Pasay

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Pasay, officially the City of Pasay (Template:Langx; {{#invoke:IPA|main}}), is a highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 440,656 people.Template:PH census

Due to its location just south of Manila, Pasay quickly became an urban town during the American colonial period. It is now best known for being the site of most of Ninoy Aquino International Airport and of complexes such as Newport City and the SM Central Business Park.

EtymologyEdit

There are possible explanations on the origins of the city's name:

A legend suggested that it may have been named after Dayang-dayang Pasay, a princess of the Kingdom of Namayan and daughter of Kingdom of Maynila ruler Rajah Sulayman. She inherited half of her father's lands, which encompasses the present-day city, and founded the present-day city.<ref name="esq" /><ref name="aimhigh2008">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="RizalProvinceDirectory1934" />
Another legend suggests that the city was named after Pasay, one of the sons of Tagkan, a ruler of Namayan. He inherited territories that included the area of the present-day city.<ref name="Dery2001"/><ref name="nick" /><ref name="Huerta2" />
There's also a romantic legend where a man named Jose loudly cried out "Paz-ay!" at the grave of his wealthy love interest, Paz, symbolizing their forbidden love and Paz's eventual death due to loneliness. In tribute, Paz's parents named their hacienda Paz-ay or Pasay.<ref name="esq">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Some historians believe that the city is named after the medicinal plant named pasaw (Pseuderanthemum reticulatum) that once grew abundantly there.<ref name="travelcity">Template:Cite book</ref>
According to American historian Austin Craig, Pasay was known as Javan Pasar, a corruption of the Arabic word bazar as the town was a marketplace.<ref name="RizalProvinceDirectory1934">Template:Cite book</ref>Template:Rp
During the colonial era, Pasay was spelled as "Pasai", after the Malay historical kingdom in Sumatra, present-day Indonesia.<ref>Template:Cite map</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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HistoryEdit

Early historyEdit

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Map of Namayan (colored pink) in 1470 under the rule of Lakan Tagkan. Pasay is shown as a part of Namayan, which was gifted to Tagkan's illegitimate son Pasay.<ref name="nick">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="Huerta2">Template:Cite book</ref>

In local folk history about the period before the arrival of Spanish colonizers, Pasay is said to have been part of Namayan (sometimes also called Sapa), a confederation of barangays which supposedly controlled territory stretching from Manila Bay to Laguna de Bay, and which, upon the arrival of the Spanish, eventually became known as Santa Ana de Sapa (modern day Santa Ana, Manila).<ref name="Dery2001">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="Huerta">Template:Cite book</ref>

Spanish colonial periodEdit

On May 19, 1571, Miguel López de Legazpi took formal possession of the Rajahnate of Maynila and its surrounding polities in the name of the Spanish crown.Template:Citation needed

Of the many religious orders that came, it was the Augustinian Order who would figure predominantly in the evangelisation of Pasay. Having control over Pasay, they converted the area into an extensive agricultural estate known as the Hacienda de Meysapan.<ref name="travelcity" /> The parish of Pasay was governed from the old Namayan capital, since renamed Santa Ana de Sapa, which was under the jurisdiction of the Franciscans. The promise of space in Heaven prompted early native converts to donate their possessions to the Church, with folklore recounting how a baptized Pasay on her deathbed donated her vast estate to the Augustinians. Most of Pasay went to friar's hands either via donation or by purchase; many natives were also forced to divest of their properties to cope with stringent colonial impositions.

In 1727, the Augustinians formally took over Pasay and transferred it from Santa Ana de Sapa to Malate, particularly under the jurisdiction of the Parish of Nuestra Señora de los Remedios.<ref name="aimhigh2008" /> In 1815, it was separated from Malate.<ref name="RizalProvinceDirectory1934" />

In 1862, notable residents of Pasay submitted a petition to handle their political and religious matters independently, proposing to rename the town "Pineda", in honor of Don Cornelio Pineda, a Spanish horticulturist who was their benefactor. On December 2, 1863, with the recommendation of Manila Archbishop Gregorio Melitón Martínez Santa Cruz, Pineda was granted its own municipal charter, and this date is celebrated yearly as the city's official foundation day.

Philippine revolutionary periodEdit

{{ safesubst:#invoke:Unsubst||date=__DATE__ |$B= {{ safesubst:#invoke:Unsubst||date=__DATE__ |$B= Template:Ambox }} }} Pasay produced numerous heroes during the Philippine Revolution. The Katipunan, the organization founded by Andrés Bonifacio that spearheaded the revolution, had a chapter in Pineda organized by Pascual Villanueva, Jacinto Ignacio, and Valentin Ignacio. Several women also fought for the cause of the Katipunan including Marcela Marcelo. The execution of José Rizal, who authored the novels Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo (considered seditious by the colonial government) on December 30, 1896, fanned the flames of the Revolution.

American colonial periodEdit

General Emilio Aguinaldo meanwhile declared the independence of the First Philippine Republic on June 12, 1898, and issued decrees providing political reorganization in the country. With this, Don Catalino became Pasay's first Presidente municipal (equivalent to present-day Mayor).Template:Cn

Pineda was made the command outpost of the Primera Zona de Manila under Gen. Mariano Noriel, but Gen. Wesley Merritt appealed that the Pineda outpost turned over to the Americans so that they could be closer to the Spanish lines. Thinking Americans were allies, Noriel left Pineda on July 29, allowing American General Greene to transfer. When Intramuros was finally captured, the Filipinos were denied entry to the walled city.Template:Cn Since then, tension simmered between Filipino and American troops, with both sides assigned respective zones but neither observed boundary lines. On the night of February 4, 1899, four Filipinos crossed the American line in Santa Mesa, Manila, and shots were exchanged, triggering the Philippine–American War.Template:Cn

On May 19, 1899, General Noriel was given command again of Pineda. In June, Noriel together with General Ricarte almost defeated the American forces had they exploited the exhaustion of the enemy in the Battle of Las Piñas. Instead, their forces were attacked by American reinforcements and bombarded by warships. The assault forced them to abandon Pineda to occupation by American forces.Template:Cn

File:Fabian de la Rosa, Pasay Beach, Manila.jpg

Pasay beach, Manila, oil on board by Fabián de la Rosa, 1927

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Aerial view of Pasay, circa 1930s

On June 11, 1901, Pineda was incorporated into the Province of Rizal. Pascual Villanueva was appointed as municipal president. On August 4, 1901, the Pineda municipal council passed a resolution petitioning that the original name of Pasay be returned. On September 6, 1901, the Philippine Commission, acting on the request of the townsfolk, passed Act No. 227 renaming Pineda back to Pasay.<ref>Template:Cite PH act</ref> Two years later, on October 12, 1903, Act No. 942 merged Pasay with the southern municipality of Malibay, expanding its territory.<ref>Template:Cite PH act</ref> With a population of 8,100 in 1903, Pasay was placed under the fourth-class category together with 9 other municipalities.

Friar lands, then nationalized, were turned into subdivisions. Soon, the Pasay Real Estate Company offered friar lands as residential lots for sale or for lease to foreign investors. Postal, telegraph, and telephone lines were installed, and branches of Philippine Savings Bank were established. In 1907, a first-class road from Pasay to Camp Nichols was completed. Others were repaired including the old Avenida Mexico, now called the Taft Avenue extension. Transportation services improved. Among the first buses plying routes to Pasay were Pasay Transportation, Raymundo Transportation, Try-tran, and Halili Transit.

By 1908, Meralco tranvia (electric tram car) lines linked Pasay to Intramuros, Escolta, San Miguel, San Sebastian, and San Juan. Automobiles took to the streets, testing their maximum Template:Convert speed on Taft Avenue.Template:Cn On April 11, 1914, Cora Wong, a nurse at the Chinese General Hospital, became the first woman in the Philippines to fly as a passenger on a flight with Tom Gunn in a Curtiss seaplane off Pasay Beach.Template:Cn

Pasay eventually became a suburban area of Manila during the American occupation period. From a population of 6,542 residents, the town had a population of 18,697 by 1918, where 163 of them were Americans. Pasay was developed to be a residential area for prominent Filipino families and Americans, including future president Manuel L. Quezon. By the 1930s, the former rural town had become a suburb of the capital city.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

From the 1900s up to the mid-1930s, Philippine National Railway services reached Pasay thru its Cavite Line.Template:Cn

Japanese occupationEdit

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Map of the City of Greater Manila in 1942, depicting the northern part of present-day Pasay included, while the southern portion is under the Sakura Heiyei military reservation.

World War II came and on December 26, 1941, General Douglas MacArthur issued a proclamation declaring Manila and its suburbs (Caloocan, Quezon City, San Juan, Mandaluyong, Makati, and Pasay) an open city. On New Year's Day 1942, Quezon, while in Corregidor, established the City of Greater Manila, wherein Pasay, along with other nearby towns of Rizal, was merged with Manila and Quezon City.<ref name="emb">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite PH act</ref> He called his secretary Jorge B. Vargas and appointed him by executive order "the Mayor of Greater Manila". The mayor of Pasay was then Rufino Mateo, who was concurrently the district chief of Pasay under the City of Greater Manila, governing a town of more than 55,161. During the WWII, many Pasayeños joined in the fight against the Japanese. Jose P. Maibag, born and bred in Pasay, laid out underground networking. Carlos Mendoza, a resident of Barrio San Roque, together with 14 others, formed a mobile broadcasting station called "The Voice of Juan dela Cruz." On July 11, 1942, Japanese military police captured the group. Carling Mendoza, alias Juan de la Cruz" and other members of the group were brought to the old Bilibid Prison and were tortured.

Pasay had to redo the signs all over town, with Filipino was ordered to prevail over English. The national language became a core subject in the secondary school curriculum, while Japanese was taught as well at all levels of education. On October 14, 1943, Japan proclaimed the Second Philippine Republic. In the meantime, food had become so scarce that prices soared. Pasay residents began to move away from the city to the provinces outside. The Japanese occupation forces dissolved the City of Greater Manila in 1944 with the establishment of the Philippine Executive Commission to govern occupied regions in the country,<ref name="emb"/> thus separating the consolidated cities and towns, with Pasay returning to the province of Rizal. In the middle of February up to early March 1945, as the combined Allied forces began to converge on the way to the Manila area northwards from the south, Pasay suffered enormous damage during the month-long Battle of Manila, and many residents perished either by the Japanese or friendly fire from the combined Filipino and American forces.

On February 27, 1945, General MacArthur turned over the government to President Sergio Osmeña. One of Osmeña's first acts was to dissolve the City of Greater Manila. He then appointed Juan Salcedo Jr., born in Pasay in 1904, as Director of Philippine Health, and then as executive officer of the Philippine Rehabilitation Administration in charge of national recovery from the devastation wrought by the Japanese occupation. Osmeña appointed Adolfo Santos as prewar vice mayor of Pasay, in place of incumbent Moises San Juan who died during the war. He also issued an executive order that would dissolve the City of Greater Manila effective August 1, 1945, thus reinstating Pasay's pre-war status as a municipality of Rizal.<ref name="eo58">Template:Cite PH act</ref>

Philippine independenceEdit

CityhoodEdit

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Ignacio Santos-Diaz, a congressman from the first district of Rizal, pushed for the conversion of the town into a city and it to be named after Rizal. Republic Act No. 183 was signed into law by President Manuel Roxas on June 21, 1947, officially establishing Rizal City,<ref name="RA183">Template:Cite PH act</ref> named after José Rizal, with Mateo Rufino as mayor and a population of 88,738. As of June 1948, the city had revenues of Template:Philippine peso. But the residents could not get themselves to call their city by its new name. After two years, eight months, and twelve days of trying, the force of habit prevailed and Eulogio Rodriguez Jr., Santos-Diaz's successor, filed a bill returning the city to its original name. On June 7, 1950, President Elpidio Quirino, once a resident of Pasay himself, signed into law Republic Act No. 437, which changed the name of Rizal City to Pasay City.<ref name="RA437">Template:Cite PH act</ref>

It was also in the 1940s when houses of faith were constructed in different parts of Pasay. Among them was the Church of Our Lady of Sorrows, the Libreria de San Pablo Catholic Women's League, Caritas, the nutrition center, and the grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes. In 1951, two parishes were established: the Parish of San Isidro Labrador and the Parish of San Rafael. By that time, the city was once more the aviation center of the country when what is now Ninoy Aquino International Airport opened its doors in 1948.

On June 14, 1955, Pasay regained its power to choose its leader. Pablo Cuneta ran against one-time Mayor Adolfo Santos and became the city's first elected mayor. In 1959, he campaigned again and won against his former vice mayor, Ruperto Galvez. On December 30, 1965, Ferdinand Marcos was sworn in as President of the Philippines, with Fernando Lopez, a resident of Pasay, as vice president. From that moment, Imelda Romualdez Marcos, the then First Lady, became involved in national affairs. On the northern boundary of Pasay, she started filling the waterfront on Manila Bay to build the Cultural Center of the Philippines. In the later decades she would add three more architectural showpieces on reclaimed land in Pasay: the Folk Arts Theater, Manila Film Center, and the Philippine International Convention Center, and later on the PhilCite Exhibition Hall, the basis of what is now Star City. The city, though, was also being groomed as a television center for the country, for in 1958, ABS-CBN had opened its brand new television studios on what is now Roxas Boulevard, later handing it over in 1969 to the Radio Philippines Network, which used them until a 1973 fire which ruined the studios, as ABS-CBN had moved northward into Quezon City with the opening of its current studios and offices.

In 1967, Jovito Claudio won the city elections as chief executive against Pablo Cuneta. In the following year, an assassination attempt occurred in Pasay when a Bolivian surrealist painter lunged at Pope Paul VI, with a knife grazing his chest. In 1971, Cuneta was re-elected as city mayor of a growing city of almost 90 thousand people.

Martial law eraEdit

Template:More citations needed section On December 7, 1972, almost two months after martial law was declared, an assassin tried to kill Imelda Marcos in Pasay, on live television, while Mrs. Marcos was distributing prizes to the winners of the National Beautification and Cleanliness contest. She suffered some wounds and broken nails but on the whole, she emerged unscathed from that close encounter. On the second anniversary of martial law, Marcos issued Presidential Decree No. 557, declaring every barrio in the country as barangays.<ref>Template:Cite PH act</ref> Not long after the decree had been put into effect, the Metropolitan Manila Commission and the Department of Local Government instructed Pasay to create its own barangays. Mayor Cuneta, in response, ordered the creation of 487 barangays. Upon the firm suggestion of Local Government and Community Development Secretary Jose Roño, the number of barangays was cut down to two hundred, organized into several zones.

On November 7, 1975, Marcos appointed the First Lady, Imelda, as governor of Metro Manila. The federation consolidated 13 towns and 4 cities including Pasay, which was removed from Rizal province, by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 824.<ref name="PD824">Template:Cite PH act</ref>

Pasay was the host city of Miss Universe 1974, the first time this event had been held in the morning and in the Asia Pacific, and thus was in the international spotlight in the leadup to the pageant day.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Half a decade later, the city's first family would become famous nationally in the music scene: Sharon, the then young daughter of the mayor, broke out into the spotlight as a singer with the release of the LP DJ's Pet.

On December 22, 1979, along with Manila, Quezon City, Caloocan, and other cities in the country, Pasay became a highly urbanized city.

In 1981, LRT Line 1 opened its Pasay stations, including its Baclaran terminal on the Parañaque border, marking a return to rapid urban rail.

EDSA people powerEdit

Template:More citations needed section The situation changed in the city in the immediate aftermath of the People Power Revolution. Cuneta left his post to be replaced by two acting mayors, Eduardo Calixto and Norman Urbina, only to be reelected in 1988 and serving for three more terms, before handing over to Jovito Claudio in 1998. Upon the end of his term, he was the city's longest ever city mayor. Claudio, himself replaced by the then vice mayor Wenceslao "Peewee" Trinidad in 2000, saw the building of the MRT Line 3's southern terminus in the city, linked to the LRT Line 1 along Taft Avenue, and the Pasay City General Hospital and Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 2 were both opened to the public. All these and other projects spurred a new era of growth in the city that continues to this day. The EDSA Entertainment Complex, located just to the city's west along EDSA, just miles from the Baclaran, Parañaque, for many years now is very well known for adult entertainment, including prostitution.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="A Farang Abroad">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

ContemporaryEdit

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Aerial view of Pasay, 2015

In 2006, the SM Mall of Asia, the largest shopping center overall in the country, was opened, and the area around this mall began to grow into the city's business center in subsequent years that followed, followed by the opening of the city's biggest sports venue, the Mall of Asia Arena. Two years later, the NAIA Terminal 3 opened its doors in July 2008, and within two years, progress blossomed in the vicinity with the opening of yet another residential and entertainment hub, Newport City, strengthened by the construction of the NAIA Expressway in 2016.

In 2007, then-Acting Mayor Allan Panaligan carried a plan to construct a new city hall located at the Central Business Park-I Island A along Macapagal Avenue.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> However, the plan has not come into fruition until now.Template:Clarification needed

In 2021, Mayor Imelda Calixto-Rubiano announced that the city government was planning to build a new hospital facility in the city.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> An appropriate location for the new hospital is still to be determined given the city's geographically small area and dense population.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

GeographyEdit

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Zones and barangays of Pasay

Pasay covers a total land area of Template:Convert,<ref name="arearef1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="arearef2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> making it the third smallest political subdivision in the National Capital Region and fourth in the whole country. It borders the capital city of Manila to the north, Parañaque to the south, Makati to the northeast, Taguig to the east, and Manila Bay to the west. The city can be divided into three distinct areas: the city's urban area with an area of Template:Convert; the Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) complex, which includes Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) and the Villamor Airbase, with an area of Template:Convert; and the existing reclaimed land from Manila Bay with an area of Template:Convert.<ref name=profile>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The under-construction Pasay Harbor City and new SM Prime land reclamation projects are expected to add Template:Convert to the city's total land area.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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Aerial view of Pasay with land reclamations

Pasay is composed of two districts, subdivided into 20 zones, with a total of 201 barangays.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The barangays do not have names but are only designated with sequential numbers. The largest zone, with an area of Template:Convert, is Zone 19, which covers barangays 178 and 191. The smallest zone with an area of Template:Convert is Zone 1, covering Barangays 1 to 3 and 14 to 17.<ref name=profile/>

Table of Barangays

Barangay	Zone	District	Other known names
1	1	1
2	1	1
3	1	1
4	2	1
5	2	1
6	2	1
7	2	1
8	2	1
9	2	1
10	4	1
11	4	1
12	4	1
13	4	1	Department of Foreign Affairs
14	1	1
15	1	1
16	1	1
17	1	1
18	2	1
19	2	1
20	2	1
21	2	1
22	2	1
23	2	1
24	4	1
25	4	1
26	4	1
27	4	1
28	4	1
29	5	1
30	5	1
31	5	1
32	5	1
33	3	1
34	3	1
35	3	1
36	3	1
37	3	1
38	5	1
39	5	1
40	5	1
41	6	2
42	6	2
43	6	2	Tramo
44	6	2
45	6	2
46	6	2
47	6	2
48	6	2
49	6	2
50	7	2
51	8	2
52	7	2
53	7	2
54	8	2
55	7	2
56	7	2
57	8	2
58	7	2
59	7	2
60	7	2
61	8	2
62	8	2
63	8	2
64	8	2
65	8	2
66	8	2
67	8	2
68	9	1
69	9	1
70	9	1
71	9	1
72	9	1
73	10	1
74	10	1
75	10	1
76	10	1	Bay City
77	10	1
78	10	1	Baclaran
79	10	1
80	10	1
81	10	1
82	10	1
83	10	1
84	10	1
85	9	1
86	9	1
87	9	1
88	9	1
89	9	1
90	9	1
91	9	1
92	9	1	Victory Pasay Mall
93	11	2	Libertad
94	11	2
95	11	2
96	11	2
97	14	2
98	14	2
99	14	2
100	14	2
101	11	2
102	11	2
103	11	2
104	11	2
105	11	2
106	11	2
107	11	2
108	12	2
109	12	2
110	12	2
111	12	2
112	12	2
113	14	2
114	14	2
115	14	2
116	14	2
117	14	2
118	14	2
119	14	2
120	12	2
121	12	2
122	12	2
123	12	2
124	12	2
125	12	2	Ventanilla
126	12	2
127	13	2
128	13	2
129	13	2
130	13	2
131	13	2	Magtibay
132	13	2
133	13	2
134	13	2
135	13	2
136	13	2
137	15	2
138	15	2
139	15	2
140	15	2
141	15	2
142	15	2
143	15	2
144	17	2
145	16	1	Santo Niño
146	16	1
147	16	1
148	16	1
149	16	1
150	16	1
151	16	1
152	16	1
153	16	1
154	16	1
155	16	1
156	16	1
157	16	1
158	17	2
159	17	2
160	17	2
161	17	2
162	18	2
163	18	2
164	18	2
165	18	2
166	17	2
167	18	2
168	18	2
169	17	2
170	17	2
171	17	2
172	17	2
173	17	2
174	17	2
175	18	2
176	18	2
177	18	2	Malibay
178	19	2	Aurora Boulevard
179	19	2	Maricaban
180	19	2	Maricaban
181	19	2	Bayanihan
182	19	2	Villamor
183	20	1	Villamor
184	19	2	Maricaban
185	19	2	Maricaban
186	19	2	Maricaban
187	20	1	Don Carlos Village
188	20	1	Don Carlos Village
189	20	1	Don Carlos Village
190	20	1	Don Carlos Village
191	20	1	Domestic Airport
192	20	1	Pildera Uno
193	20	1	Pildera Dos
194	20	1	Pildera Dos
195	20	1	Sun Valley
196	20	1	Sun Valley
197	20	1	Baltao
198	20	1	Rivera Village
199	20	1	Rivera Village
200	20	1	Kalayaan Village
201	20	1	Kalayaan Village/Merville

Populated places / barangays in Pasay

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ClimateEdit

Under the Köppen climate classification system, Pasay features a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification Aw).

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DemographicsEdit

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As of the 2020 census, Pasay had a population of 440,656. It currently ranks 11th in population size within Metro Manila. It also has 127,629 households. The population density is Template:Convert.Template:PH census Most residents speak Filipino (Tagalog) and English, with considerable numbers speaking other languages and dialects of the Philippines.

Like many other places in the country, Pasay is predominantly Roman Catholic. There is also a significant presence of Iglesia ni Cristo and other Protestant churches in the city, as well as Islam.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

EconomyEdit

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Headquarters of Philippine Airlines

Philippine Airlines is headquartered in the Philippine National Bank Financial Center beside the World Trade Center Manila in Pasay.<ref>"About PAL Template:Webarchive." Philippine Airlines. Retrieved May 19, 2009.</ref> Cebu Pacific, Cebgo, PAL Express, Philippines AirAsia have their headquarters on the grounds of Ninoy Aquino International Airport and in Pasay.<ref>"Call Center / Guest Services / Product Ideas Template:Webarchive." Cebu Pacific. Retrieved March 31, 2010.</ref><ref>"Contact Information Template:Webarchive." Interisland Airlines. Retrieved August 11, 2010.</ref> Oishi (Liwayway), a snack company, also has its headquarters in Pasay.<ref>"Privacy Policy Template:Webarchive." Oishi. Retrieved on April 5, 2014. "Liwayway Marketing Corporation 2225 Tolentino St. Barangay 129, Pasay"</ref>

National government offices found in Pasay include: Senate of the Philippines, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, Civil Aeronautics Board, Manila International Airport Authority, the Philippine Department of Trade and Industry's export promotions agency – the Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions (CITEM) – located in the International Trade Complex's Golden Shell Pavilion, and the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), Office for Transportation Security (OTS). The main office of the Philippine National Bank is located in the city.

LBC Express headquarters is located at the Star Cruises Centre in the Newport Cybertourism Zone of Pasay. Template:Clear left

GovernmentEdit

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Pasay City Hall

Local governmentEdit

Template:See also Pasay is governed primarily by the city mayor, the vice mayor, and the city councilors. The mayor acts as the chief executive of the city while the city councilors act as its legislative body. The vice mayor, besides taking on mayoral responsibilities in case of a temporary vacancy, acts as the presiding officer of the city legislature. The legislative body is composed of 12 regular members (6 per district) and representatives from the barangay and the youth council.

Elected officialsEdit

Pasay city officials (2025-2028)
Name	Party
House of Representatives
Antonino G. Calixto	Template:Party name with colour
City Mayor
Imelda G. Calixto-Rubiano	Template:Party name with colour
City Vice Mayor
Mark Anthony A. Calixto	Template:Party name with colour
1st District
Miguel Antonio "Tonyo" Cuneta	Template:Party name with colour
Marlon A. Pesebre	Template:Party name with colour
Mary Grace Santos	Template:Party name with colour
Waldetrudes "Ding" Del Rosario	Template:Party name with colour
Albert Abraham Q. Alvina	Template:Party name with colour
Justine Jane "Jhaz" Advincula	Template:Party name with colour
2nd District
King Marlon "Khen" Magat	Template:Party name with colour
Graciano Noel "Yuyu" Del Rosario	Template:Party name with colour
Angelo Nicol "Allo" Arceo	Template:Party name with colour
Ian Vendivel	Template:Party name with colour
Allan Panaligan	Template:Party name with colour
Luigi Rubiano	Template:Party name with colour
Ex officio City Council members
ABC President	Enrique Calixto
SK President	Benedict Angeles

Pasay city officials (2022-2025)
Name	Party
House of Representatives
Antonino G. Calixto	Template:Party name with colour
City Mayor
Imelda G. Calixto-Rubiano	Template:Party name with colour
City Vice Mayor
Waldetrudes S. Del Rosario	Template:Party name with colour
1st District
Mark Anthony A. Calixto	Template:Party name with colour
Mary Grace B. Santos	Template:Party name with colour
Marlon A. Pesebre	Template:Party name with colour
Ma. Antonia C. Cuneta	Template:Party name with colour
Albert Abraham Q. Alvina	Template:Party name with colour
Ricardo E. Santos	Template:Party name with colour
2nd District
Jose C. Isidro Jr.	Template:Party name with colour
Editha Y. Manguerra	Template:Party name with colour
Donnabel M. Vendivel	Template:Party name with colour
Jennifer D. Panaligan	Template:Party name with colour
King Marlon A. Magat	Template:Party name with colour
Angelo Nicol P. Arceo	Template:Party name with colour
Ex officio City Council members
ABC President	Enrique Calixto
SK President	Benedict Angeles

SportsEdit

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Pasay Sports Complex

Pasay is also home to sports venues such as the Cuneta Astrodome, SM Mall of Asia Arena, and Pasay Sports Complex. The SM Mall of Asia Arena also hosted some matches in the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup. The city has also been one of the venues of the 1981, 2005 and 2019 Southeast Asian Games.

Some barangays in Pasay have a basketball court (including gymnasiums). Badminton courts and billiard halls are also built in the city.

Pasay was once home to the Manila Polo Club until it was moved to Forbes Park, Makati in 1949.

The city's only professional sports team is the Pasay Voyagers, which competes in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League since its second season.

Unity RunEdit

On the list of largest running events in the world, based on the number of participants a record 209,000 registered running enthusiasts participated in 2012 Kahit Isang Araw Lang: Unity Run which started and ended at the SM Mall of Asia grounds.

The second edition of the race surpassed the Guinness World record of 116,086 participants posted in the Run for the Pasig River on October 10, 2010.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

TransportationEdit

AirportEdit

The majority of Ninoy Aquino International Airport complex, also known as Nichols Field, is situated in Pasay, with the airport's terminals 2, 3, and 4, falling under the city's jurisdiction; Terminal 1, the international cargo terminal, and the offices of airport ground servicing companies, are under the jurisdiction of neighboring Parañaque. The city is also the home of the Philippine Air Force's headquarters, Villamor Airbase.

RoadsEdit

Highways and main thoroughfaresEdit

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View of Roxas Boulevard from the Libertad overpass

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"Pasay Rotonda", the intersection of EDSA and Taft Avenue

Pasay is served by several highways and major thoroughfares. Epifanio delos Santos Avenue (EDSA/C-4 Road), Gil Puyat Avenue (Buendia Avenue) Roxas Boulevard, and Taft Avenue (R-2 Road) are the city's main thoroughfares. Secondary thoroughfares include Andrews Avenue, Antonio Arnaiz Avenue (formerly known as Libertad Street), Aurora Boulevard, Macapagal Boulevard, Domestic Road, Harrison Street, Jose W. Diokno Boulevard, Ninoy Aquino Avenue, and NAIA Road (MIA Road).

ExpresswaysEdit

Four expressways serve Pasay and other parts of Metro Manila and Calabarzon: Skyway, an elevated expressway passing along the Pasay–Taguig boundary; South Luzon Expressway (SLEX), commonly called as SLEX and a component of Asian Highway 26, follows a similar route with Skyway, but runs directly below it, on the ground; NAIA Expressway, an elevated tolled expressway, serves Terminals 1, 2, and 3 of Ninoy Aquino International Airport; and the CAVITEX–C-5 Link, which connects Circumferential Road 5 (C-5) in Taguig to its extension across SLEX and eventually to the Manila–Cavite Expressway (CAVITEX).Template:Citation needed

Public transportEdit

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A bus plying Gil Puyat Avenue in Pasay

JeepneysEdit

Jeepneys ply the city's arterial roads, and serve the city's populated areas and nearby cities.

BusesEdit

Buses provide city (commuter) and provincial (intercity) operation on Pasay. Provincial bus terminals are mostly found near the Gil Puyat Station, with other located along EDSA.

RailEdit

This city is served by two railway lines, the LRT Line 1 and MRT Line 3. LRT Line 1 has four stations in Pasay, namely Gil Puyat, Libertad, EDSA, and Baclaran, and has a depot located along Andrews Avenue. MRT Line 3 has only one station, named Taft Avenue, which serves as an interchange with LRT Line 1.

OtherEdit

Tricycles and pedicabs serve the barangays. Multicab services connect SM Mall of Asia with Baclaran in Parañaque, Gil Puyat Avenue, and Pasay Rotonda. Vans, especially UV Express, also provide service throughout the city and to other destinations in and around Metro Manila.

EducationEdit

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City University of Pasay

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STI College - Pasay

The Schools Division Office (SDO) of Pasay City operates 18 public elementary schools and 8 high schools. Its operations are divided into four districts: Pasay North, Pasay East, Pasay South, and Pasay West. Special education is provided by the Philippine School for the Deaf and Philippine National School for the Blind, Pasay SPED Center, and one Alternative Learning System (ALS) center. Numerous private schools, including Catholic and parochial schools, also operate in the city, like the St. Mary's Academy, operated by nuns of the Religious of the Virgin Mary.

Colleges and universitiesEdit