Sto. Niño

Officials ISMAEL V. DE LEON Barangay Chairman   PAUL NERY FAITH BRUNO JOHNNY CAMPANO ROMULO VALENZUELA ALBERTO CRUZ MARIO VILLAFUENTE RONNIE CABANILLA Councilmen/Kagawads DECREPITO, ANJANETTE P SK Chairman Barangay Secretary Barangay Treasurer Barangay landline (632) 8520128

 

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.

 

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.

 

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

 

The Public Utility Jeep (PUJ) or passenger jeepney is the most common means of transportation. These vehicles ply the major thoroughfares 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Tricycles (motorcycles with passenger cabs attached to them) are also used to reach interiors.

 

• Casino Filipino
• Festival Mall (Duty-Free) Philippines
• Ninoy Aquino International Airport
  

Mission areas and their associations

• Sitio Libjo
• Halik-Alon
• SCARHA
• Santos Compound
• Riverside
  
  

Resources courtesy of the Barangay Administration of Sto. Niño, Parañaque.