Barangay Pasong Putik Proper page (2011-2023) I. HISTORY:
“Pasong Putik” literally means a muddy mountain pass. LAND AREA : 300 Hectares
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Straddling the Novaliches Mountain is that pass which, since time immemorial, has been a getaway from the hinterlands of San Jose del Monte, Bulacan province to the south going to Manila and suburbs. The pass was perpetually muddy, because of the heavy forest canopy, hence the name “Pasong Putik”. On August 30, 1896, the Katipuneros who survived the ill-fated attack on the Spanish garrison or arse
nal of the San Juan Reservior availed of the jungle cover and remoteness of Pasong Putik as recuperating and rest area because their former hideouts in Apolonio Samson’s property in Sitio Kangkong, and Tandang Sora’s place in Banlat, Pasong Tamo, were already known to the guardia civiles. Despite the deforestation of the mountain, construction of the La Mesa Dam, leveling into housing subdivisions of the countryside, and concreting of the pass, the name remains so also its vital function as a conduct for modern day travelers in the area. Under Executive Order No. 26 dated June 25, 1975, of Mayor Norberto Amoranto of Quezon City, issued pursuant to P.D. No. 557 of September 21, 1974, Barrio Pasong Putik Proper was converted into a Barangay, consisting of Maligaya Park Subdivision, Teresa Heights Subdivision, Sacred Heart Village, Hilltop Subdivision, GSIS La Mesa Homesite, North Fairview Subdivision and the La Mesa Dam Employees Compound, altogether covering an area of more than 674 hectares. Because the GSIS La Mesa Homesite, later as Lagro, was then the most extensively developed, the Barangay Hall was erected in the centrally located open space, so also with such infrastructures such as health center, police and fire stations, and tennis and basketball courts. Invariably, being also the most populous among the various subdivisions, the Barangay officials elected and appointed were mostly from Lagro. Barangay Captains appointed/elected:
1965 to 1981 - Avancenia (appointed)
1982 to 1985 - Liongson (elected)
1986 to 1988 - Harry Gasser (elected)
1989 to 1992 - Godofredo Liban (elected)
1993 to 1996 - Rodolfo Vidal (elected)
A feeling of neglect, coupled by rapid development of North Fairview into a first class subdivision, encouraged its residents to clamor for its creation as a separate and independent barangay. This was followed by the Homeowners Association of Lagro, Sacred Heart, Maligaya and Teresa Heights, claiming among others, that the barangay was too big for an efficient administration. In response, the Quezon City Council passed Ordinance No. 439, splitting the Barangay into Barangay North Fairview, Barangay Lagro, and re-naming the mother barangay as Barangay Pasong Putik Proper. As reconstituted, Barangay Pasong Putik Proper consists of Sacred Heart Village, Maligaya Park Subdivision, Teresa Heights and parts of Neopolitan Subdivision, covering an area of 172.9496 hectares (1,729,646 sq. meters) containing a population of 14,728 as of the 1996 census. The splitting was approved in a plebiscite held on December 8, 1996, and the first barangay elections were held on May 12, 1997.
