Taguig
Taguig City
Taguig is a city in Metro Manila in the Philippines. From a
thriving fishing community along the shores of Laguna de Bay, it is
now an important residential, commercial and industrial center. The
recent construction of the C-5 highway and the acquisition of the
Fort Bonifacio development area has paved the way for the cityhood
of the municipality.The city ranked first among Philippine cities
in the Ease of Doing Business Index, conducted by the World Bank's
International Finance Corporation.
Taguig was finally declared a
highly-urbanized city on December 8, 2004 after the COMELEC's
recount of ballots cast in 1998 cityhood plebiscite. Located in the
southern section of sprawling Metropolitan Manila, Taguig is
surrounded by a host of bustling cities - Pateros and Pasig to the
north, Taytay to the east, Muntinlupa City to the south , and
Parañaque, Makati and Pasay to the west.
As highly urbanized city, Taguig is
home to Fort
Bonifacio Global City and five (5) thriving industrial centers
- (1) the Mañalac Estate in Bagumbayan; 2) the Food Terminal, Inc.,
the nation's food center, is situated in Western Bicutan. It boasts
of over 300 medium scale companies with businesses covering food
manufacturing, electronics, garments and service industries; (3)
the Veteran's Center and the (4) RSBS in Western Bicutan are also
home to industrial companies. (5) The Napindan-Elizalde Industrial
compound produces steel.