Barangay Sto. Niño

Officials

ISMAEL V. DE LEON
Barangay Chairman

JACK CAMPANO
HERMINIA SANTOS
EMMANUEL SAN MATEO
ALBERTO CRUZ
FELY DILAO
EMENG FELIPE
JOHNNY CAMPOSANO CO
Councilmen/Kagawads

FAITH BRUNO
SK Chairman

GINA DAVID
Barangay Secretary

EVANGELINE MARQUEZ
Barangay Treasurer

Barangay landline

(632) 8520128

Historical Background

Barangay Sto. Niño, previously called Barrio Ibayo, was one of the six original barangays in the then Municipality now City of Parañaque. Barangays Vitalez, Merville, Sun Valley, Don Bosco, San Martin de Porres and part of Moonwalk were formally part of this barangay.

Almost all of the residents from Barrio Ibayo derived their income from salt making, rice production, fish ponds, embroideries, backyard poultry and such garden products as pechay (Chinese cabbage) and mustasa (local mustard). The Parañaque and Ibayo rivers, enriched with fish, shrimp and shells, were main sources of food for the residents.

It was renamed Barangay Sto. Niño after its patron saint the Holy Infant Jesus through a Municipal Ordinance sponsored by the late Municipal Councilor Pedro Gonzales.

When Martial Law was declared, Barangay Sto. Niño was subdivided to Barangays Vitalez, Merville, Sun Valley, Moonwalk, Don Bosco and San Martin de Porres. As per information, Marcoses and Romualdezes (relatives of former first couple Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos) planned to develop the barangay into a model commercial area. A greater part of the Sto. Niño fish pond was made part of the International Airport. Through it a major thoroughfare that is now known as Ninoy Aquino Avenue was built while Eulogio Rodriguez Avenue, which was then known as Daang Bukid, was cut off by the airport runway.

Location and features

Barangay Sto. Niño is bounded on the north by Barangays Tambo and Pildera (Pasay City), on the east by Barangays Moonwalk and Vitalez, on the south by Barangay La Huerta, and on the east by Barangays La Huerta, Don Galo and Tambo. It has a total area of 245 hectares.

Demography

• Land use distribution

  Residential	103	hectares
  Commercial	98	hectares
  Airport	24	hectares
  Agricultural	12	hectares
  Institutional	1	hectares
  Barangay roads	3	hectares
  Private roads	2	hectares
  National roads	2	hectares

• Population - 40,291 (as of June 2000)

  Male	19,737
  Female	20,554
  Children ( 0-17 )	14,248
  Average household size	9,157
  Registere voters	12,026
  No. of precincts	50

• Children population - 14,248 (as of June 2000)

  Below 1	1,924
  1 to 6 yrs	3,967
  7 to 12 yrs	3,774
  13 to 17 yrs	4,587