HISTORY OF TAGUIG Before the Spaniards came, Taguig was a part of the Kingdom of Tondo ruled by Ra jah Soliman.

There were also accounts that Chinese settlements were once present in the area as revealed by the recent archeological diggings of various artifac ts like cups, plates and other utensils, which bear Chinese characters. This was believed to have originated from China's Ming dynasty. Taguig was one of the earliest known territories to have been Christianized when the Spaniards succeeded in subjugating mainland Luzon through the Legazpi exped ition in 1571. Between the years 1582 and 1583, Taguig was of the encomienda of Tondo headed by an Alcalde Mayor, Captain Vergara. It was in 1587 when Taguig wa s established as a separate pueblo (town) of the then province of Manila. Captain Juan Basi was its Kapitan from 1587 to 1588. According to records, Taguig had ni ne (9) barrios then namely, Bagumbayan, Bambang, Hagonoy, Palingon, Sta. Ana, Ti pas, Tuktukan, Ususan, and Wawa. Records show that Tipas had once petitioned to become an independent town but was denied by the Spanish government. (What recor ds? What Source? Tipas originally belong to Pasig from 1573 until circa 1800, th e petition to become an independent Municipality came in the 1920s and was not g ranted by the American Government) During that time, Taguig was accessible via the Pasig River, which was connected to two large bodies of water, the Manila Bay and Laguna de Bay. The population then was estimated to be 800 tributes. The town produced more than enough rice f or their consumption but had less sugar cane to mill. The men lived through fish ing while women wove cotton cloth and sawali from bamboo strips. The people of Taguig were known to have resisted both Spanish and American colon ial rule. During that early period of Spanish colonition. Don Juan Basi, Kapitan o f Taguig from 1587 to 1588, attempted to overthrow the Spanish government but fa iled, being exiled for two years as punishment. When then Katipunan was on its e arly years, many from Taguig became followers and later joined the uprising. The people of Taguig also joined the revolutionary government of General Emilio Agu inaldo on August 6, 1898. During the American occupation, they struggled against the forces of General Whe aton under the command of General Pio del Pilar. It was recorded that on Februar y 6, 1898, Filipino forces including Taguig revolutionarios dislodged an American position in the hills of Taguig, now a portion of Pateros and Fort Bonifacio. Th ey were defeated eventually by the Americans with superiority in the armaments a nd training. Taguig finally fell to the contingent of the First Washington Volun teer Infantry led by Col. Wholly. The defeat of the Filipinos after two years of struggle against the American for ces subsequently subjected the Philippines to another system of governance. On A ugust 14, 1898, United States occupied the islands and established a military go vernment with General Wesley Meritt as the First Military Governor. He exercised legislative powers until September 1, 1900. At the start of American regime, Taguig was proclaimed as an independent municip ality with the promulgation of General Order No. 4 on March 29, 1900. The town w as subsequently incorporated to the newly created province of Rizal when the Phi lippine Commission promulgated Act. No. 137 on June 11, 1901. On October 12, 190 3, Taguig, Muntinlupa and Pateros were merged by the virtue of Act. No. 942 with Pateros hosting the seat of the municipal government. The merger did not last l ong as a month later Muntinlupa was segregated from it and made part of Bian when Act. No. 1008 was enacted on November 25, 1903. However it was returned to Tagu ig on March 22, 1905 with the promulgation Act. No. 1308. On February 29, 1908, Taguig was again declared an independent municipality through Executive Order No . 20. Eventually, Pateros separated from Taguig and both became independent muni

cipalities of Rizal province on January 1, 1918. It was also during the American Colonial Period that the US government acquired a 25.78 km property of Taguig for military purposes. This large piece of land whi ch had a TCT dated 1902, was turned into a camp and was then known as Fort McKin ley (named after the 25th president of U.S. President William McKinley). When th e Japanese occupied the Philippines in 1942, Fort McKinley was taken over by the Japanese Imperial Army. They occupied the military camp until the end of the war in 1945. After the Philippines gained its political independence from the United States o n July 4, 1946, the US surrendered the Republic of the Philippines all right of possession, jurisdiction, supervision and control over the Philippine territory except the use of the military bases. On May 14, 1949, Fort McKinley was turned over to the Philippine government by virtue of the US embassy Note No. 0570. Fort McKinley was made the permanent headquarters of the Philippine Army in 1957 and was subsequently renamed Fort Bonifacio after the Father of the Philippine Revolution against Spain, Andres Bonifacio. The town's political subdivision was changed to barangays following the nationwide implementation of the Integrated Reorganization Plan (IRP) in the 1970s when th e country was under Martial Law. The IRP has increased its subdivisions into 18 barangays, namely, Bagong Tanyag, Bagumbayan, Bambang, Calzada, Hagonoy, Ibayo-T ipas, Ligid-Tipas, Lower Bicutan, Maharlika, Napindan, Palingon, Signal Village, Sta. Ana, Tuktukan, Upper Bicutan, Ususan, Wawa, and Western Bicutan. In the ye ar 2009, Taguig re-organized and re-arranged there barangays making a total of 2 8, the 10 added being Central Bicutan, Fort Bonifacio, South Daanghari, North Da anghari, San Miguel, New Lower Bicutan, South Signal,Katuparan, North Signal, Pi nagsama and Tanyag. On November 7, 1975, Taguig was carved out from the province of Rizal to form the National Capital Region through Presidential Decree No. 82 4. Today, Taguig is still one of the seventeen (17) cities and municipalities th at make up Metro Manila. In 1998, a bill was passed in Congress pushing for the cityhood of Taguig. The r esulting plebiscite in April showed that the citizens were against cityhood. A r ecent petition to the Supreme Court sought a recount of the plebiscite and the S upreme Court on February 19, 2004 ordered the Commission on Elections to conduct a recount. The recount showed that the residents did want the municipality of T aguig to become a city (21,105 `yes' and 19,460 `no'). Subsequently, Taguig became a cit y on December 8, 2004.