Don Bosco, Parañaque
Don Bosco | |
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Saint John Bosco | |
Government | |
• Barangay Chairman | Mario L. Jimenez |
Area | |
• Total | 3.8475 km2 (1.4855 sq mi) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 54,188 |
• Density | 14,000/km2 (36,000/sq mi) |
ZIP code | 1711/1714 |
Area code | 2 |
Don Bosco is an administrative division in Parañaque, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is one of sixteen barangays that make up the city of Parañaque situated along either side of Doña Soledad Avenue from South Luzon Expressway west to Diamond Street in Cecilia Village. Part of the Parañaque 2nd district, Don Bosco is the third largest barangay in the city and is bordered by Don Bosco Creek which separates it from Merville's namesake gated community, Country Village and Lion's Park Residences to the north, Sun Valley's namesake gated village and Siena Park to the northeast, San Martin de Porres across the South Luzon Expressway to the east, Marcelo Green to the southeast, Baloc-Baloc Creek which separates it from San Antonio's namesake community, Greenheights Village and Malacañang Village to the south, and Moonwalk's namesake community, Airport Village and Multinational Village to the west.
Don Bosco is a primarily residential barangay south of Ninoy Aquino International Airport. It is a collection of middle-to-upper class subdivisions, the largest of which is Better Living Subdivision, as well as a few slum areas along its creeks and in between its gated villages. Its main commercial corridor lies along Doña Soledad Avenue and includes the SM City Bicutan shopping mall at its east end. As of the 2020 census, Don Bosco had a population of 54,188.[1][2]
History
Pre-foundation
The barangay formed part of the missionary town founded by the
During
On May 24, 1972, a piece of land in Better Living Subdivision was donated to the Salesians of Don Bosco in the Philippines by its developers and owners, former Foreign Affairs Secretary Felixberto Serrano and former People's Homesite and Housing Corporation board member Soledad L. Dolor, for the construction of a parish church and shrine dedicated to Mary Help of Christians.[6] The formation house and residence for Salesian candidates to the priesthood studying theology known as the Don Bosco Center of Studies was built there in the same year.[7] The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila created the parish in June 1975 and the shrine was consecrated in December 1976 during the silver jubilee celebrations of Salesians of Don Bosco in the Philippines.
Foundation
On April 3, 1978, through Presidential Decree No. 1322 signed by President Ferdinand Marcos, Better Living Subdivision and its adjacent communities—Aero Park, Scienceville and Levitown—were separated from La Huerta to form a new separate barangay named for the titular patron saint of the formation house and shrine, Saint John Bosco.[8]
Contemporary
On December 10, 2011, a twin engine light aircraft crashed in a slum area in Don Bosco along the easement of Better Living Subdivision off Taiwan Street killing 11 people on the ground and damaging 50 shacks, as well as the adjacent F. Serrano Elementary School.[9] In 2018, a total of 200 informal settler families were affected and 115 shacks were destroyed by fire in the same area in Don Bosco.[10]
Education
Don Bosco is home to the provincial office and
The barangay is also home to the following educational institutions:
- Academy of Mano Amiga
- Asian Institute of Computer Studies Bicutan Campus
- Books and Pens Tutorial and Learning Center
- Don Bosco High School
- Father Simpliciano Academy
- F. Serrano Elementary School
- Golden Achievers Academy Parañaque Campus
- Immaculate Heart of Mary College-Parañaque
- Kidsville Creative Systems
- Kinder Trail Learning Center
- Little Friends and Future Leaders Academy
- Mary Louis Montessori School
- Marymount Academy Better Living Campus (formerly Jesu Mariae International School)
- Paulo Scholastic Chastity de Montessori Academy
- Philippine Christian School of Tomorrow (formerly Manila Japanese School)
- St. Dominic Savio Learning Center
- St. Raymond's Nursery and Kindergarten School
Transportation
Don Bosco is traversed by
The barangay is accessible from the
References
- ^ Census of Population (2020). "National Capital Region (NCR)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "District II - Barangay Don Bosco". City Government of Parañaque. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ Dulce Festin Baybay, Ariel Marquez-de Guzman (2001). Palanyag to Parañaque: A History, City of Parañaque, Philippines.
- ^ a b G.R. No. L-26936 (19 August 1977), Julio T. De La Cruz Vs. Better Living, The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation, Inc., retrieved 30 April 2019
- ^ "Review: December 11 – December 17, 1960". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ "Appointments and Designations: May 22, 1961". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ "About Us". Don Bosco Center of Studies. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ Presidential Decree No. 1322, s. 1978 (3 April 1978), Creating Barangay Don Bosco in the Municipality of Parañaque, Metro Manila, Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines, retrieved April 30, 2019
- ABS-CBN News. 11 December 2011. Archived from the originalon 22 October 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ DROMIC Administrator (19 April 2018). "Fire Incident in Brgy. Don Bosco, Paranaque City [16 April 2018]". Department of Social Welfare and Development. Retrieved 30 April 2019.