Board wants Antipolo officially named capital of Rizal
Manila Times
3 March 2009 | 12:10 AM

ANTIPOLO City, Rizal: With the transfer of the provincial government to its new, bigger and better capitol in this component city, the search for a new capital for the province would hopefully be within reach.

In trying to secure an official seat of governance of its own, the provincial board has started working on a resolution that would compel Congress to name this component city as the official capital city of Rizal.

Gov. Jun Ynares 3rd, amenable to the idea of having Antipolo City as the new Rizal capital, described this component city as the most logical choice among localities vying for the prestigious tag.

Citing the criteria set under the Local Government Code, Antipolo City is geographically located at the center of the province and is accessible by land from all directions. It is also host to a number of vital government facilities and installations—that is on top of being a byword insofar as Catholic faith is concerned. Antipolo is home of the miraculous Shrine of Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage.

Governor Ynares, likewise, cited a National Economic Developemnt Authority (NEDA) study endorsing Antipolo City as the best place for a new Rizal capitol.

Antipolo City emerged as the top choice of the provincial government over other municipalities vying to become the new Rizal capital.

Other towns, which earlier signified interest to host the new capitol and eventually be named as the new Rizal capital, include the towns of Binangonan, Morong and Tanay.

To date, Pasig remains the capital town of Rizal despite being stripped from the province along with 11 other revenue earning localities. In 1975, then-President Ferdinand Marcos issued Presidential Decree 824, which in turn created what is now known as the National Capital Region.

“With the new Rizal capitol already in place in Antipolo City, we don’t see any reason why Congress would not consider it to become our new capital city, as Pasig could no longer serve the function as seat of government for Rizal considering that it is no longer part and parcel of the province. After all, aside from being a very popular destination, Antipolo has also surpassed every single aspect required of a locality to be named as such,” Governor Ynares said in a statement.--James Konstantin Galvez

I checked the History of Rizal Province. So it lost 14 towns which were annexed to Manila Metropolitan Area. Was there a vote in those towns? Once those town became part of Metro Manila did there taxes go up and City Services get better or worse?

If there was no vote it seems the Philippines needs to give more power to the local provinces.

And this is strange. If Rizals former Provincial Capital of Pasiq was part of Metro Manila I would think the governor of Rizal could not force anyone in Pasiq to do anything since supposedly he would have been out of his jurisdiction. Seems they should have packed up there Provincial Offices in there former Capital and have moved ages ago. Plus send the moving and construction bill for the new Provincial office buildings to the government or Metro Manila Mayor.

And why does the Central Government need to give the Provincial Governor there approval to move the Provincial Capital.

So if he is not appointed but elected and Chief executive why does he need Central Governments approval. He should have had a referendum in the province and let the people of that province decide. Or if they do not want a referendum then have the provincial legislators at least decide on if to move the Capital.


Found a site with a drawing of the new Capitol Building:


This is what the building looked like while under construction:

Bakit ganyan nang ganyan na lang palagi ang design ng mga government buildings sa 'Pinas? Wala na bang ibang design silang maisip? Pilipino na design na naman sana o di kaya makabagong design para maiba naman.

Binanggit na naman yung religious history. Lahat na yata ng bagay sa atin eh kailangang nakakabit sa religion.

Pinaka maganda yung Bagong Pasig Municipal Hall pero parang ganun din sa Antipolo ang design medyo modern nga lang





Show of authority at democracy yata ang ganun design lalo na sa mga democratic countries kasi ang Greeks ang founders ng democracy kaya parang greek architecture mga government buildings sa Pilipinas pati sa America ganun din ang design ng government buildings nila.

Diba ganito rin ang symbol ng Justice sa Pilipinas at Greek inspired din siya na symbol din ng Democracy.



Yung England Town Hall nga parang ganun din Design pero palagi naman may relo sa taas.

Ganun nga rin dito sa America eh. Matataas yung mga poste sa harapan. Sana nag design sila ng ibang klase. Gumastos na rin lang sila, bakit hindi pa sila gumawa ng may distinct charasteristic. Yung tipong makatawag pansin sa mga dayuhan, at maaaring maging isang attraction. Dagdag sa tourism map. Ba't hindi makapag-isip ang mga kababayan natin ng ganyan? Kung dayuhan ako, bakit ko pupuntahan yang building na yan at gumastos ng pera sa pagpunta dyan kung wala namang pinag iba yan sa nakikita ko dito sa amin? (kuha mo?) Puro siguro mga matatanda ang mga nagpaplano sa 'Pinas. Sana ibigay na nila sa mga kabataan. Mas may vision pa.

Well, Greek design is always a must any capitol building in the country.

they just split it into two kasi nandoon ang seat of power was in rizal region,note rizal is the result of the manila province and morong province turned into one province which did not include manila.

because tagalog is the language of the capital that's why it became the official language.

I actually want taytay and cainta to be metro manila as well..

now western rizal is increasingly more like metro manila itself...

tondo was a kapampangan city that gradually turned to tagalog in the prehispanic and hispanic time,rizal,bulacan and bataan area was once kapampangan but became tagalog in the prehispanic era,that is why i think there is a threat of extincton of kapampangan people by absorbtion which the spanish stopped but currently happening again,now that tagalogs are 25-30 million and kapampangan are only 2 million.

Pasig City , then Capital of Rizal province was absorbed into what was Metro Manila in 1975 .Cities of San Juan, Mandaluyong , Parts of Quezon City ( Novaliches area) , Malabon, Navotas, Parañaque, Las Piñas, Caloocan ,Pasay , Makati were once part of Rizal province

Antipolo actually became the defacto capital of rizal before it became official.

I am from the small town of Teresa(between Antipolo and Morong). If Taytay and Cainta wants to be part of Metro Manila, then let them join. I liked Teresa to stay in the province.