
such as the Profile need not be one of hard and dry reading. This 2010 edition of the Socio-Ecological Profile of Quezon City, finally,
aspires to set a benchmark of good practice among local governments in the Philippines.
1 SOCIO ECOLOGICAL PROFILE 2010

Contents
3.2.1 Health Status 44 4.3.1 Services 109

PREFACE 1 3.2.2 Health Facilities/Services 53 4.3.2 Industry 109
3.3 Education 56 4.4 TOURISM 111
Chapter 1 3.3.1 Literacy and Highest Grade Completed 56
3.3.2 Enrollment Performance Indicators 58 Chapter 5
1.1 The Envisioned City of Quezon 4 3.3.3 Academic Performance Indicator 60
1.2 The Creation of Quezon City 5 3.3.4 Classroom-Student Ratio 62 5.1 Solid Waste 122
1.3 Quezon City as the Capital City 6 3.3.5 Teacher-Student Ratio 63 5.1.1 Domestic Solid Waste 122
1.4 Changing Fortunes of Quezon City 9 3.3.6 Textbook-Student Ratio 64 5.1.2 Hazardous, Toxic and Healthcare Waste 127
1.5 Capitalizing on the “Quezon City” Vision 10 3.3.7 Educational Programs 64 5.2 Ambient Air 129
3.3.8 Educational Facilities 67 5.3 Water Quality 131
Chapter 2 3.4. Social Welfare Services 66 5.3.1 Groundwater Resource 131
3.4.1 Early Childhood Development (ECD) Services 67 5.3.2 Natural Waterways 132
2.1 Geography 14 3.4.2 Children In Need of Special Protection (CNSP) 68 5.4 Parks and Open Spaces 135
2.2.1 Slope 15 3.4.3 Youth Welfare Services 69 69 5.4.1 Major and Special Parks 135
2.2.2 Soil 16 3.4.4 Women in Especially Difficult 5.4.2 Community and Neighborhood Parks 136
2.2.3 Drainage 17 Circumstances (WEDC) 70 5.5 Biodiversity 138
2.2.4 Groundwater Levels 18 3.4.5 Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) 71 5.5.1 La Mesa Watershed 138
2.3 Climate 18 3.4.6 Older Persons (OPs) 72 5.5.2 Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife 139
2.4 Fault System 20 3.4.7 Families 73 5.5.3 UP Diliman Campus 139
2.5 Land Use Patterns 21 3.4.8 Other Welfare Institutions/Organizations 73 5.5.4 Ateneo de Manila Campus 139
2.5.1 Residential Development 22 3.5 Housing 74
2.5.2 Commercial Development 23 3.5.1 Households & Occupied Dwelling Units 74 Chapter 6
2.5.3 Industrial Development 24 3.5.2 Shelter Needs 75
2.5.4 Institutional Development 25 3.5.3 Housing Affordability 77 6.1 Local Government Organization 147
2.5.5 Parks and Open Spaces 25 3.5.4 Minimum Design Standards for Residential 6.1.1 Evolution of the Quezon City Government 147
2.6 Service Utilities 27 Subdivision and Condominium Projects 80 6.1.2 Existing Organizational Structure of
2.6.1 Water Supply 27 3.5.5 Housing Sites 80 Quezon City Government 149
2.6.2 Power Supply 28 3.5.6 Local Shelter Program 81 6.1.3 QC Government Manpower Complement 151
2.6.3 Communication 29 3.5.7 Local Shelter Organization 82 6.1.4 Physical Plant and Facilities 152
2.7 Transportation and Communication 30 3.6. Sports and Recreation 83 6.1.5 Management System & Operations 154
2.7.1 Road Network 30 3.6.1 Sports Facilities 83 6.1.6 The Barangay 156
2.7.2 Traffic Volume 32 3.6.2 Recreation Facilities 83 6.1.7 National Government Agencies 159
2.7.3 Traffic Prone Areas 33 3.7. Protective Services 84 6.2 Government and Income Expenditure 161
2.7.4 Mode of Transport 34 3.7.1 Police Services 84 6.2.1 Government Income 161
3.7.2 Crime Incidence 84 6.2.2 Government Expenditure 164
Chapter 3 3.7.3 Fire Protection and Prevention 86 6.3 Local Legislation 166
3.7.4 Fire Incidence 86 6.4 People’s Participation 168
3.1 Demography 37 3.7.5 Administration of Justice 87 6.4.1 Local Special Bodies 168
3.1.1 Population Size and Growth Rate 37 3.7.7 Reformatory Institutions 88
3.1.2 Population size and Growth Rate by District 38 3.3. Culture 89 Quezon City Development Council 171
3.1.3 Barangay Population and Growth Rate 38
3.1.4 Population Density 39 Chapter 4
3.1.5 Natural Increase in Population 40
3.1.6 Age and Sex Composition 41 41 4.1 Livelihood and Employment 94
3.1.7 Population Distribution by Marital Status, 4.2 Family and income expenditure 100
Religion, Language Spoken, and Ethnicity 42 4.2.1 Food Security 105
3.2 Status of Well-Being 44 4.3 Industry & Service 107
SOCIO ECOLOGICAL PROFILE 2010 2

Chapter 1 QUEZON CITY: The Envisioned City of Quezon
1.1 The Envisioned City of Quezon
Quezon City was conceived in a vision of a man incomparable - the late Presi-
dent Manuel Luis Quezon – who dreamt of a central place that will house the
country’s highest governing body and will provide low-cost and decent housing
for the less privileged sector of the society. He envisioned the growth and devel-
opment of a city where the common man can live with dignity.

“I dream of a capital city that, politically shall be the seat of the national gov-
ernment; aesthetically the showplace of the nation--- a place that thousands of
people will come and visit as the epitome of culture and spirit of the country;
socially a dignified concentration of human life, aspirations and endeavors and
achievements; and economically as a productive, self contained community.”
President Manuel L. Quezon
This vision of President Quezon began to take shape in October 1938 when the
People’s Homesite Corporation, a subsidiary of the National Development Cor-
poration, especially created on his order to procure and develop a large tract of
land to be developed into a low-cost housing site, acquired some 15,723,191
sq.m. from the vast Diliman estate of the Tuazon family at an equivalent price of
P0.05 per square meter.
Equally inspired by this noble quest for a new metropolis, the National Assembly
moved for the creation of this new city. The first bill was filed by Assemblyman
Ramon P. Mitra with the new city proposed to be named as “Balintawak City”.
The proposed name was later amended on the motion of Assemblymen Narciso
Ramos and Eugenio Perez, both of Pangasinan to “Quezon City”.

1.2 The Creation of Quezon City
On September 28, 1939 the National Assembly approved Bill No. 1206 as Com-
monwealth Act No. 502, otherwise known as the Charter of Quezon City. Signed
by President Quezon on October 12, 1939, the law defined the boundaries of
the city and gave it an area of 7,000 hectares carved out of the towns of Ca-
loocan, San Juan, Marikina, Pasig, and Mandaluyong, all in Rizal Province. The
law likewise specified the manner in which the city was to be governed. All
the city officials were to be appointed by the President with President Quezon
himself being the first acting Mayor. He served from October 12 to November
4, 1939, after which Tomas Morato, then Mayor of Calauag, Tayabas, was ap-
pointed as his successor.
The original physical plan of the City, which was prepared in 1940 by Harry T.
Frost, architectural adviser of the Commonwealth, reflect a big quadrangle in
the heart of the City from which four (4) avenues radiate toward the outskirts
with rotundas placed on the four (4) corners, the largest being the 26–hectare
elliptical center, now known as the Quezon Memorial Circle.
Progress in Quezon City continued until the outbreak of World War II on De-
cember 8, 1941. Just before the Japanese occupied the city, President Quezon
issued Executive Order No. 400, dated January 1, 1942, incorporating Quezon
City with Greater Manila for synchronized and coordinated activity in such time
of emergency. Under the order, the Mayors of Quezon City, San Juan, Man-
daluyong, Parañaque, Caloocan and Makati became the assistants to the Mayor
of Greater Manila, who at that time was Jorge Vargas. However, when Mayor
Morato was arrested by the Japanese in mid-1942, Dr. Florencio Cruz then City
Health Officer was installed as Chief of the City (being a district of Greater Ma-
nila) until liberation.
As soon as the war was over, in April 1945, the Secretary of Interior Tomas Con-
fesor designated Oscar Castelo, who was then an Assistant Fiscal of Manila, as
Acting Mayor of Quezon City, and therefore, Assistant to the Mayor of Manila
Juan Nolasco. The house of President Quezon on Gilmore Avenue was used by
Castelo as temporary office of the city government.
Capt. Sabino de Leon, former Quezon City Police Chief, was designated as Acting
Assistant Mayor of Quezon City on October 1, 1945 while Castelo returned to his
job as Assistant City Fiscal of Manila. Capt. De Leon moved the city government
offices to a market site along South 9th Street near Sampaloc Avenue (now the
site of Roces High School). Quezon City regained its separate political existence
from Greater Manila on January 2, 1947 by virtue of Republic Act No. 45. Pon-
ciano A. Bernardo was appointed City Mayor.

1.3 Quezon City as the Capital City
Upon assumption of office of President Manuel A. Roxas as the first president of

the second Philippine Republic in 1946, he announced his intention to restore
Quezon City as a regular chartered city. Various sectors declared their protests
by citing the city’s economic and financial bankruptcy, dismal health and sani-
tary conditions, and high rate of criminality during the post-war period.
On July 25, 1946, President Roxas, created a committee that would study the
selection of the official capital of the Philippines. By virtue of Administrative Or-
der No. 5, the Selection Committee was given the task of “selection of the most
suitable site on which to build the capital city of the Philippines and the capitol
building/s”. Then Senator Melecio Arranz, who was appointed committee head,
declare d that Manila, although inevitably a key point in the selection of the
capital city site, has “become undesirable as a national capital” due to post-war
damages, congestion of commercial activities, and government and military re-
quirements, among others. On the other hand, the city of Quezon had worked
on the reparation of post-war vestiges.
The selection process underwent series of extensive studies, researches, discus-

sions, and public hearings which primarily focused on the following consider-
ations: “general sanitation, public works development, strategic considerations,
scenic beauty, and administrative coordination.” Out of the sixteen (16) nomi-
nated sites, three sites emerged as the top choices: Ipo-Novaliches area; Baguio;
and, Quezon City-Novaliches. The contiguous areas of Ipo-Quezon City-Novali-
ches proved to be the ideal choice for the nation’s capital and still garnered the
highest composite average rating over the second placer Baguio. Thus, the Ar-
ranz Selection Committee concluded: “…the area now covered by Quezon City
extending northward along Marikina River to the upper limits of Novaliches res-
ervoir watershed, [and] West to the boundary line…comprising an approximate
total area of 16,200 hectares…one-fourth of which is owned by the Govern-
ment, is the best…[site] to be made as the Capital City of the Republic.”

The committee also cited the following advantages
of the City as the choice nation’s capital:
1. “[The City’s] proximity to Manila, the best port of entry from foreign coun-
tries and the commercial and financial center of the country…;
2. Its accessibility from all the important inhabited areas in the Philippines
either by land, air, sea;
3. Its already available conveniences from the standpoint of a municipal en-

tity…[-as an organized and partially developed chartered city];
4. Its public works facilities with regard to the provision of water supply, easy
drainage, availability of power and proximity to commercial, industrial, and
manufacturing establishments engaged in the sale, production, and distri-
bution of construction materials and equipment;
5. Its geological qualities, which provide a satisfactory foundation for buildings

and other structures, at the same time allowing the construction of under-
ground structures;
6. Its larger area of government-owned land right in its central zone which
will permit a substantial economy inn the development of public improve-
ments as well as more freedom and liberal assignments for streets, parks,
and playground areas;
7. .Its healthfulness due to its elevation (it averages about 250feet above sea
level) together with the availability of an abundant and wholesome water
supply and excellent drainage which are the most important requirements
for the development of modern cities; and,
8. Its historical background; consideration of public expenditures already

made; administrative commitments and evident public support.”

However, before the selection was made, President poration, consisting of 1,104 housing units on an area
Roxas died of heart attack in Clark Field, Pampanga. of 40 hectares, started.
It was President Elpidio R. Quirino, his successor, who
signed Republic Act No. 333 on July 17, 1948, which The City’s territorial boundaries were revised four
made Quezon City the capital of the Philippines. The times since its creation on October 12, 1939. Origi-
Act created the Capital City Planning Commission to nally, Quezon City had only about 7,000 hectares ex-
prepare the general development plan and supervise tending from La Loma to Marikina River and from Pa-
the improvements to be done in the Capital City. Archt. song Tamo River down to (and including) Wack Wack
Juan Arellano headed the architectural division of the Golf Club in Mandaluyong. It was first amended in
Commission while Mayor Bernardo handled public 1941 by Commonwealth Act 659 which returned the
relations. After almost one year, on April 8, 1949, the portions west of Marikina River to Marikina, a reduc-
Master Plan was signed by President Quirino. It further tion of about 500 hectares. After the war, Republic Act
stipulated “the appropriation of funds for the acqui- 333 dated July 17, 1948 which declared the City as the
sition of private estates within the boundary limits of National Capital, incorporated the areas of Novaliches
the city, and authorized the issuance of bonds… for the and Payatas thereby greatly increasing the territory by
construction of streets, bridges, waterworks, sewer- more than double: from 6,500 hectares to 15,660. A
age…” and other city improvements. third revision which decreased the City’s area by about
300 hectares was made in 1950 by RA 537 when parts
In July 1947, the City Hall building was constructed of the territory east of Marikina River were given back
along Highway 54 (now Epifanio delos Santos Avenue to Montalban and San Mateo, as well as Wack Wack
or EDSA) on what used to be the site of the pre-war and Camp Crame to Mandaluyong and San Juan, re-
public market. It was occupied in February 1948, hous- spectively. The final amendment was made on June
ing all the city government’s offices and departments 16, 1956 by virtue of RA 1575 which again reduced the
with the exception of the police department. City’s area by 260 hectares from 15,359 to 15,106 hect-
ares, when areas west of Marikina River were again
Quezon City was formally inaugurated as the national reverted to Montalban and San Mateo even as Camp
capital of the Philippines on October 12, 1949. Presi- Crame was reintegrated to the City. This is the present
dent Quirino laid the cornerstone of the proposed Cap- official territorial boundary of Quezon City. However,
itol Building at Constitution Hills. The Welcome Arch graphical plots made on this present boundary of the
(now Mabuhay Rotunda) at the boundary of Manila city gave an area of 16,112 hectares, about 1,000 hect-
and Quezon City was built; the construction of Roxas ares more than the officially declared land area.
Homesite by the Philippine Homesite and Housing Cor-
Table H-1 Changes in Land Area of Quezon City
Commonwealth Commonwealth Republic Republic Republic

Act 502 Act 659 Act 333 Act 537 Act 537
Date
October 12, 1939 June 21, 1941 June 17, 1948 June 16, 1950 June 16, 1956
Approved
15,106 Has.*
Land Area 7,006 Has.* 6,497 Has.* 15,660 Has.* 15,359 Has.*
16,112 Has.*
(* Figures obtained thru graphical computations only)
(** Based on 1995 GIS graphical plot)

1.4 Changing Fortunes of Quezon City
For twenty-seven (27) years, Quezon City held the dis- appointed to office after Mayor Amoranto resigned
tinct status of being the nation’s capital. However, two from his post. Mayor Adelina S. Rodriguez then led the
Presidential Decrees issued by President Ferdinand E. city during the transition towards the period when it
Marcos would have substantially changed the political was no longer the nation’s capital. During her first year
stature and landscape of the city. in office, Mayor Rodriguez formulated the now-famous
City Development Program, which functioned as basis
Presidential Decree 824 authorized the creation of the for integrating problem solution. She underscored the
Metropolitan Manila and Metropolitan Manila Com- importance of the city’s mandate in terms of employ-
mission which would exercise territorial and political ment generation and delivery of basic services despite
jurisdiction over seventeen (17) municipalities and cit- limited resources. With the successful implementation
ies, including Quezon City. The Decree was deemed of the city’s Seven-Point Management Program that
necessary due to “rapid growth of population and… would bring about “community awareness and con-
of social and economic requirements in the contigu- sciousness of maintaining ecological balance”, the city
ous communities”. Too, the Decree served to address also recorded significant improvements in terms of in-
the imperative for integrated development, service de- come generation and crime reduction.
livery, and management in terms of peace and order
and eradication of social and economic ills which were A Letter of Instruction (LOI) No. 473 was issued by
considered then as among the reform measures under President Marcos and under which the Constitution
Martial Law. Hills and Reclamation Areas, both situated in Quezon
City, were designated as the site of the country’s par-
It was around this period and under the leadership of liamentary building or the Batasang Bayan and other
appointed mayor Norberto S. Amoranto, that the city government offices, such as the Department of Educa-
attained an impressive performance record in terms tion and Culture and the Civil Service Commission.
of financial standing, delivery of services, particularly
that of medical and health services, establishment Indeed, even as Quezon City was no longer the capital
of buildings, and community beautification projects city, it proved to be a vast and teeming city which by
which were also supported by then First Lady Imelda then attained a steadily increasing income and occu-
R. Marcos. pied one-third of Metro Manila’s total land area. It has
implemented its development plan and served as the
On June 24, 1976, then President Marcos issued Presi- government center with the national legislature and
dential Decree (PD) 940, which effectively conferred other important government offices located in its area.
back the role of the nation’s capital to the City of Ma- All of these are reminiscent of the same noble dream
nila and mandated the area prescribed under PD 824 that brought forth the creation of the City.
as Metropolitan Manila, now known as the National
Capital Region (NCR), to be the permanent seat of na-
tional government.
Three months prior to this declaration, Quezon City set

another record by having the first lady chief executive

1.5 Capitalizing on the “Quezon City” Vision
The original vision of President Quezon for the City velopment of systems to curb graft, rigid budgeting
became the thread that weave and will continue to process that considers the city’s development planning
weave a very vibrant and rich past, present, and future strategies and priorities and the most pressing needs
for the city. of its constituents.
Important people, places, and events that shaped the The city has also achieved various firsts in many areas
course of history in the struggle for freedom and sov- such as computerized revenue collection and assess-
ereignty including the “Cry of Pugad Lawin” led by the ment system, fiscal control and capability building in
Great Plebeian and revolutionary hero Andres Bonifa- the barangay level, various environmental and solid
cio, the People Power Revolution in EDSA that toppled waste management programs, women and children
the regime of President Marcos and the installation of protection, and institutionalization of citizen participa-
President Corazon Aquino under the restored democ- tion in governance thru the City Development Coun-
racy took place in areas that now comprise the city. cil.
Currently, Quezon City is the largest among the Metro- Due to its achievements and innovations, Quezon City
politan Manila’s cities in terms of population and land was recognized and cited for the dynamism of its lo-
area. The “Quezon dream-vision” continues to guide cal economy, the quality of life of its residents and the
efforts for the attainment of a progressive and peace- responsiveness of the local government in addressing
ful, clean and orderly place conducive and hospitable business needs, among others. In 2007, Quezon City
to living, employment, and business, “A Quality Com- took the 7th place in the “Asian City of the Future” sur-
munity that is Quezon City”. vey commissioned by the London Financial Times. In a
2008 Tholons Global Outsourcing and Investments spe-
Effective fiscal management, aggressive tax manage- cial report, the city ranked as the number 21 emerging
ment strategies, increasing efficiency and growing dis- global outsourcing city, the highest among all nine new
cipline in the management and use of resources as well entrants.
as participatory governance have made Quezon City
one of the most competitive cities in the Philippines The city manifests the same criteria for the nation’s
today. In particular, the city recorded the highest net capital being at the center of trade, commerce, edu-
income in the Philippines, produced an annual budget cation and culture, seat of the national government,
surplus averaging P307 million for seven consecutive modern transportation, communication and accom-
years from 2002 thru 2008, and earned an income of modation facilities and other physical attributes of a
P8.02 billion in 2008. The City takes pride in its strong modern city.
economic viability and financial standing, rational de-

Historical Highlights (1938-2008)


Chapter 2 Geophysical Profile
The Land Use/Infrastructure Sector has six areas of concern namely: geography,
topography, climate, land use patterns, service utilities, and transportation.
2.1 Geography
Quezon City is situated on the northeast portion of nondo, Ayala, Monumento, Ortigas, the Ninoy Aqui-
Metro Manila. It is bounded on the north by Caloocan no International Airport (NAIA), the North and South
City and San Jose del Monte City in Bulacan Province, Harbor as well as the newly developed Fort Bonifacio
on the east by San Mateo and Marikina, on the south Global City. With an area of 16,112.58 hectares (based
by Pasig and Mandaluyong, San Juan and Manila, and on 1995 GIS graphical plot), it is the largest among the
on the west by Valenzuela, Caloocan and Manila. Its sixteen (16) cities and one (1) municipality in the re-
northeastern and eastern boundaries are defined by gion and is almost one-fourth the size of Metro Manila.
the Novaliches Watershed and the Marikina River. It (See Figure GP-1)
is close to the region’s major activity centers like Bi-
Quezon City
Metro Manila
Geographical Coordinates
East 121º 07’ 30”
West 120º 59’ 15”
North 14º 46’ 30”
South 14º 35’ 15”
Figure GP-1 Location Map 1
2.2 Topography
Situated on the Guadalupe Plateau, the City’s topography is largely rolling with
alternating ridges and lowlands. The southern part of the City has a low grade
terrain while the northern half is undulating that culminates at the Novaliches
Reservoir or La Mesa Dam where the water supply for most of the region is
impounded.
2.2.1 Slope
The city’s slope is generally undulating to rolling. Most slightly eroded covers an area of 1,486.98 hectares or
of these parts are of Novaliches Clay which is fur- 9.23%. The San Manuel Clay the minor alluvial plain
ther categorize as follows; The Urban Land Complex is also classified into two (2) namely; the San Manuel
(NvucC/D) with 5-15 percent slope covering an area of Clay Loam (SmA) with 2-5 percent slope covers an area
7,598.62 hectares 47.16%. The Novaliches Urban Land of 136.22 hectares or .85% and San Manuel clay loam
Complex (NvucB) with 2-5 percent slope and an area of (SmAf1) with 0-2 percent slope, slightly flooded areas
1,169.20 hectares or 7.26%. The Novaliches Clay (NvC1) covers an area of 108.34 hectares or .67%. The Burgos
with 5-8 percent slope, slightly eroded has an area of Clay, the alluvial fan terraces with 2-5 percent slope
1,758.52 hectares or 10.91% and the Novaliches Clay covers an area of 557.95 hectares or 3.46%. Other
(NvD1) with 5-8 percent slope and an area of 242.41 areas are identified as Escarpment and Built up Areas
hectares or 1.50%. The San Luis Clay described as the covers an area of 619.88 hectares or 3.85% and 102.36
undulating basaltic plateau with 2-5 percent slope, hectares or.63% respectively.
Figure GP-2 Slope Map
LEGEND:

2.2.2 Soil
A survey by the Bureau of Soils and Water Manage- which covers an area of 557.95 hectares or 3.46% are
ment (BSWM) showed that Quezon City has five (5) soil soils which are moderately deep to deep, moderately
types, namely; the Novaliches Loam Series, San Luis well drained occurring nearly level to gently sloping or
Clay, San Manuel Clay, Burgos Clay and Escapment. The undulating (2-5% slopes) on fan terraces developed
Novaliches Loam series is the predominant soil type from collu-alluvial deposits. The Built up Area (BU)
commonly called “adobe” it is mainly characterized as are generally mixed alluvial sediments for sand , silt,
hard and compact. It covers an area of 13,100.86 hect- peaty and mucky materials overlain by filled up mate-
ares or 81.31%. The San Luis Clay is a type of soil which rials of mixed volcanic and marine sediments suitable
is deep, well drained occurring on undulating plateau for urban development. This covers 102.36 hectares or
derived mainly from weathered product of basalt and .63%. The Escarpment zone comprises mainly of roll-
andesite. It covers an area of 1,486.98 hectares or ing to steep side slopes and scarps along periphery
9.23%. The San Manuel Clay Loam is type of soil which of Novaliches towards Muntinlupa or along Marikina
is also deep, well drained occurring on nearly to gen- fault, the soils are shallow to moderately deep with
tly sloping (0-5% slope) river terraces or leeves minor scattered stones and boulders. This covers an area of
alluvial plain. This type of soil covers an area 244.55 102.36 hectares or .63% (Refer to Figure GP-3)
hectares or 1.52%. The Burgos Clay on the other hand
Figure GP-3 Soil Map
Table GP-1 Relation of Soil to Depth
Depth of Soil (in ms)
0-5 Brown, loose and friable loam to clay loam
6-20
20-35
35-60 Weathered adobe rock, slightly compact
60- plus Compact and massive adobe rock

Source: Bureau of Soils

Figure GP-4 QC River System Map
River
Creek
Metro Manila Area
Quezon City Area
2.2.3 Drainage
Maysilo River
Valenzuela
Tullahan River
The City is drained thru four (4) principal river basins Navotas
Quezon City
Malabon
namely: the San Juan-San Francisco River, Marikina Caloocan Marikina River
Marikina
River, Tullahan River and Meycauayan River. The San
Juan River which traverses the central and southern San Francisco River
sections of the city, and the Marikina River which tra- Manila San Juan
Manggahan Floodway
verses along the eastern boundary discharge to the Mandaluyong

Pasig River
Manila Bay
Pasig River. The Tullahan River traversing the Novali-
Pasay Pateros
ches area discharges to Tenejeros River in Malabon.
The creeks at the northwestern most portion drain to Taguig
the Meycauayan River. The ultimate drainage outfall Laguna de Bay

of these river systems is the Manila Bay. ((Refer to Paranaque
Figure GP-4).
Las Pinas
The San Juan-San Francisco River Basin covers the

largest area of 80 sq. km. extending from the city’s
southern limits up to San Bartolome in Novaliches
and from Quirino Highway towards Marikina Valley
ridge in the east, except for La Loma and Galas which
slope down directly to the Pasig River. Meanwhile,
Figure GP-5 QC Drainage Surface Map
the Marikina River Basin, comprising 26 sq. km, is the
outfall of marginal areas east of Marikina Ridge from Meycauayan
Don Jose Subdivision near Fairview down to Corin- Tullahan
thian Gardens at Ortigas Avenue. The Tullahan River San Juan-Pasig
basin with an approximate drainage area of 28.94 Marikina
sq. km. serves most of the Novaliches District from Novaliches Watershed
Batasan at the east towards Caloocan City at the River/Creek
west, including Fairview and Lagro and across Novali-
ches proper up to Damong Maliit Road in Nagkaisang
Nayon. The remaining areas at the northwestern pe-
ripheries drain to Meycauayan River. The Novaliches
Watershed with an area of 2,574 hectares serves
exclusively the La Mesa Reservation Area. (Refer to
Figure GP-5)

2.2.4 Groundwater Levels Figure GP-6 Piezometric Map
60
The 1955 piezometric map indicates that in the
northern part near Novaliches reservoir and at +60
meter contour in the groundwater divide, two sepa- 40
60
40
20
rating groundwater flow directions exist. One takes
a southeast direction to Marikina Valley towards La-
60 20
0
guna Lake and the other leads in southwest direction
-20
to Pasig River towards Manila Bay. (Refer to Figure
-40
GP-6)
-60
Since 1955, the groundwater flow pattern has been
significantly altered due to excessive withdrawal of
-40
groundwater. The adversely affected parts of the
-60
20
aquifer created cones of depression. By 2004, the 40
groundwater level proved a worsened situation as in- 40
0
creased groundwater abstraction resulted in deeper
-20
20
cones of depressions.
40
-40-60
20
40
20
-60
20-40
0
-60
-60
-40
-20
2.3 Climate
The climate in Quezon City is typical of Metro Manila’s, which has a distinct dry
season from December to April and wet season from May to November. The
normal annual rainfall total is 2,532.3 mm with the maximum mean monthly
total rains being experienced in August with 526.8 mm and the minimum in
February with 8.9 mm. The maximum number of 24-rainy days occurs in Au-
gust while the minimum of two-rainy days occurs in February. The annual total
number of rainy days is 153 while the average temperature is lowest at 20.4° C
in January and highest at 34.9°C in April. (Refer to Table GP-2)

Table GP-2
No. of
Cloud Amount (okta)

Rainfall Temperature Wind
Days w/
Rel. Rel. Hum. %%

Month
AMOUNT (mm)
Dry Bulb (ºC)
Vapor Pre
Mean (ºC)
No. Of RD
Wet Bulb
Max (ºC)
Min (ºC)
MSLP
Dw Pt.
TSTM
LTNG
SPD
DIR
JAN 19.5 4 30.4 20.4 25.4 25.1 22.0 22.7 24.3 76 1012.2 NE 1 5 0 0
FEB 8.9 2 31.6 20.6 26.1 25.9 22.0 20.4 23.8 71 1012.0 NE 1 4 0 0
MAR 22.9 3 33.3 21.6 27.4 27.4 22.7 20.8 24.3 67 1011.5 SE 2 4 1 1
APR 35.1 4 34.9 23.3 29.1 29.1 23.9 21.9 26.1 65 1009.9 SE 2 4 4 4
MAY 160.4 12 34.6 24.4 29.5 29.3 25.1 23.6 29.0 71 1008.5 SE 2 5 14 13
JUN 311.6 18 32.9 24.3 28.6 28.2 25.3 24.3 30.2 79 1007.9 SW 2 6 17 13
JUL 504.1 22 31.6 23.9 27.8 27.3 25.0 24.2 30.1 83 1007.3 SW 2 6 19 13
AUG 526.8 24 31.1 23.9 27.5 27.1 25.0 24.3 30.2 84 1007.2 SW 2 7 17 9
SEP 391.7 22 31.5 23.7 27.6 27.1 24.9 24.1 30.0 84 1008.2 SW 1 6 18 12
OCT 312.0 19 31.3 23.2 27.3 26.8 24.6 23.8 29.4 83 1008.6 N 1 6 11 9
NOV 155.5 14 31.1 22.4 26.7 26.3 23.8 22.9 27.7 81 1010.0 N 1 5 5 2
DEC 83.9 9 30.3 21.3 25.8 25.4 22.7 21.6 25.7 79 1011.6 N 1 5 1 0
ANNUAL 2532.3 153 32.7 22.7 27.4 27.1 23.9 22.7 27.6 77 1009.6 SW 2 5 107 76
Source: PAGASA Station 430, Science Garden, QC
Latitude : 14°39’ N
Longtitude : 121°03’ E

Figure GP-7 Fault System Map
Violago
Park
QUEZON
Homes
CITY
Bagong
Silangan
North Subd.
Capitol
Park
Homes
Loyola
Grand
Villas
Industrial
Valley
Green Meadows
2.4 Fault System

The west Marikina Fault of the Marikina Valley Fault System (MVFS) affects Que-
zon City. It runs along the City’s eastern boundary from the down slope area
east of Violago Parkwoods in the northeast to Bagong Silangan to Northview;
Capitol Park Homes; Loyola Grand Villas; Industrial Valley Subdivision; St. Igna-
tius to Green Meadows Subdivision in Ugong Norte in the southeast . (Refer to
Figure GP-7)

2.5 Land Use Patterns
The development of Quezon City was initially based destruction brought about by the war. The Plan allocat-
on two Master Plans: the 1940 Frost Plan named after ed 57.6% of the land area for residential uses, 10.71%
its principal architect, Harry Frost; and the 1949 Mas- for government and public uses, 12.96% for roads and
ter Plan prepared by the City Planning Commission in parkways, 7.31% for parks and open spaces, 5.36% for
accordance with the vision of President Manuel Luis commercial and industrial establishments and 2.76%
Quezon. Both plans became the fountainhead of the for agricultural uses. It also prescribed dividing the
new City’s development laying the framework for the City into one metropolitan area and three neighbor-
development of the city as a premier residential area hood districts which would be self-contained.
and dignified capital city.
The ensuing Revised Charter of Quezon City of 1950
The 1940 Frost Plan was only partially implemented retained the residential character of the city with the
owing to the break out of World War II. Hence, it was following major land use allocations: (Refer to Table
the succeeding Master Plan prepared in 1949 that con- GP-3)
tinued directing the redevelopment of the City from the
Table GP-3 Land Use Allocation, Quezon City: 1950
Percentage (%)
62
14
Parks/Playground 7
Agricultural 3
Source: Revised Charter of Quezon City of 1950
In the light of the upsurge in development, the City Zoning Plan of 1963 real-
located land uses, as follows:
Table GP-4 Land Use Allocation, Quezon City: 1963
Percentage (%)
66.5
Commercial 4.6
Industrial 16.5
Agro-Industrial 3.9
Source: City Zoning Plan of 1963
The succeeding years saw a continued increase in the city’s population and rap-
id urbanization such that deviations from the Master Plan became inevitable to
enable the city to cope with these changes in its internal and external environ-
ments.
2.5.1 Residential Development

In 1972, residential communities comprised about dential uses made up 34.74% of the City’s urban area.
21% of the City’s built up area, with the southern half The southern parts of the city meanwhile had grown
(District I, III & IV) being extensively occupied. In the inwards, diminishing what used to be pockets of va-
northern half, meanwhile, residential areas were con- cant land in the inner areas. (Refer to GP-8)
centrated in the western part and linearly located along
major roads like Quirino Highway from Balintawak to This inward growth pattern of residential communities
Novaliches and along Tandang Sora Avenue from Quiri- prevailed until recent years. With the opening of new
no Highway to Commonwealth Avenue. At the eastern subdivisions mostly in the Capitol Area, some in Paya-
half of upper Quezon City, Fairview Subdivision had yet tas, Novaliches and Tandang Sora, the city experienced
to develop as a new satellite community. a noticeable expansion towards the north due to road
constructions at Mindanao Avenue, SB Diversion Roads
Residential growth continued its northward spread and Congressional Avenue in Brgy. Pasong Tamo and
so that in 1985, new communities had established in- the soon-to-be completed segment at Brgy. Culiat.
wards from both sides of Quirino Highway and Tandang
Sora Avenue. However, a faster pace can be observed Quezon City with its vast area of vacant spaces and due
along Commonwealth Avenue (which, by then, was to its proximity to Metro Manila’s inner core has been
of more improved condition, widened and concret- the refuge of migrants who were displaced from inner
ed) where large residential developments have taken metropolitan areas consisting mostly of low-income
place, like Filinvest Homes, Don Antonio, BF Homes families resulting in the proliferation of squatters who
and Mapayapa subdivisions. Lagro served as the new built shanties on almost any available lot, be it private
satellite community in that part of the city integrating or government property or even along waterways,
the linear growth from Quirino Highway on the west to beneath power transmission lines and other high-risk
that along Commonwealth Avenue on the east, even areas. Another recent notable change is the deteriora-
as large tracts of land in the midpart of the district re- tion of some of the city’s old residential areas such as
mained vacant due to poor accessibility. By then, resi- Galas, La Loma and Project 4.
Figure GP-8 Growth of Residential Areas, Quezon City; 1972-2008
QUEZON
CITY
2008
5,804 has
(36.02%)
1995
5,649 has
(35.06%)
1985
5,597 has
(34.74%)
1972
3,383 has
(26%)

2.5.2 Commercial Development
Commercial establishments in the city have the ten- is located and at Capitol which is being affected by the
dency to locate in areas accessible from residential Gotesco Center. Simultaneously, intensification and
concentrations. Hence, ribbon type of growth has been continuing linear spread took place within the popu-
the dominant feature of commercial development in lated districts so that by 1995, commercial areas had
the city. Although not entirely undesirable, such type trebled to 2.93% of the urban area. Likewise, areas
of development leads to traffic congestion. with distinct features emerged as popular sites (e.g.
Banawe Street for car accessories and Tomas Morato
In 1972, commercial strips along major roads were Avenue as a restaurant row).
mostly concentrated at Quezon Avenue and A. Boni-
facio Avenue. Only the Cubao area could be consid- In the year 2000 additional commercial areas emerged
ered a more prominent commercial node in the city in Fairview (SM City site), North Triangle Business
although smaller commercial centers of neighborhood Center (where MRT3 main depot is located), and the
scale usually established around a public market, could Eastwood Cyberpark, the country’s free trade area for
be found throughout the developed residential areas in information technology at Bagumabayan where the
southern Quezon City, at the Balintawak market area, headquarters of IBM and Citibank are located.
at Munoz Market vicinity, and at Novaliches Proper.
To date major land developments are taking place
This type of land use was merely 0.88% of the City’s with the redevelopment of the Cubao Araneta Center
urban area. With the introduction of the “shopping (Gateway), The UP Science and Technology Park (UP-
center” type of commercial establishments in the mid Ayala Technohub) in Commonwealth Avenue, the Tri-
70’s, activity in Cubao increased, followed by SM City in angle North of Manila (Trinoma) and the proposed de-
the northern area then at Broadway Centrum in New velopment of the Central Business District in the North
Manila in the 80’s. In 1995 more commercial nodes Triangle area. (Refer to Figure GP-9)
emerged such as at Sta. Mesa where SM Centerpoint
Figure GP-9 Growth of Commercial Areas, Quezon City; 1972-2008
QUEZON
CITY
2008
104.4 has
(6.48%)
1995
472 has
(2.93%)
1985
403 has
(3.10%)
1972
142 has
(1.10%)

2.5.3 Industrial Development
The 1963 Zoning Ordinance of Quezon City (No.5455, zones. The sporadic spread in other parts of the City is
S-63) allocated nearly 2,500 hectares for industrial use. of small-scale types of operation.
Medium-High Intensity Industrial zones were designat-
ed along Kaingin Road, parts of Manresa and Masam- The 1963 ordinance permitted residential and com-
bong in San Francisco del Monte as well as certain areas mercial uses within the industrial zones. This led to
in Barangays San Roque, Obrero, Kalusugan, Kaunlaran gradual transformation of the industrial zones towards
and portions along EDSA in Bahay Toro, Bago Bantay, residential use. In the 1981 Metro Manila Zoning Ordi-
South Triangle, Socorro and Bagong Lipunan ng Crame. nance (MMC *1-01) only 960 hectares were retained as
For light industries, areas allotted included the west industrial zones in Quezon City. The largest area reclas-
side of Quirino Highway from Zabarte in Novaliches sified to residential use was in the Novaliches District.
until EDSA, Balingasa and Pag-Ibig sa Nayon and the This 1981 ordinance likewise disallowed heavy indus-
area of E. Rodriguez, Jr. Avenue in Brgy. Ugong Norte. tries to locate in Metro Manila effectively restraining
Meanwhile, the strip of Quirino Highway from Novali- expansion of this sector with the shifting of investors’
ches Proper to Tandang Sora Avenue was designated preference to the fast growing industrial parks of La-
for agro-industrial use. guna and Cavite.
These areas became the traditional industrial districts Nevertheless, the potential for industrial growth par-
of the city. The availability of large land parcels, prox- ticularly in the Balintawak and Novaliches districts re-
imity to industrialized areas of adjoining towns and mains consistent with the prospects of several major
cities (Caloocan, Malabon, Valenzuela and Pasig), and road projects that would increase links to the sea ports
accessibility to international and domestic sea and air- and to the North Luzon agro-industrial and economic
ports (via A. Bonifacio-Quirino Highway) were impor- centers like the Subic Freeport and Clark Economic
tant factors to the location of the industrial districts. Zone. Most likely the future spread would be west-
wards thru consolidation with neighboring industrial
The growth of the sector in term of land area utilized, zones and the activities less hazardous to the envi-
from 274.36 hectares in 1972 to 769.05 hectares in ronment with continuing advancement of production
1995, has largely been confined in these traditional technologies. (Refer to GP-10).
Figure GP-10 Growth of Industrial Areas, Quezon City: 1972-2008
QUEZON
QUEZON
CITY
CITY
2008
2008
770 hashas
104.4
(4.78%)
(6.48%)
1995
1995
708
472has
has
(4.40%)
(2.93%)
1985
1985
676
403has
has
(5.14%)
(3.10%)
1972
1972
274
142has
has
(2.10%)
(1.10%)

2.5.4 Institutional Development
Institutional areas in 1972, constituted 3.41% of the tional Government Center (NGC) site, one of the ma-
city’s urban area, concentrated mostly in Districts I, II, jor institutional zones located in the same district was
and IV particularly along East Avenue and the Ellipti- however reduced in size with the declaration of 150
cal Road. These are national agencies (LTO, SSS, BIR, hectares (Westside) as Socialized Housing Site (Proc-
DA, DAR) and medical institutions (Heart Center, East lamation No, 134). With only about 300 hectares left,
Avenue Medical Center) including the Quezon City the area of NGC at the eastside NGC is further expected
Hall Complex that have already been established since to decrease with the implementation of the proposed
then. The large tracks of land occupied by major uni- mixed use development. Now situated in the NGC are
versities/colleges like the University of the Philippines, the Philippine Congress, Civil Service Commission, De-
Ateneo de Manila University and Miriam College also partment of Social Welfare and Development, Com-
form part of the traditional institutional zone. mission on Audit and the Sandigan Bayan.
With the rapid increase of the city’s population result- Adding to the inventory of institutional areas are those
ing in the growth of residential communities, more occupied by at least 491 public and private schools
and more institutional buildings such as primary and offering different levels of education (preparatory, el-
secondary schools, both public and private and health ementary, and secondary levels), 87 colleges/univer-
facilities emerged, specifically in District II or in the sities including vocational and technical schools, 61
northern portion of the city. Institutional uses there- public and private hospitals, 60 health centers, 125
fore in 1985 comprised about 5.06% of the city’s urban churches and chapels and about 64 government of-
area and slightly increased to 5.76% in 1995. The Na- fices/agencies.
2.5.5 Parks and Open Spaces
To date, the city has 554 existing neighborhood parks Too, there are “Special” Parks which include the La
aggregating to some 226.06 hectares or approximately Mesa Watershed (2,569.41 has.), the UP Arboretum
1.40% of the City’s urban land area of 13, 5342.71 hect- (3.57 has.), and the recreational greens like the Capitol
ares. These pocket size parks are primarily subdivision Golf and Country Club (check name), the QC Sports
open spaces intended for park functions which have Complex, the Veterans Memorial Hospital and the
been turned over to the City Government by subdivi- Aguinaldo Golf Course. Though these may be added
sion developers or owners and homeowners associa- to the physical inventory, these cannot be fully consid-
tions. As to major parks, the City boasts of the Quezon ered as City Parks due to their limited accessibility to
Memorial Circle and the Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wild- the populace. (Refer to Table GP-5)
life, totaling to 42.29 hectares.

Table GP-5 Quezon City Comparative Actual Land Use, Quezon City: 1972-2008
Land Use 1972 % 1985 % 1972-85 1995 % 1985-95 2008 % 1995-08

(Has) Share (Has) Share Inc/Dec (Has) Share Inc/Dec (Has) Share Inc/Dec
3383.04 21.00 5597.23 34.74 2214.19 5649.50 35.06 52.27 5804.21 36.02 2.74
Commercial 142.29 0.88 403.11 2.50 260.82 471.60 2.93 68.49 1044.24 6.48 121.43
Industrial 274.36 1.70 676.71 4.20 402.35 708.22 4.40 31.51 770.32 4.78 8.77
549.00 3.41 815.85 5.06 265.86 820.08 5.09 4.23 1201.21 7.46 46.47
Open Space 181.94 1.13 157.16 0.98 -24.78 157.27 0.98 0.11 226.06 1.40 43.74
81.94 0.51 153.29 0.95 71.35 148.44 0.92 -4.85 147.24 0.91 -0.81
Cemetery 44.09 0.27 63.31 0.39 19.22 61.74 0.38 -1.57 66.81 0.41 8.21
Military 225.18 1.40 225.09 1.40 -0.09 225.57 1.40 0.48 222.02 1.38 -1.57
Vacant 8655.31 53.72 5466.39 33.80 -3208.92 5295.72 32.87 -150.67 4060.59 25.20 -23.32
Total Urban Area 13538.14 84.02 13538.14 84.02 13538.14 84.02 13542.71 84.39 0.03
Total Reservoir 2574.41 15.98 2574.41 15.98 2574.41 15.98 2569.84 15.61 -0.18
Total 16112.55 100 16112.55 100 16112.55 100 16112.55 100
Source: Quezon City Actual Land Use Survey

2.6 Service Utilities
2.6.1 Water Supply
Figure GP-11: Water Supply Map
Like the rest of Metro Manila, Quezon City gets its
water from the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sew-
erage System (MWSS) through its private distribution
concessionaires: Maynilad Water Services, Inc. (MWSI)
and Manila Water Co. (MWC). The west half of the city Reservoir
is served by MWSI and the east by MWSI. (Refer to GP-
11) MWSI
In terms of service connections, data from MWSI and

MWC show a total of 356,794 households served as
of December 2008. MWSI shares a total of water ser-
vice connection of 218,817 or 61.33% while MWC has MWC
water service connection of about 137,977 or 38.67%.
Total Domestic users account for 319,733 or 89.61%
connections, semi commercial consumers at 13,748 or
3.85 %, commercial users are 20,440 or 5.73 % and in-
dustrial users at 2,873 or 0.81% water service connec-
tions. (Refer to Table GP-6)
Table GP- 6 Water Service Connection, Quezon City; 2008
Consumer No. of Customers

Type Total Percentage
MWSI MWC
199,093 120,640 319,733 89.61
Semi-Business 8,304 5,444 13,748 3.85
Commercial 9,066 11,374 20,440 5.73
Industrial 2,354 519 2,873 0.81
Total 218,817 137,977 356,794 100
Source: Maynilad Water Services/Manila Water Company
A total amount of 15,600,219 cu. meters of water is sold per month in the city, of which 10,613,015 or
68% are billed volume of residential users followed by commercial users at 3,692,092 or 24%, semi busi-
ness at 951,174 or 6% and industrial users at 343,938 or 2%. Amount of water sold by MWSI per month
is 6,685,289 cubic meters or 42.85% while MWC has a total of 8,914,930 cubic meters or 57.15%. (Refer
to Table GP-7).

Table GP-7 Billed Volume, Quezon City: 2008 (Amt. of Water Sold per month, in cu. meters)
Consumer
MWSI MWC Total Percentage
Type
5,321,155 5,291,860 10,613,015 68.00
Semi-Business 415,854 535,320 951,174 6.00
Commercial 715,162 110,820 3,692,092 24.00
Industrial 233,118 8,914,930 343,938 2.00
Total 6,685,289 8,914,930 15,600,219 100
The data also showed that the city consumed an average of 43.7 cu. meters per service connection per
month. Commercial users were the biggest consumers at 180.6 cu. Meters followed by industrial with
119.7 cu. meters, semi business at 69.2 cu. meters and domestic users 33.2 cu. meters. (Refer to Table
GP- 8).
Table GP-8 Monthly Average Consumption per Service Connection*, Quezon City: 2008
Consumer MWSI MWC

Total
Type (in cu. m.) (in cu. m.)
26.7 43.9 33.2

Semi-Business 50.1 98.3 69.2
Commercial 78.9 261.7 180.6
Industrial 99.0 213.5 119.7
Total 30.6 64.6 43.7
*computed as Billed Volume /Water Service Connection
2.6.2 Power Supply
As of 2007, the total number of MERALCO customers is 493,286 of which 444,720 me-
tered connections or 90.15% are residential, 46,948 or 9.51% are commercial, 1,190 or
0.24% are industrial and 429 or 0.10% are for streetlights. (Refer to Table GP- 9).
Table GP-9 MERALCO Customers by Use, Quezon City; 2007
Customer Type Number of Customers Percentage
444,720 90.15
Commercial 46,948 9.51
Industrial 1,190 0.24
Streetlight 429 0.10
Total 493,286 100

Source: MERALCO

For the same year, the City recorded a total monthly average consumption of
294,069,726 kwh, of which 109,673,563 or 37.30% are for residential, 134,737,806 kwh or
45.82% are for commercial, 47,442,309 kwh or 16.13 % are for industrial and 2,216,048 kwh or 0.75
% are for streetlights. (Refer to Table GP-10)
Table GP-10 Monthly Average Kilowatt Hour Consumption by Use, Quezon City; 2007
Customer Type Percentage
109,673,563 37.30
Commercial 134,737,806 45.82
Industrial 47,442,309 16.13
Streetlight 2,216,048 0.75
Total 294,069,726 100

Source: MERALCO
2.6.3 Communication
With the liberalization of the telecommunication industry, more firms are now
offering telephone services in the city. As of December 2006, there are five (5)
telephone companies that provide telephone services in the city. (Refer to Table
GP-11)
Table GP-11 Telephone Service Providers, Quezon City; 2006
Subscribed
Telephone Company Installed lines
Lines
PLDT 323,782 221,103
Bayantel 243,840 134,190
Digitel 4,744 1,139
- 34
1,500 950
Source: National Telecommunications Commission
Cellular mobile phones are offered by Bayantel and national express mails and PO Box leasing.
Digitel while paging system is provided by Multime- The city is also abreast with modern information tech-
dia, Phil. Wireless, Inc. and Radio Marine. Broadband nology with the entry of internet service providers.
services are now available through Bayantel, Digitel, In the broadcast media, in 2006 the city is home base
Primeworld and Radio Marine. Telegraph and Telex to eleven (11) local television networks and six (6) ca-
services are provided by PT&T while postal services ble TV, seven (7) AM radio stations, and four (4) FM ra-
are provided primarily by the QC Central Post Office. dio stations. All major newspapers and magazines and
The city has 10 post offices and 9 private postal sta- publications are easily available even in the remotest
tions distributed citywide. Other services include mail corners of the city.
and parcel delivery, money order, domestic and inter-

2.7 Transportation and Communication

2.7.1 Road Network
The City has a total road kilometerage of 2,095.52 kilometers. The present road-
to-land area ratio is 15.55 km/100 hectares. There has been a 24.51 % increase
from the 1995 road-to-land area ratio of 12.49 kms/100 hectares. This is most
significant in District II where much of the new land development activities had
taken place. A total of 740 km. of new roads has been added in District II during
the 12-year period compared to only 193 km. of total new roads in the already
developed Districts I, III and IV. (Refer to Table GP-12)
Of the total new roads constructed from 1995 to 2007 however, only 2.54 km.
(0.62 %) were primary arterial roads. These were the extension of Mindanao
Avenue and Katipunan Avenue Ext. at Bgy. Nagkaisang Nayon; 92.65 km. or
22.59 % were secondary roads which serve primarily as traffic collector roads
and the rest 314.93 km. (76.79 %) are tertiary or distributor roads which are
basically used as access to properties.
Table GP-12 Road Kilometerage and Road-to-Land Area Ratio Per District, Quezon City: 1995 and 2007
1995 2007 Increase / Decrease

District Area (Has.)
Km. Km. Km.
(per 100 ha.) (per 100 ha.) (per 100 ha.)
1 1955 289.00 14.78 317.30 16.23 28.30 1.45
2 6917* 832.00 12.03 1,144.82 16.55 312.82 4.52
3 2237 263.00 11.76 301.65 13.48 38.65 1.73
4 2364 299.00 12.65 331.75 14.03 32.75 1.39
TOTAL 13,473 1,683.00 12.49 2,095.52 15.55 412.52 3.06
Source: City Planning & Development Office

Figure GP-12 Road Network Development
More significantly, the increase in road to land ratio

opened roughly 440 hectares of once idle lands for
various urban functions, mostly residential. From
about 640 hectares of inaccessible land in 1995, the
area of idle lands has been reduced to 200 hectares
at present. (Refer to Table GP-12).
In terms of road-to-land ratios, it is seen that District

II has a deficit both in primary and secondary road
kilometerage. For primary roads, the deficit trans-
lates to 0.15 km. of new roads to attain the minimum
1 km. per 100 hectares. Similarly, 1.70 km. of sec-
ondary roads need to be added to the network to
reach the standard of 2 km. per 100 hectares. (Refer
to Table GP-13).
Table GP-13 Road-to-Land Area Ratio Per Category Per District, Quezon City: 2007
Category Primary Secondary
Std 1 km/100 has. Std 2 km/100 has.

District Area (has.) Kms Kms
Excess Excess
Actual Actual
1 1,961.58 33.89 1.73 0.73 100.70 5.13 3.13
2 7,105.38* 60.36 0.85 -.15 248.84 3.50 1.50
3 2,238.48 20.66 0.92 -.08 67.81 3.03 1.03
4 2,360.70 41.61 1.76 0.76 88.73 3.76 1.76
Total 13,666.14 156.52 1.15 0.15 506.08 3.76 1.70


Of the total kilometerage of 2,095.51 km., 215.38 km. or 10.28% are classified as national
roads, 834.83 kms. or 39.84% city roads, 1045.30 kms. or 49.88% are privately-owned roads.
The DPWH maintains the national roads while the City Engineer’s Office takes care of city
roads. Maintenance and improvement of private roads are the responsibility of their respec-
tive owners, developers or homeowners associations.
Table GP-14 Road Category and Classification, Quezon City: 2007
Type Primary Secondary Service Total

150.85 52.59 11.94 215.38
City Road 2.89 254.58 577.36 834.83
Private Road 2.78 124.23 709.82 208.47 1045.30
156.52 431.40 1299.12 208.47 2095.51
As to road pattern, roads in the southern part of the city depict a dominantly regular grid pat-
tern in contrast to an irregular lay-out in the northern portion where loops, dead-ends and
non-interconnection is preponderant. This can be attributed to the concentration of small–
sized subdivisions in the northern area and the obvious lack of a general plan that could have
guided the lay-out of their roads in these subdivisions.
2.7.2 Traffic Volume

Based on traffic count of MMDA-TOC in 2006, EDSA is the most
traveled thoroughfare in the City with average of 170,246 vehi-
cles per day (vpd) volume. Katipunan Avenue registered second
with an average vpd of 104,992. Another highly traveled sec-
tion of the network is that at PHILCOA from QMC to UP Avenue
where the reading is at 203,306 vpd.

2.7.3 Traffic Prone Areas Figure GP-13 Traffic Prone Areas
The deficiency in primary and secondary roads in several

parts of the city is evident with the prevalent heavy traf-
fic along the few existing thoroughfares and the frequent
occurrence of congestion at major intersections.
10
9
8
11
1 2 3
Choke Points 14
5
7 13
6
4 12
Table GP-15 Traffic Prone Areas, Quezon City: 2007
Along EDSA
Balintawak Cloverleaf
At corner Roosevelt and Congressional
At corner North and West Avenue
Cubao Area
Along Quezon Avenue
no diversion route
At corner EDSA
At corner G. Araneta Avenue
At corner Roosevelt Avenue
Along Quirino Highway Narrow carriage-way of Tandang Sora Ave.; route of industrial transport
At corner Tandang Sora
At corner Old Sauyo Road
At corner Gen. Luis St.
Along Tandang Sora Avenue
Along Boni Serrano Avenue

2.7.4 Mode of Transport
Available modes of transport in Quezon City are purely land-based. The 2006
data of the MMDA-Traffic Operation Center revealed that private transport
dominates with 82.49% of the total volume while public utility vehicles (i.e.,
buses, jeepneys and taxis) comprise 13.72% and industrial/commercial vehicles
(i.e., trucks, vans) at 3.79%.
In terms of passenger volume however, public transport modes (buses, jeep-

neys, taxis) were estimated to carry as much as or 71% while only 29% are on
private conveyances. Furthermore, 57% of public commuters ride jeepneys,
38% are in buses 5% use the taxi. The Light Rail Transit (LRT) Line 3 (EDSA), on
the other hand, carries as many as 800,000 passengers per day while the LRT
Line 2 (Aurora) carries 30,000 passengers per day.
Public buses ply the six (6) major thoroughfares in the city namely: EDSA, Com-
monwealth Avenue, Quirino Highway, General Luis Avenue, Quezon Avenue,
and Aurora Boulevard while jeepneys service most other main roads as well as
some 50 registered bus routes. Tricycles, on the other hand, are confined to the
inner areas and communities. Data from the Land Transportation Franchising
and Regulatory (LTFRB) show that, as of 2007, there are 3,400 units of public
utility buses and 3,474 public utility jeeps. Meanwhile, January 2007 data from
Tricycle Regulatory Unit (TRU) recorded 24,222 registered tricycle units plying
the 149 Tricycle Operators and Drivers Association (TODA) areas in the city.
On-going Programs/Projects
PROGRAM/ DESCRIPTION/OBJECTIVE LEAD AGENCY

PROJECT TITLE
Metro Manila Outer Major DPWH-URPO

Roads Project (Northern Package) Mindanao Ave., Visayas Ave., C-6 and Q.C.- Norzagaray Alignment
Metro Manila Urban A mass transit development program for Metro Manila to cope with DOTC
Transport Development Plan
track design and light rail-guided transport system for physical viability,
Among the proposed LRT lines that will traverse QC are:

LRT 3 (EDSA Extn). LRT 4 (Quezon Ave.), LRT 7 (Commonwealth Ave.)
and LRT 5 (Araneta Ave.)

The Demographic and Social Development Profile discusses sub-sectors on Population, the
status of well-being which includes Health, Education, Social Welfare Services, Housing, Sports
and Recreation, Protective Services and Culture.
3.1 Demography
3.1.1 Population Size and Growth Rate

Population Size
Official census results of the National Statistics Office (NSO) in 2007 show that the city has a population of
2,679,450, an increase of 505,619 persons or 23.26% over the 2000 population of 2,173,831. The city’s popula-
tion is the largest comprising nearly one-fourth (23.19%) of Metro Manila’s population of 11,553,427. This is
followed by the City of Manila (1.65M) and Caloocan City with 1.38M. Quezon City contributes 3.03% of the
88.5M Philippine population. The city also ranks third among the cities with the largest population in the coun-
try. (Refer to Fig. DS-1)
Figure DS-1 Distribution of Population; Metro Manila 2007
(1.93M) 18% Quezon City

(2.68M) 23%
(.45M) 4%
(.51M) 4%
Las Pinas
(.53M) 5%
Paranaque Manila
(.55M) 5% (1.66M) 14%
Valenzuela
(.57M) 5% Caloocan
(1.38M) 12%
Taguig Pasig
(.61M) 5% (.62M) 5%

Growth Rate
For the period 2000-2007, the city registered an annual population growth rate of 2.92%, higher than the NCR’s
rate of 2.11% as well as the national growth rate of 2.04% (See Fig. DS-2). At the current growth rate, Quezon
City’s population is expected to double in a span of 24 years.
Figure DS-2 Annual Population Growth Rate in Various Census Periods
4.5 4.03
4
3.64 3.6
3.5
2.75 3.3 2.92
3 2.616
2.5 2.34 Quezon City
2.11
2 2.35 2.32
NCR
1.92 2.04
1.5
1.56
Phil.
1
1.06
0.5
0
1980 1990 1995 2000 2007
Source : National Statistics Office

Chapter 3 Demographic Profile and Social Development
3.1.2 Population Size and Growth Rate by District
Among the city’s four (4) districts, District II remains to have the largest popu-
lation with 1,559,641 representing more than half (58.21%) of the city’s total
population. Next are District IV and District I with 15.63% and 14.99% shares,
respectively. District III has the lowest share in the city’s total population with
11.17%. In terms of population growth rate District II is also the fastest with
4.12% while District I is the slowest. (Refer to Table DS-1)
Table DS-1 Population Distribution by District; Quezon City: 2007
District Percent Annual Growth Rate
I 401,705 14.99 1.00
II 1,559,641 58.21 4.12
III 299,217 11.17 1.37
IV 418,887 15.63 1.90
Total 2,679,450 100.00 2.92
Source: National Statistics Office
3.1.3 Barangay Population and Growth Rate
At the barangay level, Bgy. Commonwealth in District II remains to be the most

populated with 172,834 or 43.35% increase from 120,569 persons in 2000 cen-
sus. The next are barangays Batasan Hills, Payatas and Holy Spirit all in District
II. On the other hand Bgy. Mangga in District III is the least populated with only
634 persons.
While Bgy. Commonwealth was noted to be the largest in population count,

the fastest in growth rate is Bgy. Bagong Silangan with an annual growth rate of
11.94%. Its 2000 population of 32,497 more than doubled in a span of 7 years
with 73,612 in 2007. Bgys. Sauyo and North Fairview followed next with 11.85%
and 11.62% respectively.

3.1.4 Population Density
In 2000, population density was 134.92 persons per hectare and in 2007, it in-
creased to 166.30 persons per hectare. It is projected to be 240.31 persons per
hectare in the year 2017. Population was relatively dispersed and unevenly dis-
tributed in the four district of the city. District II emerged as the most congested
district with a density of 219.50 persons per hectare, followed by District I with
204.79 and District IV with 177.94 persons per hectare. The least densed district
is District III at 133.67 persons per hectare which is attributed to the presence of
first class residential subdivisions in the area such as the La Vista, White Plains,
Corinthians, Blue Ridge, Green meadows, St. Ignatius etc. (See Table DS-2 &
DS-3)
Table DS-2 Population Density Quezon City, Metro Manila and the Philippines (persons per hectare) : 2000, 2007
Area Land Area 2000 2007 2017

(km)
Quezon City 161.112 134.92 166.30 240.31
Metro Manila 636.000 156.17 181.66 223.84
Philippines 300,000.00 2.55 2.95 3.61
Table DS-3 Population Size and Density per District Quezon City: 2000, 200
Area Area (Has) 2000 Density 2007 Density 2017 Density

pop’n Pop’n Pop’n
I 1,961.5820 373,712 190.52 401,705 204.79 457,845 233.41
II 7,105.3800 1,163,537 163.75 1,559,641 219.50 2,537,342 357.10
III 2,238.4810 271,172 121.14 299,217 133.67 350,208 156.45
IV 2,360.7030 365,410 154.79 418,887 177.44 526,694 223.11
Reservoir 2,446.4160
Total 16,112.5620 2,173,831 134.92 2,679,450 166.30 3,872,089 240.31
Source : National Statistics Office

3.1.5 Natural Increase in Population

Increase in population is attributed to net natural increase and in-migration.
Natural increase is computed as total live births less total deaths. For the period
2000-2007 the total population increase in the city is 505,619. Based on the
recorded data on the total number of births and deaths in the city, the natural
increase in the population constitutes 225,363 or 44.57%. It is presumed there-
fore that more than half (55.43%) or 280,256 of the population increase may be
brought about by migration. (See Table DS-4)
Table DS-4 Yearly Natural Increase of Population; Quezon City: 2001-2007
Total Yearly Total Yearly Natural

Year Increase
Increase (Births-deaths)
Births Deaths
2000 2,173,831
2001 2,225,922 52,091 36,343 8,842 27,501 24,590
2002 2,282,980 57,058 38,810 9,496 29,314 27,744
2003 2,345,303 62,323 45,826 9,566 26,260 36,063
2004 2,413,221 67,918 45,534 10,414 56,522 11,396
2005 2,487,098 73,877 38,243 10,638 27,605 46,272
2006 2,567,338 80,240 37,887 11,103 26,784 53,456
2007 2,679,450 112,112 42,139 10,762 31,377 80,735
TOTAL 505,619 225,363 280,256
Percentage 100.00 44.57 55.43
Source: National Statistics Office, Quezon City Health Department
The NCR development plan stated that migrants came Noted growing number of migrants are the Muslims
from Central Luzon and Southern Tagalog, mostly fall- who came in to the city as a result of peace and order
ing within 15-34 years old. Based on their age bracket, problem in Mindanao. Data from the Quezon City Mus-
said migrants are either job seekers or those people lim Consultative Council shows that in 2005, there were
who want to avail of the city’s various educational 48, 718 estimated Muslim population in the city who
facilities. Continuous migration of families in the city are also members of thirty (30) Muslim organizations.
may be attributed to the city’s a\easy access routes. They represent 17.00% if the 280,256 presumed city
The city is traversed by major roads such as C-3, C-4, migrants. Out of the twelve (12) Muslim ethnic groups
C-5 and other radial roads and it is considered as the in the Philippines, six (6) are in the city consisting of
gateway of the Metropolitan Manila via North Luzon the Maranaos, Tausog, Maguindanao, Iranon, Yakan,
expressway. Another factor that contributed to the and Sama Groups. Majority or 97.31% are residents of
influx of migrants in the city is the availability of un- District II, particularly those at the Salam Compound
developed land areas suitable for residential purposes located along Tandang Sora, Bgy. Culiat.
particularly in the northern portion.

Household Size
In 2007, the average household size in the city is 4.50 members which is almost
the same as in year 2000. This is composed, more or less, of a couple with 2 or
3 children or other members of the household. It is slightly lower compared to
Metro Manila’s average household size of 4.6 members.
At the district level, District II has the highest household size with 4.58 members
while three (3) other districts are below the city’s average household size. Dis-
trict 1 has 4.44, District III with 4.47, and District IV has 4.29 members.
3.1.6 Age and Sex Composition
The population of the city is generally young with an in the rest of the age groups (15 years old and over).
average age of 24 years. Female comprise 51.34% A young population is viewed on the one hand, as an
while male comprise 48.66% (See Fig.DS-3). Based on asset because it implies more human resources and a
the 2007 disaggregated data by NSO, the estimated liability, on the other, because more services will be
2007 child and youth population alone (0-24 years old) needed to serve this sector. The total labor force or
constituted more than half (51.02%) or 1,361,030 of working age population (15 to 64 years old) in 2007 is
the total population. About 60,058 (2.25%) belong to 1,776,627 or 66.61% of the total population, 47.83% of
0- to 11-month or infant population, 226,180 (8.48%) whom are male and 52.17% are female. There is 5.01%
to the 1 to 4-year old child population and 395,031 or 133,528 persons comprising the 60-year old and
(14.81%) to the 0- to 6-year old population. Males out- over population, with the elderly female population
numbered females in the youngest age groups (below making up 58.48% higher than 41.52% elderly male.
15 years old). However, females dominated the males
Figure DS-3
Population by Sex and Age Classification: Quezon City 2007
85 & OVER 4,533 9,503
80-84 5,405 8,829

13,962
75-79 9,345
19,306 Female
70-74 14,182
26,474 Male
65-69 21,989
36,000 39,411
60-64
51,803 57,389
55-59
65,111 70,388
45-49
78,107 83,647
40-44 100,159
97,544
35-39 112,386
108,730
30-34 141,752
130,387
25-29 151,778
133,531
20-24 143,561
126,480
15-19 126,305 121,154
10-14 140,318 131,665
1-4 117,023 109,157
UNDER 1 31,082 28,976

Dependency ratio in 2007 was computed to be 50 de- Female populace in 2007 was 1,369,497 of which
pendents per 100 persons in the working age (15-64 58.68% or 803,671 are of reproductive ages (15-49
years old) population. Sex dependency ratio shows yrs old). The number of women in the reproductive
that there is an equal distribution of male and female age is an important population indicator since it signi-
dependents. Young dependency ratio on the other fies increased birth rates in the future. The 2003-2007
hand is higher (45 dependents) than the elderly (5 de- average annual fertility rate or the number of births
pendents). per 1,000 women of childbearing age was registered
at 71.
3.1.7 Population Distribution by Marital Status, Religion,

Language Spoken, and Ethnicity
In 2000, out of the total of 1,669,563 population aged 10 years old and over,
single population constituted 42.15% and married comprised 46.22%. About
4.90% were either widowed, separated/ divorced. There are more single fe-
males than males but there are more married males than females. On the other
hand, female solo parents or those widowed, divorced/separated outnumbered
the male ones. (Refer to Table DS-5)
Table DS-5 Household Population 10 years old and over by Marital Status, Quezon City : 2000
Marital Status Total % Male % Female %
Single
Single 956,868
703,726 45.37
42.15 471,782
341,501 49.30
48.53 485,086
362,225 50.70
51.47
Married
Married 886,461
772,615 42.03
46.28 437,487
389,917 49.35
50.47 448,974
382,701 50.65
49.53
Widowed
Widowed 75,773
58,227 3.59
3.49 13,859
11,565 18.29
19.86 61,914
46,662 81.71
80.14
Divorced/Separated
Divorced/Separated 37,163
23,557 1.76
1.41 11,463
6,806 30.85
28.89 25,700
16,749 69.15
71.11
Common
CommonLaw/Live-in
Law/ Live-in 141,520
88,971 6.71
5.33 69,951
45,458 49.43
51.09 71,569
43,513 50.57
48.91
Unknown
Unknown 22,469
11,366 .541.35 10,613
4,910 47.23
43.20 11,856
6,456 52.77
56.80
Total
Total 1,669,563
2,109,151 100
100.00 805,857
1,009,452 48.27
47.86 863,706
1,099,699 51.73
52.14
Source: National Statistics Office (NSO): 2000

The predominant religion in the city is Roman Catholic (87.90%), followed by Igle-
sia Ni Cristo (3.64%), and Born Again Christians (1.07%). (See Table DS-6).
Table DS-6 Household Population by Sex and by Religion, QC : 2000
Religious Total % Male % Female %
Roman Catholic 1,904,222 87.90 933,022 49.00 971,200 51.00
Iglesia Ni Cristo 78,924 3.64 39,607 50.18 39,317 49.82
23,229 1.07 11,955 51.47 11,274 48.53
Protestants/Methodist/ 39,528 1.83 18,549 46.93 20,979 53.07
Others 81,697 3.77 37,374 45.75 44,323 54.25
Unknown 37,497 1.73 18,391 49.05 19,106 50.95
None 1,223 0.06 603 49.30 620 50.70
Total 2,166,320 100 1,059,501 48.91 1,106,819 51.09
Source: National Statistics Office (NSO)
Tagalog is the most commonly used dialect spoken by 65.36% of the popula-
tion. The rest are Ilocanos (5.18%), Bicolanos (5.00%), Bisaya (4.35%), Cebua-
nos (3.17%) and others.
Table DS-7 Household Population by Ethnicity and Sex, Quezon City : 2000
Ethnicity Total % Male % Female %
Tagalog 1,415,874 65.36 699,385 49.40 716,489 50.60
Ilocano 112,258 5.18 54,581 48.62 57,677 51.38
Cebuano 68,573 3.17 31,774 46.34 36,799 53.66
Bicol 108,293 5.00 53,842 49.72 54,451 50.28
Bisaya/ Binisaya 94,225 4.35 43,560 46.23 50,665 53.77
Others 279,098 12.88 135,160 48.43 143,938 51.57
Not reported 87,999 4.06 42,746 48.58 45,253 51.42
Total 2,166,320 100 1,061,048 48.98 1,105,272 51.02
Source: National Statistics Office (NSO): 2000

3.2 Status of Well-Being

3.2.1 Health Status
Table DS-8 Summary of Vital Health Statistics, Quezon City 2003-2007
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

No. Rate No. Rate No. Rate No. Rate No. Rate
Live Birth 45,826 19.94 45,534 19.41 38,243 16.00 37,887 15.24 42,139 17.00
Death 9,566 4.16 10,414 4.44 10,638 4.45 11,103 4.55 10,762 4.33
Neo-Natal Death 534 11.65 605 13.29 571 14.93 500 13.19 432 10.00
Infant Death 822 17.94 960 21.00 935 24.44 875 3.00 908 22.00
Maternal Death 23 0.50 30 0.66 33 0.86 21 0.55 30 0.71
80.00 78.00 64.24 63.00 68.00
Child Death 246 0.99 222 0.88 261 1.01 244 0.93 217 0.81
Source: Quezon City Health Department
Maternal Health
Ensuring good health of the mother and child starts in newborn babies.
from conception and sustained after birth delivery. Birth rate in the city decreased from 19.94 per 1,000
Maternal care for safe motherhood should thus be ob- population or 45,826 births in 2003 to 17.00 per 1,000
served and this can be gauged by the quality of pre- population or 42,139 births in 2007. There are more
natal, natal and post natal care and services given to female births (52.09%) than male (47.91%).
mothers.
Most of these deliveries (48.31%) were attended by
Early pre-natal check up of pregnant women for the physicians and midwives (38.07%) 0r 86.38% attended
last 5 years increased from 80.02% of the total 64,376 by skilled health personnel. However, there are still
pregnant women in 2003 to 89.55% of the 77,840 tar- 13.18% or 5,555 deliveries attended by “Hilots” and
get pregnant women in 2007. This is lower compared this is higher than the 7.50% birth attendance by hilots
to Metro Manila’s figure of 99.81% pregnant women in Metro Manila. The deliveries by hilots may be as-
seen in the early stage of pregnancy. Of the 77,840 sociated with the place of birth since about 32.00% of
pregnant women seen in 2007, only 29% were given deliveries were done at home which is also observed
complete iron supplementation. This is given to preg- to be higher than Metro Manila’s 26.2% deliveries at
nant women to prevent or treat iron deficiency ane- home. (See Figure DS-4) At the district level, district I
mia. On the other hand, provision of at least 2 doses got the highest percentage (87.10%) of deliveries at-
of tetanus toxoid immunization was given to 74,192 or tended by skilled health personnel, while District III had
85.00% of the target pregnant women which is higher the lowest with only 78.29%. District II had 83.41% and
compared to Metro Manila’s 82.00% coverage. Tetanus District IV 84.24% deliveries attended by skilled health
toxoid is given to pregnant women to prevent tetanus personnel.

Figure DS-4 Births by Place and Attendance, Quezon City and Metro Manila: 2007
Hospitals Lying-in Home Doctor Midwife Nurse Hilot

60 70
50 60
40 50
30 40
20 30
10 20
0 10
Source: Quezon City Health Dept., 0
Center for Health & Development, DOH-NCR.
Registered in 2007 are 30 maternal deaths or maternal to have had higher maternal mortality rate than Metro
mortality rate of 0.71 per 1,000 live birth. This connotes Manila for the last four (4) years. (See Figure DS-5)
that almost one woman dies during childbirth for every Maternal deaths may be attributed to the number of
1,000 births. There was an increase of 9 cases over the mothers who still deliver their babies through “Hilots”.
21 maternal death in 2006. Maternal mortality rate of Uterine Atony/Postpartum Hemorrhage, Eclampsia/
0.71 per 1,000 live births is higher compared to Metro Pre-eclampsia/HELLP and Ruptured Ectopic Pregnancy
Manila’s rate of 0.55 in 2007. Quezon City was noted are the first 3 primary causes of maternal deaths.
Figure DS-5
Trends of Maternal Mortality Rate, per 1,000 L.B.Quezon City & Metro Manila: 2003-2007
1 Quezon City
0.9 0.86
0.8
NCR
0.71
0.7 0.65
0.6 0.56 0.68 0.55

0.5 0.58
0.55
0.5
0.4
0.3 0.37
0.2
0.1
0
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Source: Quezon City Health Department,Center for Health & Development. DOH-NCR

Child Health
The growth and development of a child depends large- feeding practices in the city may be attributed to the
ly on sustainable and good health condition. Children increasing number of working mothers, health workers
are more susceptible to the risk of dying if not given not properly trained on breastfeeding counseling and
enough care and food supplements at the early stage lack of breastfeeding support groups. In the 2007 Sub-
of their lives. Infants 0-11 months should have com- Regional Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (SR-MICS)
pleted their vaccination against preventable diseases Quezon City was ranked 24th or at the bottom among
such as Diphtheria, Polio, Tuberculosis, Measles and other 23 provinces and cities in the country. The SR-
Hepatitis B. MICS is a household survey developed by UNICEF to
assist the countries in filling gaps from monitoring the
In 2007, fully immunized children (FIC) was 89.00% of situation of children and women. The UNICEF has
the target 74,501 infants 0-11 months old. The figure commissioned the National Statistics Office (NSO) to
increased by 2% from the 87.00% FIC coverage in 2006. conduct the survey done sub-nationally to cover only
The 89.00% FIC coverage is also higher compared with the twenty four (24) 6th Country Programme for Chil-
the 88.60% in Metro Manila. District II and IV had a dren (CPC-6) areas which include Quezon City. How-
high FIC coverage of 97.00% and 95.00% respectively ever, in terms of newborns initiated breastfeeding, the
while District I had 89.00% and District II 88.00%. city had a high percentage of 80.00% compared with
The same number of target infants showed that in 2007 Metro Manila’s 70.00% in 2007. District III had the
only 23.00% of them were exclusively breastfed up to 6 highest percentage with 88.00% followed by District
months which is however lower compared to 71.90% IV, 85.00% while District I and II had only 71.00% and
of the 161,743 target in NCR. Low exclusive breast- 73.00% respectively.
Nutrition
The Operation Timbang conducted in 2007 covered 408,052 for the pre-school-
ers aged 0-6 years. Of this, 378,705 or 92.81% were normal, 19,210 or 4.71%
were considered below normal/moderate (51.68% male, 48.32% female) and
the very low/severely malnourished pre-schoolers constitute 2,336 or 0.57%
(44.48% male, 55.52% female). The above normal/ overweight recorded 1.91%
share. Only 24.96% (583) of the severely malnourished children were given Iron
supplementation. (See Fig. DS-6)
Distribution of Children Weighed (Pre-Schoolers 0-6 yrs.old) Quezon City : 200
2,336 (Very Low)

0.57%
7,801 (Above Normal) 19,210 (Below Normal)

1.91% 4.41%
378,705 (Normal)
92.81%

For the last five (5) years ((2003-2007) the number of children who weighed very
low and below normal registered at a generally decreasing trend from 9.57% in
2003 to 5.28% in 2007. The incidence of malnutrition in the city however, is
higher compared to only 4.14% of Metro Manila. Among the 16 cities and 1
municipality in the NCR, the city ranks 3rd in the prevalence of malnutrition. At
the district level, district II had the highest prevalence of malnutrition at 6.30%.
Other districts got a lower prevalence malnutrition rate of 4.20% in District I and
4.00% for both District III and IV. (Refer to Table DS-8)
Table DS-8 Percent and Total Distribution of Weighed Pre-Schoolers (0-6 yrs. old) Quezon City: 2003-2007
2004 2005 2006 2007

No. Rate No. Rate No. Rate No. Rate No. Rate
Very Low 3,513 0.95 2,557 0.67 2,972 0.77 2,316 0.6 2,336 0.57
Below Normal 32,052 8.62 23,002 6.04 22,456 5.85 19,752 4.88 19,210 4.71
Normal 308,296 83 333,965 87.7 348,690 90.7 373,026 92.2 378,705 92.81
Above Normal 27,794 7.48 20,925 5.5 9,676 2.52 9,504 2.34 7,801
Elig. No. Elig. No. Elig. No. Elig. No. Elig. No. 1.91
402,230 92 410,487 93 418,372 92 426,400 95 434,592
371,665 380,449 383,797 404,598 408,052 94
Source : Quezon City Health Department

In managing birth rate, family planning methods and contraceptives are used.
In 2007 the number of new family planning acceptors was 47,402, an increase
of 12.58% over the 2006 family planning new acceptors of 42,106. For the cur-
rent users the contraceptive prevalence rate for 2007 was registered at 26.10%,
lower compared to (39.23%) in 2006. The decrease in the number of family
planning users may be attributed to the delay in the procurement of contracep-
tives by the government and the hesitance of some previous users due to op-
position by the Roman Catholic hierarchy to the reproductive health program,
family planning and population related initiatives. Pills remain to be the most
commonly used contraceptive with 24,972 or 32.10% of the total current users
followed by tubal ligation. (Refer to Table DS-9)
Table DS-9 Family Planning Users By Method of Contraceptives; Quezon City : 2006-2007
New Acceptors Current Users

Methods
2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007
LAM 16,268 19,330 13,923 11,926 13,923 11,926
PILLS 12,296 15,056 42,724 24,972 42,724 24,972
DMPA 7,115 6,363 16,320 9,204 16,320 9,204
CONDOM 4,265 5,198 14,054 7,599 14,054 7,599
NFP 994 532 1,965 300 1,965 300
IUD 985 886 8,919 7,925 8,919 7,925
BTL 69 11 1,600 1353 16,264 15,492
VASECTOMY 54 26 80 49 539 375
TOTAL 42,106 47,402 99,585 63,328 114,708 77,793
292,388 298,006
39.23% 26.10%
Future couples (19 yrs. old and below) in 2000 was 902,646 representing 41.52%
of the 2000 population of 2,173,831. It increased by 41,572 persons or 4.83%
from the 861,074 population 19 yrs. old and below in 1995. The increasing num-
ber of future couples therefore has great impact on the growth of population.

Mortality
The primary indicator of mortality is the crude death is higher (58%) than females (42%).
rate. This indicator refers to the number of deaths per
1,000 population in a given year. In the last five (5) Among the causes of deaths, Acute Myocardial Infarc-
years (2003-2007), crude death rate for all ages showed tion/Ischemic Heart Disease remains the top for all
a generally increasing trend, from 4.16 per 1,000 popu- ages in the city with 1,333 deaths, followed by Bron-
lation in 2003 to 4.55 per 1,000 population in 2006 chopneumonia/Pneumonia/Pneumonia and Cancer
and slightly declined to 4.33 in 2007 (See Table S-6). (all forms) with 1,329 and 1,105 respectively.
The 10,762 deaths in 2007 show that male death rate
Table DS-10 Leading Causes of Death (All Ages), Quezon City: 2007
Rate
(per 100,000
Causes of Death Number
1,333 54.00
Bronchopneumonia/Pneumonia 1,329 53.51
Cancer (all forms) 1,105 44.00
HCVD/Hypertension 1,065 43.00
ASHD/Atherosclerosis/CAD 601 24.00
CVA/Bleed/Infarct 546 22.00
Pulmonary Tuberculosis 488 20.00
Diabetes Mellitus 372 15.00
Sepsis/Sepsis Neonatorum 290 12.00
Prematurity 199 8.00
During the period 2003-2005 infant mortality rate in- ro Manila’s infant mortality rate of 20.50 per 1,000
creased from 17.94 to 24.44 per 1,000 live births but live births. (See Fig. DS-7). Of the 908 cases of infant
decreased to 23.00 in 2006 and 22.00 per 1,000 live deaths in 2007, there were more males (61%) than fe-
births in 2007. This is again higher compared to Met- males (39%).
Figure DS-7
Trends of Infant Mortality Rate (Per 1,000 live births)
Quezon City and Metro Manila : 2003-2007
30
24.44
Quezon City
25 23
21
22 NCR
20 18.4 21.7 20.5
15 17.94 16.4 17
10
0
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Source: Quezon City Health Department; Center for Health & Development. DOH-NCR

The leading causes of infant mortality are Prematurity, Broncho-pneumonia/Neonatal Pneumonia, and Neonatal
Sepsis/Sepsis. Other causes include Uteroplacental Insufficiency, Fetal Asphyxia/ Asphyxia Neonatal/Anoxia,
Congenital Heart Disease, Aspiration Pneumonia Intrauterine Fetal Death, Meconium Aspiration Syndrome and
Hyaline Membrane Diseases/Respiratory Distress Syndrome.
Figure DS-8 Number of Infant Death By Type of Causes (Per 1,000 Live Births) Quezon City : 2007
199 Legend
200
180
A. Prematurity
158
160 B. Bronchopneumonia/
141 Neonatal Pneumonia
140 C. Neonatal Sepsis/Sepsis
120
E. Fetal Asphyxia/Asphyxia
Neonatal/Anoxia
100 F. Congenital Heart Disease
80 69
H. Intrauterine Fetal Death
60
49
J. Hyaline Membrane Dis./Resp.
40 35 Distress Syndrome
27 24 22 21
20
0
A B C D E F G H I J
Source: Quezon City Health Department
Neo-natal death or under one month of age was re- in 2007. The under-five mortality rate is lower than
ported to be 432 cases or a rate of 10 per 1,000 live NCR’s figure of 25.20 deaths per 1,000 population 1-4
births comprising 47.57% of the total infant deaths of years old (See Fig. DS-9). Male children are more vul-
the city. Prematurity, Sepsis Neonatorum, Broncho- nerable with 57.00% than female with 43.00%. Bron-
pneumonia are among the leading causes of neo-natal chopneumonia/Neonatal Pneumonia was consistently
deaths recorded as the leading cause of child death for the
past five years. This is followed by Cancer and Neona-
Death among children (1-4 years old) decreased from tal Sepsis Acute Gastroenteritis.
0.99 in 2003 to 0.81 per 1,000 population 1-4 years old
Figure DS-9
Trends of Under Five (5) Mortality Rate (per 1,000 1-4 yrs. old) Quezon City
& Metro Manila 2003-2007
30 28.2
24.6 24.7 25.2
25 23.6
20
Quezon City
15
NCR
10
5
0.99 0.88 1.01 0.93 0.81
0
1 2 3 4 5
Source: Quezon City Health Department;

Center for Health & Development. DOH-NCR

Morbidity
In 2007, 404,010 or 16,268 per 100,000 population cases of illness in the city
were reported, an increase of 27,091 cases over the 2006 figure of 377,919 or
15,510 per 100,000 population.
Upper Respiratory Tract Infection (URTI) likewise remained to be the number

one cause of morbidity in the last 5 years (2003 to 2007). In 2007, 79,216 URTI
cases were reported or a rate of 3,190 per 100,000 population; followed by
Acute Gastroenteritis (16,751 cases or 675 per 100,000 population) while Intes-
tinal Parasitism ranked third with 9,989 cases or 402 per 100,000 population.
(See Fig. DS-10)
Figure DS-10 Morbidity Rate by Type of Causes (per 100,000 pop’n.) Quezon City: 2007
Legend
3,500 3,190
3,000 A.URTI
B.ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS
2,500
C.INTESTINAL PARASITISM
2,000 D.BRONCHOPNEUMONIA/PNEUMONIA
1,500 E.PTB
F.URINARY TRACT INFECTION
1,000 675
402 365 G.BRONCHITIS
500 324 252 217 H.ABRASION/LACERATION
125 116 86
0 I.ABSCESS
A B C D E F G H I J J.BRONCHIAL ASTHMA
Disease of the respiratory system was noted as the leading cause of mortality
and morbidity in the city, an indicator of a deteriorating environment character-
ized by pollution, congested living conditions and uncollected garbage.

Disease Prevention and Control
Pulmonary Tuberculosis Cases
The 2007 top ten (10) leading causes of deaths for all ages include Pulmonary
Tuberculosis (TB). TB case detection rate shows that it went down to 51.00%
from 61.00% in 2006. It is also lower against Metro Manila’s TB Case detection
rate of 73.00%. District II got the lowest case detection rate of 46.50%. Districts
I and III had both 53.00% while District IV, 63.00%. TB cure rate on the other
hand increased from 81.00% in 2006 to 82.00% in 2007. District III had the high-
est cure rate of 89.00%.
Dengue Cases
Deaths due to dengue reported in 2007 numbered 32. This decreased from
the 87 cases reported in 2006. Of the 32 dengue deaths in 2007 nine (9) were
children 1-4 years old. For both years the rate is higher than the Metro Manila’s
dengue fatality rate of only 1.00% in 2006 and 0.51% in 2007. The highest den-
gue death rates were reported in District II with 2.20% fatality rate, and the low-
est in District I of only 0.60%. (See Table DS-11)
Table DS-11
Dengue Case Fatality Rate; Quezon City, By Districts and
Metro Manila: 2006-2007
2006 2007
Metro Manila 1.00 0.50

Quezon City 3.79 1.60
District I 1.80 0.60
District II 5.44 2.20
District III 3.00 1.72
District IV 4.00 1.27

Access to safe water Access to Sanitary Toilets
Households with access to safe water increased from Statistics show that households with access to sani-
92.00% in 2006 to 96.00% in 2007. These figures are tary toilets likewise improved from 92.00% in 2006 to
higher compared with Metro Manila’s 80.00%. District 95.00% in 2007. The rates are also higher than Met-
IV has 99.00% access to safe water followed by District ro Manila’s 80.00% in 2006 and 76.80% in 2007. Dis-
III 98.00% , District I 91.00% and District II, 90.50%. tricts II and IV had 99.00% of households with access
to sanitary toilet, District III with 98.00% and District I,
90.00%. (Refer to Table DS-12)
Table DS-12
Access to Safe Water and Sanitary Toilets; Quezon City, By Districts and
Metro Manila : 2006-2007
Access to Safe Water Access to Sanitary Toilets

2006 2007 2006 2007
Metro Manila 80.00 79.90 80.00 76.80
Quezon City 92.00 96.00 92.00 95.00
District I 90.00 91.00 89.00 90.00
District II 86.50 90.50 97.50 99.00
District III 95.00 98.00 95.00 98.00
District IV 99.00 99.00 98.00 99.00
3.2.2 Health Facilities/Services
Improved health condition of the city populace depends largely on the effective
delivery of basic health services and existence of adequate health facilities and
personnel.

Health Centers/Super Health Centers health centers and other hospitals and clinics. Since
the creation of said hospitals, both have pursued the
The city has a total of sixty (60) Health Centers. Seven objective of providing the people, particularly the low-
(7) are Super health centers and fifty three (53) are income residents of the city the best medical care that
regular health centers. Super health centers render 24 the city government can afford. The QCGH provides
hours medical consultation and treatment. The servic- patient treatment, ambulatory and domiciliary care
es include pediatrics, internal medicine, obstetrics-gy- and preventive services and serves as center for train-
necology, minor surgery and laboratory examination. ing of health workers and allied professions and for ad-
It also serves as rehydration clinic for moderate to se- vancement of medical services through research.
verely dehydrated diarrhea cases. There are also thir-
teen (13) sub-health stations. Majority of the health
centers/super health centers are certified Sentrong Hospital Bed Capacity
Sigla which means that these facilities have met the
standards set by the Department of Health (DOH) in The city’s combined total bed capacity is 8,699 beds.
promoting availability of good quality health services About 56.37% or 4,904 beds belong to government
to the city’s constituents. Most of these health cen- hospitals while 43.2% or 3,795 beds from the private
ters/super health centers are in District II numbering hospitals. District III recorded the lowest bed capacity
23 regular health centers and 4 super health centers. with 692 beds in the 6 hospitals. District II, on the oth-
These Super Health Centers are located at Barangays er hand, registered 875 beds of the combined 20 hos-
Novaliches, Batasan Hills , Sta. Lucia & Holy Spirit (Bet- pitals. The hospitals located in District II are classified
ty Go Belmonte). The three (3) other super health cen- mostly as secondary health institutions with less than
ters are Frisco in District I, Murphy in District III and 50 bed capacity. Also, District II has only one (1) pub-
Kamuning in District IV. Integrated in the city’s health lic hospital (NDH) that caters to urban poor residents
centers are two (2) Reproductive Health Clinic or Teens particularly in the northeastern portion of the district.
Center (Cubao and Bernardo HCs), three (3) Social Hy- District IV where most of the tertiary and specialized
giene Clinic (Proj. 7, Batasan and P. Bernardo HCs), two hospitals are found, recorded the most number of hos-
(2) Laboratory Clinic (City Clinic and Novaliches District pitals with 2,245 bed capacity. The over-all bed popu-
Center) and seventeen (17) Microscopy health centers lation ratio in the city in 2007 is 1:308 way above the
(TB-DOTS). standard bed population ratio of 1:2,000.
Considering that public hospitals specifically cater to

Hospitals the low income families numbering about 1,094,010
persons in 2007, the bed population ratio for public
The city is host to a total of sixty one (61) hospitals, 18 hospitals alone is 1 bed per 1,174 persons which is way
of which are government owned and 43 are private- above the standard bed-population ratio of 1:2,000.
ly owned hospitals. Of the total number of hospitals The city therefore, has no shortage of hospital beds
located in the city, 22 are classified as tertiary hospi- since the existing number of beds for public hospitals
tals or hospitals with metrowide and nationwide ser- (QCGH, NDH, EAMC, and QMMC) is 930
vice areas and usually have complete service facilities.
These types of hospitals are mostly found in District IV. Other Health Facilities
Some of these are offering highly specialized services
among which are the Philippine Heart Center for Asia, There are 1,116 various health and wellness facilities
National Kidney and Transplant Institute, Lung Center like: medical clinics (301), optical (93), dental (335),
of the Philippines and the ultra modern St. Luke’s Hos- dermatology (15), laboratory (144) and physical ther-
pital. Twenty two (22) other hospitals are classified as apy (6), therapeutic (9), rehabilitation (6), veterinary
secondary and 17 are primary hospitals. (54), acupuncture (2), cosmetic surgical (5), maternal
(2), psychological (6), reflexology-chirophaty (16) Diag-
The two (2) city-owned hospitals, the Quezon City nostic Clinic (24) and Skin Care Clinic (80).
General Hospital (QCGH) and Novaliches District Hos-
pital (NDH) serve as referral centers for the different

Responsible for the treatment and rehabilitation of
drug dependents is the city’s Drug Treatment and
Rehabilitation Center popularly known as TAHANAN
which occupies approximately 3,000 sq.m. lot situ-
ated at Diamond Hills, Bgy. Payatas.
Funeral and burial needs of the populace are being

taken care of by three (3) public cemeteries which
are already congested and three (3) private memo-
rial parks. There are sixty two (62) funeral parlors in
the city, including eleven (11) private crematoriums/
columbarium/ossuary.
Health Personnel
In 2007, the city’s total number of health personnel is

1,492. The Quezon City Health Department has 626
medical staff , the Quezon City General Hospital has
710 and the Novaliches District Hospital has 156. The
current number of medical personnel decreased by
278 from 1,770 in 2006. Of the city’s total health staff,
286 are physicians, 210 are nurses, 99 are dentists, 203
midwives and the remaining 694 belong to the non-
paramedical staff which include utility workers, aids,
barangay health workers (BHWs), Sanitary Inspectors,
Nutritionists and Clerks.
The 2007 government physician-population ratio and
dentist-population ratio is 1:9,369, and 1:27,065 re-
spectively. The physician population ratio is way above
the standard ratio of 1:20,000 while that of the den-
tist-population is below the standard of 1:20,000. This
means that there is no shortage of physicians but the
city is in need of more dentists. On the other hand, the
government nurse-population ratio is 1:12,759 against
the standard ratio of 1:15,000 and the government
midwife-population ratio is 1:13,199 is way below the
standard ratio of 1:5,000. It shows that the city is no
longer in need of additional nurses but short of 333
midwives.

3.3 Education
3.3.1 Literacy and Highest Grade Completed
The 2000 NSO data showed that of the 1,669,593 household population 10
years old and over, 98.32% or 1,641,552 are literate and 28,011 or 1.68% are
illiterate. (See Fig. DS-11) The city’s literacy rate of 98.32% is slightly lower com-
pared with NCR’s 99.0% but higher than the national literacy rate of 93.4% per
2003 NSO Functional Literacy Education and Mass Media Survey (FLEMMS).
Male literacy rate is higher (98.35%) than female (98.29%)
Figure DS-11 Literacy Rate by Sex , Quezon City: 2007
Male
Female
Illiterate
Literate
0 100,000 200,000 300,000 400,000 500,000 600,000 700,000 800,000

Source: National Statistics
Office (NSO
Out of the 28,011 illiterate population 10 years old and over, majority 47.72%
are in the ages 10-24 yrs. old, the age groups that should have been in school.
About 21.14% are ages 25-39 yrs, 16.48% 50 years old and over and 14.66% are
between the ages 40-54 years old. Illiteracy among females is likewise higher
(1.71%) than among males (1.65%). (See Table DS-13)
Table DS-13 Literacy of Households Population 10 years old and over By Age Group and Sex; Quezon City ; 2000
Literate Total Illiterate Total Overall
Age Group Male Female Male Female

No. % No. % No. %
No. % No. % No. % No. %
10-24 297,811 37.58 329,657 38.83 627,468 97.92 6,905 51.98 6,463 43.89 13,368 47.72 640,836 38.38
25-39 276,648 34.91 286,974 33.80 563,892 98.96 2,907 21.88 3,014 20.46 5,921 21.14 569,813 34.14
40-54 153,361 19.35 154,803 18.24 308,164 98.68 2,027 15.26 2,078 14.11 4,105 14.66 312,269 18.70
55 & over 64,169 8.31 77,545 9.13 142,028 96.85 1,445 10.88 3,172 21.5 4,617 16.48 146,645 8.78
Total 792,573 100.00 848,999 100.00 1,641,552 100.00 13,284 100.00 14,727 100.00 28,011 100.00 1,669,563 100.00
Literacy Rate 98.35 98.29 98.32 1.65 1.71 1.68 100.00

The 2007 NSO data on the other hand showed that about 2.04% or 38,723 have no grade completed at all.
of the 1,899,053 city population aged 5 years old and (See Fig. DS-12)
over 468,483 (24.67%) completed elementary, 616,117
(32.44%) were able to reach or complete high school, Among those who had attained higher levels of educa-
293,604 (15.46%) were college undergraduates while tion, females outnumbered males comprising 54.60%
170,451 (8.98%) were academic degree holders. Those of those with academic degrees and 54.90% with post
who took up vocational courses constitute 120,860 baccalaureate courses.
(6.36%) and 11,277 (1%) have master degrees. Only
Figure DS-12 Population Distribution by Educational Attainment 5 Years old and above: QC 2000
55,097 (2.30%)
86959 (3.60%)
54874 (2.30%)
519,002 (21.80%)
865,657 (36.40%)
290,188 (12.20%)
402,126 (16.90%)
10,260 (0.40%)
96,971 (4.10%)
0 100,000 200,000 300,000 400,000 500,000 600,000 700,000

The city’s school-age population (3-21 years old) in

2007 comprise 1,016,697 or 38.12% of the total popu-
lation in that year. About 31.14% or 316,570 belong
to the elementary school age group (6-11 years old),
19.92% or 202,483 were under the secondary school
age group (12-15 years old) and 32.47% or 330,157
were in the tertiary age group (16-21 years old). Pre-
schoolers (3-5 years old) numbered to 167,487 or
16.47%. (See Fig. DS-13)
Figure DS-13 Percent Distribution of School Age Population by School Level SY 2007
Elementary,
325687, 32% 333721, 32%
Secondary,
185312, 18% Pre-School,
186640, 18%

3.3.2 Enrollment Performance Indicators mocratizing access to education. A high birth rate con-
notes an increasing number of fresh enrollees in the
Enrolment figures for the past five-year period (2003- city’s schools while the provision of free education by
2007) in public schools show that the number of en- the city government greatly attracts many school par-
trants in both the elementary and secondary school ticipants even those coming from outside the city. The
levels have been increasing steadily except for SY 2005- current economic situation as well is a contributing
2006 which decreased in both levels. This increasing factor in the increasing enrolment trend in the City’s
trend is mainly attributed to the continued increase in public schools.
the school age population and to the city’s policy of de-
Figure DS-14
Enrollment in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools SY 2003-2004 to SY 2007-2008
247,003 248,571 247,581 253,478 258,176
300,000
3-D Colum n 1
250,000
SECONDARY
200,000 ELEMENTARY
150,000
100,000
50,000
135,661 139,440 137,645 140,739 143,462
0
2003- 2004- 2005- 2006- 2007-
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Source: Division of City School
For the SY 2007-2008, the total enrolment in public el- Enrollees at the district level shows that District II had
ementary and secondary levels reached 401,638 or an the highest number of students for both public el-
increase of 1.88% from the 394,297 enrolment in SY ementary and secondary schools comprising 62.61%
2006-2007. There are more males (51.00% or 204,120) and 56.89% respectively. The percentage of enrollees
enrolled than females (49% or 197,518). Of this num- accounted more than half of the total enrollment pop-
ber, 258,176 were enrollees in the elementary level ulation for both levels.
and 143,462 were in the high school level.
(See Fig. DS-14)

Figure DS-15 Percent Distribution of Elementary and
Secondary Schools Enrollment by District SY2007-2008
1 6.74
D4 1 1 .53
9.48
D3 1 1 .08
SECONDARY
56.89
D2 ELEMENTARY
62.61
1 6.89
D1 1 4.78
0 20 40 60 80
Of the total enrollees for both level 2,130 or 0.53% are

at 80.65% and 73.61% respectively. There was an en-
special children. About 1,843 are in the public elemen-
rollment increase of 0.73 and 0.72 percentage points
tary level while 287 in the public secondary level. Asin both levels over the SY 2006-2007 enrollment par-
of 2007, there are 26 public elementary schools and ticipation rate of 79.92 in the elementary level and
5 secondary schools offering Special Education Classes72.89% in the secondary level. The increase in public
(SPED). school EPR may have been brought about by an in-
crease in the number of schools age migrants coming
The Enrollment Participation Rate (EPR) in SY 2007- from outside the city or the transferees from private
2008 for public elementary and secondary schools as schools. (See Fig. DS-16)
reported by the Division of City Schools was computed
Figure DS-16 Participation Rate in Public Elementary & Secondary Schools

Quezon City: SY 2003-2004 to SY 2007-2008
88.13 86.67 84.35

80.91 81.27 78.39 79.92 80.65
90.00
72.89 73.61
80.00
70.00 SECONDARY
60.00
ELEMENTARY
50.00
40.00
30.00
20.00
10.00
0.00
2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008

3.3.3 Academic Performance Indicator provement of teaching-learning process and intensive

school supervision. Data shows that achievement
As basis for continuous monitoring and evaluation of rate for both elementary and secondary levels in pub-
students’ performance, achievement tests are being lic schools have increased from 52.52 and 40.22 in SY
administered. The results of such tests indicate the 2006-2007 to 73.45 and 43.86 in SY 2007-2008. The
students’ level of academic performance particularly city’s academic performance among the Metro Ma-
in the five (5) major subjects namely: English, Science, nila’s 16 cities and 1 municipality was ranked number
Mathematics, Pilipino and Hekasi. It also become the one in elementary level but 9th in the secondary lev-
basis for upgrading the teacher’s competence, im- el.
Figure DS-17 Achievement Rate in Public Elementary & Secondary Schools

73.45
8 0 .0 0
7 0 .0 0
53.23 52.52
6 0 .0 0 SECONDARY
44.35 44.35 47.67
42.27 42.27 43.16 43.86
5 0 .0 0 39.47 40.22 ELEMENTARY
4 0 .0 0
3 0 .0 0
2 0 .0 0
1 0 .0 0
0 .0 0
2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008
Cohort survival rate in public elementary level decreased from 85.73% in SY

2003-2004 to 80.37% in SY 2007-2008. On the secondary level, it improved
from 78.07% in 2003-2004 to 79.27 in 2007-2008. Cohort survival rate is the
percentage of those who in the beginning grade reached the final grade of the
required number of years for the elementary and high school level to enroll-
ment. (See Fig. DS-18)
Figure DS-18 Cohort Survival Rate in Public Elementary & Secondary Schools
85.73
82.34 83.06 80.37
80.23
ELEMENTARY
78.07 79.49 79.27
76.09 78.21
SECONDARY
2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008

The drop-out rate of 6.45% in the public secondary almost 1 student for every 100 elementary students
level is higher compared to only 0.50% in the elemen- enrolled stopped schooling. The trend of drop out rate
tary level. This means that for every 100 high school in the elementary however, is increasing for the last 5
students enrolled, 6 eventually leave school due to fi- years while in the secondary level it reached its highest
nancial problems, lack of personal interest, illness/dis- drop out rate in SY 2005-2006 with 6.84% and contin-
ability, inability to cope with school work, transfer of ued to decline in SY 2006-2007 and SY 2007-2008. (See
residence and employment or those looking for jobs. Fig. DS-19)
In the elementary level, the drop-out rate shows that
Figure DS-19 Drop-Out Rate in Public Elementary and Secondary

Schools QC: SY 2003-2004 to SY 2007-2008
8
6.68 6.63 6.84 6.78
7 6.45
6
5
Elementary Schools
4
Secondary Schools
3
2
1 0.32 0.35 0.35 0.48 0.50
0
2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008
Drop out rate by sex by level shows that in the public elementary schools there
are more male drop-outs (0.60% or 779 pupils) than female (0.34% or 420 pu-
pils). This is also true in the public secondary schools wherein male drop-outs is
also high (9.00% or 6,258 students) than female 94.58% or 3,261 students.
Table DS-14 Number of Enrllment and Performance Indicator

in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools QC: SY 2003-2004 to SY 2007-2008
Elementary Secondary
Indicator
03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08
Enrollment 247,003 248,571 247,581 253,478 258,176 135,661 139,440 137,645 140,739 143,462
88.13 86.67 84.35 79.92 80.65 80.91 81.27 78.39 72.89 73.61
Cohort Survival Rate 85.73 82.34 83.06 80.23 80.37 78.07 79.49 76.09 78.21 79.27
Drop-Out Rate 0.32 0.35 0.35 0.48 0.50 6.68 6.63 6.84 6.77 6.45
Achievement Rate 44.35 53.23 47.67 52.52 73.45 42.27 43.16 39.47 40.22 43.86

3.3.4 Classroom-Student Ratio
The present classroom-student ratio varies for each district and for each school
level (See Table DS-15). The figures indicate that for the elementary and sec-
ondary school levels, there is deficiency in the existing number of classrooms.
This inadequacy is only in District II where the classroom-student ratio is com-
puted to be 1:60 for elementary and 1:63 in the secondary level. This means
that a single classroom accommodates as many as 60 students in each session
compared with the ideal ratio of 1:50. The classroom deficiency is made even
more significant considering that both public elementary and high schools hold
two shifts or sessions each day. Fortunately, the situation is better in other dis-
tricts such as in District III where the ratio is 1:33, District IV with a ratio of 1:35
and in District I having a ratio of 1:40. To address these deficiencies, the city
needs to construct about 435 more classrooms (262 for elementary and 173 for
secondary) in District II to meet the present demand. (See Table DS-15)
Table DS-15Elementary and Secondary School Classroom-Student Ratio

by District; Quezon City : SY 2007-2008
No. of Classroom Classroom- No. of Classroom Classroom-

District Number of 2007 Number of 2007
Student Student
Schools Enrollment Actual Needs Schools Enrollment Actual Needs
I 21 38,151 473 0 1:40 11 24,225 330 0 1:37

II 42 161,653 1,355 262 1:60 18 81,620 643 173 1:63
III 19 28,598 437 0 1:33 7 13,607 204 0 1:33
IV 15 29,774 429 0 1:35 10 24,010 324 0 1:37
TOTAL 97 258,176 2,694 262 1:48 46 143,462 1,501 173 1:48

3.3.5 Teacher-Student Ratio
Based on the total enrollment and the actual number of teachers, it shows that
there is no teacher deficiency in both the elementary and secondary school lev-
els. The teacher-student ratio in all the districts is above the standard of 1:50.
(See Table DS-16)
Table DS-16 Elementary and Secondary School Teacher-Student Ratio

by District; Quezon City : SY 2007-2008
No. of Teacher Teacher- No. of Teacher Teacher-

District Number of 2007 Number of 2007
Student Student
Schools Enrollment Actual Needs Schools Enrollment Actual Needs
I 21 38,151 915 0 1:42 11 24,225 762 0 1:32

II 42 161,653 3,238 0 1:50 18 81,620 2,043 0 1:40
III 19 28,598 698 0 1:41 7 13,607 480 0 1:28
IV 15 29,774 704 0 1:42 10 24,010 749 0 1:32
TOTAL 97 258,176 5,555 0 1:46 46 143,462 4,034 0 1:36

3.3.6 Textbook-Student Ratio enrollees. There are 43 Community Learning Centers

(CLSs), 27 are public school-based and 16 are baran-
Data given by the Division of City Schools show that gay-based including the 2 CLCs run by non-government
the textbook-student ratio for both elementary and organizations (NGOs).
secondary levels is 1:1 which means that each student
has one (1) textbook per basic subject (Mathematics, Madrasah education program to Muslim students is
Science, Hekasi, Filipino and English). Of the 2,718,863, also being offered in twelve (12) public schools (11 E/S
total number of textbooks provided by the city and na- and 1 H/S). It offers basic education in Islamic values
tional government about 71.00% or 1,925,131 are for and Arabc language conducted every Saturday and
the elementary level and 29.00% or 793,732 are for Sunday. There are about 1,220 enrolled students with
the secondary schools. 42 Muslim teachers or “Azatids”. The program aims to
harmonize the traditional Philippine education curricu-
lum with the Madrasah system thereby ensuring edu-
3.3.7 Educational Programs
cational parity across regions and cultures.
Educational programs for public elementary schools
Further educational support is provided by Quezon
are in accordance with the curricula prescribed by
City Polytechnic University. It is operating by virtue of
DECS Order No. 6,S-1983 entitled as the “New Elemen-
City Council Res. 1030, Series of 2001. The University
tary School Curriculum” and by DECS Order No. 11,
Main Campus at Bgy. San Bartolome offers technical-
S-1989 for the Secondary Level known as the “Revised
vocational (1 yr. course) and baccalaureate courses or
Secondary Education Development Program”.
4 year courses such as BS Information Technology, BS
Industrial Engineering and BS Entrepreneurial Man-
The present teaching strategies range from the tradi-
agement. The university satellites located at San Fran-
tional to the more progressive ones such as the inte-
cisco High School Compound at Barangay Sto. Cristo
grative techniques, inquiry processes and conceptual
offers only BS Information Technology and BS Entre-
approaches. A few private schools have embarked
preneurial Management while the other satellite at
on individualized instructions. The percentage rating
Bgy. Batasan Hills along IBP Road is now undergoing
system for academic subjects and descriptive rating
construction and will be opened for classes in 2009.
for non-academic are used in evaluating performance
The University enrolment trend is increasing tremen-
of students in both public elementary and secondary
dously in baccalaureate courses from 1,316 in SY 2006-
schools.
2007 to 3,984 students in SY 2008-2009. The number
of students taking up Vocational/Technical courses
Services like Non-Formal Education Program are also
on the other hand has been fluctuating from 467 in
extended with the offering of supplemental evening
SY 2006-2007, increasing to 639 in SY 2007-2008 and
classes consisting basically of vocational courses for
again declined to 470 students in SY 2008-2009. It has
out-of-school youth and adults. Foremost, the Alterna-
also produced a substantial number of graduates from
tive Learning System (ALS) is being offered to the peo-
SY 1997 to the present such as 1,462 graduates for
ple who have not finished the elementary or second-
3-year course, 1,002 for 1 year course, 1,622 graduates
ary education. For SY 2007-2008, ALS enrollees totaled
on 3 to 5 months course, 13 for Expanded Tertiary Edu-
to 1,849, consisting of “Kasambahays” or household
cation Equivalency & Accreditation Program (ETEEAP)
helps and out-of-school youths and adults. A 60.19%
and 27 for ladderized course BSIT & BSEM or a total of
majority (1,113) is male and 736 or 39.81% are female
4,126 graduates.

Figure DS-20 Enrollment in Quezon City Polytechnic University;
Quezon City: SY2008-2009
4,500
3,984
4,000
3,500
3,000
2,671
2,500 DEGREE
2,000 VOCATIONAL/TECHNICAL
1,316
1,500
1,000
639 470
467
500
0
2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009
Source: Quezon City, Polytechnic University
Added to this, the city government is also extending scholarship assistance to

the city’s under privileged college students reaching 12,384 scholars in SY 2007-
2008 from only 2,023 in SY 2001-2002. (See Fig. DS-21)
Figure DS-21 Number of Quezon City Government Scholars

SY 2001 – 2002 to 2007-2008
14,000 12,384
12,000
9,611
10,000
8,000 7,150 QC SCHOLARS
6,000 4,635
4,000 2,744
2,023 2,198
2,000
0
SY 2001-02 02-03 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08
Source: Scholarship and Youth Development Program (SYDP)
3.3.8 Educational Facilities
The number of public schools has increased from 142 in 2002 to 143 in 2008.
Of these 96 are elementary schools consisting of 92 main and 4 school annex,
about 89 of these elementary schools offer pre-school classes. The 47 public
secondary schools are composed of 43 main and 4 school annexes.
There are 348 private schools offering different levels of education such as pre-
paratory, elementary, secondary or a combination of two or more levels. There
are also 87 colleges and universities and, the more prominent ones found in the
city include Miriam College, Ateneo de Manila and the state-run University of
the Philippines. Public libraries in the city number sixteen (16), a decrease of 2
branches from the 2002 count of 18 libraries.

3.4. Social Welfare Services

Social welfare services are provided by the City to its residents through the Social
Services and Development Department. Various welfare programs and services
that are being extended include Community Outreach Program, Welfare and
Relief Program, Residential and Rehabilitation Program, Vocational and Skills
Training and Special Projects. Beneficiaries are mostly the city’s indigent families
which include the youth, children, elderly, disabled/special groups, mendicants,
women and distressed or displaced groups
Table DS-17 Number of Clients Served by Type of Welfare Services Quezon City 2006-2007
The total number of persons who have availed of the various welfare services
in 2007 was 194,164 (76,244 male & 117,920 female). A decrease of 3,507 or
1.77% from 197,671 in 2006 was noted. Of the total number of clients served,
majority (39.29%) or 76,294 have availed of the Community Outreach Program
which is targeted to mostly socially disadvantaged families, individuals, youth,
and children. (Refer to Table DS-17)

3.4.1 Early Childhood Development (ECD) Services
Two of the major projects under Child Welfare Program are Supplemental Feed-
ing and Day Care Services. In 2007, SSDD served 19,360 (9,772 male & 9,588
female) pre-school children ages 3-5 years old specifically those in the informal
settlements in 251 Day Care Centers located in 107 barangays. The present day
care center classroom- pre-schooler ratio is 1:39 which is below the standard of
1:25.

For SY 2007-2008, total enrollees in existing day care centers, public and private
pre-schools is 59,482 representing 35.51% of the 167,487 population of 3 to 5
years old. About 25,381 or 42.67% are enrolled in the private pre- school while
34,101 or 57.33% in daycare centers and public pre-schools in the city. There
was an increase of 1,907 or 3.31% enrolled pre-school children from the 57,575
enrollees in the previous school year, 2006-2007. Enrolment for male pre-
schoolers which is 29,665 is slightly lower than the 29,817 female pre-school
enrollees. (Refer to Table DS-18)
Table DS-18
Pre-School Enrolment SY 2005-2006 to SY 2007-2008
SY 2006-2007 SY 2007-2008
M F T M F T
Day Care
I 2,081 1,966 4,047 1,689 1,591 3,280
II 5,354 5,158 10,512 4,999 4,921 9,920
III 1,551 1,523 3,074 1,584 1,536 3,120
IV 1,447 1,409 2,856 1,500 1,540 3,040
Sub-Total 10,433 10,056 20,489 9,772 9,588 19,360
Public Elem. School

I 1,569 1,631 3,200 1,681 1,676 3,357
II 3,375 3,280 6,655 3,520 3,558 7,078
III 1,209 1,127 2,336 1,176 1,238 2,414
IV 868 882 1,750 944 948 1,892
Sub-Total 7,021 6,920 13,941 7,321 7,420 14,741
Private Pre- School

I 2,161 2,257 4,418 2,322 2,490 4,812
II 5.180 5,309 10,489 5,955 6,061 12,016
III 1,972 1,741 3,713 1,946 1,783 3,729
IV 2,218 2,307 4,525 2,349 2,475 4,824
Sub-Total 11,531 11,614 23,145 12,572 12,809 25,381
TOTAL 28,985 28,590 57,575 29,665 29,817 59,482
Source : Social Services Development Department, Division of City Schools

3.4.2 Children In Need of Special Protection (CNSP)
The number of Children in Need of Special Protection (CNSP) served in 2007 was
330 (129 male and 201 female). Services rendered are in the form of Rescue/
Shelter and Protective Services /After Care and Follow ups. Specifically, the re-
ported child abuse cases in 2007 reached 56, a decrease of 78.54% or 205 cases
from the 2006 figure of 261 reported cases. (See Table DS-19) The significant
decrease of child abuse cases may be attributed to an improved level of aware-
ness of the populace on the consequences of inflicting abuse on children as
provided for under Republic Acts 7610 and 9262 otherwise known as Anti-Child
Abuse Act and Violence Against Women and Children Act respectively.
Table DS-19 Reported Cases of Child Abuse by Sex Quezon City 2006-2007
2006 2007
Cases
M F T M F T
Sexual Abuse - 1 1
Physical Abuse 83 117 200 7 3 10
Neglected 27 30 57 24 13 37
Abandoned 2 2 5 3 8
2 2 -
Total 112 149 261 36 20 56
Source: Social Services Development Department
The 2007 Sub-Regional Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (SR-MICS) results also
show that 93.5% of the 247,000 children ages 0-59 months were registered at
birth while unregistered birth is about 5.7% or 14,000 children lower compared
to 2001 MICS result of 7.00% to unregistered births. Cited reasons for not reg-
istering the child are the following; cost too much, must travel too far, didn’t
know child should be registered and others. On Child Labor, the same survey
revealed that of the 473,000 children aged 5-14 years old, 57,000 or 12.1% are
involved in child labor. Of this figure, 91.1% are also attending school.

3.4.3 Youth Welfare Services
In 2007, there were 5,942 (2,512 male & 3,430 female) youth ages 6-17 years
old who have availed of services under the Youth Welfare Program. Of this 414
are reported cases of Youth Offenders. There are more male youth offenders
(384) than female (30). It was noted that 148 of them or about 36% are below
15 years old and the majority 64% or 266 are 15 to 17 years old. Under RA 9344
otherwise known as the Juvenile Justice & Welfare Act, Youth Offenders below
15 years of age are released to the custody of parents or guardians or to a re-
sponsible welfare agency and given proper interventions. The detention facility
for youth offenders ages 15 to 17 years old is the Molave Youth Home.
About 942 (512 male & 430 female) youth served with behavioral problems
while the number of out-of-school youth served was 500 (350 male & 150 fe-
male). The number of street children served in 2007 was 330 compared to 226
in 2006. (See Table DS-20)
Table DS-20 Number of Youth (6-17 yrs. old) Served by Type; Quezon City: 2006-2007
2006 2007
Type Children / Youth
Male Female Total % Male Female Total %
Street Children 121 105 226 4.74 129 201 330 15.10
Out-of-School Youth 2,421 1,736 4,157 87.15 350 150 500 22.87
168 23 191 4.00 384 30 414 18.93
Youth with Behavioral Problems 176 20 196 4.11 512 430 942 43.09
Total 2,886 1,884 4,770 100 1,375 811 2,186 100

3.4.4 Women in Especially Difficult Circumstances (WEDC)

Under the Women Welfare Program, there were 16,421 women served. The
services include Capability Building, Protective Services, Organization of Wom-
en Group and Advocacy.
The 2007 reported number and incidence of Women in Especially Difficult Cir-
cumstances (WEDC) of 102 shows a significant decrease of 71.67 % or 258 cases
from the 360 reported cases in 2006. The decrease may also be partially brought
about by an intensive information dissemination on RA 9262 (Violence Against
Women and Children Act) and RA 9208 The Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act. Ma-
jority of the women cases (58) are physically abused, 20 are unwed pregnant
women, 15 are victims of prostitution. The rest are sexually abused and victims
of illegal recruitment. (See Table DS-21)
Table DS-21 Reported Number and Incidence of Women in Especially Difficult Circumstances Quezon City: 2006-2007
2006 2007
Type Children / Youth
Number % Number %
Physically Abused/
220 61.11 58 56.86
Sexually Abused 12 3.33 4 3.92
53 14.72 15 14.71
10 2.78 4 3.92
2 0.56 1 0.98
Unwed Pregnant Women 63 17.50 20 19.61
Others (specify)
TOTAL 360 100.00 102 100.00

3.4.5 Persons with Disabilities (PWDs)
In 2007, the estimated number of persons with disabilities was 24,870. There
were more female differently abled persons (13,064) than male (11,806). About
2,156 or 8.67% of this figure were served by the SSDD and the type of disability
of these persons includes; mental and orthopedic handicap, hearing, speech
and blindness disabilities. The most number of PWDs served are the orthopedi-
cally handicapped persons with 603 cases.(See Table DS-22)
The SSDD also recorded a total of 39 PWDs who were reported to have been
neglected/abandoned and abused or exploited. (See Table DS-22)
Table DS-22 Reported Number of Disabled Persons by Type and by Sex Quezon City; 2007
Marital Status Male Female Total
Mental 248 204 452
Orthopedically handicapped 360 243 603
Hearing 155 104 259
Speech 181 120 301
Blindness 320 221 541
Total 1,264 892 2,156
Reported Cases
Neglected 19 12 31
Abused 2 3 5
Exploited 2 1 3
Total 23 16 39

3.4.6 Older Persons (OPs)
The total number of older persons (60 yrs. old and over) in 2007 was 133,528
(55,454 male and 78,094 female). The Office of the Senior Citizens Affairs (OSCA)
issued 17,219 Senior Citizens IDs in 2007 an increase of 9,519 from 7,700 IDs
issued in 2001. Since its creation in 1993, OSCA has registered and issued a
total of 203,841 Senior Citizens IDs (84,582 male & 119,265 female) as of June
2008, showing more than the estimated population of elderly persons in 2007.
The figure however, also includes elderly persons that may have already passed
away and were not accounted for.
The SSDD on the other hand has served about 25,426 (9,649 male & 15,777
female) senior citizens under their Elderly Welfare Program. There were 42 re-
ported incidences of neglected, abused and exploited OPs needing special at-
tention. (See Table DS-23)
Table DS-23 Reported Cases of Older Persons In need of Special Attention Quezon City: 2007
Cases Male Female Total
Neglected 10 10 20
Abused 8 6 14
Exploited 4 4 8
Total 22 20 42

3.4.7 Families
A total of 50,650 families have availed of the Family Welfare Program. Of these,
20,118 (10,092 male & 10,026 female) were served under the Parent Effective-
ness Services (PES). Also, 2,314 have availed of the Solo Parent Services.
Based on the 2003 Family Income and Expenditures Survey (FIES) of the Na-
tional Statistics Office about 128,009 or 28.44% families have income below
the poverty threshold of P8,857.00. The percentage of families below poverty
threshold has improved from the 32.42% in 1997 NSO FIES.
3.4.8 Other Welfare Institutions/Organizations
Also providing welfare programs and services are 45 non-government organiza-

tions.
Majority of the programs/services of these welfare agencies are community

based especially in the city’s informal settlements in close coordination with
the barangay and community leaders of target areas. Activities/services are be-
ing undertaken either in barangay halls, health centers, multi-purpose halls and
other facilities.

3.5 Housing
3.5.1 Households & Occupied Dwelling Units

The NSO survey conducted in 1990 revealed that there were 332,283 households
occupying 305,807 housing units. These figures increased to 415,788 house-
holds with an estimated 355,443 occupied dwelling units in 1995. The NSO
survey conducted in 2000 revealed that there were 480,624 households occu-
pying 447,369 housing units. For 2007, the number of households increased to
594,832 with the number of occupied dwelling units (housing stock) at 571,812.
Average household size in 2007 was 4.5 persons. (See Figure DS-22)
Figure DS-22 Comparative Number of Households and Occupied

Dwelling Units Quezon City
594,832
571,812
600,000
480,624
500,000 415,788
447,369
400,000 332,283 355,443

305,807
Households 300,000
Households
200,000
Occupied units
100,000
0
1990 1995 2000 2007
Year
Source :National Statistics Office
The 2000 NSO survey showed that single detached housing constituted 56.77%
of the total dwelling units in 2000; multi-dwelling units comprised 31.79%; du-
plex, 8.46%; while commercial, industrial and institutional living quarters made
up 2.98% (See Fig. DS-23)
Figure DS-23
Percentage Distribution by Type of Housing; Quezon City: 2000
Others
Duplex
8.46% 2.98%
Single detached
Duplex
31.79% Single detached Others
56.77%
Source :National Statistics Office

The houses in Quezon City had a median floor area of 31 square meters. This
meant that half of the total housing units had a floor area of below 31 square
meters.
In 2007, about 88% of the housing units in Quezon City had roofs made of galva-
nized iron while more than 55% had outer walls made of either concrete, bricks
or stone; 30 %, half concrete/brick/stone and half wood; and 12%, wood.
About 52% of housing units had roofs made of galvanized iron/aluminum and
had outer walls made of concrete/bricks/stone.
.
3.5.2 Shelter Needs

Legitimate Tenants, Renters and Sharers
Existing government shelter programs cater mostly to informal settlers. The

tenants and renters in apartments and low-cost but poor rental units are usu-
ally neglected despite the fact that they spend a considerable portion of their
income on rents; refraining from squatting and keeping their tenurial status le-
gitimate while also aspiring to have housing of their own.
At present, the number of households is 594,832 while the number of occupied

dwelling units is 571,812. By these figures alone, the housing backlog is deter-
mined to be 23,020 not considering the fact that many of the existing dwelling
units are already in a state of deterioration, needing either improvement or
total replacement.
Informal settlers
A large section of the city population in need of adequate shelter consists of in-
formal settlers occupying idle, public and private lands. The 2006 actual census
conducted by the Urban Poor Affairs Office covered 211,708 families housed
in 170,670 structures, an increase of 10,317 families from 2005 census-survey.
For 2007, the number of informal settlers increased to 218,802, an increase of
7,094 families from 2006 census. Their needs are in terms of resettlement or
on-site upgrading through any of a combination of tenurial and/or infrastruc-
tural upgrading (192,968) and structural improvement (5,679). (Refer to Table
DS-24)
Table DS-24 Informal Settlers In Quezon City : 2005-2007
Year DIST. I DIST. II DIST. III DIST. IV Total
2005 25,935 129,982 14,843 30,631 201,391

2006 27,686 136,726 16,077 31,219 211,708
2007 25,881 142,383 16,139 33,972 218,375
Source: Urban Poor Affairs Office

Number of Informal Settlers; Quezon City : 2005-2007
450,000
FAMILIES/STRUCTURES
400,000
350,000
300,000 170,670 175,293
166,947
250,000 STRUCTURES
200,000 FAMILIES
150,000
100,000 201,381 211,708 218,375
50,000
0
2005 2006 2007
YEAR
Source: Urban Poor Affairs Office
Table DS-25 shows the magnitude of informal settlers in the city by area classifi-
cation and the possible interventions with which to address the problem.
Table DS-25 Magnitude of Informal Settlers By Area Classification; Quezon City: 2007
District I District II District III District IV

Total
DPI TU DPI TU DPI TU DPI TU
1. Danger Areas
Waterways 2,696 2,894 400 4,272 10,262
Transmission Line 1,260 216 1,412 2,888
Dumpsite 767 767
Under The Bridge 63 648 711
2. Gov’t. Infrastructure
Road Right-Of-Way 3,126 655 996 8,138
MWSS 1,561 2,898
3. Government Lands
City-owned 1,509 1,293 1,724 655 5,181
NGC 55,000 55,000
Other Nat’l. Govt Prop. 10,394 1,495 975 10,560 23,424
4. Areas For Priority Dev’t. (APD) 236 6,203 8,156 14,595
5. Private Property 7,552 67,596 10,608 7,921 93,677
6. Open space (Subd.) 305 170 359 834
Sub-Total 5885 19,996 10,437 131,946 2,832 13,307 6,680 27292
Grand Total 25,881 142,383 16,139 33,972 218,375
Note: DPL - Displaced

Homeless
Using a factor of 1% of the total household population, it is estimated that there

are 5,539 homeless people in the city. Each homeless is counted as one house-
hold to be provided with housing.
Dwelling Units Needing Improvement

Aside from the new housing units needed due to backlog and the formation of
new households, structures needing improvement due to deterioration and ob-
solescence are also considered in determining the city’s total housing require-
ments. Based on a factor of 2% of the total housing stock (excluding the infor-
mal settlers), there are some 7,930 housing units needing improvement.
Table DS-26 shows the summary of shelter needs due to backlog, future growth,
and upgrading needs for the given planning period.
Table DS-26 New Housing Units Due to

Backlog & Future Growth
NEW HOUSING DUE TO Total

Doubled-up Households 23,020
Displaced units 25,834
70,301
5,359
Total 124,514
Table DS-26 shows the summary of shelter needs due to backlog, future growth,
and upgrading needs for the given planning period.
3.5.3 Housing Affordability

Family Income
The 2000 average monthly household income was P 32,757.00 based on the
Family Income & Expenditure Survey of the NSO. This high amount, however,
should not be construed as an indication of the improved economic condition
of the city’s households. Actually, this was brought about by the high monthly
average income (P 107,607.00) of the high-income class, representing, however,
only 16.45% of the total number of households. Considering therefore that
majority of the city’s households belong to the middle income class with an
average monthly income of P 19,585.00, it now becomes apparent that a great
disparity in income distribution exists among the city’s households. (See Table
DS-27)

Table DS-27 Household Income and Expenditure; Quezon City: 2000
Monthly Monthly
Average Average
Income Class Type of Income No. of Families % Income Expenditure
Under 99,999 Low Income 45,582 10.13 6,702.00 6,850.00
100,000 – 499,999 Middle Income 330,527 73.43 19,585.00 17,504.00
500,000 & over High Income 74,033 16.44 107,607.00 97,469.00
Total 450,142 100.00 32,757.00 29,577.00
Source: Family Income & Expenditure Survey, NSO, 2000
Table DS-28 Household Income and Expenditure: 2000
Income Expenditure
No. Total Ave. Mo. Total Ave. Mo.
Income Class of families % (in P 1000) (in P) Ave. (in P 1000) (in P) Ave.
Under 10,000 - - - - - - - -
10,000 – 19,999 - - - - - - - -
20,000 – 29,999 - - - - - - - -
30,000 – 39,999 1,504 0.33 48,900 31,975 2,665 55,371 36,816 3,068
40,000 – 49,999 - - - - - - - -
50,000 – 59,999 2,052 0.44 116,262 56,658 4,722 124,289 60,570 5,048
60,000 – 79,999 15,704 3.49 1,111,693 70,790 5,899 1,150,771 73,279 6,107
80,000 – 99,999 26,322 5.85 2,389,626 90,784 7,565 2,416,294 91,797 7,650
100,000 – 249,999 82,427 18.31 10,336,557 125,403 10,450 21,179,078 175,517 14,626
250,000 – 499,999 127,433 28.31 44,213,563 346,955 28,913 38,109,472 299,055 23,070
500,000 & over 74,033 16.45 95,597,193 1,291,278 107,607 86,590,603 1,169,622 97,469
TOTAL 450,142 100.00 177,044,039 159,763,769
AVERAGE 393,307 32,757 354,919 29,577
Source : National Statistics Office, 2000

Family Expenditure
The 2000 average monthly expenditure is P 29,577.00 of which 27% or about

P 7,927.00 is spent on the average by each household on shelter covering such
items as rental, house repairs and maintenance. (see Table DS-29)
Table DS-29 Distribution of Total Family Expenditure Group & Income Class: 2000
Under 20,000- 30,000- 40,000- 50,000- 60,000- 80,000- 100,000- 250,000-

TOTAL 20,000 29,999 39,999 49,999 59,999 79,999 99,999 249,999 over
Food 31.9 50.0 57.7 56.1 56.0 48.6 27.0
Alcoholic Beverages 0.4 - 1.2 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.3
Tobacco 0.4 - 2.2 1.6 0.8 1.0 0.2
Fuel, light & water 5.5 - 6.1 0.9 7.9 7.1 5.0
10.5 10.2 2.5 4.1 6.0 6.7 11.6
3.6 9.1 1.8 1.3 1.8 1.8 4.1
3.1 4.8 4.6 5.3 4.3 4.3 2.7
Clothing & other wears 2.1 2.9 2.2 2.4 2.3 2.8 2.0
3.8 1.4 0.5 0.5 0.9 2.1 4.3
0.6 - 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.6
Medical Care 1.3 - 0.9 0.8 0.7 1.5 1.3
Non-durable Furnishing 0.2 1.0 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.2
Durable Furniture & Equipment 4.4 - 0.1 0.5 0.9 1.4 5.2
Rent/Rental Value of 25.6 20.5 10.3 15.6 14.7 16.9 28.1
Occupied Dwelling Units
House Maintenance/ Minor Repairs 1.2 - - 0.1 0.2 1.5
Taxes Paid 1.9 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.9 2.2
Miscellaneous Expenditure 1.9 1.9 0.7 1.6 2.2 1.9
Other Expenditures 1.7 0.1 0.1 0.4 1.0 1.1
Source: National Statistics Office, 2000
In the computation of the affordability of families for shelter, it is important to

include the portion of income regularly spent on housing which is 26.8%. Other
portions of family expenditures (non-essential items, which is 7.5%) that may
be given up, if not reduced, to become potential percentage expenditure. For
shelter, the city’s total family potential percentage expenditure for housing is
34.3% which is deemed too high and may not be safe to use in determining the
housing affordability. As a safety net, the national affordability level of 20% is
being adopted instead.

Table DS-30 Expenditure For Housing (Percent of Family Expenditures): 2000
% Regular of Expenditure
Income Group Expenditures Expenditures Available For Housing
Under 10,000 - - -
10,000 – 19,999 - - -
20,000 – 29,999 - - -
30,000 – 39,999 20.5 1.0 21.5
40,000 – 49,999 - - -
50,000 – 59,999 10.3 5.8 16.1
60,000 – 79,999 15.6 4.2 19.8
80,000 – 99,999 14.8 4.9 19.7
100,000 – 249,999 17.1 7.0 24.1
250,000 & over 29.6 9.5 39.1
Average 26.8 7.5 34.3
Source: National Statistics Office, 2000
3.5.4 Minimum Design Standards for Residential Subdivision and Condominium Projects
Table DS-31 shows the minimum lot area requirements On the other hand, Table DS-32 shows the minimum
(in sq. m.) for the types of housing unit and the hous- floor area requirement (in sq. m.) for the given housing
ing project given in the Implementing Rules and Regu- projects per IRR of PD 957 and BP 220. It will be not-
lations (IRR) of PD 957 and Batas Pambansa 220 (BP ed that the minimum FA requirement type of housing
220). PD 957 covers open market and medium cost projects were the same for all types of housing units.
housing projects while economic and socialized hous-
ing projects are covered by BP 220.
Table DS-31 Table DS-32

Shelter Component Minimum Lot Area (sq. m.) Shelter Component Minimum Floor Area (sq. m.)
PD 957 BP 220 PD 957 BP 220

Type of Open Medium Economic Socialized Type of Open Medium Economic Socialized
Housing Unit Market Cost Housing Unit Market Cost
Single Detached 120 100 72 64 Single Detached 42 30 22 18
96 80 54 48 42 30 22 18
Row House 60 50 36 32 Row House 42 30 22 18
Source: Housing & Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB) Source: Housing & Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB)
3.5.5 Housing Sites

After estimating the extent of shelter needs, the next in the doubled-up households). On the other hand, at
thing that has to be considered is how much land is least 868 hectares of land will be needed for tenurial
needed and how much land is actually available for and/or infrastructural upgrading of 192,541 families at
shelter provision. Providing for new housing units for 45 sq. m. per beneficiary. It thus becomes clear that
40,067 doubled-up households (assuming that 50% of for present shelter needs alone at least 1,352 hectares
whom can afford economic housing and 50% are ur- will be needed.
ban poor provided with land allocation of 45 sq. m.
per household) shall require 135 hectares of land. To As per preliminary inventory and survey, it is seen that
resettle 25,834 households, an additional 116 hect- some 625 hectares only are available and can be con-
ares are needed. The lot area allocated each family or sidered for housing purposes. The rest of the vacant
household was set at a minimum of 45 sq. m. For the areas are either physically not viable due to bad terrain
additional 70,301 new housing units, it shall require and flooding risks or are tied in legal and administra-
233 hectares of land (given the same assumption as tive cases.
Price Ceilings
The 2000 average monthly expenditure is P 29,577.00 of which 27% or about

Price Ceilings
The following loan ceilings set by the HUDCC per Memorandum Circular No 02,
S-2002 are the ones being used by the housing institutions to wit:
Socialized Housing P 225,000.00 and below;

Economic Housing P 226,000.00 to P 750,000.00
Medium Cost Housing P 751,000.00 to P 2.0 M
Open Market Housing above P 2.0 M
Funding Requirements
To have an idea of the funding required to provide for the City’s present and fu-
ture housing needs, estimates were made to cover three (3) program interven-
tion schemes, which are New Community Housing Development, Resettlement
and On-site upgrading/CMP and two (2) housing packages namely Economic
Housing and Socialized Housing. Notice that for Economic Housing, the gross
lot allocation is 72 sq. m. with an average loanable amount of P 500,000.00
while for Socialized Housing, the gross lot allocation is 64 sq. m. with an aver-
age loanable amount varying from P 80,000.00 (for On-site Upgrading/CMP) to
P 225,000.00 (for Resettlement.) The land acquisition cost is set at P 2,500.00/
sq. m.
3.5.6 Local Shelter Program
At present, the City Government thru the Urban Poor Affairs Office (UPAO) is
undertaking projects mainly thru Direct Sale Program and Community Mort-
gage Program (CMP). These projects are focused on informal settlers, which is
understandable since they are the most conspicuous and they constitute the
majority of that segment of the population needing shelter.
Table DS-35 shows the summary of CMP take-out projects in the city for the last
five (5) years (2003-2007), covering projects initiated by the LGU (City), NGOs
and government agencies (GAs).
Table DS-33
CMP Take-out Projects; Quezon City: 2003-2007
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Type of
Housing Unit Proj. Ben. Proj. Ben. Proj. Ben. Proj. Ben. Proj. Ben.
QC Gov’t 16 402 5 248 13 539 12 1,155 26 788
NGO 4 106 11 498 10 807 6 455 16 447
Gov’t Agencies 1 18 0 0 2 32 1 39 3 123
TOTAL 21 526 16 746 25 1,378 19 1,649 45 1,358
Source: Social Housing Finance Corporation, 2007

Per records of the Social Housing Finance Corporation, the number of city-orig-
inated CMP take-out projects for the last 5 years is 72, thus, increasing the total
number to 183, with 7,920 beneficiaries and covering 34.71 has. of land. Dis-
trict II has the most number of CMP take-out projects with 152 representing
84% of the total number of projects. NGOs (47 projects, 2,313 beneficiaries) and
gov’t agencies (7 projects, 212 beneficiaries), on the other hand, also had their
share of CMP take-out projects. As to Direct Sale Program, the City has disposed
twelve (12) city-owned properties in District II, covering 21.412 has. with 3,634
beneficiaries/families. (See Fig. DS-25)
Figure DS-25
CMP Take-Out Projects In QC (2003-2007)
8000
7,455
7000 6,667
NO. OF BENEFICIARIES
6000
5,512
5000 4,725 4,973
4000 CMP PROJECTS
3000 NO. OF BENEFICIARIES

2000
1000 127 132 145 157 183
0
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
YEAR
Source : Urban Poor Affairs Office
3.5.7 Local Shelter Organization

The Housing and Urban Renewal Authority (HURA) is homeless to a just and humane eviction and demoli-
an organization or unit in the City Government that is tion. The Board is composed of the following:
responsible for shelter delivery in Quezon City. Said
unit was created by virtue of City Council Ordinance Chairman: The City Mayor or his duly authorized
No. SP-1236, S-2003 approved by Hon. Feliciano Bel- representative
monte, Jr. on 01 April 2003, and was mandated to un- Vice Chairman: The City Vice Mayor
dertake and/or to promote the development of hous- Members:
ing for marginal and low-income families and urban 1.Five (5) representatives of duly accredited QC
renewal and redevelopment in Quezon City. People’s organizations (POs)
2.Two (2) representatives of duly accredited QC
HURA is comprised of seven (7) Board of Directors with Non-Government Organizations (NGOs)
the City Mayor as the Chairman of the Board. Its of- 3.Five (5) members appointed by the Mayor
ficers include the Head of the HURA as the President/ 4.Two (2) members representing the City Council to
General Manager, while the City Treasurer and the City be elected by among themselves
Administrator act as Corporate Secretary and Corpo- 5.Head of the QC Urban Poor Affairs Office (UPAO)
rate Treasurer, respectively. who shall also act as the Board Secretary
6.Representatives from the Housing & Urban
Prior to the creation of HURA, the City Mayor ap- Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC)
proved City Council Ordinance No. SP-1111, S-2002 to be designated by the HUDCC Chair.
on 22 March 2002 which created the Quezon City Lo-
cal Housing Board which was mandated to formulate, The aforesaid Housing Board has not yet con-
develop and ensure the implementation of policies in vened as of this date.
the provision for housing and resettlement areas and
the observance of the right of the underprivileged and
3.6. Sports and Recreation and Country Club, Maru International Golf Range, Rod
Taylor Sports Company, Inc., GPL International, Inc.,
A necessary feature of urban life is the sports and rec- the Veterans Memorial Golf Course and those situated
reation area. Here, city dwellers can satisfy their lei- inside Camp Aguinaldo and Teresa Heights Subdivision
sure and recreational needs to help them cope with in District II.
the rigors of urban living. Areas for sports and recre-
ation, therefore, provide opportunities for the tired Apart from these, several subdivisions, particularly the
and weary to rejuvenate and for the young to engage more affluent ones, have their own swimming pools,
in active physical and athletic development. parks and playgrounds and clubhouses.
3.6.2 Recreation Facilities

3.6.1 Sports Facilities
For those who may prefer not-so vigorous activities the
likes of which are offered by sports, they can take de-
The city’s sports facilities include the city-maintained light in the various parks and playgrounds. The City has
Amoranto Stadium which consists of a velodrome, bad- three major parks, the Quezon Memorial Circle which
minton courts, a covered basketball court and a swim- is now being maintained by the City, the Ninoy Aquino
ming pool. There are also seven (7) public swimming Parks and Wildlife under the Protected Areas and Wild-
pools, four of these are located in District II (Novali- life Bureau of the DENR and the La Mesa Eco Park man-
ches area), one in Bgy. Nagkaisang Nayon, two in Bgy. aged by Bantay Kalikasan. There are 222 developed
Kaligayahan (Zabarte Subdivision & North Olympus), open spaces equipped with playgrounds and other
and the other in Goodwill Homes Phase I in Bgy. San amenities and 338 more undeveloped open spaces in
Bartolome. The 3 others are in Bernardo Park in Bgy. different barangays. In 2002 there were fifty (50) ba-
Pinagkaisahan, one at Amoranto Stadium and another rangays with no park at all. However with the city’s
inside the Balara Filtration Plant in Bgy. Pansol. Except continuing development of open spaces these baran-
for the swimming pool in Balara which is being man- gays were trimmed down to 39. Parks are considered
aged and maintained by MWSS, all the rest are under important recreational areas since they are accessible
the management of the city government. to all social and economic groups of the city’s popu-
In the community level, most of the city’s barangays lace. Moreover, they offer various types of recreation
have at least one basketball court. There are 82 cov- catering to all ages such as bicycle lanes, picnic areas,
ered courts, 89 open courts and 3 half courts. These and promenades. Soon, the Quezon Memorial Circle
are usually located in the barangay’s identified open will be improved and developed and this will entice
space, near the barangay hall or parish church. These more people to come and ultimately boost business
structures also serve as sites for other community ac- and tourism industry in the city. As for the Ninoy Aqui-
tivities and events such as tiangge, bingo socials, meet- no Parks and Wildlife, its features include a lagoon, a
ings and dialogues. Where there is available space, mini amphitheater, a zoo and a botanical garden.
there are also tennis, pelota and volleyball courts that
are put up. Other private recreational facilities include 477 billiard
halls, 402 amusement centers, 279 videoke bars, 142
Other sport facilities that are also available in the city Gyms/Physical Fitness Centers, 74 cinemas/theaters,
but with limited access are four (4) other private sport 23 swimming pools, 16 dance halls/disco houses, 15
complexes like the Araneta Coliseum, the Celebrity bingo games, 14 gun club/shooting ranges, 12 bowling
Sports Plaza, the Capitol City Sports Plaza and the QC lanes, 12 badminton courts , 1 carnival and others
Sports Plaza. Several golf courses with driving range
are also located in the City such as the Capitol Hills Golf

3.7. Protective Services

The police are equipped with 2,638 short/long fire-
arms 323 of which were donated by the City Govern-
3.7.1 Police Services ment. They also have 584 communication equipments
such as mobile base radios/handheld radios. The total
Quezon City was formerly under the jurisdiction of the number of vehicles is 321, majority (90%) or 288 were
Northern Police District which also covered Caloocan, also provided by the city consisting of 19 administra-
Navotas, Malabon and Valenzuela. With the creation tion vehicles, 94 motorcycles and 175 patrol cars. Ten
of the Central Police District now Quezon City Police (10) of the patrol cars are under repair.
District, (QCPD) in October 1990, QCPD is mainly re-
sponsible in the maintenance of peace and order situ-
ation of the entire Quezon City only. The QC Police Dis- 3.7.2 Crime Incidence
trict Headquarter is located in Camp Karingal, Sikatuna
Village in District IV. In 2007, the total number of crimes reported in the city
was 4,209 of which 3,896 cases or 92.59%were solved.
The total police force of the QCPD as of 2007 is 2,874 Based on the number of reported crimes, the crime
consisting of 274 Officers, 2,477 Police Non Commis- rate for that year was computed to be 157.04 per
sioned Officers (PNCO’s) and 123 Non Uniformed Per- 100,000 population which has greatly improved from
sonnel (NUP). Of the total police personnel, 2,635 or the 2003 crime rate of 204.32. The city’s 2007 crime
91.68% are male while 239 or 8.32% are female. With rate is slightly lower than Metro Manila’s 158.04 per
the city’s 2007 population of 2.68M, policemen-popu- 100,000 population.
lation ratio is 1:973. This means that the average po-
liceman provides protective services to almost twice In terms of average monthly crime rate the city was
the number of persons he can effectively serve, the recorded to have 13.09 per 100,000 population inci-
standard police-population ratio for urbanized areas dences of reported crime lower compared with Met-
such as Quezon City, being 1:500. To attain the ideal ro Manila’s average monthly crime rate of 13.17 per
ratio, the City needs to add 2,485 more policemen. 100,000 population.
To complement, if not to augment, the present police
force, the City maintains some 2,255 Barangay Security Crimes against Property (robbery and theft) remained
and Development Officers (BSDOS) who are primarily the most frequently committed crime followed by
tasked to maintain peace and order within the baran- Crimes against Person like murder, homicide and
gay through nightly “rondas”, rescue operations assis- physical injury. Reported rape cases were also noted
tance and disaster prevention and mitigation. to have an increasing trend from 63 in 2003 to 90 in
2007. These crimes make up the index crimes, defined
The QCPD maintains eleven (11) police stations, and as crimes which are sufficiently significant and occur
two (2) Police Community Precincts (PCP’s). Aside with regularity to be considered as an indicator of the
from these, the QCPD has also established the Baran- crime situation. On the other hand, non-index crimes
gay Police Community Precincts (BPCPs) in each of the are crimes which consist of estafa, vagrancy, trespass-
city’s 142 barangays by deploying an average of three ing, seduction, coercion, gambling ,scandal and drug
(3) police officers for each barangay. The BPCP’s pro- related cases. In 2006 almost half 49.21% or 468 of
gram, implemented in 2006 is a system of communi- the 951 non-index crimes are drug related cases. The
ty-oriented policing aimed to provide efficient police figure however decreased to 405 cases in 2007 rep-
service to the people by protecting their rights and up- resenting only 29.55 % of the non- index crime. (See
holding the law. It is primarily bilateral, meaning, the Table DS-34)
police and the city residents alike are responsible for
crime prevention.

Table DS-34
Comparative Crime Statistics; Quezon City: 2003-2007
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Reported Reported Reported Reported Reported

No. of % No. of % No. of % No. of % No. of %
Cases Cases Cases Cases Cases
Crime against persons 762 824 603 570 18.70 903 21.45
Murder 61 1.27 61 1.50 39 1.20 44 1.44 36 0.86
Homicide 109 2.27 80 1.96 69 2.12 45 1.48 44 1.05
Physical Injuries 529 11.54 634 5.56 440 13.51 408 13.39 734 17.44
Rape 63 1.31 49 1.20 55 1.69 73 2.40 89 2.11
Crime against property 1833 38.25 1,631 40.02 1507 46.28 1527 50.10 1935 45.97
Robbery 774 16.15 701 17.20 626 19.23 594 19.49 830 19.72
1059 22.10 930 22.82 881 27.06 933 30.61 1105 26.25
TOTAL INDEX CRIMES 2595 54.15 2,455 60.25 2110 64.80 2097 68.80 2838 67.43
Total Non-Index crime 2197 45.85 1,620 39.75 1146 35.20 951 31.20 1371 32.57
TOTAL CRIME VOLUME 4792 100.00 4,075 100.0 3256 100.0 3048 100.00 4209 100.00
TOTAL CRIME RATE 204.32 168.86 130.92 118.72 157.04
SOLVED CASES 4,558 3,921 3,124 2972 3897
CRIME SOLUTION EFFICIENCY 95.12 96.22 95.95 97.51 92.59
AVERAGE MONTHLY 18.37 14.07 10.91 9.89 13.09

CRIME RATE
Source: Social Housing Finance Corporation, 2007

3.7.3 Fire Protection and Prevention 3.7.4 Fire Incidence

Fire protection and prevention services are rendered In 2007 the Quezon City Fire District responded to
by the Quezon City Fire District (QCFD) which has sev- 1,078 fire incidents, out of which 942 occurred in the
enteen (17) fire sub-stations all over the City with 437 City. There was a decreasing trend in fire incidences in
firefighters complemented by 33 civilians. The pres- the city for the last 5 years from 1,225 in 2003 to 942
ent firemen-population ratio stands at 1:6131 which is in 2007. The total amount of losses due to these fire
way below the standard ratio of 1:2000. At the present incidents is P200,52M. Of these fires, 257 were struc-
ratio, the number of persons a city fireman services is tural (involving buildings, houses and other structures)
almost three times the number of people he can ef- 210 were electrical or those involving MERALCO/ NA-
fectively serve. Clearly there is a shortage in the City’sPOCOR facilities such as electrical posts, primary and
firefighting force of about 903 firemen. The city has secondary distribution lines and transformers and 201
35 firefighting vehicles, but only twenty three (23) are involved rubbish and grass. Majority (61.46%) of the
serviceable. There are also four (4) aerial ladders, of fire incidences have unknown causes or are still under
which only two (2) are functional. investigation. For known causes however, electrical
is the number one cause of the fire incidences. Most
The 2007 fire-substation to land area ratio is 1:9 sq.km. (388) of these fire incidences occurred in District II
which is way below the standard fire-substation land wherein a great number of informal settlers are located
area ratio of 1:4 sq.km. This means that one (1) fire particularly in Barangay Commonwealth and Batasan
substation has more than doubled the land area it has Hills. (See Table DS-35)
to cover. The required fire-substation in the city there-
fore is 40, thus with the existing 17 fire-substation
there is an acute shortage of 23 fire-substations.
Table DS-35
Number of Reported Fire Incidence and Responded to by the QC Fire Department: 2003 – 2007
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %

Causes of Fire
Electrical 301 24.57 339 27.32 299 26.84 367 35.8 280 29.72
2 .16 1 .08 34 3.61
Open Flames/ Cooking 1 .08 4 .32 .18 4 .39 9 .96
1 .11
Fireworks-explosive sparks 1 .08 3 .32
Flammable Liquids 3 .32
LPG/ tanks/ Stove 19 1.55 48 3.87 24 2.15 37 3.61 33 3.50
Unknown/ Under invest. others 901 73.55 849 64.41 789 70.83 617 60.20 579 61.46
Total 1225 100 1241 100 1114 100 1025 100 942 100
7 .57 5 .41 3 .27 3 .29 2 .21

Accidental 224 8.29 267 21.51 306 27.47 408 39.81 414 43.95
Unknown/ Under invest. others 994 81.14 969 78.08 805 72.26 614 59.90 526 55.84
Total 1225 100 1241 100 1114 100 1025 100 942 100
Nature
Structural 323 26.37 296 23.85 308 27.65 239 23.32 257 47.50
Vehicular 73 5.96 46 3.71 51 4.58 49 4.78 50 9.25
Ship/ Forest 0 2 .16 1 .09 2 .20 4 .74
Grass 193 15.76 168 13.54 154 18.82 103 10.05 134 24.77
Chemical 28 2.29 44 3.53 15 1.35 40 3.90 29 5.36
Rubbish 152 12.41 177 14.26 113 10.14 69 6.73 67 12.38
Others
Transformer explosion 20 1.63 34 2.74 22 1.97 29 2.83 3 1.32
43 3.51 49 3.95 53 4.76 57 5.56 36 3.82
Secondary Wire 103 8.41 109 8.78 88 7.90 79 7.71 41 4.35
Service Entrance 84 6.86 97 7.82 103 9.25 156 15.22 102 10.81
Electric Fan 51 4.16 7 .56 10 .90 1 .10 5 .53
Tree Fire 5 .41 7 .56 7 .63 2 .21
Transmission High Tension 7 .57 17 1.37 21 1.89 10 .98 10 1.06
143 11.67 188 15.15 169 15.17 192 18.73 11 1.17
Other Elec. equipments 191 20.28
Total 1225 100 1241 100 1114 100 1025 100 942 100
Source: QC Fire Department

3.7.5 Administration of Justice
The delivery and administration of justice at the local level is a collective respon-
sibility of the Office of the City Prosecutor, the Metropolitan Trial Court and the
Regional Trial Court.
In 2007, the Metropolitan Trial Court recorded 12,684 cases including pending
cases in previous years, of which 4,439 or 35.00% were disposed. The number
of disposed cases is slightly higher compared to 33.25% disposed cases in 2006.
The Regional Trial Court on the other hand, received 6,586 cases in 2007 for
prosecution and disposed 3,622 cases or 55.00% which is lower compared to
59.99% disposed cases in 2006. (See Table DS-36
There are thirteen (13) Metropolitan Trial Court branches and forty five (45)
Regional Trial Court branches both presided over by an equal number of judges.
Personnel in both courts and the Office of the City Prosecutor including City
Fiscals and Judges total 1,119 (465 are male and 654 female).
Table DS-36
Recorded and Disposed Cases; Quezon City : 2006-2007
2006 2007
No. % No. %
Metropolitan Trial Court
Recorded 11,998 12,684
Disposed 3,989 33.25% 4,439 35.00%
Regional trial Court
Recorded 5,724 6,586
Disposed 3,434 59.99% 3,622 55.00%
Source : Metropolitan Trial Court, Regional Trial Court

3.7.7 Reformatory Institutions shortage of jail guards is 295 and 93 more escorts.
The City has two reformatory institutions, the Molave The QC Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Center
Home and the Quezon City jail. The Molave Home (TAHANAN) located in Diamond Hills Subdivision, Bgy.
serves as a halfway house for youth offenders. For- Payatas offers services for the treatment of drug de-
merly it accommodated youth offenders aged 9-18 yrs pendents. In 2007, there are a total of 204 patients
but has now been limited to 15-17 yrs. old in compli- (177 male & 27 female). The patients are accommo-
ance with the provisions of Republic Act 9344 other- dated into separate buildings, one for male and one for
wise known as “Juvenile Justice & Welfare System Act female with four rooms in each building. The center is
of 2006”. A child 15 years old and below is exempted being managed by 43 personnel.
from criminal liability but would be given instead inter-
vention program for his or her rehabilitation. On the Risks and Hazards
other hand, the Quezon City jail can be considered as
the most highly congested safekeeping institution in Flood Prone Areas
Metro Manila with male inmates population of 3,176 Like any other place in Metro Manila, the city is also
in 2007. The number of male ‘;jail has 3,191 sq.m. floor beset with disasters foremost are flash floods and fire
area and capable to house an ideal capacity of 800 to incidences. Identified flash flood prone areas in the city
900 inmates in three dormitory type buildings with are 78 areas covering thirty five (35) barangays. Most
only forty one (41) cells. The standard space require- of the flood prone areas (29) are in District I, followed
ment per inmate is 3 sq.m. Based on the 1,717.75 sq.m. by District II with 26 areas, District IV has 15 areas and
floor area of existing city jail against total male inmates District III with 3 flash flood prone areas. The recur-
of 3,176 the inmate-space ratio was computed to be rence of flash floods is mainly due to overflowing of
1:0.54 sq.m. This means that an inmate occupies less rivers and creeks and poor drainage system.(see Table
than a sq.m. of space which way below the standard DS-37)
inmate-space ratio of 1:3 sq.m. The dormitories are
located within Bernardo Park Bgy. Pinagkaisahan along Identified fire prone areas in 2007 are 95 areas cover-
EDSA. Basic utilities such as water supply and sewer- ing forty (40) barangays. Thirty two (32) of these fire
age facilities are inadequate resulting in unsanitary and prone areas are in District II particularly in Bgys. Com-
unhealthful conditions inside the jail. The 559 female monwealth and Batasan Hills where there is a huge
inmates are housed at Camp Karingal. number of informal settlers. Next is District I with 28
areas followed by District III and District IV.
The jail is managed by 144 police officers assigned to
guard the inmates and secure them during scheduled The Valley Fault System traverses several baran-
hearings. Thirty three (33) are assigned to guard the gays in the city specifically Bgy. Bagong Silangan and
inmates (custodial personnel) and forty three (43) Matandang Balara in District II and Bgy. Pansol, Blue
escorting officers. The jail had escorted during court Ridge, St. Ignatius, Bagumbayan in District III.
hearings an average of 136 inmates per day. The pres-
ent jail guard/custodial – inmate ratio is 1:97 which is
way below the ideal ratio of 1:7, while escort-inmate
present ratio is 1:4 as against the ideal 1:1. Current

Number of Flood and Fire Victims
Records of the Social Services and Dev’t. Department show that in 2006 there
were 3,230 persons who were victims of disaster , 2,120 were flood victims and
1,110 were fire victims. In 2007, the number of fire victims tripled to 3,138 per-
sons and no reported flood victims on the same year. For both types of disaster
there are more female victims than male. (See Table DS-38)
Table DS-36
Recorded and Disposed Cases; Quezon City : 2006-2007
2006 2007
Type
Male Female Total Male Female Total
591 519 1,110 1,568 1,570 3,138
971 1,149 2,120 - - -
Total 1,562 1,668 3,230 1,568 1,570 3,138
Percent to Total 48.36 51.64 100.00 49.97 50.03 100.00
Source : Department of Public Order & Safety, Quezon City Fire Department
Quezon City Disaster Coordinating Council
To minimize damage to properties and loss of lives and ensure quick response in
times of disaster the Quezon City Disaster Coordinating Council was created by
virtue of Executive order No. 12, S-1988 and amended under Executive Order
No. 13 S-1993.
Eight (8) Operating Groups were organized led by various departments/offices

as follows; Transportation, Rescue and Engineering, Health and Sanitation, Fire,
Police and Security, Relief and Evacuation, Rehabilitation and Public Information
Groups. There were also organized barangay disaster teams with the same or-
ganizational framework as that of the city called Barangay Disaster Coordinating
Council.

3.3. Culture
In spite of its young history, Quezon City like other Inspired by Pres. Quezon’s vision that Quezon City shall
cities in the country has many historical spots that be the seat of the national government, the city has
speak of its rich heritage. There were eight (8) histori- retained its importance and distinction as the main Na-
cal sites, foremost is the San Francisco Parish Church tional Government Center for it is where the historic
built in 1590 at San Francisco del Monte. Also, situated building of the Batasang Pambansa and other national
at the heart of the city and adjacent to the City Hall government buildings such as the Department of Social
compound is the towering Quezon Memorial Shrine, Welfare and Dev’t. (DSWD) and Civil Service Commis-
the site of several historic occasions such as the mass sion (CSC) can be found. Other institutional buildings
officiated by His Holiness, Pope Paul VI on November and offices located in the city are the Quezon City Civic
29, 1970 and Pope John Paul II on February 18, 1981. C enter. Novaliches District Center, Philippine Heart
The City museum located at the base of the Quezon Center for Asia, the Philippine Lung Center, the Na-
Memorial Shrine houses the remains of the late Presi- tional Children’s Hospital, Philippine Children’s Medi-
dent Manuel L. Quezon, aside from other memorabil- cal Center, East Avenue Medical Center, the Atomic En-
ia. Other historical spots are Gen. Fulton Monument ergy Commission, Social Security System (SSS), Bangko
in Barrio Bagong Silangan, where American General Sentral ng Pilipinas, Quezon Institute, the Philippine
Lawton was actually killed by the Katipuneros and at Orthopedic Center, La Mesa Dam and the Balara Filters
Sitio Pugad Lawin situated on a rocky area near Proj- Plant. It is also where the University of the Philippines
ect 8 where the Katipuneros led by Andres Bonifacio can be found which is famous for having one of the
launched the revolution against the Spanish Colonial biggest university campuses in the world and the UP
rule in 1896. The Cloverleaf road complex, where the Oblation.
Balintawak monument in honor of Bonifacio is situated
is being converted into a tourist spot of the city. Camp The Division of City Schools has also been very active in
Aguinaldo and Camp Crame can both be considered promoting activities that cultivate pride of the nation’s
historical sites for being the center of the EDSA Revolu- rich cultural heritage among residents as part of its on-
tion last February 25, 1986. going educational program.
There are also five (5) museums/art galleries, two The Cultural Tourism and Affairs Office and the Quezon
(2) are public museum (Armed Forces Museum and City Performing Arts of the city government are also
Jorge Vargas Museum) and three (3) private museums involved in actively enhancing and promoting culture
namely; SSS Art Gallery, Ateneo De Manila University and arts among city residents.
Art Gallery, Mowel Fund Plaza and Film Museum.


Chapter 4 Economic Profile and Development
The sector shall discuss the local economic growth and its overall performance looking into: the
employment situation; the status of well being of the local populace (income & poverty mea-
surement) and the magnitude of investments in the city with an assessment on the category and
growth of economic activities and identified comparative advantages.
4.1 Labor and Employment

The 2003 employment data is the latest available city data. Such city level data
is no longer available in the NSO Labor Force Survey (LFS) results from 2004 on-
wards, only provided are the national and regional (NCR) figure.
Based on 2003 data, 64.8% of the city’s population (2,345,303) belonged to the
working age population or the potentially employable aged 15 years old and
over. The working age population is divided into:
The economically active population or those in the labor force
This group comprised 66.9% or 1,016,000 of the employable population. It is

composed of 85.7% employed and 14.3% unemployed. Although majority of
the city’s working age population are females, the labor force is still dominated
by males (male – 53.8%, female – 46.2%). It could be noted however that there
is an increasing participation of females in the workforce. This may be viewed
not only in terms of economic considerations but the opening of equal work
opportunities to them.
The economically inactive population or those not in the labor force
The city’s economically inactive population is the 33.1% or 503,000 of the em-
ployable population composed of housewives, students, retired persons, the
sick and the disabled (differently-abled). About 69.8% of those not in the labor
force were females. With regards to disabled persons, however, the Magna
Carta for Disabled Persons or RA 7277 is ensuring productivity among persons
with disabilities to enable them to become active members of the labor force.
(Refer to Figure ED-1)
Figure ED -1 Labor Force: 2003
Unemployed
14.3
Employed
85.7

The city’s 2003 employed population totaled 871,000 or 85.7% of the total la-
bor force. Majority (51.7%) or 450,000 of these employed were males. Those
employed in the Service Sector accounted for the biggest share of total em-
ployment with 80.7% share followed by those employed in the Industry Sector
with 19% share. Such figures are complemented by the business data wherein
most of the firms/businesses in the city are also in the Service Sector. Workers
in Agriculture, on the other hand, comprised the remaining 0.3% of the city’s
employed population. (See Table ED - 1)
Table ED - 1
Population 15 Yrs. Old & Over by Gender and by Employment Status: 2000 - 2003
Male Female
Persons Labor Force Not in the Persons Labor Force Not in the
Year
15 Yrs. Labor 15 Yrs. Labor
& Over Employed Unemployed Total Force & Over Employed Unemployed Total Force
2000 609,000 382,000 91,000 473,000 136,000 759,000 362,000 43,000 405,000 354,000
2001 648,000 405,000 98,000 503,000 145,000 815,000 395,000 55,000 450,000 365,000
2002 692,000 434,000 86,000 520,000 172,000 794,000 400,000 60,000 460,000 334,000
2003 699,000 450,000 97,000 547,000 152,000 820,000 421,000 48,000 469,000 351,000
Dependent on the employed population are those who are of dependent age
(below 15 years old), those who are of working age but are economically inac-
tive and the unemployed persons. These individuals totaled 1,474,303 in year
2003. Supported by 871,000 employed persons, this means that there is a 1.7:1
dependency ratio or about two (2) dependents for each worker. With an aver-
age household size of about five (5), at least two (2) members are employed.
(Refer to Table ED - 2)
Table ED - 2
Population 15 Yrs. Old & Over by Gender and by Employment Status: 2003
YearStatus
Employment Total % Male % Female %
Total persons 15 yrs. old & over 1,519,000 100.0 699,000 46.0 820,000 54.0
In the labor force 1,016,000 66.9 547,000 53.8 469,000 46.2
Employed 871,000 85.7 450,000 51.7 421,000 48.3
Unemployed 145,000 14.3 97,000 66.9 48,000 33.1
Not in the labor force 503,000 33.1 152,000 30.2 351,000 69.8
Employment Rate = 85.7%

Unemployment Rate = 14.3%
/Employed Labor Force= 2,345,303 – 871,000 = 1,474,303 / 871,000 = 1.7:1 or 2:1

Unemployed population comprised 145,000 or 14.3% of the total labor force.

Most of these unemployed came from the unskilled, poorly-schooled and low-
income group. Majority (66.9%) of these unemployed are males. This dou-
ble-digit unemployment rate is due to limited job opportunities, growing labor
force attributed to the city’s increasing population to include migrants coming
to the city and the mismatch of required skills for available jobs. Although the
city’s unemployment rate is high, it is lower compared to NCR’s 16.9% and other
neighboring cities such as Manila (15.2%), Makati (15.1%), Pasay (16.3%) and
Pasig (14.6%) but higher compared to the 10.6% national rate.
The city’s employment situation has improved from 2001 to 2003 with unem-
ployment rate decreasing from 16.1% in 2001 to 14.3% in 2003. This shows that
the city’s labor market was able to generate many jobs for the city’s growing
labor force. The effort should however be sustained and further intensified as
unemployment rate is still high with a double-digit figure. (See Table ED - 3)
Table ED - 3
Population 15 Yrs. Old & Over by Employment Status Rates QC, NCR, Phils.: 2000 - 2003
Visible
Persons 15 Yrs. & Labor Force Employment Unemployment Underemployment
Year Over (1,000) Rate Rate Rate
Year
QC NCR Phils QC NCR Phils QC NCR Phils QC NCR Phils QC NCR Phils
2000 1,368 6,935 48,945 64.2 62.6 65.1 84.7 83.8 90.7 15.3 16.2 9.3 4.0 5.2 11.7
2001 1,463 7,024 48,405 65.2 63.8 65.5 83.9 82.0 88.6 16.1 18.0 11.4 2.8 3.9 9.9
2002 1,486 7,220 49,839 65.9 64.4 66.4 85.1 83.9 89.7 14.9 16.1 10.3 4.7 4.2 10.8
2003 1,519 7,431 51,280 66.9 63.7 65.7 85.7 83.1 89.4 14.3 16.9 10.6 3.3 3.6 10.8

No employment data on the city level is however avail-
able from 2004 onwards as data based on the Labor NCR’s 2007 unemployed population totaled 566,000
Force Survey conducted by the NSO are reported on (male – 61.3%, female – 38.7%) registering an un-
national and regional levels only. In 2007, NCR’s em- employment rate of 12.2% which is higher than the
ployed population totaled 4,070,000 or 87.8% of the 7.3% national rate. Said rate has however decreased
total labor force. Majority (56.2%) of these employed compared to 14.3% in 2006 mainly attributed to the
were males. Those employed in the Service Sector growth of the call center industry in the country the
comprised the largest group (78.5%) followed by those concentration of which is in Metro Manila as well as
in the Industry Sector (20.6%). The largest group of other new commercial developments.
these workers were employed as Laborers and Un-
skilled Workers with 24.5% share followed by Officials Based on past trends, the city’s unemployment rate has
of Government and Special-Interest Organizations, always been shown in previous years to follow close to
Corporate Executives, Managers, Managing Propri- NCR’s unemployment rate but slightly lower and also
etors and Supervisors with 15.7% share. Service Work- lower compared to other cities in the region as Ma-
ers and Shop and Market Sales Workers ranked third nila, Makati and Pasay. With no recent data, projec-
with 13.6% share. By class of worker, majority (74.6%) tions were therefore applied. Although there is high
of these employed were Wage and Salary Workers unemployment rate (a double digit figure), the trend
with Own-Account Workers such as employers and provides a decreasing rate showing a gradually improv-
self-employed workers comprising the second largest ing employment situation.. Current unemployment
group (22.6%). A substantial proportion of these em- rate of the city is considered to be also close to that of
ployed were high school (34.2%) and college graduates NCR considering this trend. (See Table ED - 4)
(25.2%).
Table ED - 4
Comparative Unemployment Rates Phils., NCR, QC & other Cities: 2000 – 2007
Year Phils. NCR QC Manila Pasig Pasay Cebu

2000 9.3 16.2 15.3 15.6 16.9 13.7 18.4 13.4
2001 11.4 18.0 16.1 17.1 17.4 14.8 22.0 15.6
2002 10.3 16.1 14.9 15.7 15.6 12.5 15.2 14.0
2003 10.6 16.9 14.3 15.2 15.1 14.6 16.3 16.2
2004 11.8 18.1 - - - - - -
2005 8.7 14.9 - - - - - -
2006 7.9 14.3 - - - - - -
2007 7.3 12.2 - - - - - -

Despite the city’s higher employment rate compared Of this total number of registrants, those registered
to NCR and other cities in the region, it is important to to be having skills as Factory Workers comprised the
note the existence of the underemployed. The visibly biggest number with 11.4% share followed by Service
underemployed or those working less than 40 hours a Crew and Office Clerk with 7.5% and 6.9% shares, re-
week and are still looking for work is estimated to be spectively.
3.3% of the employed population which is lower com-
pared to previous year’s figure of 4.7%. Also included Others are also forced to seek employment abroad.
among the underemployed are the invisibly underem- Based on data from the Philippine Overseas Employ-
ployed or those working 40 hours or more a week but ment Administration (POEA), total number of de-
still want additional work indicating that even the in- ployed Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) who came
come of those employed at full time jobs is not enough from Quezon City in year 2007 reached 11,272 com-
to cope with the increasing cost of living. These visibly prising 20.8% of NCR’s total deployment (second to
underemployed persons contribute to the increasing Manila with 22.3% share) and 1.05% of the national
number engaged in the informal sector. figure. About 55.2% of these OFWs were males. Pro-
duction and Related Workers, Transport Equipment
In view of limited employment/livelihood opportuni- Operators and Laborers comprised the biggest share of
ties, many are forced to engage in small-scale, entre- 36.8% followed by Service Workers with 32.6% share.
preneurial activities mostly unregistered, unregulated Professional, Technical and Related Workers ranked
and not monitored forming the informal sector/un- third with 19.5% of city’s total OFWs. Those belong-
derground economy such as homeworkers, vendors/ ing to the 25-34 age bracket comprised the majority
hawkers, drivers, watch-your-car boys, scrap dealers, (52.9%) of these OFWs followed by those in the 35-44
etc. In 2005, some 62,586 city residents belonging in age group (26.5%). During the period 2005-2007, total
this sector were surveyed by the city’s Public Employ- number of city’s OFWs increased at an annual average
ment Service Office (PESO). The survey found that, of 200.5% from 1,914 in 2005 to 11,272 in 2007. (See
homeworkers comprised the biggest number (30.5%) Tables ED - 5 & Table ED - 6)
followed by vendors (22.4%), and that 48.1% of the to-
tal informal sector workers are in District II. It is important to note however that there is mismatch
of skills for jobs abroad. Due to limited job opportuni-
Aiming to fast track the city’s employment facilitation ties in the city and the country, many job applicants
service in matching available jobs and skills require- seeking employment abroad end up accepting jobs not
ments is the PESO’s Skill-Lista Program. Said program commensurate to their educational attainment or field
is a comprehensive skills mapping activity through the of expertise. Also contributing to the city’s unemploy-
establishment of Barangay Skills Registry Center in ev- ment problem are returning OFWs because of non-re-
ery barangay of the city. To date, a total of 15,388 city newal of their work contracts abroad.
residents (aged 18-45) have registered in the program.

Table ED - 5
Deployed Overseas Filipino Workers by Age Group: 2005 - 2007
2005 2006 2007

Year
Age Group
Number % Number % Number %
15 – 24 335 17.5 1,446 15.8 1,393 12.4
25 – 34 1,001 52.3 4,809 52.6 5,966 52.9
35 – 44 436 22.8 2,307 25.2 2,983 26.5
45 & Over 142 7.4 583 6.4 930 8.2
Total 1,914 100.0 9,145 100.0 11,272 100.0
Source: POEA
Table ED - 6
Deployed Overseas Workers by Skills: 2005 - 2007
2005 2006 2007

Number % Number % Number %
Professional, Technical &
Related Workers 530 27.7 1,576 17.2 2,201 19.5
& Managerial Workers 14 0.7 34 0.4 64 0.6

Clerical and Related Workers 66 3.5 3.5 4.2 737 6.5
Sales Workers 47 2.5 388 3.2 414 3.7
Service Workers 567 29.6 29.6 41.4 3,678 32.6
Transport Equipment Operators 688 35.9 3,048 33.3 4,151 36.8

& Laborers
Agriculture, Animal Husbandry 2 0.1 25 0.3 27 0.3
& Forestry
Total 1,914 100 9,145 100 11,272 100
Source: POEA

4.2 Family and income expenditure
There is no available city level data in 2003 Family Income & Expenditure Survey
(FIES) report (survey conducted every 3 years) by the NSO. From 2003 onwards
the FIES results only show the national up to the regional level data.
Data on the City’s monthly family income in year 2000, was registered at
P32,757, higher than Metro Manila’s monthly family income (P25,025) and that
of the country (P12,093). Compared to other cities, Makati City had the highest
monthly family income in the region placed at P44,504. Estimated monthly real
per capita income of the city is P8,140 also higher than NCR which is P6,617.31.
(See Table ED - 7)
Table ED - 7
Average Family Income Phils., NCR, QC & other Cities: 1991 – 2006
Income (in thousand pesos)

Year
Phils. NCR QC Manila Pasig Pasay
2006 14,394 25,916 *** *** *** *** ***
2003 12,324 22,204 *** *** *** *** ***
2000 12,093 25,025 32,757 44,504 21,346 26,425 20,491
1997 10,264 22,583 34,502 38,700 16,205 20,192 17,768
1994 6,930 14,467 15,798 24,174 12,220 12,863 11,774
1991 5,432 11,521 13,081 - 10,301 9,760 8,508
Source: NSO, FIES

*** No city data disaggregation for year 2003 & 2006
Table ED - 8
Average Family Expenditure (Phils., NCR, QC & other Cities: 1991 – 2006)
Expenditure (in thousand pesos)

Year
Phils. NCR QC Manila Pasig Pasay
2006 12,263 21,500 *** *** *** *** ***
2003 10,308 18,159 *** *** *** *** ***
2000 9,903 22,204 29,577 32,252 16,257 21,117 16,915
1997 8,295 18,153 25,896 28,372 13,658 17,813 15,436
1994 5,638 11,535 12,566 18,814 10,439 10,129 10,016
1991 4,333 8,811 9,798 - 8,325 7,905 7,237
Source: NSO, FIES

*** No city data disaggregation for year 2003 & 2006

The latest 2006 FIES data, show the national monthly family income at P14,394
lower than that of NCR which is P25,916. There was a decrease of 12.63% on
the NCR’s monthly family income from P22,204 (2003) to P25,916 (2006).
The city’s monthly family income has always been shown in previous years to
be always higher than the NCR’s and also higher compared to other cities in the
region (except Makati) such as Manila, Pasig and Pasay. With no recent avail-
able data, based on trend, QC average monthly income would likely also have
no significant increase from its 2003 data.
Table ED - 9
Comparative Table on Household Income and Expenditure 1985 – 2006 (in thousand pesos)
Income Expenditure
Year
QC NCR Phils. QC NCR Phils.
2006 *** 25,916 14,394 *** 21,500 12,263
2003 *** 22,204 12,324 *** 18,159 10,308
2000 32,757 25,025 12,093 29,577 22,204 9,903
1997 34,502 22,583 10,264 25,896 18,153 8,295
1994 15,798 14,467 6,930 12,566 11,535 5,638
1991 13,081 11,521 5,432 9,798 8,811 4,333
1988 8,147 6,610 3,367 6,213 5,030 2,710
1985 P5,450 P4,766 P2,588 4,655 P 4,038 P2,239
Source: NSO, FIES

*** No city disaggregation
Data also shows that from 1994 to 2000, there has been a substantial decrease
in poverty incidence (city’s household falling below poverty line set by the NSCB
at P8,857) from almost 50% in 1994 to a low of 28.44% (about 128,009 total
number of households) in year 2000. There have been some reservations on
this big decrease due to the small size of the sample of the city used in the sur-
vey. Based on 2008 projections, this total number of households falling below
poverty line will reach about 156,348.
There is a great disparity in income distribution amongst city families. Families

belonging to the upper income class (16.44%) registered a very high monthly
income of about P107,607 which is way above the income of the families of
the middle and lower income classes which are P28,913 & P7,565 respectively.
(Refer to Table ED-10)

Table ED - 10
Family Income & Expenditure by Income Class: 2000
Total Income Expenditure Savings

Income Class No. of Average
Families Total Average Monthly Total Average Monthly (in P)
(in P1,000) (in P) Income (in P1,000) (in P) Income
Under P10,000 - - - - - - -
10,000 – 19,999 - - - - - -
20,000 – 29,999 - - - - - - -
30,000 – 39,999 1,504 48,090 31,974 2,665 55,371 36,816 3,068 -4,841
40,000 – 49,999 - - - - - - -
50,000 – 59,999 2,052 116,262 56,658 4,722 124,289 60,570 5,048 -3,912
60,000 – 79,999 15,704 1,111,693 70,790 5,899 1,150,771 73,279 6,107 -2,419
80,000 – 99,999 26,322 2,389,626 90,784 7,565 2,416,294 91,797 7,650 -1,010
100,000 – 149,999 82,427 10,336,557 125,403 10,450 10,137,931 122,993 10,249 2,419
150,000 – 249,999 120,667 23,130,245 191,687 15,974 21,179,078 175,517 14,626 16,170
250,000 – 499,999 127,433 44,213,563 346,955 28,913 38,109,432 299,055 24,921 47,900
500,000 & over 74,033 95597,193 1,291,278 107,607 86,590,603 1,169,622 97,469 121,654
TOTAL 450,143 176,943,228 393,082 P32,757 159,763,769 354,918 P29,577 175,892
Majority (63%) of the city’s families rely on wages & salaries as their main source of income (the percent share
of income coming from Non-Agricultural sector e.g. salesmen, hostesses, etc. on commission, tip or piece rate
basis) 20% derived their income from leasing of properties, cash receipts, pensions and other forms of assistance
from local and abroad while the remaining 17% derived their income from entrepreneurial activities or the small
scale businesses. (See Figure ED-2)
Figure ED - 2
Families by Main Source of Income: 2000
Enterpreneurial
Others Services
17% 20%
Wages & Salaries,

63%

Data on city’s families belonging to the lower income group show no savings
at all (a negative P12,251) which mean that they even resort to borrowings to
augment their daily expenses. Inasmuch as these families wanted to engage
in other business activities, there is no other opportunity to uplift their living
condition for lack of money. Middle income class earner on the other hand reg-
istered an average savings of P66,489 which means that they have the chance to
engaged in other business activities in order to improve their living condition.
The high income class earner recorded a very high savings of P121,654 whose
likely have the opportunity to engage or explore in other business activities.
(See Table ED-11)
Table ED - 11
City Average Family Savings1994 – 2000 (in thousand pesos)
Savings
Income Class 1994 1997 1998
Total Ave. (p) Total Ave. (p) Total Ave. (p)
LOW
879,174 7,809 25,491 4,37 117,572 -12,251
(Under 10,000 -99,000)
MIDDLE
4,275,454 25,714 3,881,619 21,991 8,055,298 66,489
(100,000 -499,999)
HIGH
8,514,629 115,672 37,279,640 236,354 9,006,590 121,655
(500,000 & Over)
TOTAL 3,669,257 149,195 40,186,750 258,782 17,179,460 175,892
Source: NSO, FIES
The 2000 monthly family expenditure of P29,577 is

also higher than Metro Manila’s monthly family expen- The city’s families falling under the poverty line (55%
diture of P22,204. On the other hand, 2003 monthly of which is computed as food threshold and 45% for
family expenditure of the national and metro manila non-food) or those in the lowest income brackets are
was registered at P10,308 and P18,159, respectively. observed to have little income to be able to cope with
the increasing cost of living and meet their basic needs
As to the 2000 city’s monthly family expenditure pat- such as food, clothing, shelter, mobility, and educa-
tern of households major portion of the family income tion. Many of them usually resort to borrowings or
is spent on basic needs such as food (31.9%), followed seek other sources of income in order to meet their
by shelter (25.6%), mobility (10.5%), fuel, light and financial requirements especially during times of crisis.
water (5.5%), and education (3.8%). Food remains on To help these families, the city offers employment and
the top of the family’s budget however an 11.3% de- financial assistance, livelihood programs and projects
creased was accounted from 1991 to 2000 proportion. such as soft and hard skills training (e.g. food process-
A minimal increased on housing was posted from 18.9 ing, sewing, etc) as an alternative means to augment
% in 1991 to 25.6% in 2000. their financial problems. (See Table ED - 12)

Table ED - 12
Percent Distribution of Total Family Expenditure
by Expenditure Group: Phils., NCR and Quezon City (2000)
QC Phils. NCR
Expenditure Item
1994 1997 2000 2000 2000
Food 36.9 30.8 31.9 43.1 35.8
Rent/Rental value occupied dwelling unit 21.8 25.4 25.6 13.1 21.6
6.4 9.0 10.5 1.3 9.0
Fuel, light and water 5.7 5.1 5.5 6.5 6.4
4.1 3.9 3.8 4.0 4.2
2.7 2.5 3.1 3.9 3.4
Miscellaneous Expenditures 2.5 2.3 1.9 3.8 2.5
Other expenditures 2.9 2.2 1.7 2.9 2.1
Clothing, Footwear and other wear 3.0 2.5 2.1 2.9 2.4
Durable furniture, Equipment 3.7 3.0 4.4 2.6 2.5
3.1 2.9 3.5 2.2 2.9
Medical care 2.3 1.7 1.3 2.2 1.6
Taxes Paid 2.9 6.3 1.9 2.1 3.2
Others (Tobacco, Alcohol Beverages, 5.4 4.8 1.8 3.2 2.4
House maintenance & Minor repairs,
Total 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
Source: NSO, FIES
Table below shows that the national and NCR’s inflation rate recorded an unstable trend from year 2000 to 2006.
However, NCR registered a higher rate of 8.6% compared to the national rate of 7.6%. (See Table ED - 13)
Table ED - 13
Purchasing Power of Peso (PPP), Consumer Price Index (CPI)
and Inflation Rate (IR): Phils. & NCR (2000 – 2008)
Philippines Metro Manila

Year
PPP CPI IR PPP CPI IR
2000 1.00 100.00 4.3 1.00 100 4.6
2001 .94 108.80 6.1 .93 107.10 7.1
2002 .91 110.00 3.1 .90 110.50 3.2
2003 .88 113.80 3.8 .87 114.50 3.6
2004 .83 120.60 .83 121.10 5.8
2005 .77 129.80 6.0 .76 131.50 8.6
2006 .73 137.90 7.6 .71 140.70 7.0
2007 .69 144.4 2.6
2008* .63 158.6 8.6
Source: NSO * As of July 2008 data

Table ED - 14
Daily Minimum Wage Rate NCR: 2001 – 2008
The 2008 minimum wage of workers is set at P382, an
Amount
increase of 5.5% from the 2007 minimum wage of P362.
Such increase is still insufficient to cover up the family’s November 5, 2001 P 265.00
expenses for basic goods and services due to the effect February 1, 2002 280.00
of price increases and fluctuating purchasing power of
July 10, 2004 300.00
peso (NCR’s Consumer Price Index increased from 144.0
2007 to 158.6 in July 2008) brought about by inflation. June 16, 2005 325.00
Additional increase is expected to augment to the work- July 11, 2006 350.00
er’s wage deficiency. (See Table ED - 14) August 28, 2007 362.00
Source: Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)
4.2.1 Food Security also be bought from the grocery stores, supermarkets,
hypermarkets, etc. which strategically located within
In terms of food supply, the city ensures that adequate, residential and commercial zones/areas and through
accessible and affordable food supply to its constitu- the combination of domestic production coming from
ents always available to its existing eighty-four (84) various parts of the country. It could be noted that
markets (8 public markets and 76 private markets). the city in coordination with the national agencies con-
These markets however, were found to be poor in stantly control and monitors food supply and distribu-
physical condition (old and dilapidated) and undergone tion in order to stabilize the supply and demand so as
only minor repairs/renovations and less patronized by not to experience deficits.
market goers. However, basic goods/foods, etc. can
On Livestock and Poultry

Based on data of the Office of the City Veterinarian which handles the meat in-
spection, the daily average of slaughtered hogs and cattle from poor and limited
(three (3) existing slaughterhouses operating in the city are as follows:
Table ED - 15
Daily Average of Slaughtered Animals
Year Hogs Carabao Chicken

2006 562 14 9 7,028
2005 527 18 10 8,014
2004 476 16 10 12,651
2003 466 16 10 12,412
Considering the number of wet and dry markets in the city, it could be noted
that not all markets get their meat from the city’s slaughterhouses in view that
it is not properly maintained and no assurance that meat supply are safe. There
are however, fresh meat and frozen meat coming from other slaughterhouses
from neighboring provinces and imported from abroad, respectively, sold from
various markets, grocery stores/ outlets, etc.
On the other hand, the actual city’s meat requirements based on Bureau of Ag-
ricultural Statistics-Department of Agriculture (BAS-DA) Consumption Survey/
Study is estimated at 972 hogs and 158 cattle.

Table ED - 16
Meat Requirements of the City
Hogs
11.92 kls 5.16 kls.
2,679,450 2,679,450
Total Average Daily 87,491 kls 37,885 kls
972 158
Source: BAS-DAR
This computed data provides proof on the deficiency of meat supply by existing
slaughterhouses.
On Rice
As per National Food Authority (NFA) data, NCR’s rice distribution as of July
2008 data, totaled to 924,739 sacks of rice distributed to its NFA’s authorized
dealers/retailers. Rice import arrivals registered a total of 1,683,855 sacks of
rice coming from United States of America, Thailand, Malaysia, etc. Stocks of
rice from NFA depot are usually source from top producer provinces in Luzon
namely: Pangasinan, Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Ecija, Tarlac, Pampanga, Bulacan
and Mindoro provinces. NFA maintain and manages the government rice buffer
stock for food security and stabilization purposes which means that no shortage
of rice would be encountered in times of calamity/emergency.
On Fish and On Vegetables
Fish sold in various markets, talipapas/flea markets, supermarkets usually come

from Navotas Fish Port. Some come from Cavite, Batangas, Quezon and as far
as from Visayas and Mindanao.
Vegetables, on the other hand, usually come from Baguio, Pangasinan, Isabela,
Bulacan, Pampanga, Bicol, etc. There are however, some barangays that resort
to backyard farming and sold their crops at a lower price. At present notable
“Bagsakan Area” selling cheaper price of vegetables, fish, fruits, etc are strategi-
cally located at the following (See Table ED -17):
Table ED - 17 Bagsakan Area
Foods Source/Remarks
Livestock & Poultry Balintawak Area, North and South Provinces
Meat All public / private markets,
Beef supermarkets, grocery stores,
Chicken talipapas, etc
Fish Farmer’s Market, Mega Q-Mart Navotas Fish Port, Cavite,
Laguna, Quezon, etc
Vegetables Balintawak Area, Baguio, Pangasinan,
Mega Q-Mart Market Central Luzon, Bicol
Fruits Q-Mart Market, North and South provinces
Balintawak Market (Bicol, Baguio, Pangasinan,
Mindanao, etc)
Rice NFA authorized dealers, Provinces of Luzon,
All public / private markets, Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Ecija,
grocery stores, supermarkets, etc Tarlac, Pampanga,
Bulacan & Mindoro.

4.3 Industry & Service
Businesses in the city are dominated by small to medium-scale establishments
engaged mostly in the distribution of finished products and in the provision of
basic personal services. As of 2008, the number of registered business estab-
lishments totaled to 43,860 (New – 11,110; Renewal – 32,750) a decrease of
22.83% from the previous year. Minimal growth in number of businesses was
also shown in preceding years (See Table ED - 18)
Table ED - 18
Business Establishment Issued with Permits: 2002 - 2008
Year New Renewal Total

2002 13,234 27,188 40,422
2003 17,181 35,546 52,727
2004 14,542 34,638 49,180
2005 12,579 39,997 52,576
2006 12,058 44,740 56,753
2007 10,792 46,046 56,838
2008 11,110 32,750 43,860
Source: Business Permits & License Office (BPLO)
It could be noted also that 20% of the annual registered number of businesses
do not renew their permits which may be due to shutting down of operations or
merely may have continued operations without the required Business Permits.
The following efforts have continually been undertaken to sustain and increase
the number of businesses, these are:
Improvement of registration procedures and facilities;

Provision of incentives: 10% discount on prompt annual payment of Busi-
ness taxes & 20% discount on prompt payment of real property taxes; 50%
discount on business taxes to business enterprises with assets of not more than
P3 million. (Barangay Micro Business Enterprises – BMBEs Law - RA No. 9178);
Lower land values and taxes as compared to those of other cities/municipalities
in Metro Manila.
Apprehension of business operators without permits
The city classifies businesses according to those types provided in the City Rev-
enue Code which is different from that provided in the Philippine Standard In-
dustry Classification (PSIC) used and required by national agencies.
The PSIC provides three (3) major divisions, namely: Agriculture, Industry and
Services which are further subdivided into class and sub-class.

Agriculture :
Industry :
Services : Wholesale/Retail Trade; Transport, Storage
Social & Personal Services.
Efforts were made applying the PSIC to the 2008 business data (for some 30,000
establishments) from the BPLO. Registered establishments show that the Ser-
vice Sector has the highest share with 91.627%, followed by the Industry Sector
with only 8.366%. Being a highly urbanized city, agricultural activities have a
very small share. The operations in the Agriculture Sector are merely backyard
farming and livestock raising activities with no substantial share on the growth
of city’s economy. (See Table ED – 19)
Table ED - 19 Percent Distribution of Business Establishments by Industry Classifica-

tion and by District: Quezon City 2008
Year District I District II District III District IV Sub-total Total

Agriculture 0.007
0.005 0.002 0.007
Industry 8.366
Mining & Quarrying
Electric, Gas & Water 0.019 0.019
0.708 0.636 0.636 0.934 2.915
Manufacturing 2.019 1.442 0.851 1.120 5.432
Services 91.627
Wholesale/Retail Trade 12.880 11.092 7.450 10.520 41.942
1.230 0.980 0.770 0.891 3.871
6.125 4.521 5.389 7.510 23.545
Hotels & Restaurants 2.078 1.359 2.135 2.617 8.189
1.042 1.073 0.958 1.089 4.161
Health & Social Work 0.622 0.501 0.539 0.870 2.532
0.331 0.613 0.360 0.539 1.842
Other Community, Social & Personal Service
s 1.466 1.535 1.027 1.518 5.546
28.507 23.757 20.115 27.629 100.000
District I has the most number of registered businesses with about 28.50% of
the total firms; followed by District IV and District II with 27.63% and 23.75%
shares respectively. District III accounted for only 20.12% share of the city’s
total establishments.
4.3.1 Services ment of people and commerce. Various strategies/
programs have been undertaken to include efficient
The services sector contributes the highest number of assistance services (expeditious processing of business
businesses and accounts for a major share to the city’s permits), good infrastructures, improved communi-
economy. The biggest share amongst its sub-sectors cation, stable policies and additional local incentives.
is the Wholesale/Retail Trade which accounted for The city has close coordination with existing business
41.94% of the total registered establishments. This is association / organization such as the QC Chamber of
evidenced by the existence of its numerous shopping Commerce, QC Association of Filipino-Chinese Busi-
malls (to wit: giant SM City complex plus the three (3) nessmen, the Araneta Group of Companies, etc. These
SM malls, the Robinsons & Ever-Gotesco malls, Gate- efforts has given the city the Hall of Fame Award from
way Mall and the big Trinoma Center) and supermar- the Philippine Chamber of Commerce & Industry (most
kets located in various parts of the city. Also included prominent business organization) as the “Most Busi-
are those engaged in various types of repair services ness Friendly City” in the country for three consecutive
such as auto repair shops, household appliance and years (2003, 2004 & 2005), it is the first LGU to receive
electronic equipment repair shops. The Real Estate, such an award.
Renting & Other Business Activities (leasing of real
properties, consultancy & law offices, janitorial/mes-
sengerial/labor services, real estate broker/developer) The city continues to attract investors with its various
ranks second with about 24% of total registered firms. plus factors, namely:
The third is the Hotels and Restaurants category with Expansive Land - it has 160 sq. kilometer urban land-
8.2% followed by Other Community, Social & Per- scape spread over one-fourth of Metropolitan Manila
sonal Services, 5.5% (e.g. beauty salons, dress shops, Reasonably Priced Real Estate - real estate land value
computer shops etc), Financial Intermediation, 4.16% and taxes compared to other cities providing cost ef-
(e.g. pawnshops/money shops/financing & holding fective location
companies); Transport & Communication, 4% (includes Strategic Location - it is in the heart of Metro Manila;
the big transport companies & bus lines mostly locat- it is accessible from the major highways and thorough-
ed along major thoroughfares as well as the big major fares and mass transit system of Metro Manila
TV networks & other telecommunication services); Young Manpower Pool - about 1/3 of the city’s popu-
Health & Social Works, 2.5 % (consists of operations lation are less than 15 years old. Strengthening this
of city’s hospitals, clinics, laboratories, etc); and lastly young population are the numerous colleges/universi-
Education 1.8% (composed of the colleges, universities and training centers (which include the prestigious
ties, vocational schools & other training institutions). University of the Philippines, Ateneo de Manila, Miri-
am College, etc.)
Large Consumer Market - the city has the largest pop-
4.3.2 Industry ulation in the country providing a big consumer market
for investors.
Manufacturing had the biggest number of businesses
in the industry sector with a 5.4% share, mostly en- Close private sector partnership (such as the QC Cham-
gaged in printing / publishing and other printing ser- ber of Commerce, the QC Association of Filipino-Chi-
vices. Many of the big manufacturing businesses (i.e. nese Businessmen, the Araneta Group of Companies,
paper, steel, cement are mostly located in the city’s etc.) are continuously being maintained. Linkages
traditional industrial districts - along Quirino Highway and accessibility have also been greatly improved to
in Novaliches, Balingasa, Pag-ibig sa Nayon and east facilitate movement of people and commerce. Various
side of E-Rodriguez Jr. Avenue in Ugong Norte. Next strategies / programs have been undertaken to include
to Manufacturing is the Construction Industry with efficient assistance services (expeditious processing
about 3 % of the total number of firms (composed of of business permits), good infrastructures, improved
construction of buildings, site preparation & develop- communication, stable policies and provision of vari-
ment, Architectural & Engineering works etc.). ous incentives.
To entice business / investments, linkages and acces-
sibility have been greatly improved to facilitate move-

Business incentives being offered not only by the local Local Incentives:
government but the national government as well are
as follows: Other local incentives:
10% discount on prompt annual payment of Business

National Incentives:
Taxes;
100% foreign equity in all investments except those re-
20% discount on prompt annual payment of real prop-
served for Filipinos by mandate of the Philippine Con-
erty taxes.
stitution.
50% discount on business taxes to business enterprises
Income Tax Holiday for 6 years for pioneer firms and 4
with assists of not more than P3 million. (Barangay Mi-
years for non-pioneer firms.
cro Business Enterprises – BMBEs Law - RA No. 9178)
Tax Credit on raw materials, supplies and semi-manu-
In an overall ranking of Asian cities 2007/2008 made by
factures products.
the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Quezon City has
been cited to be among those with the best prospects
Special Investor’s Resident Visa.
for inward investments and rapid economic develop-
ment – it ranked 7th place in the Asian community
Employment of foreign nationals.
and 1st in the country with Hong Kong, Singapore and
Taipei getting the topmost positions. In specific cat-
Granting of Special Economic Zone status to tourism
egories, the city ranked 5th and 3rd in the Best Eco-
development zones and tourism estates and other in-
nomic Potential and Most Cost Effective respectively.
centives provided for under Special Economic Zone Act
The Philippine Competitiveness Ranking Project 2007
of 1995 (RA 7916).
spearheaded by the Asian Institute of Management
also presented favorable findings wherein the city
Private sector participation through Build-Operate-
ranked as No. 1 in competitiveness in Metro Manila..
Transfer (BOT) arrangement with the national imple-
menting agencies and local government units (LGUs).

4.4 TOURISM
By and large, the tourism industry in Quezon City continues to be a major con-
tributor to the growth of the Philippine economy, hence considered as one of
the tourists spots in the Philippines.
As of 2007, the number of tourist arrivals in the Philippines totaled to 3,091,993.

The National Capital Region gets a major share of the country’s tourist arrivals.
Based on Department of Tourism (DOT) NCR report, the region’s tourists com-
posed of 32% domestic travelers and 68% foreign travelers. The most number
of travelers that contributed the largest share of visitors come mainly from East
Asia (China, Hongkong, Japan, Korea and Taiwan) which is 39.62% and followed
by North America (Canada & USA) which is 7.21% from the total NCR tourists.
There are no available data on city’s share of tourist arrivals.
(See Table ED - 20)
Table ED - 20
2007 Distribution of Regional Travelers in the Philippines: NCR
Countries Total % Total

Asean 36,622 3.50
East Asia 415,082 39.62
South Asia 3,783 .36
North America 75,513 7.21
Oceania 16,480 1.57
Europe 33,947 3.24
Middle East 7,721 .14
56,147 5.36
Total Foreign Travelers 645,295 67.72
Overseas Filipinos 64,241 67.72
338,198 32.28
The global crisis is projected to favor short haul trips and make the extremely
high-end outbound market segments in nearby Japan, Korea, China, and South-
east Asia to really consider visiting the Philippines instead of the expensive Eu-
ropean & North American destinations. (See Table ED - 21)
Table ED - 21
Distribution of Visitor Arrivals to the Philippines 2001 - 2007
Year Volume %Increase / Decrease
2001 1,796,893 9.8
2002 1,932,677 7.6
2003 1,907,226 -1.3
2004 2,291,352 20.1
2005 2,623,084 14.5
2006 2,843,345 8.4
2007 3,091,993 8.7
Source: DOT, Manila

Foreign investors in tourism business will find the Philippines very attractive
since it is one of the very few that are least affected by the world crisis and
whose economy appears to be one of the more stable in the region. So there-
fore it’s a boom to our tourism industry, which we have to gear up in terms of
highly qualified professionals and highly skilled personnel.
By 2010, national target on volume of foreign tourists is expected to grow to 5.0

million.
Revenue from tourism is reflected in the amount of tourism visitor receipts.

The Philippines actual tourism visitor receipts from January to December 2007
reached to 4.8M (in Million US$) which is 40.99% increase from the 1.4M visitor
receipts of the same period last year. (See Table ED - 22)
Table ED - 22
Visitor Receipts: 2001 – 2007 (In million US$)
Year Volume %Increase / Decrease

2001 1,722.70 -19.3
2002 1,740.06 1.0
2003 1,522.68 -12.5
2004 1,990.81 30.7
2005 2,236.05 12.3
2006 3,465.00 55
2007 4,885.37 41
Source: DOT, Manila
The location of Quezon City in relation to the visitors’ ficial/business trips, on educational, religious and civic
entry points (Airport and Pier) has contributed greatly missions, for health/medical treatment, consultation,
to the inflow of various tourists in the city. QC is the & conventions, and for sports & entertainment. Mode
main gateway, linking Metro Manila to all Northern of travel mostly is by air which is 98.38% and by sea
and Southern Luzon expressways. It is easily accessi- which is only 1.62%. It has greater number of male
ble from the major highways, thoroughfares and mass travelers (60.88%) than the female travelers (37.97%),
transit systems. It has the EDSA – as the longest high- while 1.15% are travelers who are either male or fe-
way in the metropolis and has the Commonwealth Av- male.
enue – as the country’s’ widest. It is so expansive that
its eastern areas are connected to the main C-5 high- Visitors have a wide range of choices in site and loca-
way. It offers easy access to the North Luzon Express- tion as far as accommodation is concerned. Quezon
way (NLEX) that takes tourists to their destinations at City offers different classification of hotels. All over
Clark, Subic, Baguio and other parts in Northern Phil- the city, smaller hotels provide moderately priced and
ippines. The city has numerous bus terminals where comfortable accommodation. Out of 71 accredited
tourists can take a land trip to provinces in Luzon. It hotels in the National Capital Region (NCR), as of Janu-
has also the light railroad systems that include the LRTs ary 31, 2009, Quezon City has only eight (8) accredited
and MRTs stations that are interconnected within the hotels. Below is the comparison of the number and
city for tourists to commute easily. classification of hotels per city/municipality: (See Table
ED - 23)
The major purposes of visitors for coming to the region
are to spend holidays, to visit friends & relatives, on of-
Table ED - 23
Comparative Number of Hotels by Classification per City/Municipality (2007)
No. of No. of
City / Municipality % to total Hotels Rooms Economy Standard 1st Class De Luxe
Manila 1st 39.4 % 28 4,368 5 15 3 5
2nd 20.0 % 14 3,983 3 5 - 6
Mandaluyong 7.0 % 5 993 - 4 - 1
Pasay 8.4 % 6 1,786 1 2 1 2
Paranaque 2.8 % 2 77 2 - - -
Quezon City 3rd 11.2 % 8 1,020 2 4 1 1
San Juan 1.4 % 1 56 - 1 - -
Caloocan 1.4 % 1 76 1 - - -
Pasig 5.6 % 4 854 - - 3 1
2.8 % 2 419 - - - -
Las Pinas - - - - - -
Total NCR 71 13,632 14 31 8 18
Total all Regions 106 8,981 33 55 14 4
Total Philippines 177 22,613 47 86 22 22
Source: DOT, Records
At present, the Philippines has a total of 177 accred- Average length of stay of guests of accredited and non-
ited hotels with 22,613 number of rooms, classified as accredited hotels in Metro Manila for 2007 was 2.45
De Luxe ( 22 hotels ), 1st class ( 22 hotels ), Standard nights, shorter than the 2.56 nights’ average length
( 86 hotels ), Economy ( 47 hotels ). It came out that of stay recorded during the same period in year 2006.
the Standard class hotel has the most number of ho- Also, the overall average occupancy rate of hotels in
tels followed by the Economy hotel. The scheduled Metro Manila for 2007 was 73.06%, a little higher com-
opening of new international hotels in various parts of pared to year 2006 which is 71.95%. This is based on
the Philippines in 2009 and 2010 with some 3,000 new the Philippines Travel & Tourism Statistics of 2007. The
rooms is expected to make Philippine Tourism even city has actually two (2) embassies (Colombia and Cy-
more competitive and attractive, though the country is prus). However, it has only very few modern hotel fa-
facing the global financial crunch. cilities to accommodate the tourists.
(See Table ED - 24)
Table ED - 24 Average Length of Stay / Occupancy Rate
Average Length of Stay Average Occupancy Rate

Hotel Class 2007 2006 2007 2006
Deluxe 2.61 2.52 73.84% 73.63%

First Class 2.49 2.54 75.89% 72.32%
Standard 2.53 2.74 71.81% 70.29%
Economy 1.85 1.98 61.76% 58.42%
Average 2.45 2.56 73.06% 71.95%

As a powerful growth engine, tourism catalyzes eco- Located also in the city is a unique residential conva-
nomic development, it produces huge exchange move- lescent and day care homes for the elderly and retir-
ments and accommodates big investments. The city ees suitable for domestics and foreign clients. These
may capitalize on its tourist marketing points: services-oriented endeavors put the City well into the
center of health and medical tourism industry.
As Wellness Center - One of the main reasons for the As ICT Capital - Quezon City has been recently declared
tourists in visiting the city is the existence of its fore- as the ICT Capital of the Philippines having the highest
most medical institutions. A fast-evolving reputation is concentration of IT Parks/Economic Zones and having
that of being the wellness capital of the Philippines. the biggest contribution in the growth of Business Pro-
The City is the only city with a high number of interna- cess Outsourcing-Call Center Industries, IT infrastruc-
tionally renowned specialty hospitals that can form the ture & educational programs as well. The city plays a
base of a thriving health & wellness industry. It has the major role in the growth of ICT field. Based on data
most number of hospitals, with the biggest bed capac- from the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA),
ity. Among the twenty (20) government and private there are at present 33 ICT Parks/Buildings in the city.
hospitals in the city are the internationally known St. The Eastwood City Cyberpark in Libis was cited as the
Luke’s Medical Center (a 650-bed, international-stan- first and the biggest IT Park in the country. The indus-
dard hospital facility), Philippine Heart Center (well- try will continue to be a significant attraction of local
equipped, specialty hospital in cardiovascular), National and foreign tourists/investors with still other ICT proj-
Kidney and Transplant Institute (premier, ISO-certified ects being developed in different parts of the city to
facility for renal disease & organ transplant), Lung Cen- include the on-going construction of Science and Tech-
ter (specialty hospital for pulmonary diseases) and the nology Park area along Commonwealth Avenue and
Philippine Orthopedic Hospital. These medical institu- dubbed as the “Silicon Valley of the Philippines”. (See
tions are often sites of medical conventions/forums/ Table ED – 25)
seminars and serve as the destinations of physicians
interested in learning new/modern developments in The ICT, with all its power to provide virtual travel expe-
medical fields. rience and on-line impersonal communication for the
“Global Villagers”, provide tourism in person-to-world
Also, the city is the site for numerous health and other experience, a window-shop to the world. ICT empow-
wellness services such as diagnostic, dental health and ers tourism, with its newly develop e-commerce sys-
beauty clinics, rehabilitation centers, nursing homes tem already taking over the entire country, tourism
and health spas, alternative healing centers, and the finds an effective marketing ally in ICT.
now very demanding physical fitness centers/gyms.
Table ED - 25
Comparative Number of PEZA Registered ICT Parks and Buildings/Centers (as of April 30, 2009)
ICT Parks ICT Buildings Total ICT Parks Employment
City / Municipality In Progress Total In Progress Total & Buildings Data (2008)
1 1 2 28 11 39 41 44,836
Quezon City 4 7 11 8 14 22 33 27,388
Cebu 2 0 2 9 13 22 24 10,254
Mandaluyong 1 1 2 6 5 11 13 23,771
5 4 9 22 29 51 60 31,996
Philippines except MM & Cebu 13 17 30 21 35 56 86 15,296
Total 26 30 56 94 107 201 257 153,541
Source: DOT, Records

As Entertainment and Recreational Center – The city known as the China Town of Quezon City.
has been known as the center of media operations be-
cause of high concentration of Television and radio sta- For sport and other health buffs, the city offers vari-
tions prompting many to call the city as the entertain- ous facilities such as amusement, golf courses, bowl-
ment capital of the country. Located in the city are the ing lanes, swimming pools and other facilities. Among
nine (9) major television networks including the two them are: the Celebrity Sports Plaza, Capitol Hills Golf
(2) biggest in the land - - ABS-CBN and the GMA Net- Club, and Capitol City Sports.
works. These stations provide live shows, game shows,
kiddy shows or celebrity shows which regularly draw As National Government Center - Envisioned as the
crowds of fans coming from all over the country in or- center for tourism, Quezon City is the seat of many im-
der to participate or see their favorite stars. At present portant government offices such as the Batasan Pam-
particularly the giant stations have hooked to interna- bansa, the Sandigan Bayan, Civil Service Commission
tional cable system to provide Filipinos abroad or even etc. Aside from being host to the National Government
foreign viewers for entertainment events/shows in the Center, it is also the site of the nation’s Executive, Leg-
Philippines. islative and Judicial offices. Found Near and around the
area of QC Hall are other national government offices
As recreational center, the city has 17 big shopping like: the Department of Natural Resources, Depart-
malls sitting center stage in practically every dense ment of Agriculture, Department of Agrarian Reform,
community cluster. Among these are the giant SM Bureau of Internal Revenue, etc. Below are list of oth-
Malls, Robinson Malls, Ever Gotesco Mall, the new er government agencies that are located in the city:
Gateway Shopping Complex, the Shopwise Shopping
Center and the new giant Trinoma Shopping Complex. As Educational Center - Two universities are well-
All these shopping Centers are of international stan- known in the Asia-Pacific region, the government-run
dards and fit for tourist visitors. Inside these malls University of the Philippines (UP) and the private Ate-
are excellent recreational and entertainment facili- neo de Manila University. Aside from these, there are
ties such as amusement centers, physical fitness cen- university-level institutions that exist and at par with
ters, modern cinemas and restaurants (from fine din- other learning institutions abroad offering both aca-
ing to fast food which fits the tourists’ pleasure). All demic and technical/vocational courses. Quezon City
throughout the city are also wide array of restaurants metamorphosed into a highly urbanized area, its his-
offering gourmet delights from mouth watering native torical facets are carefully restored and preserved. To
specialties to international cuisines. Popular of these complement the development of the city is its wide
are seen along Tomas Morato (declared as restaurant array of historical sites/landmarks, & tourism oriented
row), West, Timog and Quezon Avenues to include the facilities:Historical Sites - Several places in the city are
famous Eastwood City which is practically known as the sites of the Philippine historical events such as the Pu-
dining village of the city. Though visited in the day for gad Lawin Shrine where the first freedom cry of the
fine dining experience, the area also become livelier Filipinos was held and the famous EDSA shrine where
at night time for its bars, night clubs, live band shows, the bloodless EDSA revolution of 1986 was undertaken
discotheque, etc. The Banawe St. is also becoming a which was acclaimed by the freedom lovers all over
tourist spot with the growth of various Chinese Restau- the world.
rants in the vicinity and for these reasons that it is now

Other significant historical sites in the city are as follows
Historical Sites
Quezon Memorial Shrine :
Tandang Sora Shrine : Banlat Rd., Bgy. Pasong Tamo
Bantayog ng mga Bayani : EDSA, Bgy. Ugong Norte
People Power Monument : EDSA, Bgy. Ugong Norte
Gen Lawton Monument : Bgy. Bagong Siliangan
Balintawak Monument : EDSA, Bgy. Balingasa
: Bgy. Damayan
Himlayang Pilipino : Bgy. Pasong Tamo
Landmarks - There are interesting landmarks within the city which identify it as
uniquely Quezon City. Among them are: Quezon Memorial Circle (constructed
as a memorial of the late Pres. Quezon), Mabuhay Rotunda - the gateway to the
city of Quezon, Batasan Pambansa - seat of the country’s House of Representa-
tives. Other landmarks are as follows:
Landmarks
: Quezon Avenue corner EDSA, Bgy.Pinyahan
Sto. Domingo Church : Quezon Avenue, Bgy. Sto. Domingo
Iglesia ni Cristo : Commonwealth Avenue, Bgy. New Era
Cloverleaf-Balintawak : Bgy. Balingasa
Araneta Coliseum : Bgy. Socorro
La Mesa Dam Water Reservoir : Bgy. Lagro
Camp Crame & Camp Aguinaldo : EDSA, Bgy.Bagong Lipunan ng Crame / Camp Aguinaldo
: Commonwealth Avenue, Bgy. Culiat
La Loma Cockpit : Bgy. N. S. Amoranto

The city also host different festivals and activities where local and foreign visi-
tors are gaining interest such as:
Tandang Sora Birth Anniversary : January 6

Anniversary of People Power (EDSA) 1 & 2 : February 25
Santacruzan / Flores de Mayo : May
: 3rd Sunday of May
Death Anniversary of Pres. Manuel L. Quezon : August 1
Birth Anniversary of Pres. Manuel L. Quezon : August 19
Cry of Pugad Lawin : August 23
Feast of La Naval : October 8
October 12
Birth Anniversary of Andres Bonifacio November 30
Death Anniversary of Dr. Jose P. Rizal December 30
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Other than these tourist attractions, tourist and potential investors are expected
to visit the city as a result of sister-city agreements forged by city officials. The
city has entered into sister-city tie ups within and outside the country that pro-
motes socio-economic and cultural exchange activities. Existing tie-ups include
the following cities:
International Cities Local Cities:

Salt Lake City, Utah, USA Pura, Tarlac
Maui, Hawaii Lanao del Sur
Chiba City, Japan Cotobato City
Taipei City, Taiwan General Santos City
Dalyn City, California, USA Davao City
Agana, Guam
Fort Walton Beach, Florida, USA
Kenosha City, Wisconsin, USA
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Shenyang City, People’s Republic of China



Chapter 5 Environmental Management Profile
The environment sector has five areas of concern – solid waste, air quality, water quality, parks
and open spaces, and biodiversity.
5.1 Solid Waste
5.1.1 Domestic Solid Waste
Generation
Quezon City generates very large amount of solid waste due to its huge popula-
tion and high concentration of social and economic activities. The Waste Analy-
sis and Characterization Study (WACS) conducted by the Environment Protec-
tion and Waste Management Department (EPWMD) in 2003 showed that each
person in the City produced 0.66 kg. of solid waste each day. This is translated
to 1,768.44 tons of solid waste generated everyday in 2007.
Waste Composition
The result of the same 2003 WACS showed that almost fifty percent of the solid
waste was biodegradable, a large portion could be recycled and only 13 % ide-
ally should go to the disposal site.
Figure En-1:
Solid Waste Composition, Quezon City: 2003
Biodegradable : 48 %
Recyclable : 39 %
Plastic 16 % Non-Biodegradable/
Non-Biodegradable/
Biodegradable
Residual Recycable
Recycable
Paper 17 % 13% 13% 39%39%
Metal 3%
Glass 3%
Residual : 13 %
Biodegradable
Residual
48%48%

Collection
The city contracts out its solid waste collection to pri- efficiency in the new system, partly attributed to bet-
vate haulers. In 1999, the volume of solid waste col- ter monitoring and reporting. Private contractors were
lected exceeded the projected amount generated by compelled to deliver better service at lower cost to the
the city by 1.6%. The excess increased to 9.8% in 2000 City Government.
and drastically to 24.6% in 2000. At that time, private
haulers were being paid for the garbage collected on In addition to the City-contracted haulers, there are
a “per trip” basis, that is, the more trips they make, some barangays doing garbage collection using their
the more they are paid. The Belmonte Administration own dump trucks. Commercial establishments, on the
implemented the Package Clean-Up Collection System other hand, are responsible for the collection and dis-
in 2002 wherein private contractors were assigned posal of their own wastes. In 2006, the city collected
specific collection cells with the full responsibility to 2,044,112 cu.m. while the barangays and private com-
manage, administer and directly carry out the actual panies collected 185,888 cu.m. for a total of 2,230,000
collection, cleaning and disposal of solid wastes in cu.m. of solid waste collected. These wastes are then
those cells. Suddenly, the reported volume of garbage disposed at the Payatas Controlled Dump Facility. (Re-
collected dropped from 3,133,861.02 cu.m. in 2001 to fer to Table En- 1)
2,532,229.98 cu.m. in 2002. The EPWMD noted the
Table En-1:
Volume of Solid Waste Collected (in cu.m.), Quezon City: 2006
Total
A. Collected by the City
. 1,799,826
S . imot Basura sa Barangay Program 46,418
. 197,868
Sub total 2,044,112
B. Barangay and Private Haulers 185,888
Total 2,230,000
Source: EPWMD
During the period 2002-2006, the volume of solid waste collected annually was
less compared to the projected generation. (Refer to Table En- 2)
Table En-2 :
Estimated Volume of Solid Waste Generated, Volume Collected by Quezon City and Volume Disposed
at Payatas Controlled Dump Facility: 1998-200
Year Est. Volume Generated Volume Collected Total

1998 2,543,368.00 2,423,259.00 2,341,736.00
1999 2,634,928.00 2,677,316.00 2,737,500.00
2000 2,503,961.19 2,749,362.00 -
2001 2,514,758.49 3,133,861.02 2,730,000.00
2002 2,619,633.78 2,532,229.98 2,520,000.00
2003 2,690,415.00 2,118,708.00 2,290,000.00
2004 2,823,640.00 1,779,981.48 2,390,000.00
2005 2,968,545.00 1,847,734.00 2,220,000.00
2006 3,086,075.00 2,044,112.00 2,230,000.00
Source: EPWMD

The difference between generation and actual collection could mean that aside
from the Package Clean-Up Collection System working efficiently in the city, con-
siderable amount of solid waste was no longer reaching Payatas but was being
diverted elsewhere. The passage of RA 9003, otherwise known as the Ecological
Solid Waste Management Act of 2000 paved the way for the implementation of
a systematic, comprehensive and ecological solid waste management program.
The increasing compliance with this law has been instrumental in the reduction
of waste collection.
Based on data coming from EPWMD, an average of 509 tons/day or 32.7% of

waste was being diverted from Payatas in the period 2005-2007. (Refer to Table
En- 3)
Table En-3:
Volume of Solid Waste Diverted from Payatas Controlled
Dump Facility: 2005-July 2008
Year Volume (tons/day) %

2005 408.31 29.9
2006 502.41 30.6
2007 616.29 37.6
July 2008 668.09 37.8
Source: EPWMD
RA 9003 requires solid waste reduction to be undertaken at source, the recov-

ery of recyclable materials and the proper disposal of the remaining wastes. It
provides for the segregation and collection of solid waste specifically biodegrad-
able, compostable and reusable waste at the barangay level and the collection
of non-recyclable and special wastes by the municipality or city. The commit-
ment of the barangay to improve solid waste management and reduce waste
in compliance with the law is growing. More than 80% of the barangays have
established their own Solid Waste Management Committee, 35% are practicing
segregation, and 33% have recycling. (Refer to Table En- 4)
Table En-4:
Number and Percentage of Barangays with
Programs/Projects in Compliance with RA 9003
Programs/Projects No. Ave. % Remarks

122 86% 100% in Dist. II-B and III
142 100%
65 35% 57% in Dist. II-B and III
Recycling 47 33% 57% in Dist. II-B
52 37% 57% in Dist. II-B
31 22% 29% in Dist. III
Residuals 52 37% 57% in Dist II-B

Disposal The Payatas Controlled Dump Facility is the City’s lone
disposal facility. It is located in Barangay Payatas, in
There is no available record that accurately shows the northeastern part near the boundary of Rodriguez,
when the Payatas open dumpsite started although ac- Rizal. It is about 3.5 kms., from the junction of Litex
counts from old timers point to the period of mid to Road and Commonwealth Avenue and can be reached
late 70’s as its time of emergence. As to how it began, via the two-lane concrete paved Litex Road.
some claimed that syndicates came and operated the
dumpsite. There was a possibility for this operation as There are two distinct garbage dumps which are about
Metro Manila was nearing the garbage crisis since the 200 meters apart. The old mound located in the north-
Smokey Mountain’s capacity to absorb garbage was di- west is no longer used to accommodate waste and is
minishing. It was most likely that Metro Manila’s waste now largely a park. In 2007, 16 wells were drilled in the
was being diverted to Payatas. With the closure of the old mound to initiate the Biogas Emission Reduction
Smokey Mountain in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Project of the City Government in cooperation with
the open dumpsite grew remarkably until that tragic the Italian group called PANGEA Green Energy. The
landslide that occurred on July 10, 2000 which brought project involves the extraction, collection, flaring and
its temporary closure. The facility was reopened in No- conversion to energy of biogas from the dumpsite and
vember of the same year with the creation of the Paya- will earn Certified Emission Reduction (CER) or Carbon
tas Operations Group. In 2004, the City Government in Credits, revenues which could be used for sustainable
compliance with RA 9003, embarked in the conversion development projects.
of the open dumpsite into a controlled dump facility. It
was an interim phase to ascertain the continuous oper- The controlled dump facility has been instrumental in
ation of the disposal facility while seeking compliance the recognition and awards received by the City Gov-
with the provision of RA 9003. ernment for best solid waste management practices,
the latest of which was the 2008 Galing Pook Award.
Figure En- 2 Figure En-3:

Biogas Emission Reduction Plant Payatas Controlled Dump Facility
Legislations
To provide the executive branch the needed mandate and support to imple-
ment various programs, projects and activities related to the environment, the
City Council has passed several legislative measures. (Refer to Appendix En-1)

Solid Waste Management Projects vice in their respective barangay and practicing sound
On-Going Projects solid waste management.
Final Closure of the Quezon City Controlled Disposal Massive IEC Program- a group of IEC campaigners pro-
Facility Project- The Department of Environmental and vided by the City’s garbage contractors were also orga-
Natural Resources (DENR) issued an Authority to Close nized as front liners in the conduct of house- to- house
(ATC) in compliance with Sec. 37 of RA 9003. Rehabili- campaign on proper solid waste management.
tation measures like early conversion program were
designed for the safe and post closure land use of the Impact Projects
disposal facility. As of the end of 2007, 81.61% of the a.Earth Day
programmed rehabilitation work has been completed. Halamanan sa Bakuran Project
Lakbay Aral sa Payatas Dumpsite
Biogas Emission Reduction Project – The Quezon City Tree Planting
Government and the PANGEA Green Energy signed a Free Smoke Emission Testing
Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for the develop- Earth Day Jam
ment and implementation of the Quezon City Con-
trolled Disposal Facility Biogas Emission Reduction
Project. It involves the extraction, collection, process- b.Environment Month
ing and flaring of the biogas emissions at disposal facil- Recyclables Collection Event- aims to promote year
ity. Aside from flaring, a portion of the methane cap- –round recycling, waste segregation and materials
tured from the extraction of the biogas is converted to recovery.
electricity. Anti-Smoke Belching Operation
c.Kalat Mo, Kabuhayan Mo Project

Complementary Programs/Projects
-Ecological SWM Program at the City Hall Complex- All
departments, offices and units within the Complex are
To sustain the efficiency and effective implementation
directed to observe proper waste segregation and re-
of the City’s Solid Waste Management Program, com-
source recovery in their respective working area.
plimentary programs and projects are being undertak-
-Strict Enforcement of Environmental Laws and Or-
en to wit:
dinances- Environmental Police were assigned to dif-
ferent areas to ensure constituents and transients are
Incentive Package Program- Incentives to all barangays
well- disciplined in disposing their wastes.
utilizing their own trucks for solid waste collection ser-

5.1.2 Hazardous, Toxic and Healthcare Waste
Toxic and Hazardous Wastes
Toxic and hazardous wastes are mainly generated by manufacturing industries

using substances harmful to people and the environment. Of the almost 57,000
registered businesses in Quezon City, 3,000 are generally categorized as manu-
facturing which does allow the distinction of industries actually producing toxic
and hazardous wastes. The monitoring system is too weak to pinpoint sources.
Healthcare Wastes
A survey of hospitals in Metro Manila conducted for the Pasig River Rehabili-
tation Program in 1993 showed that hospitals were employing unsafe on-site
waste handling methods such as open pit and has the collection and disposal
of their wastes done by the Metro Manila Authority which did not have the ap-
propriate capability to handle such type of wastes. (See Table En-5)
Table En-:5
Hospital Waste Generators, Quezon City: 1990
Present Treatment Method

/Disposal Method
Hospital
Hospital Category Collector for
Total (kg/day) Unit (kg/bed/day) On-site Method
A T 6.2 0.12 -
B P 0.5 0.07 -
C T 60.0 0.88 -
D T 15.8 0.20 -
E T 107.0 0.37 -
F T 16.7 0.20 -
G T 20.0 0.45 Open pit
H T 150.0 0.49
I T 35.0 0.22 Open pit
J T 138.0 0.90
K T 90.0 0.78 -
L T 50.0 0.51
M T 102.2 0.33 Open pit Local Gov’t
N T 500.0 2.18 -
O T 22.2 0.25 -
P T 110.0 0.71 -
Q T 9.7 0.15 Open pit
R T 50.0 0.45
S T 22.0 0.28 -
T T 53.5 0.14 Local Gov’t
Legend: P – Primary S – Secondary T – Tertiary

Source: Pasig River Rehabilitation Program Feasibility Report August 1993

In a survey made by the City Planning and Development Office in 2008, a num-
ber of hospitals responded by saying that they are now using more ecological-
ly-sound on-site methods of hospital waste management such as microwave
disinfection and thermal decomposition and hiring accredited hospital waste
contractors with proper treatment and disposal facilities. (Refer to Table En- 6)
Table En-6:
Hospital Waste Generators, Quezon City: 2008
Present Treatment Method

/Disposal Method
Hospital
Hospital Category Collector for
Total (kg/day) Unit (kg/bed/day) On-site Method
A T 213 0.71 - PAE Environmental Phil.

B T 30.33 0.46 - Chevalier Enviro Services,
Inc. (CESI)
C S 3.5 0.11 Integrated Waste
Management, Inc.
D T 125 0.498 storage building CESI
E S 20 0.44 CESI
F 14 CESI
system
G S .38 0.025 - PAE Environmental Phil.
H T 178 .04 CESI
system
(non-burn technology)
I T 43 0.25 - outsourced
J T 140 0.4 - CESI
Legend: P – Primary S – Secondary T – Tertiary

Source: QCPDO Survey 2008
Aside from the numerous hospitals, there are many small and big health medi-
cal clinics, wellness and aesthetic centers, laboratories, funeral parlors and oth-
er establishments producing clinical, pathological, infectious, radioactive and
other related wastes which are suspected to be mixed with the domestic solid
wastes during collection.

5.2 Air Quality
Ambient Air
Ambient (outdoor) air affects everyone everywhere. Whether it is agricultural

dust, pollution from vehicles, or smoke from major industry, ambient air can
have major effects on the health of individuals.
Vehicular emissions are the main source of pollution in Metro Manila. The com-
mon pollutants are suspended particulates, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide
and metals. Air quality is monitored in four (4) stations in the City located at
EDSA-Congressional Avenue, EDSA-East Avenue, EDSA-NPO and Ateneo de Ma-
nila University. Readings taken from these stations revealed air quality in terms
of the following indicators:
Total Suspended Particles(TSP)
Suspended particulates are primarily comprised of small particles such as dust,

metallic and mineral particles, smoke, mist and acid fumes which are primarily
generated by motor vehicles. TSP levels recorded in QC from 2001-2006 showed
varying amounts of suspended particulates in the atmosphere. For the period
2001-2003, the highest was at 227 g/cu. m. (micrograms per cubic meter) re-
corded in EDSA-Congressional Ave.; for 2004-2006, it was 275 g/cu. m. also
recorded in the same station. This may be attributed to the fact that the EDSA-
Congressional Ave. station, aside from it being a major thoroughfare, also serves
as the gateway to the north where a large volume of vehicles regularly passes.
These figures also indicate that TSP levels are way above the standard of 90 g/
cu. m. based on the National Ambient Air Quality Guideline of the DENR. (Refer
to Table En- 7) .
Table En-7:
EMB- TSP Monitoring (ug/Ncm) Annual Average Concentration; Quezon City: 2001-2006
TSP
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
EDSA-Congressional Ave. Project 8 227 206 225 275 - -

EDSA-East Ave. BFD Compound 205 178 179 170 129 104
EDSA-NPO 133 149 157 165 163 138
Ateneo de Manila University 94 93 83 105 87 72
Source: EMB- NCR

Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) and other commercial uses, constitutes another ma-
jor source of atmospheric pollution as it emits huge
Sulfur Dioxide is a colorless gas which causes irritation amounts of sulfur dioxide. Other pollutants derived
of the respiratory system and when released in mas- from combustion include soot, carbon monoxide, fly
sive amounts, increases atmospheric acidity, which in ash and nitrogen oxide. Food processing activities also
turn, is brought back on earth thru acid rain. pollute the environment thru their waste products of
aerosolized fat while metallurgical and other aggregate
industries also discharge minerals into the air.
Carbon Monoxide (CO)
Between September 2004 and July 2007, the Depart-
Carbon Monoxide is a colorless, odorless and highly
ment of Environmental and Natural Resources – Na-
poisonous gas produced by gasoline-fed motor vehi-
tional Capital Region (DENR-NCR) issued 768 permits
cles. It depletes the supply of oxygen to vital organs.
to various industries. (See Appendix En- 1)
Other Pollutants
Pollution Control Programs
These include heavy metals found in the atmosphere
Anti-Smoke Belching (Serbisyong Bantay Usok)- road-
like lead and copper. The effects of these metals are
side apprehension of drivers and operators and test-
not to be taken lightly. Lead, for instance, has been
ing of motor vehicles using the certified smoke emis-
found to cause slow mental development of children
sion testing machine along roadsides. Flyers are also
and miscarriage among pregnant women.
distributed to passing motorists to bolster information
and education campaign. License plates and driver’s
Sources of Air Pollution licenses confiscated are brought to the LTO as part of
the partnership with LTO and MMDA.
Major sources of air pollution in Metro Manila are clas-
sified as mobile (motor vehicles) and stationary (indus- Take a Pic for Clean Air Project- aims to help mitigate
trial establishments). air pollution by encouraging citizens to help in the cam-
paign against smoke-belchers by submitting pictures of
Motor Vehicles the smoke-belching vehicles for proper action of the
Motor vehicles are the dominant source of air pollu- authorities.
tion, contributing 70% of the air pollution in Metro
Manila. Diesel-fed vehicles are a source of highly vis- Industrial Inspection and Monitoring of Business Es-
ible black smoke, made up largely of soot, unburned tablishments- rigid inspection and monitoring of busi-
fuel residue, gaseous wastes like carbon monoxide, ni- ness establishments prior to the issuance of pollution
trogen oxide and sulfur oxide. Gasoline engines emit clearance.
soot in lesser amounts but generate unburned fuel and
lead. Comparatively, diesel-fed vehicles are responsible
for the emission of most particulate matter, sulfur and
nitrogen oxides while gasoline-fueled ones emit higher
amounts of carbon monoxide per unit of fuel than the
former type of transport vehicle.
Industries
The combustion of fossil fuels like coal and bunker oil
fuel for industrial processing, power plants, factories

5.3 Water Quality
5.3.1 Groundwater Resource
Groundwater Levels
According to the final report on the 2004 study on the Water Resources Assess-
ment for Prioritized Critical Areas (Phase I) of the National Water Resources
Board (NWRB), the groundwater levels in Metro Manila have declined sharply
over the decades. A comparison between the 1955 and 1994 piezometric water
levels showed that the groundwater flow pattern significantly changed due to
excessive extraction of water from the aquifer. Three prominent cones of depres-
sion were noted in Paranaque, Pasig and Valenzuela. In Quezon City, a relatively
small area adjacent to Caloocan and Valenzuela had a groundwater level 20 me-
ters below mean sea water level and the Libis-Ugong Norte near Pasig had 40
to 80 meters below sea level in 1994. In 2004, the decline progressed steeply
as almost the whole stretch of Novaliches from Balintawak to Kaligayahan expe-
rienced levels ranging from -20 to -120 meters – said to be among the deepest
declines happening in Metro Manila over the years. This only means much great
danger of saltwater intrusion and having groundwater unfit for human consump-
tion in the city.
Groundwater Abstraction
The decline in water levels and the depletion of groundwater resource are attrib-
uted to massive withdrawal of water from the aquifer. Aside from the ground-
water abstraction of MWSS equivalent to 3% of the total water supply for Metro
Manila, wells legally registered with the NWRB were extracting groundwater at
the rate of 12,823.53 liters/second in 2004. However, it is believed that the ac-
tual withdrawal is 70% more due to illegal abstraction. NWRB has no segregated
data for Quezon City except for the number of well permits granted as of August
2007. (Refer to Table En- 8)
Table En-8:
Well Permitees by Purpose, Quezon City: August 2007
Purpose No. of Permits Granted

Commercial 28
128
Industrial 31
Hospitals 9
7
Livestock 3
Municipal 12
1
Others 1
Total 270
Source: NWRB

Chapter V
5 Environmental Management Profile
5.3.2 Natural Waterways
Numerous rivers and creeks crisscross the face of Quezon City. They are exten-
sive and serve best as network for natural drainage. They form part of the river
basins covering the city’s landscape, the largest of which are the Tullahan – Tene-
jeros River Basin and the San Juan – Pasig River Basin. Two major concerns that
confront the City’s natural waterways are pollution and the loss of creek and
river easements.
Pollution of the City’s River System in Relation to Pasig River
The greater part of Quezon City and its river system drains into the Pasig River
System. The QC area comprises 80 sq.km. of the San Juan River Basin (which has
an area of 87 sq.km.) and about 8 to 9 sq.km. of the Marikina Downstream River
Basin (covering an area of 17 sq.km.). Aside from the high population concentra-
tion in these areas, the greater majority of commercial and industrial establish-
ments in the city are likewise located here.
Sources of Pollution
There are two (2) general sources of pollution: point source and non-point
source. Point source means any identifiable pollution source with specific dis-
charge point into a particular water body. Non-point sources have no identifiable
source and include run-off from irrigation or rainwater that picks up pollutants
from farm and urban areas.
Figure En-4:
Sources of Pollution
Non-point
Agriculture- sources
Livestock 11%
29%
Industry 33%
27%
According to the National Water Quality Status Report of 2001-2005 of the

DENR-Environmental Management Bureau (EMB), considered as major sources
of water pollution are domestic wastewater discharges, this is attributed to the
inadequate treated domestic sewage discharged into the surface waters. Agri-
culture and livestock waste was the second major pollutant while liquid indus-
trial waste is third.

Water Quality Assessment
Lack of dissolved oxygen (DO) in the river during the
Water quality is assessed on the basis of a set of ben- dry season is the main reason for its offensive odor and
eficial uses as defined in the DENR Administrative Or- the lack of biological life. Low DO levels are the re-
der 34, S-1990. There are 33 parameters that define sult of the discharge of domestic and industrial wastes
the desired water quality per water body classification. from communities and industrial sites.
Parameters monitored include:
Biological oxygen demand (BOD), on the other hand,
Dissolved oxygen (DO), biochemical oxygen demand measures the amount of oxygen consumed by microor-
(BOD), total suspended solids (TSS), total dissolved sol- ganisms in decomposing organic matter in stream wa-
ids (TDS), and heavy metals for inland surface waters. ter. The higher BOD value indicates more pollution.
Fecal Coliform, nitrates, and salinity (chloride content) The 2006-2007 average BOD of the Pasig River at vari-
for groundwater as defined in the Philippine National ous stations based on monitoring results conducted by
Standards for Drinking Water (PNSDW) PRRC showed that the highest BOD levels are apparent
at the Sanchez Station, located near the mouth of the
DO, Coliform, and heavy metals for coastal and marine San Juan River, where the greater part of Quezon City
waters. drains its wastewater. (See Table En- 9)
Table En-9:
BOD (mg/L) of Pasig River: 2006-2007
2006 2007
3rd Qtr 4th Qtr Ave. 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr Ave.
Marikina 5.67 6.00 5.83 5.00 6.00 5.50
Bambang 5.50 3.33 4.42 3.17 3.30 3.25
Lambingan 6.17 3.50 4.83 3.17 3.50 3.33
Sanchez 27.00 39.33 33.17 16.67 39.33 28.00
Jones 6.83 6.83 6.83 2.89 5.33 4.11
DENR Standard 7 mg/L below
Likewise results of dissolved oxygen (DO) tests in 2007 showed poor water qual-
ity as shown in the table below. (See to Table En- 10)
Table En-10:
DO (mg/L) of the Pasig River: 2007
2007
3rd Qtr 4th Qtr Ave.
Marikina 0.50 3.63 2.065
Bambang 4.30 5.32 4.81
Lambingan 0.30 0.87 0.585
Sanchez 0.90 2.94 1.92
Jones 1.00 2.21 1.607
DENR Standard 5 mg/L Up
Source: PRRC

Water Quality Monitoring
The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) maintains water sampling sta-

tions throughout the stretch of San Juan River. These are located at the four
minor tributaries in Quezon City namely: San Francisco, Diliman, Ermitaño, and
Kamias Creeks. Results of the test done in these water sampling stations during
the 1st quarter of 2008 also showed that samples failed in DO and BOD. (Refer
to Table En- 11)
Table En-11
BOD (mg/L) and DO (mg/L) of the San Juan River: First Quarter, 2008
BOD (mg/L) DO (mg/L)

San Francisco Creek 16 1.76
Diliman Creek 30 1.65
Ermitaño Creek 14 1.67
Kamias Creek 26 1.69
DENR STANDARD 7 mg/L below 5 mg/L up
Source: PRRC
The rehabilitation project for the Navotas-Malabon, Tullahan-Tenejeros Rivers

(NMTT River Basins) of EMB also maintains water sampling stations in Barangays
Gulod and Fairview, Quezon City. Water samples also failed in BOD for the years
2004, 2005, and 2007. (See Table En- 12)
Table En-12 :
BOD (mg/l), Tullahan River, Quezon City: 2004, 2005 and 2007
Water Sampling BOD (mg/L)

2004 2005 2007
Fairview 15.9 18..0 18.0
Gulod 27.3 18.4 32.0
DENR Standard 7mg/L below
Source: EMB-NCR

Loss of Easements and Riverbanks 5.4.1 Major and Special Parks
Ocular inspection of the rivers and creeks and their Quezon Memorial Circle
tributaries shows that easements and riverbanks, as
defined and provided for by the law, are no longer ex- The Quezon Memorial Circle (QMC) is a 25-hectare
istent. Many are occupied by structures belonging to public realm located at the heart of the City. It serves
affluent and poor families alike. as the core and unifying element of the city’s Open
Space Network System (Garden City) because of its
According to the 1996 census of the Urban Poor Affairs strategic location and high visibility.
Office, there are about 8,533 families occupying creek
and river easements. The major components of the QMC are the following:
Physical development in some areas has also resulted Quezon Memorial Monument (Pylon) and shrine,
in the narrowing of creeks and rivers and even loss of the central element of QMC and shall be the point
some segments on these waterways. There are instanc- reference for all development programs, projects
es where the creek has been covered, diverted, and in and activities
some cases, reclaimed to generate building lots. Meditative area
Parks, playground and other recreational areas
Programs Venue for social interaction, socio-cultural ex-
change, celebrations and other public gatherings
The main program to clean and clear rivers and creeks Venue for facilities for arts and culture and histori-
in the city is known as the Riverways Management Pro- cal heritage promotion
gram. Under it is the Sagip Batis Project which seeks to Environment protection showcase area
clean and maintain the aesthetic condition of the city’s Economic enterprise area
rivers and creeks with active community involvement.
The project has visible impact in terms of enhancing Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife
the physical environment and demonstrating strong
partnership with the community and at the same time The Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Center (NAPWC)
providing employment opportunity to poor residents. is the only zoological and botanical garden with an area
of 19.29 ha. located at the southwest of the Quezon
5.4 Parks and Open Spaces Memorial Circle.
Endowed with the biggest land resource in Metro Ma- It houses some 38 species of trees and shrubs which are
nila, Quezon City boasts of numerous parks and open represented by 2,443 trees commonly found in Philip-
spaces, both vast and small. The inventory consists of pine forests. It also keeps various species of endemic
major and special parks that are themselves unique in and endangered birds, mammals, reptiles and amphib-
terms of size, features, and even biodiversity; histori- ians in the open-air Mini-zoo and Wildlife Rescue Cen-
cal parks and shrines; community and neighborhood ter. It also serves as a venue for public education, as
parks; green pockets and strips; and street parks. It a training and research facility for future veterinarians
also includes reserves and potential areas adding to and biologists, and as a source of wildlife stock for lo-
the City’s expansive network of open spaces like in- cal zoos and DENR-accredited facilities for their public
stitutional grounds (UP, Ateneo de Manila University, education, breeding, and other conservation-oriented
Mirriam College, Congress, and the like), golf courses, undertakings. Other amenities include cottages avail-
corridors or right-of-ways and river easements. able for conferences, meetings, seminars, etc. and chil-
dren’s playground, visitor’s center, a man-made lagoon
for fishing, a rock garden and a craft village.

La Mesa Watershed
5.4.2 Community and Neighborhood Parks
The La Mesa Watershed is the last remaining forest of
its size in Metro Manila – the so-called “Green Lung” of Most accessible to the residents are the community
the Metropolis. With an area of about 2,700 hectares, and neighborhood parks which were largely subdivi-
it was declared as Watershed Reservation by virtue of sion open spaces intended for park functions turned
Presidential Proclamation No. 1336 on 25 July 2007. over to the City Government by subdivision developers
Previously, the control of the La Mesa Watershed was or owners in compliance with the requirement of the
under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Manila Wa- Subdivision Law.
terworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) from 1971 by
virtue of Republic Act No. 6234 until 2007. By virtue A community park is characterized by the Parks Devel-
of Presidential Proclamation Number 1336, the Water- opment and Administration Department as having the
shed is now under the joint administrative jurisdiction, size enough to accommodate residents of the commu-
supervision and control of the MWSS and the Depart- nity and adjoining barangays with the following fea-
ment of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). tures:
It is composed of a variety of ecosystems and is a habi- 30-40% planted with trees, grass and ornamental
tat to Philippine indigenous, endemic, and endangered plants
flora and fauna. Concrete walkways, benches, picnic tables
Standard multipurpose hall (6x9m)
In view of the worsening state of the environment in 1-2 standard concrete court pavement, open or cov-
Metro Manila and the degradation of the Watershed, ered with lighting facilities
the ABS-CBN Foundation, Inc. launched “Bantay Ka- Park lamps, perimeter lights
likasan” (Nature Watch) which aimed at revitalizing the Standard comfort rooms, garbage bins
2,500 ha. largely denuded La Mesa Watershed. It also Standard concrete stage
sought to promote and sustain the La Mesa as a water- Integrated plan system with sand bedding and CHB en-
shed of immense resource and educational value. To closure
date, 72 endemic Philippine tree species were planted Standard entrance arch
by a total of 20,000 volunteers in 1,344 ha. of the wa- Provision for ramps
tershed.
A neighborhood park is a small, single-purpose park,
One of the major attractions in the area is the 30- usually 0.48 ha. or less, used primarily for passive rec-
Hectare La Mesa Ecopark Resort, a joint effort of the reation, having the following:
ABS-CBN Foundation with the MWSS and the City Gov- 10-20% green
ernment. It has combined a natural recreational refuge 2-3 Individual playground equipment
with educational purposes of an outdoor classroom 4-6 Concrete bench
envisioned to bring the people back to La Mesa as it Park lamps
did in the old days. Amenities include the Orchidari-
um, Butterfly Garden, Hanging Bridge, Picnic area and
Eco-trails.
Table En-13 Table En- 14

Visitor Traffic and Income Generation; 2006-2008 Visitor Traffic; 2006-2008
Ninoy Aquino Parks & Wildlife Center No. of Visitors

Year Year
No. of Visitors Income Gate Receipt Packages
Generated (P)
2006 349,810 3,103,735 2006 225,025 56,821
2007 347,359 3,126,201 2007 198,152 66,952
2008 407,949 4,094,179.29 2008 283,055 46,467
Total 1,105,118 10,324,615.29 Total 706,232 170,240

The Parks Development and Administration Department (PDAD) reported that
231 community parks and 32 neighborhood parks are either developed or par-
tially-developed. District II has the most number of these parks. Still, 29 baran-
gays mostly in District IV do not have any park. (See Table En- 15 and 16)
Table En-15: Developed Parks by Type and District, Quezon City: 2008
Number of Parks
Type
Dist I Dist II Dist III Dist IV Total
Community Park 29 145 33 24 231
Neighborhood Park 13 10 6 3 32
Major/Special Park - 1 1 6 8
Historical Park 2 3 - 1 6
Street Park 1 1 4 3 9
Total 45 160 44 37 286
Source : PDAD
The PDAP report also indicates 285 parks of various sizes and locations that re-
main undeveloped for reasons like they are encroached by structures mostly of
informal settlers, still not donated to the City Government, and others.
Table En-16: Undeveloped Parks by District
District No. of Parks
I 42
II 198
III 32
IV 13
Total 285
Source : PDAD
The report also shows that there are still 32 barangays (23%) without any park at
all, 22 parks are covered by agreement with the homeowners association, and 24
parks are co-managed with the barangay (See Table En- 15)
Table En- 17: Numbers of Barangays without Parks, Parks Covered by
Agreement withHOA’s and Parks Co-managed with the Barangay
Dist I Dist II Dist III Dist IV Total

No. of bgys. w/o any park 9 1 4 18 32 (23%)
No. of parks with MOA with HOA’s 2 20 - - 22
No. of parks co- managed with bgys. 11 7 3 3 24
Corridor Parks Other Open Spaces
Corridor parks include transmission lines, aqueduct Adding to the inventory of open spaces in the city are
ROWs, center islands, sidewalks, street parks, and large institutional grounds like the those of Univer-
pocket parks. The Botocan Transmission line has an sity of the Philippines, Ateneo de Manila University,
area of almost 35 has. while the Balintawak Transmis- Miriam College, QC Hall, Congress, Veteran’s Memorial
sion line has an area of more than 23 has. for a total of Medical Center Compound, Camp Crame, and Camp
57 has. The aqueducts have a total area of around 65 Aguinaldo
has.

5.5 Biodiversity lave, narra, piling liitan and tangilin).

Aggregate H Index was computed at 2.21 (normal spe-
The City has richer wildlife compared with others cit- cies diversity) while Aggregate J Index was obtained at
ies in Metro Manila due to the size and nature of its 0.5, indicating that the species are not evenly distrib-
parks and open spaces. Studies that the parks and uted since the area is not a natural forest. Obtained
open spaces in Quezon City are habitat to numerous index is lower than the diversity index in Mt. Makiling
species of flora and fauna, some of which are classified Forest Reserve (4.65) and that of Taal Mountain Range
as either endemic or indigenous, exotic, endangered, Laurel area (2.28)
highly endangered, or vulnerable. ABS-CBN Foundation, Inc. launched “Bantay Kalikasan”
(Nature Watch) aimed to revitalize the 2,500 Has.
largely denuded La Mesa Watershed.
5.5.1 La Mesa Watershed
Per 2002 study conducted within the 100-ha. UNDP
Reforestation Project, 86 plant species were planted,
Flora
of which 5 are critically endangered, 3 are endangered
and 4 are vulnerable under the IUCN category.*
Floral Inventory Component (other than tree species)
Fauna
1,883 individuals of consisting of 74 species were in-
ventoried in the different vegetation cover of the Wa-
A total of 504 birds consisting of 49 species were count-
tershed. Diversity of plant species computed w/ Shan-
ed based on sightings, calls and mist net captures.
non –Weinner index was found to be 4.15, considered
Shannon’s Diversity Index computation showed that
as favorably diverse.
species diversity ranged from 2.9958-2.7965 (Shannon
As to conservation status of inventoried plants, 7 are
index lower than 1 considered as poor low diversity) .
exotic, while others are either bundant, endemic or
This means that the avian diversity is relatively moder-
indigenous ones. Pampolina et al. reported the vine,
ate.
Tetrastigma harmandu as endangered, the host of the
For mammals, a total of 83 bats (4 species) that are
endangered Rafaflesia sp.
endemic and common, were captured by mist netting.
Eight (8) non-tree, plant species were also listed as en-
Only 1 rodent (Rattus tanezumi) was captured in the
dangered namely: Pandakaki, Hingiw, Dapong kahoy,
livetrap.
Nito, Anchoan Dilaw and Payong-payongan.
UNDP (Pampolina et al. 2003) earlier reported 6 reptil-
ian species, where monitor lizard (Varanus salvator) is
Forest Biomass
listed in CITES Appendix II as vulnerable species. The
amphibian species listed are marine toad (Bufo mari-
A total of 45 species under 17 families include Gmeli-
nus), small headed puddle frog (Occidozyga laevis)
na, Japanese Acacia, Kaatoan bangkal, mahogany, nar-
and Everett’s frog (Rana everetti).
ra, giant ipil-ipil, kupang, teak, santol, alibangbang and
Eight (8) Invertebrate species were collected by means
binayuyu.
of insect net sweeps.
Six (6) speciescategorized as vulnerable in IUCN Red
List of Threatened Species (antipolo, hamindang, mo-

5.5.2 Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife in 1982, were noted, from 40,962 to 1,217.
Flora Fauna
The stand composition included 4,505 individual trees 47 bird species were captured by mist netting
and 6,901 stems, which belong to a total of iden- Identified herpetofauna (reptiles and amphibians) con-
tified 135 species in 83 genera and 38 families com- sists of 15 species under 6 families, were observed
monly found in Philippine forests. Of these, 58 are in- 326 mammals were captured by mist netting
digenous, with three (3) are Philippine endemics.
Fauna 5.5.4 Ateneo de Manila Campus

Various species of endemic and endangered birds, Fauna
mammals, reptiles and amphibians are kept and main-
tained at the Wildlife Rescue Center which were being A total of 27 bird species under 17 families were re-
donated, abandoned, bred in captivity or confiscated corded and identified primarily through nested plot
within Metro Manila & those free-ranging animals technique.
within the center. A total of twenty-five (25) small non-volant mammals
The stand composition included 1,018 animals (110 under 2 families were identified thru live traps. A total
species of mammals, 78 birds species, 43 reptiles spe- of 52 bats representing 2 species were captured and
cies) and 18 insects. Of these, 90 are endemic/indig- identified by mist netting.
enous while 49 are exotic species. A total of 9 species of amphibians and reptiles under 7
families were identified.
5.5.3 UP Diliman Campus The study conducted by Dr. Perry Ong* and others in
2000 concluded the following:
Flora
The remaining sparse vegetation in UP Diliman and
A total of 38,569 individual trees, belong to 220 spe- Ateneo de Manila University seems to provide a suit-
cies in 38 families were identified. able habitat to the species thriving in the area.
Most of the trees found in the site are exotic with 121 Species found are not as exceptional as those found in
species; 83 are indigenous and 16 are endemic. undisturbed ecosystems
The most abundant individuals species are Bauhinia More than 61% of wildlife species found were birds.
spp. (2,937 trees); mango (Mangifera indica) The Diliman area, in general, has undergone a trans-
(2,698); large-leafed mahogany (Swietenia macrophyl- formation that has wiped out its original ecosystems
la) (2,368); kaimito (Chrysophyllum cainito) (2,087); and habitats.
narra (Pterocarpus spp.) (1,841); palosanto (Triplaris *Ong, P.S., et.al. (2000). Wildlife Inventory of UP Diliman & Ateneo de Manila
cumingiana) (1,796) and rain tree (Samanea saman) University Campus
(1,698). A marked decrease in the number of ipil-ipil
(Leucaena leococephala), the most dominant species

Appendix En- 1: Ordinances on Environment
Ordinance Number Provision/Mandate
SP-1917, S-2009 Requiring the design, construction or retrofitting of buildings, other

structures and movable properties to meet minimum standards of a
green infrastructure, providing incentives therefor and for other pur-
poses.
SP-1906, S-2008 Creating and adopting guidelines and procedures on anti-smoke belch-
ing for motor vehicles in Quezon City
SP-1809, S-2007 Adopting the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) providing for
the strict implementation of Ordinance No. SP-1711, S-2006, regulat-
ing the operation of junkshops in Quezon City and providing penalties
for any violation thereof
SP-1729, S-2006 Prescribing environmental inspection fees for all industrial and/or
commercial establishments and private entities whose activities are
potential sources of land air and water pollution and for other pur-
poses
SP-1731, S-2006 Prohibiting any person to discharge or dispose any untreated waste
water, sludge oil, chemical or other wastes to any part of Quezon City
that will endanger the environmental condition of the city’s rivers
creeks and waterways with the corresponding penalties thereof
SP-1711, S-2006 Regulating the operation of junk shops in Quezon City and imposing
penalty for violation thereof and for other purposes.
SP-1707, S-2006 Requiring the segregation at the source of all households, institution-
al, industrial and commercial waste and/or garbage into wet or bio-
degradable and dry or non-biodegradable, pursuant to Republic Act
No. 9003
SP-1630, S-2005 Amending Section 4 of Ordinance No. SP-1501, S-2005 “requiring

subdivision developers and/or subdivision owners in Quezon City to
provide sufficient space for the installation of composting facilities to
accommodate the disposal of recyclables or biodegradable wastes”,
authorizing the Environmental Protection and Waste Management
Department (EPWMD) in coordination with the Subdivision Unit to
undertake the implementation and enforcement of this Ordinance.

SP-1682, S-2005 Regulating the use of groundwater in Quezon City, providing penalties
for violation thereof and for other purposes
SP-1530, S-2005 Mandating residents, owners and operators of institutions to clean

their own surroundings including canals, streets or roads in their im-
mediate premises to make Quezon City a cleaner and healthier place
to live in, and providing penalties for violation thereof.
SP-1506, S-2005 Amending Ordinance No. 6305, S-65, prohibiting the throwing of any
kind of garbage, waste matters, or refuse in any drainage outlets such
as rivers, creeks, or any tributaries in Quezon City.
SP-1504, S-2005 Amending Ordinance Nos. SP-1191 (16 December 2002) and SP-1203,
S-2002 (09 January 2003) extending the effectively of the incentives
and benefits granted thereunder to accommodate Barangay Bagum-
buhay and other prior qualified barangay.
SP-1501, S-2005 Requiring subdivision developers and/or subdivision owners in Que-

zon City to provide sufficient space for the installation of composting
facilities to accommodate the disposal of recyclables or biodegrad-
able waste generated by homeowners and providing for penalties and
administrative sanctions in violation thereof
SP-1483, S-2005 Requiring all residents and business establishments in Quezon City to
segregate spent fluorescent bulbs from common garbage as to elimi-
nate exposure from mercury, declaring the same as hazardous waste
and directing the Environmental Protection and Waste Management
Department (EPWMD) to prepare Implementing Rules and Regula-
tions regarding the disposal of the same
SP-1344, S-2003 Authorizing the Honorable Feliciano R. Belmonte, Jr., City Mayor of
Quezon City, to purchase one hundred forty-two (142) garbage trucks
to be given to each of the barangays of Quezon City
SP-1338, S-2003 Amending Ordinance No. SP-1191, S-2002 “Granting Incentives for ba-
rangays utilizing own trucks for waste collection and giving it retroac-
tive effect
SP-1323, S-2003 Adopting guidelines and procedures for a unified approach on Solid
Waste Management
SP-1203, S-2002 Granting incentives to barangays practicing best Solid Waste Manage-
ment.

Chapter V5 Environmental Management Profile
SP-1191, S-2002 Providing incentives to all barangays utilizing their own trucks for solid
waste collection service in their respective barangays.
SP-1153, S-2002 Prescribing the sound proofing of all business establishments in the
city operating with live bands, karaoke bars, jazz bands, discotheques
and similar establishments
SP-1072, S-2001 Mandating all drivers of public utility vehicles plying the streets of
Quezon City to provide a receptacle conspicuously inside their respec-
tive vehicles for the proper disposal of trash/rubbish of their passen-
gers and providing penalties for violation thereof
SP-1009, S-2001 Requiring the Barangay Councils of Quezon City to establish and oper-
ate Ecological Recycling and Composting Centers as part of their re-
spective solid waste management program before the end of the year
2001 and as a component thereof, to purchase and operate at least
two (2) composting and shredding machines, and mandating that
funds be taken from their respective shares of the unprogrammed ap-
propriation from the local government equalization funds and their
respective allocations of the waste management fund
SP-982, S-2000 Creating the Quezon City Environmental Protection and Waste Man-
agement Department providing for us organization structure and
functions and providing funds for its operation
SP-944, S-2000 Providing for the Quezon City Market Code regulating the establish-
ment, classification, operation and the administration of government
and privately owned/operated public markets and all other market
related activities.
SP-941, S-2000 Regulating the operation of ambulant/push cart junk dealers and pro-
viding penalties for violation therefore
SP-856, S-2000 Amending the penal provisions of all ordinances relating to waste and
garbage collection and disposal and littering such as, but not limited
to Ordinance No. NC-106, S-89; Ordinance No. NC- 118, S-89; Ordi-
nance No. NC 172, S-90; Ordinance No. SP-111, S-93, prescribing a
uniform and graduated penalties therefor, and deputizing the elected
barangay officials to help in the implementation thereof

SP-855, S-2000 Declaring all schools in Quezon City as “pollution free areas”, prohibit-
ing any person to engage in any activity that will create any kind of
pollution, that will directly or indirectly, affect school surroundings
and the academic communities and/or disrupt any kind of school ac-
tivities, and providing penalties for violation thereof
SP-826, S-1999 Directing the barangays of Quezon City to corral and impound roaming
and stray domestic animals within their respective territorial jurisdic-
tions and prescribing charges and penalties for impounding services
rendered
SP-813, S-1999 Imposing a city garbage collection service charge on all persons en-
gaged in all forms of business activities/calling or undertaking
SP-654, S-1950 Requiring all house owners and owners of commercial establishments
in Quezon City to provide an appropriate garbage receptacles (box,
drum, or can) in front of their respective houses and establishments
SP-595, S-1997 Regulating the disposal of used oil in Quezon City and providing penal-
ties for violation thereof
SP-572, S-1997 Quezon City Child and Youth Welfare Ordinance

Article IV - Basic Nutrition and Welfare
Section 15 – Promotion of Primary Health Care Program
Sub-article No. 1 – “To combat disease and malnutrition within the
framework of primary health care, through the application of readily
available technology and through the provision of adequate nutritious
food and safe drinking water, taking into consideration the dangers
and risk or environmental pollution”
SP-248, S-1991 Amending Ordinance No. NC-211, S-91 providing for the imposition
of fees for the slaughter of animals, so as to reduce the permit fees to
slaughter provided therein
SP-204, S-1994 Requiring owners, operators, proprietors, and managers, or any per-
son acting for and in their behalf, of all establishments operating with-
in the jurisdiction of Quezon City not to apportion and/or appropriate
the sidewalks or any portion of the streets immediately abutting their
establishments as their exclusive parking areas, and imposing penalty
for violation thereof

NC-172, S-1990 Prohibiting urinating, defecating and indiscriminate disposal of waste,

trash and any form of garbage in public places, except in any designat-
ed, allowable areas or places of Quezon City and providing penalties
SP-156, S-1994 Adopting the various methods implementing a zero waste resource
management system or ecological waste management system through
total recycling of domestic wastes and encouraging all residents,
schools, universities, colleges and other similar institutions, both pri-
vate and public, commercial and industrial establishments to manda-
tory sorting of domestic wastes at source and separate the two (2)
kinds of wastes into biodegradable compostable (for compost making
animal feed) and the non-biodegradable , non-compostable as factory
returnables.
SP-143, S-1993 Prohibiting the parking of any ten (10) wheeler truck, trailer truck,
cargo truck and other similar motor vehicles in any public road, street,
sidewalk, thoroughfare or any portion thereof , in whole or in part, at
any time during the day or night, except for purposes of loading and
unloading and providing penalties for violation thereof
NC-118, S-1989 Requiring owners and/or operators of commercial establishment to

maintain clean and properly functioning rest/comfort rooms and im-
posing penalties for violations thereof.
SP-111, S-1993 Requiring all industrial and commercial establishments to put ade-
quate, sufficient, and covered trash receptacles and its implements
and accessories within the vicinity of their establishments and provid-
ing penalty and/or fine for violation thereof
NC-9816, S-1973 Regulating and controlling the discharge of industrial and other wastes
into the atmospheric air or body of water within the territorial limits
of Quezon City for the purpose of abatement and prevention of pollu-
tion, providing penalties for its violation, and for other purposes
NC-106, S-1989 Requiring all owners of land, business establishments and residential
houses or lessees thereof to undertake the cleanliness of the areas
within their premises providing penalty for violation thereof

NC-9820, S-1973 Regulating solid waste disposal practices, including the prohibition of
open dumping in vacant lots, in esteros and in other water courses
NC-73, S-1989 Banning smoking in public places in Quezon City and imposing penalty

6.1 Local Government Organization
6.1.1 Evolution of the Quezon City Government
The organizational structure of the government of It is worthy to note at this point that the positions of
Quezon City evolved into what is now a complex form the Mayor, the Vice Mayor and the City Council which
from a lean set-up of 10 offices and a 5-member City used to be appointive were declared elective on June
Council when it was created on October 12, 1939 by 19, 1959 by Republic Act 2259. The first local election
virtue of Commonwealth Act 502, the City’s original for these offices was held on November 10, 1959.
charter. The passage of a series of acts by the National Further amendments to the City’s organization were
Assembly (before the war) and by the Philippine Con- made on June 18, 1960 by Republic Act 2649 with the
gress (after the war) effected the changes, both minor creation of the Office of the City Fiscal in lieu of the Of-
and significant, to the City’s organizational structure. fice of the City Attorney, with six (6) levels of Assistant
Fiscals compared to only four (4) Assistant City Attor-
The original structure was composed of the Offices of ney levels.
the Mayor, the Vice Mayor, and six (6) offices, namely:
the City Health, the City Engineer, the City Police, the The position of Assistant Chiefs of the various depart-
City Treasurer, the City Assessor and the City Attorney ments including that of the Secretary to the Mayor
as part of the Executive Branch; the City Council with (also ranked as Assistant Department Chief) was cre-
the Mayor, the Vice Mayor and three (3) other mem- ated by Republic Act 3663 dated June 22, 1963.
bers supported by the Office of the City Secretary com- Among the significant structural changes that the City
prised the Legislative Branch; and the Justice of the experienced was the division of the City into four (4)
Peace Court with an auxiliary justice as the Judiciary Councilor Districts each to be represented by four (4)
Branch. All the city officials then were appointed by Councilors elected by district, thereby increasing the
the President of the Philippines. Council membership to sixteen (16). This was by virtue
of Republic Act 5441 on September 8, 1968.
Commonwealth Act 659 dated June 21, 1941 amend-
ed the structure when the Office of the Justice of the The Act however, removed the voting power of the
Peace Court was renamed as the City’s Municipal Court Vice Mayor in the City Council except only in case of a
with two (2) branches: the First and the Second Branch. tie. The same Act also elevated the position of Secre-
This Act also created the position of the Clerk of Court tary to the Mayor into department level and created
and increased the number of Assistant City Attorneys the position of Assistant Secretary to the Mayor.
from one (1) to three (3).
It was however the creation of the Metropolitan Manila
On June 16, 1950 (after the war), Republic Act 537, also Commission on November 7, 1975 by virtue of Presi-
known as the revised charter of Quezon City increased dential Decree 824 that bears major impact not only
the membership of the City Council to ten (10) - the on the City’s organization but on its autonomy as well.
Mayor, the Vice Mayor and eight (8)councilors. Also, Said decree made Quezon City along with the sixteen
the different city offices were elevated into department (16) other Local Governments in the Greater Manila
level. The Act also created the City Fire Department. Area as component units of a higher-level, commis-
Later, on June 16, 1956, Republic Act 1575 increased to sion-type government agency directly under the Office
three (3) the members of branches of the Municipal of the President. The Commission was vested powers
Court. encompassing both the legislative function and some
executive responsibilities previously held by the local
government.

Chapter 6 Institutional Profile & Development
Local councils in Metro Manila were terminated on De- Metro Manila Commission (MMC) was uncertain. Ex-
cember 31,1975. The Commission has the following ecutive Order 392 of January 9, 1990 reconstituted it
salient feature. to become the Metropolitan Manila Authority (MMA)
composed of the heads of the seventeen (17) Local
The Commission acts as the central government that Government units of the region as its Council, the chair-
formulates programs and policies, including review man of which is elected from among its members for
and approval of local programs and administers its a six (6) month term. In contrast to the previous Com-
own programs like fire control, garbage disposal, and mission, the Authority’s jurisdiction was trimmed to
traffic management. general executive functions involving services of met-
ro-wide concern but none that will directly intervene
It was also empowered to review, amend, revise or re- with the legislative functions of the local councils.
peal local ordinances and enact new ordinances and
resolutions – powers that used to belong to the local The support structure of the MMC headed by three
councils. commissioners was retained. However, the commis-
sioners were renamed Assistant General Managers
The Commission was composed of the Governor, the while a new position for General Manager which used
Vice-Governor and three (3) Commissioners: one for to be held by the Chairman was created.
planning, another for finance, and the third for opera-
tions – all of whom were appointees of the President. MMA’s existence was more of “interim” in nature,
It was appropriated an initial fund (P2,500,000) from pending Congress action on a permanent entity to ad-
the National Treasury plus proceeds from certain taxes minister Metro Manila. On March 1, 1995, the Presi-
accruing from contributions of the component LGUs dent approved RA 7924 creating the Metropolitan Ma-
and outlays in the Annual General Appropriations De- nila Development Authority (MMDA) which replaced
cree. MMA. The basic composition/organization and func-
tions of MMA, however, remained unchanged except
While the National Assembly passed the Local Govern- for the following :
ment Code in 1983 (Batas Pambansa Blg. 337 which
was approved on February 10, 1983) which embodies the inclusion of the presidents of the Vice Mayors
the declared principle of autonomy of local govern- League and the Councilors League of Metro Manila
ment units, the act exempted Metro Manila area from in the Council
its coverage. Hence, PD 824 continued to be in effect.
It was only with the ratification of the New Constitu- the Council Chairman shall be appointed by the Pres-
tion in 1986 that the City, as with the rest of Metro ident whose term shall be on the latter’s discretion
Manila, regained its autonomy, especially the power and has the rank of a cabinet member
to legislate. The first local elections after martial law
and as called for by the new constitution was held in additional funding shall come from the General Ap-
January 1988. Posts to be filled were those of the City propriations Act
Mayor, Vice Mayor and twenty - four (24) councilors
with six each from the four (4) districts. Quezon City is within the National Capital Re-
gion (NCR) a metropolitan government under the
For four (4) years, from 1986 to 1990, the fate of the MMDA.

MMDA is not a political unit of government, but a de- program-based units, committees and Task Forces op-
velopment authority likened to a national agency that erating directly under the Office of the Mayor. The
is tasked to oversee the delivery of basic services. The existing departments/offices, committees, and task
power delegated to MMDA through the Metro Manila forces and their functions are shown in Appendix 1.
Council – the MMDA’s governing and policy-making
body is limited only to the promulgation of administra- Under Council Ordinance No. 154, S-90, three (3) posi-
tive rules and regulations in the implementation of the tions of Assistant City Administrator were created to
MMDA’s plans, programs and projects. assist the City Administrator in the performance of his
functions relating to the proper supervision, coordi-
On the administrative character, the MMDA Chairman nation and monitoring of development programs and
is a presidential appointee, with the rank of a cabinet other services being delivered by the city. They are: the
member. One of the Chairman’s functions is to per- Assistant City Administrator for Operations, the Assis-
form such other duties as may be assigned to him by tant City Administrator for General Affairs and the As-
the President. In LGUs, the President of the Philippines sistant City Administrator for Fiscal Affairs.
merely exercises supervisory authority.
The position of Assistant Secretary to the Mayor was
The MMDA has no power to enact ordinances for the renamed as Assistant Secretary to the Mayor for Inter-
welfare of the community. It is the local government nal Affairs, while another position, that of the Assistant
units, acting through their respective legislative coun- Secretary to the Mayor for External Affairs was also
cils that possess legislative and police powers. This is created under Council Ordinance 154 -S-90.
in line with the local autonomy being enjoyed by the The positions of the City Administrator, Secretary to
LGUs. the Mayor, and the Assistant Secretary to the Mayor
for External Affairs are co-terminous with the appoint-
6.1.2 Existing Organizational Structure of ing power.
Quezon City Government Other co-terminous positions are the City Legal Officer,
Head of the Department of Public Order and Safety,
The present organizational set-up of the Local Govern- Secretary to the Mayor and Asst. Secretary to the May-
ment of Quezon City is a structure with two (2) distinct or for External Affairs.
branches, the Executive and the Legislative. (See Ap-
pendix 1). Existing QC Government Organizational The Legislative Branch
Structure)
Quezon City is divided into four (4) Legislative Districts
The Executive Branch with each district having six (6) elected City Councilors
and one (1) Representative to the House of Represen-
The Executive Branch is composed of nineteen (19) tatives. The four (4) district representatives have their
departments and ten (10) offices which are further sub-offices in the city hall compound.
divided into services, divisions and sections. At the
helm of the organization is the City Mayor from whom The City Council, the legislative body of the city, is
all executive authority and responsibilities emanate. composed of the Vice-Mayor as the Presiding Officer,
The City Administrator and the Secretary to the Mayor the 24 regular council members, the President of the
stand next in the hierarchy as they exercise delegated city chapter of the Liga ng mga Barangay, and the pres-
authority to supervise the operations of line and staff ident of the Panglunsod na Pederasyon ng Sangguni-
departments/ offices and units. There are also several ang Kabataan.

The Office of the Vice Mayor has also supervisory control over the following spe-
cial projects such as:
Project Title
Quezon City Drug Treatment and
Sports Development Council

program in the grassroots level; coordinates with the 142 barangays
Task Force Greening Extends assistance through livelihood project which will provide job
opportunity and income for the families of Quezon City.
Prepares plans and programs to minimize, if not eradicate drug abuse and
Appendix 1. QC GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONAL CHART
OFFICE OFFICEOFTHEVICEMAYOR
OF THE QUEZON CITY COUNCIL
(24) Councilors
MAYOR (1) President,LigangmgaBarangay
(1) President,SangguniangKabataan
ADVISORYBODIES SPECIAL
OFFICEOFTHESECRETARY PROJECTS
TECHNICALASSISTANCECOMMITTEE TOTHEMAYOR
SPECIALASSTTOTHEMAYOR TAHANAN
SENIORADVISER QCADAC
NOVALICHES DISTRICT CENTER OFFICEOFTHE TRICYCLE
SECRETARYTO FRANCHISING
OFFICEOFTHE THE BOARD
CITY SANGGUNIANG
ADMINISTRATOR PANGLUNGSOD
OFFICEOFTHEDEPUTY
CITYADMINISTRATORS(3)
CITY DEPT.OF CITY CITYCIVIL QCHEALTH SSDD CPDO CITY CITY CITYLEGAL GSO
TREASURER’S ENGINEERING ASSESSOR’S REGISTRY DEPT. ACCOUNT- BUDGET DEPT.
OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE INGDEPT. DEPT
DPOS MDAD QCGEN. NOVA.DIST. PDAD EPWM

HOSPITAL HOSPITAL
CITY PAISO AMO RADIO QCPUBLIC CTAO BPLO BOC UPAO CRO
PERSONNEL COM. LIBRARY
OFFICE SERVICE
TASKFORCES/SPECIAL NATIONALGOVERNMENT
OPERATINGUNIT AGENCIES
SYDP QCPolytechnic QCPoliceDistrict QCJail
QCIT OSCA DivofCitySchools RegistryofDeeds
SikapBuhay PESO CityProsecutor’sOffice COA
LLRB TF-COPRISS MetropolitanTrialCourt
GAD Sec.tothe Boarrdof RegionalTrialCourt
Amoranto AssessmentAppeals QCFireDepartment
Sports PLEB
Complex LigangmgaBarangay

6.1.3 QC Government Manpower recommended to permanent appointment. Positions
Complement like drivers, reproduction machine operators and the
like are required to pass through this type of appoint-
ment. There are 63 of this kind.
As of December 31 2008, the Quezon City Government
employs a total of 12,569 personnel broken down un- Co-Terminous - issued to a person whose entrance
der the following types and of employment status: and continuity in the service is based on trust and con-
fidence of the appointing authority. The term of the
Elective - These are the officials of the city elected by Legal Officer, the City Administrator, Secretary to the
the qualified voters during election period and whose Mayor, Head of the Department of Public Order and
term of office is three years but shall not serve for Safety (DPOS), Confidential Secretary are co-terminous
more than three consecutive years in the same posi- with the appointing power. The staff of the City Council
tion. They are the City Mayor, City Vice Mayor, the 24 are also co-terminous with the term of the city council-
regular members of the City Council and the two sec- ors. There are 157 co-terminous employees.
toral representatives (the Youth and the ABC sectors).
There are 28 elective officials. Contractual - This refers to employment where the
contracts of services are not covered by the Civil Ser-
Permanent - issued to a person who meets all the vice laws but covered by Commission on Audit (COA)
minimum qualification standards of the position to rules. Contractual services rendered are not consid-
which he is being appointed as prescribed by the Civil ered government services. The Executive Branch has
Service Commission (CSC). Personnel holding this na- 3,914 contractual personnel for special projects, vari-
ture of appointment enjoy security of tenure and all ous task forces, committees and several line depart-
benefits accruing to government employees. The city ments/ offices which also employ appointment of this
government has 4,432 employees with permanent ap- kind while the Legislative Branch has 3.848. The total
pointment. contractual personnel is 7,762
Temporary - issued to a person who meets the educa- Consultant - Issued to a person with technical exper-
tion, skills and experience requirements to the posi- tise essential to a service. The city has 127 consultants
tion to which he is being appointed. The appointee (73, executive and 54 from legislative. (See Fig In-1 &
however, has to complete 12 months training (proba- Table In-1).
tionary period of satisfactory performance) before he is
Figure In-1 QC Government Organization; Filled Up Positions
Male Female
Top Management 57 32 89
Middle Management 145 252 396
Lower Management 151 194 345
Rank and File 1,948 1,900 3,848
Total 2,301 2,379 4,680

Table In- 1
Manpower Complement; QC Government 2005-2008
Type of Appointment 2005 2006 2007 2008

28 28 28 28
Permanent 4,733 4,588 4,574 4,432
Temporary 55 58 56 63
Co-terminous 159 158 158 157
Sub-total 4,975 4,832 4,816 4,680
Contractual
3,293 3,443 2,206 3,914
2,945 3,832 1,855 3,848
Consultants 49 47 62 127
Sub-total 6,287 7,322 4,123 7,889
Grand Total 11,262 12,154 8.939 12,569
Regular 2005 2006 2007 2008
7,268 7,268 7,261 7,243
4,975 4,832 4,816 4,680
Source : QC Personnel Office
Of the 7,243 plantilla positions (December 2008) 4680 are filled-up and 2563
are vacant. Of the filled up slots, 2,379 are female (50.8%) and 2,301 are male
(49.2%).
Being a government entity, Quezon City Government operates in accordance

with existing laws or guidelines on managing and developing human resources
as prescribed by the Civil Service Commission, particularly the Omnibus Rules/
Implementing Book V of Executive Order No. 292.
Classification of Manpower Support
The existing manpower support has been classified according to functional hier-
archy :
Top Management. This is the top level executive group performing primarily
management functions. This is where policies and objectives that guide the ac-
tivities of the various departments/offices of the entire organization originates
. The group is composed of elected officials and Heads of the various depart-
ments/offices operating vital units in the organizational structure. Salary grade
falls between 25-30. There are 89 of this type.
Middle Management. This group coordinates and supervises staff activities of

their office. It is responsible in enforcing proper performance of their delegated
functions in order to attain the office/unit’s and ultimately the organization’s
thrusts and objectives. This group includes Assistant Office Heads, Chief of Other
special operating units, Division and Asst. Division Heads. Salary grade is 20-24.
Under this level we have 398.
are 345.

Lower Management. This also coordinates and supervises staff activities. This
group consists of the section chiefs. Salary grade is 18-19. Of this type there
are 345.
The Rank and File Group. All salary grade 17 and below belong to this group. This
includes the technical group responsible in translating city plans, programs and
projects into implementable forms through researches and development This
group consists of the Urban planners, Statisticians, Researchers, Computer Pro-
grammers, Analysts, etc. and the administrative group (staff support) involved
in providing clerical, general services, security, transport and area maintenance.
This group is composed of positions such as Staff Aides , Clerks, Drivers, Secu-
rity Guards, etc. Personnel under this category are 3848 in all.
6.1.4 Physical Plant and Facilities The present administration can be credited with the
major development in the city hall building: and its
environs including the rehabilitation of the legislative
The head offices of the QC government organization building and construction of a new 8-storey twin build-
are located at the High Rise and the Annex Buildings at ing at the south portion of the compound to house
the east and south wings of the main building, though some offices which are transacting heavily with the
some departments / offices operate sub - offices/ public.
branches and stations in various parts of the city. The
main building is a 14-storey structure built during the District II, being the largest district in terms of area and
term of the late Mayor Norberto S. Amoranto and in- population is served by a “Mini City Hall”, the Novali-
augurated on January 1, 1972. ches District Center, which houses the following gov-
ernment agencies , namely :
In the year 1981, a fire gutted the 3 - storey left wing
of the QC Hall destroying property worth P10 million. Engineering Office
On June 11, 1988, another fire razed the main building Sub - Office of the City Treasurer
from the 7th to 14th floors causing property damage Bureau of Post
of about P240 million. The main building was again hit Fire Department
by fire on August 7, 1998, destroying the fifth floor and Health Department
affecting the fourth and sixth floor as well. On May 6, Business Permits and Licensing Office
another fire hit the south wing housing the Accounting City Library
Unit, Fiscal and Administrative Units of the City Trea- Social Services Development Department
surer’s Office. City Civil Registry Office
Parks Development Adm. Office
At present, many offices of the main building have Liquor Licensing Regulatory Board
undergone renovation. The second floor of the main Tricycle Regulatory Unit
building has been converted into a taxpayers lounge. Office of Senior Citizen Affairs
The ground floor of the south wing annex now offers
taxpayers the comfort and convenience while waiting
for their assessment documents.

6.1.5 Management System & Operations
In 2001 upon the assumption of the Belmonte administration it made a com-

mitment to make QC a model for others to follow in terms of governance and
leadership.
Seven years later, and on its 3rd and last term, the commitment was concretized
by the major innovations introduced and practiced in different service areas.
These have gained recognition and awards for the City and the Chief Executive
both locally and abroad. The many awards received by the city only show that
the efforts and strategies of good governance and leadership are working alive
in the city.
Table In- 2
Quezon City Awards & Citations; 2002-2008
Conferred by Year
Outstanding Filipino in Gov’t. Service Phil. Jaycees Senate & Insular Philippines 2002
Outstanding City Mayor of the Philippines Local Government Leadership Award 2003
Huwarang Filipino Award for Local Governance 2003
Most Business Friendly City 2003-2004 & Hall of Famer in 2005 Philippine Chamber of Comm.& Industries 2003-2005
2003
DILG
Livable Community Award 2003
Housing & Urban Dev’t.Coord. Council 2003
Gawad Galing Pook – Molave Youth Home 2005
2005-2006
Gawad Galing Pook for Payatas Dumpsite 2008
Best Practices
Strategic Planning Workshops

An organization-wide planning workshop participated in by heads of department
and offices was conducted in February 2002 that crafted the mission and vision
of the city government and created the model of governance for the city. In
2004, assessment of the action plan was made and interventions suited to the
needs of the residents were implemented.

Clustering of Offices Resource Allocation
Clustering of offices is done to give the City Mayor Achieving more with less use of human and material
various options on mechanisms which can be used to resources is an underlying principle of resource alloca-
effect closer coordination of offices under his general tion efforts of the city government. For example, a pro-
supervision, as follows: cess that guides fuel allocation thru the use of fleet
card thereby minimizing improper use and waste was
Governance adopted.
Administrative Support and Protection Services
Infrastructure, Development Housing and related Systems Improvement
services
Health and Allied Services QC is one of the first to computerize its real estate as-
Education, Culture/Sports; sessment and payment systems and the process for se-
Poverty Alleviation Program and other Welfare curing business permits.
Services; and,
Revenue Generating and Finance Management. Operational improvement in business processing was
adopted to shorten the period for renewals of low-risk
establishments. For renewal, only the barangay clear-
Regular Conduct of Executive Staff and Management ance and locational clearance together with the proof
Committee Meetings of payments of taxes/fees is required. Applications for
locational clearance was also simplified to reduce the
Given the size of QC, the city government officials track processing time. The requirement is presentation of
the direction as to where the city is going thru the the previous year’s clearance duly validated by a stamp
weekly consultative meetings. Here, the city execu- for a year’s extension.
tives are regularly kept abreast with programs and de-
velopments in other areas of the city government. This Official receipts for tax payment have security features
venue also enhances each other’s gains and comple- that are hard to counterfeit and anti-graft cases against
ments efforts not needlessly waste resources through erring employees were filed at the Office of the Om-
duplication. The Management Group composed of 6-7 budsman.
top management members also meet during the alter-
nating week. In this group, ideas are freely discussed In project identification/selection systematic method
and exchanged for selecting and prioritizing was formulated to deter-
mine their distribution throughout the districts and for
identifying sources of funds. The principle is for a bal-
anced development.

6.1.6 The Barangay However, since the entire City was already covered by
the respective territories of the 133 barangays, these
The basic political units we know today as “barangays” newly created barangays were merely “carved - out”
serve as the primary planning and implementing unit of existing barangays. Meanwhile, the area now known
of government policies, plans, programs, projects and as Barangay Payatas was declared as separate barangay
activities in the community and as the forum wherein from Barangay Commonwealth thru a court order ren-
the collective views of the people may be expressed, dered by Quezon City Court of First Instance, Branch
crystallized and considered and where disputes may 31, on March 5, 1976, hence, is of a special case. How-
be amicably settled. The barangays emanated from ever, said court order did not define the exact metes
what were then called “barrios” which exist and oper- and bounds of Barangay Payatas.
ate as quasi-municipal entities that perform particular
government functions thru its “barrio council” and un- The latest addition to the list is thru Ordinance No. SP
der the supervision of the Mayor. Republic Act 2370 439, S-96 dated September 10, 1996 dividing Barangay
of June 21, 1959 or the Barrio Charter governed the Pasong Putik into three (3) barangays namely: Greater
activities of barrios. Lagro, Pasong Putik Proper, and North Fairview.
In the period of the Marcos administration, particularly The City is made up of 142 barangays each with a ba-
during the martial law period, barrio assemblies came rangay council composed of one (1) Punong Barangay,
to be called as citizen’s assemblies as prescribed by PD seven (7) Barangay Kagawad Members (1) Sangguniang
86 dated December 31, 1972. When PD 557 was issued Kabataan Chairman, (1) Barangay Secretary, (1) Baran-
on September 21, 1974, these barrios were renamed gay Treasurer and (1) Lupon Tagapamayapa.
as barangays and the Barrio Charter, as amended by
RA 3590 of June 22, 1963 was adopted as the Barangay These barangay officials are the City government’s
Charter. overwhelming presence in communities and the grass-
roots. They are deemed persons of authority in their
In Quezon City , prior to PD 86 ,there already existed for- jurisdiction, being designated by law to take charge of
ty- four (44) barrios that were constituted by the then the maintenance of public order, protection and secu-
City Council. In 1973, pursuant to PD 86, eighty - nine rity of life and property and maintenance of a desirable
(89) more civic assemblies were created and later all and balanced environment.
these one hundred thirty three (133) barrios and civic
assemblies were declared as barangays thru Executive With the passage of Local Government Code of 1991
Orders No. 20 to 35 dated June 25, 1975 of then Mayor (RA 7160) , the barangays were granted more powers
Norberto S. Amoranto in compliance with PD 557. The and prerogatives.
boundary descriptions and maps which formed part of
the said Executive Orders, were prepared by the then In terms of land area, Barangay Bagong Silangan with
Quezon City Secretariat on the Delineation of Baran- 595.1 ha. is the biggest while Barangay Escopa I with
gay Boundaries. These were submitted to then Depart- 1.28 ha. is the smallest. In terms of population, Baran-
ment of Local Government and Community Develop- gay Commonwealth has the biggest with 172,834 and
ment (DLGCD) on December 9, 1975 for confirmation. Barangay Manga has the least with 634.
Subsequent barangays created in the City were either
thru Presidential Decrees (1978 to 1981)- three (3) ba-
rangays, or thru Batas Pambansa (1982 to 1984) - an-
other three (3), making a total of 139 barangays.

Table In- 3
Barangay Income Profile
Barangay Amount (2007) Amount (2008) Dist

Highest Bgy. Income
(RPT, IRA, &Other Source Bahay Toro 20,655,736.52 23,291,936.36 I
Batasan Hills 35,579.275.60 II
Commonwealth 48,443,844.52 II
Bagumbayan 25,973,184.00 III
Old Balara 24,991,278.62 III
Tatalon 18,232,191.56 IV
South Triangle 19,258,830.41 IV
Highest Share on RPT Sto. Cristo 6,606,106.23 I
B. Pag-asa 6,520,105.71 I
Samson 8.790,912.62 8,053,508.11 II
Bagumbayan 23,663,587.00 13,870,335.00 III
South Triangle 11,628,889.52 15,664,205.41 IV
Highest Share on IRA Bahay Toro 14,082,692.00 17,270,253.00 I
Commonwealth 30,899,483.00 44,672,442.00 II
Old Balara 13,973,149.50 18,382,292.00 III
Tatalon 13,565,416.00 15,264,491.00 IV
Lowest Bgy. Income Mariblo 3,075,550.17 2,914,971.35 I
(RPT, IRA, &Other Source New Era 3,449,748.85 II
Unang Sigaw 2,244,824.00 II
V. Ma. Clara 2,271,934.83 III
Bayanihan 2,601,831.59 III
Old Capitol Site 2,581,444.70 2,879,745.52 IV
Lowest Share on RPT Alicia 1,865,510.91 I
Mariblo 1,886,311.22 I
Payatas 1,725.089.92 1,659,959.76 II
Escopa II & IV 1,724.937.41 III
Escopa IV 1,659,959.76 III
Krus na Ligas 1,726,691.77 IV
Botocan 1,671,348.39 IV
Lowest Share on IRA Damar 720,000.00 832,831.00 I
New Era 1,332,871.00 II
Unang Sigaw 2,244,824.00 II
V. Ma. Clara 433,905.00 III
Mangga 600,442.00 III
Old Capitol Site 720,780.00 943,395.00 IV
Source: City Budget Office
Of the 142 barangays, Batasan Hills and Commonwealth in District II have the
highest income with P35.57 million (2007) and P48.44 million (2008), respec-
tively, while Brgys. Villa Ma. Clara in District III and Unang Sigaw in District
II have the lowest with P 2.27 million (2007)and P 2.24million (2008), respec-
tively. As to share on Real Property Tax (RPT), Brgy. Bagumbayan in District III
and South Triangle, District IV, got the highest share with P 23.663 million (2007)
and P15.664 million (2008), respectively, and Payatas, District II and Escopa IV,
District III posted the lowest with only P1.65 million (both in 2008. On the other
hand, Brgy. Commonwealth got the biggest share on IRA with P30.89 million
(2007) and 48.043 million (2008) largely due to its big population and large area
and Brgys. Villa Ma. Clara and Mangga, both of District III, got the smallest share,
with only P 433,905.00 (2007) and Mangga P 600,442.00 (2008).

Operation of the barangays is funded out of the following major sources: (See
Table In-4)
Table In- 4 Barangay Funds Sources
SOURCES SHARE / DISTRIBUTION

Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA)
Community Tax 50% of the community tax collected through the Barangay Treasurer
Real Property Tax 30% of the Real Property Tax is distributed among the component barangays
a. 50% accrues to the barangay where the property is located
b. 50% accrues equally to all component barangays of the city
Taxes, Fees and Charges The barangays may impose taxes, fees or charges on business establishments
Source: Local Government Code of 1991
Quezon City is the first local government unit to give Barangay officials full fiscal
control over their share of real property tax starting 2002, which are given them
on a quarterly basis.
Coordination with the various barangay is being handled by the Barangay Opera-
tions Center.
The term of office of all local elective officials is three (3) years but shall not serve
for more than three (3) consecutive years in the same position.
Table In-5 Status of Barangay Halls, District I-IV
Status Constructed in
District No. of Brgy Sidewalk/
Permanent Temporary Gov’t Lot Private Lot Open Space
I 37 32 5 - 32 1 4
II 30 29 1 - 29 1 -
III 37 33 4 - 35 1 1
IV 38 34 2 2 34 2 2
Total 142 128 12 2 130 5 7
Source: Barangay Operations Center
Quezon City is home to 142 barangays dispersed in the city’s four (4) districts.
Each barangay has its own barangay hall. Of the 142 barangays, 128 have perma-
nent structure, 12 have temporary structure, while two (2) barangays are rent-
ing a space. As to location, five (5) are constructed in private property, seven
(7) are occupying sidewalk/open space and 130 are on government lots. (Refer
to Table In-5).

6.1.7 National Government Agencies
The Local Government Code of 1991, provides that national agencies and offices
with project implementation functions shall coordinate with the local govern-
ment units in the discharge of these functions. They shall ensure the partici-
pation of local government units both in the planning and implementation of
national projects.
For this purpose, the city exercises close coordination with the national agen-
cies like the DPWH, MWSS and the MMDA in regard to their respective plans
and projects to be undertaken in the City. This is to prevent overlapping and/or
duplication of projects in the city as well as to ensure a smooth implementation
of the projects.
Some national government agencies (NGAs) have branches based and operating
in the city that are rendering services to the city residents. Among them are:
Regional Trial Court (Department of Justice )

City Prosecutor’s Office (Department of Justice)
Metropolitan Trial Court (Department of Justice)
Registry of Deeds (Department of Justice
City Auditor’s Office (Commission on Audit)
Central Police District Command (DILG)
QC Fire District (with 16 Fire-sub-stations) (DILG)
Division of City Schools (Dep Ed)
Quezon City Jail (BJMP, DILG])
Adjudication, comptrolling, protective services are, among others, the type of

public services rendered by these agencies to the city residents and the city gov-
ernment as well. The basic services and facilities herein above enumerated
are funded from the share of local government units in the proceeds of national
taxes, other local revenues and funding support from National Government (RA
7160, Sec. 17, 4g).
Other national government agencies that are housed in the Quezon City Hall
Compound and providing direct service to the QC residents and general public
as well through extension offices are the Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC),
Commission on Election (COMELEC), National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), the
Philippine Postal Corporation, the Technical Education Skills Development Au-
thority (TESDA) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).

Table In-6 Devolved Functions to LGU
Local
National Agency Devolved Function Government
Unit
Housing and Land Use Approval of subdivision schemes and development plans Subdivision Ad-
Reg. Board (HLRB) of all subdivision, residential, commercial, industrial, all ministration Unit
economic and socialized hosing projects (ZAU)
Accepts and recommends to the Tricycle Franchising Tricycle Regula-

=Land Transportation Board (TFB) the approval of all applications for motorized tion Unit (TRU)
Franchising and tricycle operator’s permit (MTOP/Franchise) dropping or
Regulatory Board cancellation of Franchise/MTOP, change of ownership of
(LTFRB) tricycle unit, renewal of MTOP/Franchise, amendment of
franchise which are applied to by operators of motorized
tricycles
Philippine Gamefowl Inspects, monitors, conduct of cockfighting and/or derby

Commission activity in the city and evaluates proposals for construc-
tion of cockpits
Department of Empowerment of urban farmers and interested constitu- EPWMD

Agriculture ents thru extension methodologies; (the devolved
Assistance in procurement of high breed species adopt- personnel takes
able and appropriate of its purpose; charge of urban
Assistance in animal deliveries, farm and home visits; agriculture
Assistance in procurement and/or dispersal of finger-
lings;
Extension of technical assistance to organizations to serve
as channels for developing leadership and cooperation
leading to community development
Department of Social Protection and rehabilitation of the segment of the city’s Social Services
Welfare and population (individual, family & community) who has the Development De-
Development least in life in terms of physical, mental and social well- partment (SSDD)
(DSWD) being, needing social welfare assistance and social work
interventions to restore their normal functioning and par-
ticipation in community development
Department of Health Establishment and operation of health care centers, ma- QC Health De-
ternity lying-in, clinics for sexually-transmitted diseases, partment
laboratories, mobile clinics and others.
Provide pre marital counseling, communicable disease
control, disease surveillance and epidemic logical investi-
gations, nutrition information, education and motivation.
Department of Assistance in the implementation of the Anti-Smoke Belch- Pollution con-

Environment and ing Program of the city such as apprehension of smoke trol Unit under
Natural Resources belching vehicles, verification of apprehension (Dist 1-4) EPWMD
(DENR)
6.2 Government and Income Expenditure
6.2.1 Government Income
Sources of government revenue can be classified as regular income and non-

regular income. Regular income covers traditional sources as taxation, internal
revenue allotment, fees and charges and other receipts. Non-regular income,
on the other hand, are sourced thru other means available to the local govern-
ment units (LGU) which include among others as credit financing, bond flotation,
privatization, etc.
The period 2001-2007 saw income growing by an average of 14.31% annually,

with the highest growth rate recorded in 2001-2002 by almost 50%, the first year
of the Belmonte Administration. (See Fig In-2).
Figure In-2 Local Government Income Growth; QC:2001-2007
8000000
7000000
6000000
5000000
4000000
3000000
2000000
1000000
0
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Figure In-3 Local Government Income Growth; QC:2001-2007
Grants/Aids
Other Taxes 2.07%
4.91%
Real Property Tax
14.90%
Business Tax
40.51%
Internal Revenue Allotment
(IRA)
24.27%
Non-Tax Revenues
13.26%

Tax Revenues graphic Information System (GIS) for future tax map-
ping of real property, issuance of official receipts with
Tax revenues have consistently been the top revenue security features to identify and curb the proliferation
source during the 2001-2007 period with revenues of fake receipts. The city also developed a database
from IRA coming in second. Tax revenues grew by system that now contains around 400,000 real prop-
16.64% annually during said period, internal revenue erty units with capability to record payments, and the
allotment by 6.95% and non-tax revenues by 26.86%. capacity to service 20,000 taxpayer transactions a day.
In the year 2007, total income of the city reached
P7.70B, an increase of 6.747% from the P7.22B re- Business Tax
corded in 2006. Tax revenues comprised 60.39% of
total city income in said year, IRA comprised 24.27% Collections from business tax has consistently been the
while non-tax revenues comprised 13.26%. top revenue source of the city growing by an average of
about 23.31% during the 2001-2007 period. In 2007, it
reached P3.12B or about 41% of total city income, an
increase of 11.27% from 2006’s P2.8B.
Share to With the business tax strategies adopted by the city

Type of Tax Amount Total Income which include implementing the presumptive income
1. Real Property Tax P 1,153.23 Million 14.97% approach to make tax declarations more realistic, the
2. Business Tax P 3,119.44 Million 40.51% random examination of books of business firms, door-
3. Other Taxes P 378.03 Million 4.91% to-door verification of unlicensed establishments, re-
alignment of tax rates (making the business tax rates
the lowest among its peer cities in Metro Manila), cou-
pled with the development of the QC Central Business
Real Property Tax District which will simulate synergy in the business en-
vironment of the city, it will, in the near future also be-
Collections from real property tax grew at an average come the top business tax revenue collector not only
of 10.08% during the period 2001-2007. in Metro Manila but the entire country as well.
In 2007, real property tax collections reached P1.15B Other Taxes

or about 15% of total city income. It was the third big-
gest revenue source of the city in 2007 next to IRA, Other taxes include tax on transfer of real property
although it is assumed in the succeeding years that it ownership, professional tax and community tax. This
will be dislodging revenues from IRA which in previous form of taxes grew at an average of about 20.24% dur-
years has been the second biggest revenue source of ing the 2001-2007 period. In 2007, revenues from oth-
the city next to revenues from business tax, indicating er taxes reached P378.03M, a decrease of 28% from
that the city is becoming less dependent on IRA. The the 2006 figure of P527.13M. The P378.03M repre-
increase is attributed to the reforms/strategies imple- sents about 5% of total city income in 2007.
mented by the city which includes among others the
following: computerization of systems and processes,
auction sale of real properties, implementation of Geo-

Internal Revenue Allotment
The internal revenue allotment (IRA) or the city’s share in the national revenue
taxes amounted to P1.87B in 2007 or about 24% of total city income. During the
period 2001-2007, IRA grew by an average of 6.95% annually.
The increasing number of cities in the country, one of the factors in determining
the share of each city in the national revenue taxes, will further decrease the
amount of IRA share of the city in the succeeding years. It increased by 6.9% in
2007 compared with the 2006 figure of P1.54B and got the highest/biggest IRA
allocation among the cities in Metro Manila.
Non-Tax Revenues
Non-Tax Revenues or income from regulatory fees, service user charges and re-
ceipts from economic enterprises such as the city’s markets, reached P1.02B in
2007, an increase of 9.35% from the 2006 figure of P934.16M. It comprised
about 13% of total city income in 2007 and grew by an average of 27% during
the period 2001-2007.
It is worthy to note that the city under the Belmonte Administration did not
resort to any loans/borrowings and has in fact paid its total obligation with the
Land Bank of the Philippines in 2006 that was incurred by the previous adminis-
tration.
With Mayor Belmonte at the helm, the country’s once bankrupt LGU became the
most profitable and the richest city for three consecutive years as recognized by
the Commission on Audit.
Figure In-4
Percentage Share of Government Income by Source; 2001-2007
100%
90%
80%
70% Other Taxes
60%
50% Non-Tax Revenues
40%
30% Real Property Tax
20%
10%
0%
2001 02 03 04 05 06 07
Source: City Treasurer’s office

6.2.2 Government Expenditure
By Major Function
The city’s expenditure grew at an average of 9.70% annually during the period
2001-2007 with the 2006-2007 period exhibiting an increase of 43.48% from
P3.98B in 2006 to P5.71B in 2007. (See Fig. In-5).
Figure In-5
Government Expenditure; Quezon City: 2001-2007
6,000,000.00
5,000,000.00
4,000,000.00
3,000,000.00
2,000,000.00
1,000,000.00
0
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Expenditure for General Public Services topped the city’s expenditure in 2007,
increasing by 52.96% from P3.03B in 2006 to P4.63B in 2007. Average annual
growth rate for this expenditure item during the period 2001-2007 was recorded
at 15.42%. It comprised 81.09% of total city expenditures in 2007.
The second biggest expenditure in 2007 was on Health, Nutrition and Population
Control with P374.54M. It increased by 40.31% from the P266.93M figure in
2006. This expenditure item comprised 6.56% of total city expenditure in 2007
and exhibited an annual average growth rate of 7.53% during the period 2001-
2007.
Expenditures on Education, Culture and Sports / Manpower Development ranked

third reaching P172.17M in the year 2007 representing 3.02% of total city expen-
ditures in said year. It increased by 22.49% from the 2006 figure of P140.55M.
This expenditure item registered an average annual growth rate of 1.26% during
the period 2001-1007
Other city expenditures include expenditure on Social Security Services and Wel-
fare with P126.38M, Economic Services with P119.89M, Housing and Communi-
ty Development with P17.22M, Labor and Employment with P6.05M and Other
Purposes with P263.08M. These expenditure items comprised 2.21%, 2.10%,
0.30%, 0.11% and 4.61% respectively, of total city expenditures in 2007.

Figure In-6
Government Expenditure by Major Function: 2007
Sports / Manpower
Development, 172,170.58
General Public
Services, 4,628,230.15
Control, 374,539.59
Labor &
Employment, 6,048.15
Other Housing & Community

Purposes, 268 ,076.00 Development, 17,219.96
Debt Services, 0.00 Social Security Service &

Welfare, 126 ,384.41
E conomic
Servic es, 119,891.97
By Allotment Class / Object
Quezon City’s expenses for the year 2007 classified as to allotment class / object
are as follows: Personal Services – P1.26 billion, Maintenance and Other Oper-
ating Expenses – P2.87 billion, Capital Outlay – P1.24 billion and Lump Sum Ap-
propriations – P332.81M. Figure In-9 shows the percentage components of city
expenses by allotment class.
Figure In-7
Expenditure by Allotment Class; Quezon City: 2007
Personal
5.83% Services
22.10%
50.30%
Capital Outlay
21.77%

Personal Services of P1.26 billion posted an increment of P231.40 million or

22.46% from the 2006 level P1.03 billion. The components of this expense class
are Salaries and Wages, Other Compensation, Personnel Benefits Contribution
and Other Personnel Benefits. Personal Services registered an average annual
growth rate of 26.07% during the period 2002-2007 indicating that the city oper-
ates on a lean but mean organizational set up. It has Personal Services which is
way below the allowable expenditure on the same based on the Local Govern-
ment Code which allows Personal Services to be 45% of its total budget.
Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses of the city increased by P373.30

million or 14.95% from P2.50 billion in 2006 to P2.87 billion in 2007. Average
growth rate posted by this expenditure item is 59.05% during the period 2002-
2007.
Capital Outlay grew by P884.10 million or almost 247% from P358.18 million
in 2006 indicating various infrastructure projects implemented in 2007. Capital
Outlay grew at an average annual growth rate of 12.27% during the 2002-2007
period.
Lump Sum Appropriations on the other hand increased by almost P241 million
in 2007 or 2.62% from P91.94 million in 2006 to P332.81 million in the current
year.
6.3 Local Legislation

As the legislative body of the City, the Council enacts ordinances that would fa-
cilitate implementation of social and economic development projects and activi-
ties and approves resolutions and appropriates funds for the general welfare of
the City residents.
The Office of the City Secretary serves as the Secretary to the Council, providing
legislative, administrative, and secretarial support services to the body. As such,
the City Secretary is also responsible for the documenting and monitoring of all
legislative measures and documents allowing the LGU to store and retrieve infor-
mation regarding its legislative processes.
The twenty-four (24) city councilors have their own areas of political jurisdic-
tion known as Councilor’s Area of Responsibility (CAR). There are 24 CARs which
serve as the extension area of the City Mayor thru the City Councilors to ratio-
nalize and facilitate the delivery of basic services to the residents comprising the
area.

Table In-7
Brief Profile of District Councils
Number Number Land Area District

District of Brgys of CAR (Has.)
I 37 6 1,960.44 401,705
II 30 6 9,631.68* 1,559,641
III 37 6 2,186.00 299,217
IV 38 6 2,343.16 418,887
Total 142 24 16,121.28 2,679,450
Source: City Treasurer’s office
The 24 councilors also function as chairpersons, vice-chairpersons and/or mem-

ber of regular committees at the city council.
Legislative Outputs
The Quezon City Council, from July 2001 up to September 2008 has passed and
approved a total of 3,450 legislative measures which were classified into 12 ar-
eas. For planning purposes however, the classification was further reduced to 5
development sectors.
Table In-8
Legislative Outputs; Quezon City: 2001-2008
LEGISLATIVE MEASURES ORDINANCES RESOLUTIONS

174 161
76 101
34 191
66 252
Public Works & Infrastructure, Building, Zoning, Subdivision & Housing 86 230
50 278
27 247
Commerce & Industry, Market & Slaughterhouses, Economic Enterprises, Livelihood & Employment 35 223
Youth Welfare, Sports, Amusement /Entertainment, Games & Drugs 37 303
153 312
Parks, Environment and Garbage 25 248
22 119
TOTAL 785 2,665
Source: Office of the City Secretary

Table In-9
Legislative Outputs; Quezon City: 2001-2008
Approved % Approved %
SECTOR Ordinance Equivalent Equivalent
SOCIAL 340 43 1336 50
ECONOMIC 35 5 223 9
LAND USE /INFRASTRUCTURE 108 14 349 13
ENVIRONMENT 25 3 248 9
INSTITUTIONAL 277 35 509 19
TOTAL 785 100 2,665 100

6.4 People’s Participation

the City Council through the City Council’s Committee
The Philippine Constitution of 1987 promotes the in- on People’s Participation in the selection of sectoral
volvement of people’s groups and the private sector representatives to the Local Development Council
at all levels of government. It is provided in the Local (LDC). Only accredited organizations shall be qualified
Government Code (RA 7160, Sec. 3 (l), 34, 35, 36) that for representation in the local special bodies.
local government units shall promote the establish-
ment and operation of people’s and non-governmental There are also non-LDC members which are actively
organizations (POs/NGOs) to become active partners participating in program/project development like the
in the pursuit of local autonomy. ABS – CBN Foundation, GMA Kapuso Foundation, Inc.,
etc.
Sec. 3 (l) RA 7160 : “ The participation of the private
sector in local governance, particularly in the delivery The Community Relations Office (CRO) handles the
of basic services, shall be encouraged…” coordination with the people’s organizations, non-gov-
Sec. 34 RA 7160 : “ Government units shall promote ernmental organizations and other community organi-
the establishments and operation of people’s and non- zations. It also generates feedback from constituents
governmental organization to become active partners that may help improve local government services.
in the pursuit of local autonomy …”
6.4.1 Local Special Bodies
Sec. 35 RA 7160 : “ Government units may enter into
joint ventures and such other cooperative arrange- To enhance the people’s active participation in the
ment with people’s and nongovernmental organiza- process of effective governance and development,
tions…” people’s and non-governmental organizations are rep-
resented in the local special bodies where they will
All organizations seeking representation to the local actively participate in the formulation of development
development council shall apply for accreditation at plans and investment programs. (See Table In-10).
Table In- 10
Local Special Bodies and their Functions
LOCAL SPECIAL FUNCTIONS

BODIES
City Development Council
City Health Board
City School Board
City Peace and Order Council Formulates plans and recommends measures which will improve/ enhance peace
and order and public safety in the local level
People’s Law Enforcement Boards *
projects and goods

Source: Local Government Code of 1991
Although the Implementing Rules and Regulations of the Local Government Code
includes the People’s Law Enforcement Board as one among the local special
bodies, the provision of the Code as to the manner of selecting representatives
to the local special bodies does not apply to the PLEBs.
6.4.2 The QC Local Development Council

In 2002 the Quezon City Council thru the Committee on People’s Participation
was able to accredit a total of 830 organizations from which 50 sectoral repre-
sentatives were elected and became members of the local development council
(LDC). The City’s LDC was first convened and reconstituted on February 27, 2003
with complete membership and since then has become a functioning LDC. (See
Fig In-8 & In-9)
Primary Functions
Figure In-8 LDC:
CDC Membership in Plenary Formulate development plans and policies;
Formulate public invesment programs;
Appraise and prioritize programs and projects
Formulate investment incentives
LDC Structure Coordinate, monitor aevaluate implementation of development programs and
projects.
Executive Committee:
Represent the LDC when is not in session;
Ensure that the LDC decisions are faithfully carried out and act on matters needing
immediate attention by the LDC;
Secretariat Formulate plans, policies and programs based on principles and priorities laid out
by LDC
Secreteriat:
Sectoral or Provide technical support to the LDC;
Document proceeding;
Prepare reports;
Other support functions as may be necessary
> Social
> Economic Sectoral Functional Committee:
> Infrastructure Assist the LDC in the performance of its functions;
> Environment and Provide the LDC with data and information essential to the formulation of plans,
> Natural Resources
programs and activities;
Define sectoral functional objectives, set targets and identify programs, projects
and activities;
Collate and analyze data and conduct studies;
Conduct public hearings on sectoral planning, projects and acivities;
Monitor and evaluate programs and projects, and
Perform functions assigned be the LDC
Figure In-9
CDC Structure & Functions
Chairman
Members

Table In-11
Number of QC NGO/PO Representatives to the CDC
Sector # of Reps Sector # of Reps

Urban Poor 10 Business 10
3 Environment 3
Charitable/Civic 3 Elderly 3
3 3
Livelihood/Vendors 3 Social/Cultural Development 3
Labor/Workers 2 2
2 Professional 2
Women 3 Religious 3
Homeowners 3 Persons with Disability 3
Youth and Children 2 Total 2
The accredited organizations adopt their internal rules of procedure to govern

the selection of the sectoral representatives to the LCD. The designated sectoral
representatives are co-terminous with the mandate of the local chief executive.
Should a vacancy arise, the selected POs and NGOs shall designate a replace-
ment for the unexpired term.
In 2007, the city government through the City Council’s Committee on People
Participation has accredited 527 organization. From this number, the 25% mem-
bership to the CDC was drawn.
Through a selection process coordinated by the DILG-NCR, in an assembly en-

acted for the purpose, the 50 organizations were selected with their duly autho-
rized representative to comprise the 25% requirement of the CDC membership.
In the said accredited organizations, there are big numbers of active urban poor
organizations, hence, it posted the bigger representation. (See Table In-11).

QUEZON CITY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL 2007-2010
Chairman : Hon. Feliciano Belmonte, Jr. - City Mayor

Members : Hon. Vincent Crisologo - District I Representative
Hon. Mary Anne Susano - District II Representative
Hon. Matias Defensor - District III Representative
Hon. Nanette Daza - District IV Representative
Hon. Voltaire Godofredo Liban III - Chairman, Committee on Appropriations
Mr. Tomasito L. Cruz - CDC Secretary
Barangay Captains
District I PB William R. Bawag – Bgy. Sta. Lucia PB Rolando B. Jarabelo – Bgy. Milagrosa
PB Roberto G. Fortuno - Bgy. Vasra PB Ramiro S. Osorio – Bgy. San Agustin PB Mario C. Morales – Bgy. Escopa I
PB Fermin B. Bilaos – Bgy. Bagong Pagasa PB Jose A. Visaya – Bgy. Novaliches Proper PB Fernandito M. Ortiz – Bgy. Escopa II
PB Rizaldy C. Nepomuceno – Bgy. Sto. Cristo PB Dr. Domingo C. Pascual, Jr. – Bgy. N. Nayon PB Delia M. Bongbonga – Bgy. Escopa III
PB Mario M. Nunez – Bgy. Project 6 PB Arnaldo A. Cando – Bgy. Capri PB Ronald M. Taguba – Bgy. Escopa IV
PB Eduardo M. Firmalino – Bgy. Ramon Magsaysay PB Elenita I. Balajonda – Bgy. Sta. Monica PB Peter T. Abad – Bgy. Marilag
PB Leonardo C. Flores, III – Bgy. Alicia PB Rolando F. Dela Cruz – Bgy. San Bartolome PB Raulito R. Datiles – Bgy. Bagumbuhay
PB Dennis A. Caboboy – Bgy. Bahay Toro PB Carlito R. Bernardino – Bgy. Bagbag PB Enrico C. Rizo, Sr. – Bgy. Tagumpay
PB Ma. Teresa R. Pobre – Bgy. Katipunan PB Francisco G. Vitug, Sr. – Bgy. Sauyo PB Oscar Q. Concepcion – Bgy. Dioquino Zobel
PB Nestor R. Berroya - Bgy. San Antonio PB Ernesto A. Tanigue – Bgy. Gulod District IV
PB Gideon F. Gener – Bgy. Veterans Village PB Ursula R. Juan – Bgy. Talipapa PB Alberto C. Flores – Bgy. Sacred Heart
PB Ricardo B. Corpuz – Bgy. Bungad PB Eduardo R. Juan – Bgy. Baesa PB Ralph C. Diaz – Bgy. Laging handa
PB Jose A. Diaz - Bgy. Phil Am PB Elenita C. De Jesus – Bgy. Apolonio Samson PB Marcelo T. San Pedro – Bgy. Obrero
PB Beng San U. Sia – Bgy. West Triangle PB Leonor L. Briones – Bgy. Balonbato PB Leopoldo A. Tiamson – bgy. Paligsahan
PB Ernesto B. Baetiong – Bgy. Sta. Cruz PB Orlando G. Mamonong – Bgy. Unang sigaw PB Marcos L. Estrada, Jr. – Bgy. Roxas
PB Eunice C. Bucsit – Bgy. Nayong Kanluran PB Juan M. Untalan – Bgy. Sangandaan PB Jayson G. Encomienda – Bgy. Kamuning
PB Alfredo A. Anos, Jr. – Bgy. Paltok PB Hector B. Geronimo – Bgy. Tandang Sora PB Larry L. Handayan – bgy. South Triangle
PB Romeo A. Dela Cruz - Bgy. Paraiso PB Ma. Victoria C. Pilar - Bgy. Pasong Tamo PB Vincent T. Saab – Bgy. Pinagkaisahan
PB Thomas T. Dizon - Bgy. Mariblo PB Jaime P. Garcia – Bgy. Culiat PB Peter L. Cabasag – Bgy. Immaculate Heart
PB Gualberto B. Casaje, Jr. – Bgy. Damayan PB Dr. Salvador B. Corpuz – bgy. New Era PB Lilia R. Serrano – Bgy. San Martin de Porres
PB Leopoldo L. Sta. Maria, Jr. – Bgy. Del Monte District III PB Ma. Teresa L. Atentar – Bgy. Kaunlaran
PB Ramon G. Veloso – Bgy. Masambong PB Romeo F. Alvarez – Bgy. Silangan PB Teresa G. Jardio – Bgy. B.L. ng Crame
PB Virginia C. Ongtauco – Bgy. Talayn PB Jose O. De Guzman – Bgy. Socorro PB Josefina P. Ang – Bgy. Horseshoe
PB Richard N. Yu – Bgy. Sto. Domingo PB Danilo E. Tan – Bgy. E. Rodriguez PB Luisito L. De Guzman – Bgy. Valencia
PB Benjamin P. Rivera – Bgy. Sienna PB Emily T. Algabre – Bgy. West Kamias PB Benedick B. Bañega – Bgy. Tatalon
PB Renaldo R. Baena – Bgy. St. Peter PB Leonardo G. Sabido – Bgy. East Kamias PB Robin C. Porlaje – Bgy. Kalusugan
PB Mario D. Alcantara, Jr. – Bgy. San Jose PB Noel R. Agdeppa – Bgy. Quirino 2A PB Armando T. Lazo – Bgy. Kristong Hari
PB Cicero B. Ada – Bgy. Manresa PB Celso G. De Veas – Bgy. Quirino 2B PB Josel D. Clet – Bgy. Damayang Lagi
PB Ester M. Gutierrez – Bgy. Damar PB Mariquit R. Cortes – Bgy. Quirino 2C PB Regina Celeste C. San Miguel – Bgy. Mariana
PB Leonardo P. Salting – Bgy. Pag ibig sa Nayon PB Mario V. Padolina – Bgy. Quirino 3A PB Concepcion S. Malañgen – Bgy. Dona Imelda
PB Erlinda M. Madrilejo – Bgy. Balingasa PB Romeo B. Tagle, Sr.. – Bgy. Quirino 3B (Claro) Daniel C. Sakay – Bgy. Santol
PB Jaime E. Cabaluna, Jr. – Bgy. Sta. Teresita PB Manuel B. Llanes, Sr. – Bgy. Duyan Duyan PB Wilfredo DG. Concepcion – Bgy. Sto. Nino
PB Ramoncito S. Reyes – Bgy.San Isidro Labrador PB Mario C. De Guzman – Bgy. Amihan PB Efren B. Cudal – Bgy. San Isidro Galas
PB William Manugar S. Chua – Bgy. Paang Bundok PB Beda T. Torrecampo - Bgy. Matandang Balara PB Antonio T. Cadampog, Jr. – Bgy. Dona Aurora
PB Juanito J. Miranda – Bgy. Salvacion PB Dominic P. Flores – Bgy. Pansol PB Jimmy A. Lim – Bgy. Don Manuel
PB Amelia M. Amoranto – Bgy. N.S. Amoranto PB Caesar P. Marquez – Bgy. Loyola Heights PB Alfredo S. Garcia – Bgy. Dona Josefa
PB Junie R. Ricaforte – Bgy. Maharlika PB Edwin R. Dela Cruz – Bgy. San Roque Virgilio S. Ferrer II – Bgy. UP Village
PB Manuel S.D. Crisostomo – Bgy. Lourdes PB Cesar R. Dela Fuente, Jr. – Bgy. Mangga Mauricio C. Gutierrez, Sr. – Bgy. Old Capitol site
District II PB Juliet L. Ginete – Bgy. Masagana Isabelita P. Gravides – Bgy. UP Campus
PB Estrella C. Valmocina – Bgy. Holy Spirit PB Reynaldo B. Rivera – Bgy. Villa Ma. Clara Kristhine Del G. Adraneda – Bgy. San Vicente
PB Ranulfo Z. Ludovica – Bgy. Batasan Hills PB Edgardo F. Pangilinan – Bgy. Bayanihan Robert Edmund G. Bautista – Bgy. T. Village East
PB Jose M. Gaviola, Sr. – Bgy. Commonwealth PB Patricia S. Belardo – Bgy. Camp Aguinaldo Federico S. Jong, Jr. – Bgy. T. Village West
PB Armando E. Endaya – Bgy. Bagong Silangan PB Glicerio G. Intengan – Bgy. White Plains PB Rosa D. Magpayo – Bgy. Central
Rosario L. Dadulo – Bgy. Payatas PB Raymundo R. Carlos – Bgy. Libis PB Jesus N. Lipnica, Jr. – Bgy. Pinyahan
PB Jose Arnel L. Quebal – Bgy. Fairview PB Lehner V. Martires – Bgy. Ugong Norte PB Feliciana B. Ong – Bgy. Malaya
PB Jesus I. Dungca – Bgy. Pasong Putik PB Elmer C. Maturan – Bgy. Bagumbayan PB Annabella I. Curracho – Bgy. Sikatuna
PB Renato U. Galimba – Bgy. Greater Lagro PB Gonzalo B. Misa – Bgy. Blue Ridge A PB Benjamin A. Erediano – Bgy. Botocan
PB Nestor T. Reyes – Bgy. North Fairview PB Arturo S. Dimayuga – Bgy. Blue Ridge B PB Julian B. Santos – Bgy. Krus na Ligas
PB Reynaldo B. Miranda, Jr. – Bgy. Kaligayahan PB Charminia B. Banal – Bgy. St. Ignatius

POs/NGOs Sectoral Representatives
URBAN POOR SOCIAL JUSTICE/PEACE AND ORDER

Philip G. Latonero - Sambayanang Magkadaup Palad, Inc. Edwin C. Chavez - Center for Popular Empowerment
Nicolas M. Superable III - 31 Guirayan FVR Neighborhood Association, Inc. Edwin Molao, Jr. - Phil. Guardian Brotherhood Inc. (Maguindanao Chapter)
Jesus G. Frivaldo - Doña Lualhati Cojuangco Homeowners, Inc. TRANSPORTATION
Jesus Jayson C. Miranda - Foundation for the Dev’t. of Urban Poor Armando E. Garcia - Batasan Hills Padjack D.O Assn.
Luz P. Savilla - Alyansa ng Maralita sa Nova. (ALMANOVA) Josephine A. Gerones - Villa Espana TODA
Jesus B. Maglente - Metro Heights Cmpd. Residents Assn., Inc. PROFESSIONAL
Ferdinand Felicio - Tala Estate Settlers Fed.,Inc. Rose Marinette B. Gozum - Alternative Planning Initiatives, Inc.
Arceli C. Concepcion -Jasmin HOA Alex D. Tamargo - Assn. of Paralegals in QC
Ronnie A. Soliven - Samahang Maralita sa Araneta Ave. cor. Sgt. Rivera St. Inc.( SAMARI INC.) Arch. Bibiano A. Luzande, Jr. - United Architect of the Phil. (UAP)
Loreto B. Amora - BAYAYA Samahang Pinagbuklod RELIGIOUS
COOPERATIVE Jefferson P. Agudes - Youth Crusade for Christ.
Rosario D. Cañadido - Bagbag Multi-Purpose Coop., Inc. HOMEOWNERS
Rolando P. Montiel - Kyusi Employees Multi-Purpose Atty. Gregorio D. David - Project 6 HOA & Residents Assn., Inc.
Amelito L. Revuelta - NCR League of the Phil. Fed. Of Credit Cooperative Teresita T. Margallo - Samahang Pinagpala (Main)
CHARITABLE/CIVIC ORGANIZATION Evelyn S. Galang - ROTC Hunter Neighborhood Assn.,Inc.
Joannes O. Ablog - Katipunan at Sandigan ng mga Pil. (KASAPI) YOUTH/CHILDREN/SPORTS
Arsenio C. Organo - Pugad Lawin Phils. Aaron James D. Porlante - Bible Readers (BREAD) Society Intl. QC Chapter
Michael P. Canlas - Kabalikat Charity Civic Communicator Mario C. Gordovez - Samahan Kabataan ng Batino at Banaba (SKBB)
WOMEN BUSINESS
Ma. Josefina Belmonte-Alimurung - QC Ladies Foundation, Inc. George A. Pimentel - PAREB Q.C Realtors Board, Inc.
Adela C. Gaton -samahang Kababaihan ng Bgy. Batasan Hills (SKBBH) Nilo S. Gret - QC Automotive Surplus Dealers Assn. (QC - ASDA)
Jean C. Enriquez - Coalition Against Trafficking in Women-Asia Pacific, Inc.. (CATW-AP) ENVIRONMENT
EDUCATION Ma. Felisa Teresa C. Papna - Los Angeles Creek Side Assn.,Inc. Kalikasan Guild UP Campus
Imelda A. Gigantoca = ORIOLE Learning School, Inc. Gregorio M. Gabuya - Kalikasan Guild UP Campus
Engr. Sirad Alonto- Abantas - RAHMA-Q.L.C. Mosque Found. ELDERLY
Merlyn C. Valerio Sto. Cristo PTCA-Fed. Inc. Jorge L. Banal, Sr. - FSCAP NCR, QC Chapter, Inc.
LIVELIHOOD/ VENDORS Carmel C. Almendrala - Senior Association of Bgy. Teachers Village West
Victoria Q. Abril - P.U.D. Site Talipapa Vendors Assn. (PUDSTVA) HEALTH AND SANITATION
Miranda M. Verdadero - Kapitbisig QC Vendors, Assn. Anna Victoria F. Simon - Quezon City Council on Population, Inc
Rosario G. Mercader - .Sentro ng Maggagawang Pilipina, Inc. PERSONS WITH DISABILITY (PWDs)
LABOR/WORKERS Arnold L. De Guzman - Federation of Persons with Disability
Arnold F. De Vera - Sentro Alternatibong Lingap Panligal (SALIGAN) CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
Adelaida S. Lazaro - Akbay Pinoy Rheila M. Uy - QC Performing Arts Dev’t. Foundation
Maritess M. Palma - IMPRUB, Inc.
CORE TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP OF THE CITY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL

COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING FOR QUEZON CITY
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SECTOR LAND USE / INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT SECTOR Gerry H. Dellosa - Community Relations Office (CRO)
Felipe A. Arevalo III - City Legal Department
Judy Gilda S. Martinez - City Health Department Sabina D. Santos - City Engineering Office (CEO) Karlo Calingasan - City Legal Department
Fe P. Macale - Social Services Development Department (SSDD) Agustin Torres - Building Ranilo S. Mercado - Barangay Operations Center (BOC)
Ramon T. Asprer - Urban Poor Affairs Office (UPAO) Pedro P. Rodriguez - Subdivision Administration Unit (SAU) Glorina V. Sanchez – Office of the Assessor
Araceli T. Liwanagan - City Schools PB Elmer C. Maturan - Barangay Angel L. Tesorero –Communications Coordination Center (CCC)
Mary Ruby M. Palma - Gender and Development (GAD) Philip G. Latonero - Non-Government Organization (NGO) PB Federico S. Jong, Jr. – Barangay
Manuel L. Arnan - Department of Public Order Edwin C. Chavez – Non-Government Organization (NGO)
and Safety (DPOS) ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SECTOR
Jaime E. Varela - Office of Counilor Castelo CITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE
Josefina B. Alimurung - Non-Government Organization (NGO) Andrea A. Po - Environmental Protection and Waste
PB Josefina Ang - Barangay Management Department (EPWMD) Tomasito L. Cruz
Nancy C. Esguerra - Parks Development and Administration Sol O. Angkaw
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SECTOR Department (PDAD) Perlita H. Espino
PB Benedick B. Banega - Barangay Remedios G. Furiscal
Annie I. Eugenio - Cultural and Tourism Affairs Office (CTAO) Evelyn Galang - Non-Government Organization (NGO) Pedro Valentino P. Garcia
Armando V. Limos - Market Development and Administration Henry G. Lagasca
Department (MDAD) INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT SECTOR Alicia C. Padua
Gloria G. Alcoran – Task Force SikapBuhay Jose Mar P. Pilar
PB Ramiro S. Osorio - Barangay Herbert M. Bautista - Office of the Vice Mayor Ana Maria J. Pineda
Rosario G. Mercader - Non-Government Organization (NGO) Cora June V. Maribao - City Budget Office (CBO) Joselito A. Pineda
Arvin Philip M. Gotladera - City Treasurer’s Office (CTO) Patti P. Villanueva

Quezon City Socio Ecological Profile

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Preface

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3.2.1 Health Status 44 4.3.1 Services 109

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1.1 The Envisioned City of Quezon

President Manuel L. Quezon

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1.3 Quezon City as the Capital City

Upon assumption of office of President Manuel A. Roxas as the first president of

The selection process underwent series of extensive studies, researches, discus-

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3. Its already available conveniences from the standpoint of a municipal en-

5. Its geological qualities, which provide a satisfactory foundation for buildings

8. Its historical background; consideration of public expenditures already

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Table H-1 Changes in Land Area of Quezon City

Commonwealth Commonwealth Republic Republic Republic

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Three months prior to this declaration, Quezon City set

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1.5 Capitalizing on the “Quezon City” Vision

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West 120º 59’ 15”

North 14º 46’ 30”

South 14º 35’ 15”

Figure GP-1 Location Map 1

Figure GP-2 Slope Map

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Figure GP-3 Soil Map

Table GP-1 Relation of Soil to Depth

Depth of Soil (in ms)

0-5 Brown, loose and friable loam to clay loam

60- plus Compact and massive adobe rock

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verses along the eastern boundary discharge to the Mandaluyong

the Meycauayan River. The ultimate drainage outfall Laguna de Bay

The San Juan-San Francisco River Basin covers the

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2.2.4 Groundwater Levels Figure GP-6 Piezometric Map

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Cloud Amount (okta)

Rel. Rel. Hum. %%

Dry Bulb (ºC)

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Figure GP-7 Fault System Map

2.4 Fault System

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Table GP-3 Land Use Allocation, Quezon City: 1950

Table GP-4 Land Use Allocation, Quezon City: 1963

2.5.1 Residential Development

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2.5.3 Industrial Development

Figure GP-10 Growth of Industrial Areas, Quezon City: 1972-2008

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2.5.5 Parks and Open Spaces

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Land Use 1972 % 1985 % 1972-85 1995 % 1985-95 2008 % 1995-08

Total 16112.55 100 16112.55 100 16112.55 100 16112.55 100

Source: Quezon City Actual Land Use Survey

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