Embo
Barangays
West Rembo and Cembo
West Rembo and Cembo
Etymology: Enlisted Men's Barrio
Map showing the Embo area
Map showing the Embo area
CountryPhilippines
RegionNational Capital Region
CityTaguig
First military settlement (Cembo)January 1949
Transfer of control to PaterosOctober 27, 1965
Transfer of control to Makati (de facto)January 7, 1986
Transfer of control to Taguig (de jure)November 9, 2023
Area
 • Total3.05 km2 (1.18 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total336,873
 • Density110,000/km2 (290,000/sq mi)
Divisions
 • Barangays
10

Embo (sometimes stylized in all caps), which stands for Enlisted Men's Barrio, refers to a collective term for ten[2][3][4] barangays in Taguig, Philippines. The barangays were originally established to house military personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). The area were formerly disputed between the cities of Makati and Taguig.[5] As of November 2023, the barangays were transferred from Makati to Taguig.[6][7]

Etymology

The collective for the Embo barangays were derived from enlisted men's barrios (EMBOs).[8][9][10]

History

Early history

Fort William McKinley and surrounding areas, including the present-day Embo barangays, circa 1930s

Part of the Embo area was formerly known as Mamancat, Masilang, San Nicolas,[11] and Malapadnabato,[12] respectively, all former parts of the town of Pateros.[13] Mamancat was known as a trading hub alongside its more developed neighbor, Aguho (now Barangay Agujo, Pateros) during the Spanish colonial era.[14] San Nicolas, which comprises the present-day western portion of West Rembo, is the location of the Ermita de San Nicolas de Tolentino that was established in 1686 and is believed to be first settled by Chinese traders.[15] Malapad-na-bato used to be linked to Pasig via an old bridge. Masilang comprises the present-day South Cembo.[13] Malapadnabato and Masilang later became part of San Pedro Macati (now Makati).[16]

Establishment of EMBO settlements

At the end of the Philippine–American War, the United States colonial administration established the Fort William McKinley at the center of present-day Metro Manila. During World War II, the military reservation would be used as the headquarters of the United States Army Forces in the Far East (USAFFE) until the Imperial Japanese military took over it. After the conclusion of the war, the Philippines would be granted full independence by the United States in 1946 but retained control over its military bases.[9]

Fort McKinley would only be turned over to the Philippine government in 1949. The reservation was renamed as Fort Bonifacio and the government made plans to create settlements for military personnel within the vicinity of the installation.[9]

Cembo would be the first settlements among the EMBO barangays to be established. In 1949, when the first batch of enlisted servicemen from the Infantry Group, Philippine Ground Force from Floridablanca, Pampanga arrived to settle in the area.[17] In 1954, East Rembo was established as settlements for Fort Bonifacio-based enlisted men serving in the armed forces upon the authorization of the Armed Forces of the Philippines through the office of General Alfonso Arellano, commanding General of Fort Bonifacio.[18]

In 1956, two more settlements would be authorized:[9] West Rembo and Pitogo.[15][19] In 1957, Comembo, in the site formerly known as Mamancat, would be settled by personnel from the Combat Engineering Group of the Philippine Army.[14] In the same year, the area was reserved for military use.[20]

In 1965, the area was transferred to the administration of Pateros through Proclamation No. 481 which was issued by President Diosdado Macapagal.[21] Pembo would be established to for personnel of the First Ranger Regiment, who were also known as the Panthers.[22] In 1966, Cembo Annex was separated from Cembo proper and was renamed South Cembo.[23]

Transfer to Makati

President Ferdinand Marcos issued Proclamation No. 2475 which transferred control of the Fort Bonifacio area to the municipal government of Makati in 1986 which also reserved the area for military personnel and their dependents.[24] In 1990, President Corazon Aquino issued Proclamation No. 518 to award land titles in the EMBO area to bona fide occupants.[10][25]

In February 1996, a new barangay named Rizal was created from Pembo through Makati City Ordinance No. 96-010. Prior to the creation of Rizal, Pembo was larger than the neighboring municipality of Pateros with a land area of 123 hectares (300 acres) and a population of 65,000 in 1995.[22][26]

The Fort Bonifacio area including the Embo barangays would be subject of a territorial dispute between the city governments of Taguig and Makati. Taguig filed the case in 1993. In 2022, the Supreme Court of the Philippines ruled that Makati should stop exercising jurisdiction over the Embo barangays although the Makati city government has maintained that will continue to do so until it exhausts all legal remedies and Taguig secures a writ of execution from the Supreme Court.[8]

Transfer to Taguig

In April 2023, the Supreme Court of the Philippines has junked the motion for reconsideration that was filed by the City Government of Makati to override the court's earlier decision, siding with Taguig. The Taguig city government has released a statement "welcoming the new Taguigeños", referring to the residents of the affected Embo barangays, and that they will start working on the transition and handover of the Embo barangays.[6] On the dispositive portion of the Supreme Court of the Philippines ruling on December 1, 2021, it reinstated the Writ of Preliminary Injunction dated August 2, 1994 issued by the RTC of Pasig, explicitly referring to Parcels 3 and 4, Psu-2031, comprising Fort Bonifacio, be made permanent insofar as it enjoined the Municipality, now City of Makati, from exercising jurisdiction over, making improvements on, or otherwise treating as part of its territory, Parcels 3 and 4, Psu-2031, comprising Fort Bonifacio.[27]

Comelec has transferred the Embo's Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections administration and control to its Taguig office on October 30, 2023. Barangay and SK aspirants filed their certificate of candidacy in Taguig.[28]

In a circular letter dated September 15, 2023, the Department of Budget and Management said that all government entities concerned should take all “appropriate action on budgeting matters and concerns relative to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 General Appropriations Act and the FY 2024 National Expenditure Program (NEP)” to comply with the SC decision.[29]

The most recent move for transition came from the Department of the Interior and Local Government when Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. released a memo on October 26, 2023 transferring the control of the eight Embo barangays, along with Post Proper Northside and Post Proper Southside, to Taguig.[30]

Currently, the 14 schools within the Embo barangays are administered by the Department of Education through the School of Division Office (SDO) of Taguig–Pateros.

Subdivisions

The Embo barangays

The Embo barangays are constituted as subdivisions of the city of Taguig.[9][31] These barangays, however, remain part of Makati's 2nd congressional district.[32] Barangays Post Proper Northside, Post Proper Southside, Pitogo, and Rizal are also grouped with other barangays with "Embo" in its name.

Barangay Alternate name Etymology Population (2020) Area (km2)
CemboBarangay 25Central Enlisted Men's Barrio25,0490.22
South CemboBarangay 2414,9780.20
ComemboBarangay 28Combat Enlisted Men's Barrio15,8050.27
East RemboBarangay 27Riverside Enlisted Men’s Barrio26,4500.44
West RemboBarangay 2629,6490.55
PemboBarangay 29Panthers Enlisted Men's Barrio44,5060.64
Post Proper NorthsideBarangay 3057,940
Post Proper SouthsideBarangay 3163,308
RizalBarangay 33[33]Named after José Rizal and the Province of Rizal44,5360.59
PitogoBarangay 23From pitogo, a local term for a palm plant.[34]14,6540.14
Total population and area336,8733.05

Education

University of Makati

All Embo barangays have public elementary schools. However, public high schools are located only at some of the barangays. West Rembo in particular is designated by the local government of Makati as the city's Center of Education and Cultural Affairs. It is the site of Makati's public university, University of Makati,[15] as well as 14 public elementary and secondary schools, all under the direct supervision of the country's Department of Education after having been transferred from the School of Division Office (SDO) of Makati to Taguig–Pateros in 2023.[35][36]

List of public schools

All schools listed are owned by Makati City but officially under administration of the Department of Education's Division of Taguig City and Pateros as of January 15, 2024:[37]

  • Benigno “Ninoy” S. Aquino High School (Comembo)
  • Cembo Elementary School (Cembo)
  • Comembo Elementary School (Comembo)
  • East Rembo Elementary School (East Rembo)
  • Fort Bonifacio Elementary School (West Rembo)
  • Fort Bonifacio High School (West Rembo)
  • Makati Science High School (Cembo)
  • Pembo Elementary School (Pembo)
  • Pitogo Elementary School (Pitogo)
  • Pitogo High School (Pitogo)
  • Rizal Elementary School (Rizal)
  • South Cembo Elementary School (South Cembo)
  • Tibagan High School (East Rembo)
  • West Rembo Elementary School (West Rembo)

Religion

The Roman Catholic population is served by multiple parishes still under the Archdiocese of Manila, even after the transfer of the Embo barangays to Taguig, which is a part of the Diocese of Pasig, in 2023.[38] The Mater Dolorosa Parish in East Rembo of the Amigonian Fathers and Brothers which was established on September 8, 1987 through a decree by Cardinal Jaime Sin. It originally covered the barangays of Cembo, West Rembo, East Rembo, Comembo, and Pembo. Cembo would later be transferred to the Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish.[39] The Saint John of the Cross Parish would be established for Pembo on August 9, 1991.[40] On June 18, 1992, the Santa Teresita would be established in West Rembo. In 1998, a standalone parish for Comembo was proposed which was realized within the span of two years.[39]

The Pembo locale of Iglesia Ni Cristo is located at Barangay Rizal.

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  1. ↑ "Population of the National Capital Region (Based on the 2020 Census of Population)". Philippine Statistics Authority.
  2. ↑ "Newly elected EMBO Barangay, SK officials took oath before Binay". CNN Philippines. November 26, 2023. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
  3. ↑ Bautista, Nillicent (January 6, 2024). "'Embo' barangays excluded from Makati's tax allocation". Philippine Star. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
  4. ↑ Cruz, James Patrick (August 21, 2023). "Comelec OKs inclusion of 10 EMBO barangays in Taguig for Barangay, SK elections". Rappler. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
  5. ↑ Hicap, Jonathan (May 31, 2023). "Pateros LGU confident in recovering Fort Bonifacio from Taguig". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  6. 1 2 Hicap, Jonathan (April 3, 2023). "Taguig LGU lauds SC decision over Fort Bonifacio ownership". Manila Bulletin.
  7. ↑ Cayabyab, Marc Jayson (April 5, 2023). "Makati raises 'constitutional' issues in BGC land dispute". The Philippine Star. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
  8. 1 2 Garcia, Patrick (28 April 2022). "Contested areas in SC ruling to remain under Makati City's jursidiction – LGU". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 Limos, Mario Alvaro (24 September 2019). "The Military Roots of Cembo, Rembo, and Pembo Districts". Esquire Philippines. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
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  12. ↑ "Malapadnabato, Province of Rizal, Calabarzon, Philippines". mindat.org. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
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  16. ↑ Salonga, Isayas R. (1934). Rizal Province directory, Volume I. Manila: General Printing Press. p. 79. Retrieved August 19, 2023.
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  18. ↑ "East Rembo - History". Makati Web Portal. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  19. ↑ "Pitogo - History". Makati Web Portal. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  20. ↑ Presidential Proclamation No. 423, s. 1957 (12 July 1957), Reserving for military purposes certain parcels of the public domain situated in the Municipalities of Pasig, Taguig, Parañaque, Province of Rizal and Pasay City, Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines, retrieved June 30, 2023
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  24. ↑ Presidential Proclamation No. 2475, s. 1986 (7 January 1986), Excluding From the Operation of Proclamation No. 423, Series of 1957 Which Established the Fort William Mckinley (Now Fort Bonifacio) Military Reservation Situated in the Municipalities of Pasig, Taguig, Parañaque, Makati and Pasay City, Metro Manila, a Certain Portion of the Land Embraced Therein Situated in the Municipality of Makati and Declaring the Same Open to Disposition Under the Provisions of Act No. 3038 and Republic Act No. 274 in Relation the Provisions of the Public Land Act, as Amended, Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines, retrieved April 6, 2023
  25. ↑ Presidential Proclamation No. 518, s. 1990 (21 January 1990), Excluding From the Operation of Proclamation No. 423 Dated July 12, 1957 Which Established the Military Reservation Known as “Fort William Mckinley” (Now Fort Andres Bonifacio) Situated in the Municipalities of Pasig, Taguig, Pateros and Parañaque, Province of Rizal and Pasay City (Now Metropolitan Manila) as Amended by Proclamation No. 2475 Dated January 7, 1986, Certain Portions of Land Embraced Therein Known as Barangays Cembo, South Cembo, West Rembo, East Rembo, Comembo, Pembo and Pitogo, Situated in the Municipality of Makati, Metropolitan Manila and Declaring the Same Open for Disposition Under the Provisions of Republic Act No. 274, and Republic Act No. 730 in Relation to the Provisions of the Public Land Act, as Amended, Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines, retrieved April 6, 2023
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  27. ↑ G.R. No. 235316 (1 December 2021), Municipality of Makati (now City of Makati) vs. Municipality of Taguig (now City of Taguig), Supreme Court E-Library
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  32. ↑ Murcia, Alvin (14 February 2022). "Bongbong barnstorms Makati". Daily Tribune. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  33. ↑ Republic Act No. 10961 (24 July 2017), An Act Creating a Barangay to Be Known as Barangay Rizal in the City of Makati (PDF), Senate of the Philippines Legislative Digital Resources, retrieved 26 September 2022
  34. ↑ "Pitogo - Introduction". Makati Web Portal. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  35. ↑ Cruz, James Patrick (14 August 2023). "Taguig takes over public schools in EMBO barangays". Rappler. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  36. ↑ "DepEd takes supervision of EMBO schools in Makati-Taguig row". GMA News. August 17, 2023. Retrieved August 19, 2023.
  37. ↑ "Taguig now operates 14 'Embo' schools, transition concluded: DepEd". ABS-CBN News. January 15, 2024. Retrieved January 15, 2024.
  38. ↑ "Vicariate of Our Lady of Guadalupe". Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
  39. 1 2 "Historical Background". Mater Dolorosa Parish. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
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