Talk:Santa Maria, Bulacan

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“The Article of Santa Maria, Bulacan in Wikipedia is one of the organized and well-created and edited articles I've ever read and seen..”

From Othanwiki2009 of Wikipedia

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“WOW!!! Kumpleto at detalyado ang article ng Santa Maria, Bulacan sa Wikipedia. Proud na proud siguro ang gumawa nito.”

English: “Wow! The article of Santa Maria, Bulacan in Wikipedia is very much detailed and complete. Maybe the one who made that article was so proud of it.”

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http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=461803 post #834

“Actually napaka comprehensive ng information ng Sta. Maria sa Wikepedia. walang binatbat ang ibang bayan/syudad sa Bulacan.”

From up_mc of skyscrapercity.com

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Resorts

Santa Maria has numerous man-made resorts, including the following:

Resorts	Location
Long Meadows Resort	Mahabang Parang
Dad's Vineyard Resort	Mahabang Parang
Pamar Wonderpool Resort	Mahabang Parang
Villa Carmen	Pulong Buhangin
Villa Antonia	Pulong Buhangin
Sitio Lucia Resort	Pulong Buhangin
4-K Garden Resort	Catmon
Lanesca Resort	Catmon
Cool Water Resort	Lalakhan
Vig Jam Resort	Balasing
Stone Bridge Resort	Tumana
Divine View Resort	Buenavista
Summer Set Resort	Bagbaguin
Villa Natalia Resort	Pulong Buhangin
Aqua Matina Resort	Mahabang Parang
Denverland Resort	San Gabriel

Dining Places

The following are the major fast food chain/restaurant/bakeshops in Santa Maria:

No. of Branches	Fastfood / Restaurant	Branch/Location
2	Jollibee	Poblacion, Waltermart
1	McDonald's	Poblacion
1	Greenwich Pizza	Waltermart
2	Chowking	Poblacion, Waltermart
1	KFC	Waltermart
1	Max's Restaurant	Bagbaguin
1	Tropical Hut Hamburger	Bagbaguin
4	Dunkin' Donuts	2 Poblacion, Sta. Clara, & Waltermart
2	Mister Donut	Poblacion
15+	Happy Haus Donuts (stalls)	scattered
1	Go Nuts Donuts	Waltermart
2	Mang Inasal	Poblacion, Waltermart
3	Pandelites Bakeshop	1 Poblacion, 2 Pulong Buhangin
1	Goldilocks Bakeshop	Waltermart (soon to open)
1	Red Ribbon	Waltermart
1	Julie's Bakeshop	Poblacion
1	Pan de Manila	Waltermart
1	NE Cakes & Restaurant	Waltermart
5	Burger Machine	scattered
1	Minute Burger	Poblacion
1	Nic's Restaurant	Bagbaguin
1	Green Pond Restaurant	Bagbaguin
1	Pista sa Nayon Restaurant	Poblacion
4	Doc Jones Foodhaus	Poblacion
1	Sarsa at Inihaw Restaurant	Bagbaguin
1	Dad's Grill	San Jose Patag

Business Establishments

The following are the top 20 business establishments in Sta. Maria in 2008.

Name of Business	Business Tax (in PhP)
Philippine Batteries, Inc.	13,224,053.00
Ciriaco Corporation	2,459,544.00
Cocoa Specialities, Inc.	1,622,382.00
London Industrial Product, Inc.	1,450,830.00
Jollibee Foods Corporation	1,409,754.00
C&E Publishing, Inc.	1,362,930.00
Mercury Drug Corporation	1,248,344.00
Sta. Maria Industrial Park Corporation	1,049,271.00
Tropical Hut Food Market, Inc.	920,612.25
Chowking / Jewel Foods Corporation	678,320.00
Colortex Processing, Inc.	500,000.00
Sapporo Products, Inc.	387,585.00
McDonalds / Golden Arches Dev't., Corporation	379,818.00
Pepsi Cola Products Phils Inc.	340,649.00
Avon Cosmetics, Inc.	314,513.00
Vitson International, Inc.	312,564.00
Rural Industrial Corporation	274,150.00
Amigo Agro Industrial Dev't Corporation	256,711.00
Greenwich / Fresh N Famous Foods, Inc.	242,018.00
Avi Mfg., Company / Sehwani, Sunder R.	236,250.00

Transportation

Buses

The following are the bus companies that ply through the primary roads of Santa Maria, Bulacan.

Bus	Points of Origin/Terminal	Destination	Classification
Philippine Corinthian Liner	Garden, Pulong Buhangin, Sta. Maria	Ayala, Makati – Baclaran, Parañaque City via NLEX-EDSA	Air conditioned with television
Erwin Line	Angat – Norzagaray	Ayala, Makati – Baclaran, Parañaque City via NLEX-EDSA	Air conditioned with television
Bovjen/AC Liner	Garden, Pulong Buhangin, Sta. Maria	Ayala, Makati – Baclaran, Parañaque City via NLEX-EDSA	Air conditioned with television
Nuestra Señora del Carmen	Garden, Pulong Buhangin, Sta. Maria	Ayala, Makati – Baclaran, Parañaque City via NLEX-EDSA	Air conditioned with television
Aguila Bus / Santa Monica Transportation	Angat town proper	Divisoria, Manila via NLEX – Rizal Avenue	Ordinary Bus
Mersan Bus / BSTSC / SMTSC	Sapang Palay / Guyong, Sta. Maria – Santa Cruz, Manila	Doroteo Jose Street, Santa Cruz, Manila via NLEX – A. Bonifacio Avenue	Mini-bus / Ordinary

NOTE: Buses and trucks are not allowed in the town proper.

Public Utility Jeepneys

Terminal	Destination	Minimum Fare
Metro Manila: Monumento LRT Station, Caloocan City Santa Maria: Nicolas Park, Poblacion	Monumento – Santa Maria via NLEX1	PHP 35.00 (fixed)
Metro Manila: Monumento, Caloocan City Santa Maria: Nicolas Park, Poblacion	Monumento – Santa Maria via MacArthur Highway.2 Metro Manila North: Malabon – Fatima, Valenzuela City – Karuhatan, Valenzuela – Malinta, Valenzuela Bulacan South: Meycauayan, SM City Marilao – Tabing Ilog, Marilao – Lolomboy, Bocaue – Joners, Bocaue; - Bocaue Toll Exit – Bagbaguin, Santa Maria and vice-versa.	PHP 8.00 (first four kilometers) + PHP 1.50 (for succeeding kilometers)
Malolos;Bulacan State University Mac Arthur Highway gate Santa Maria:Nicolas Park, Poblacion	Malolos City – Tabang, Guiguinto – Santa Maria and vice-versa (via NLEX)	PHP 32.00 (fixed)
Plaridel/Pulilan: near Pulilan Public Market and Robinsons Pulilan Santa Maria:Nicolas Park, Poblacion	Pulilan-Plaridel – Santa Rita Exit, Guigunto – Santa Maria and vice versa (via NLEX)	PHP 34.00 (fixed)
Baliuag: Cagayan Valley Road Santa Maria: Santa Maria Public Market	Baliuag – Bustos- Pandi- Manggahan, Santa Maria – Santa Cruz, Santa Maria – Santa Clara, Santa Maria – Santa Maria town proper and vice versa	PHP 8.00 (first four kilometers); Pandi – Santa Maria (PHP 14.00); Bustos-Santa Maria (PHP 29.00); Baliuag-Santa Maria (PHP 32.00)
Sampol, Sapang Palay, City of San Jose del Monte: Sampol Market, CSJDM Santa Maria:Nicolas Park, Poblacion	Sapang Palay, CSJDM – Dulong Bayan, CSJDM – Bulac, Santa Maria – Catmon, Santa Maria – San Jose Patag, Santa Maria – Santa Maria town proper and vice versa.	PHP 20.00 (fixed)
Muzon, San Jose del Monte City Santa Maria: Nicolas Park, Poblacion	Muzon, CSJDM; - San Jose del Monte City Proper – San Vicente, Santa Maria – Santa Maria town proper and vice versa.	PHP 8.00 (first four kilometers)
Norzagaray, Bulacan Santa Maria: Nicolas Park, Poblacion	Norzagaray – Partida, Norzagaray – Pulong Yantok, Angat, Pulong Buhangin,Santa Maria – Caypombo, Santa Maria – Guyong, Santa Maria – Dulong Bayan, Santa Maria – Santa Maria town proper and vice versa.	PHP 8.00 (first four kilometers)

^1 Jeepneys plying the North Luzon Expressway route are available until 12 midnight.

^2 available for 24 hours.

Others

Utility vans plying the San Fernando, Pampanga- Santa Maria, Bulacan (via NLEX) route are also available.

Tricycles are available for twenty-four hours.

Road Networks

The important road networks in Santa Maria are as follows:

• Bocaue-San Jose Road – connecting Sta. Maria to the city of San Jose del Monte and Bocaue;
• Sta. Maria By-Pass Road;
• Norzagaray-Sta. Maria Road – connecting Sta. Maria to the towns of Angat and Norzagaray;
• Santa Clara-Pandi Road – connecting Santa Maria to the towns of Pandi, Balagtas, Bustos and Baliuag;
• The Manila North Road (Mac Arthur Highway);
• Santa Maria – Tungkong Mangga Road – a vital provincial road which links the City of San Jose del Monte to the town of Santa Maria.
• the North Luzon Expressway (through Bocaue Exit).

Based on the 2004 road inventory done by Municipal Engineer's Office, Santa Maria has a total road length of 218.38 km., 24.98 of which are national roads, 26.54 km are provincial roads, 19.07 km are municipal roads, and 147.79 km are barangay roads. Most of the roads are concrete and are in fair condition.

Private Schools

High quality education is also made possible through the following private schools in Santa Maria, Bulacan. The list of private schools in Sta. Maria, Bulacan are as follows:

College/University	Location	Contact
Angel John Integrated Academy (formerly "Angel John International Academy")	#781 Brgy. Lalakhan, Santa Maria, Bulacan
Grace of Shekinah School	Jose P. Rizal St., Poblacion, Santa Maria, Bulacan	GSS Website / (044) 641-3250
Darwin International School	Santa Maria, Bulacan
Holy Child Montessori School	#26 Parada, Sta. Maria, Bulacan
Mater Dei Academy	Km.39 Pulong Buhangin, Sta. Maria, Bulacan
Liceo di San Lorenzo	Km.37 Pulong Buhangin, Sta. Maria, Bulacan	LdiSL WEBSITE / (044) 641-1837
Little Angels Montessori School of Bulacan	Km.37 Pulong Buhangin, Sta. Maria, Bulacan	(044) 641-1503
St. Paul School – Santa Maria	Poblacion, Sta. Maria, Bulacan
Sacred Heart Academy	Dr. T. Santiago St., Poblacion
Early Christian School	Poblacion, Sta. Maria, Bulacan
Gloria Marizz Academy of Bulacan	#54-A P. Mansilla St. Poblacion
Child Jesus Montessori	Poblacion, Sta. Maria, Bulacan
Sta. Maria Ecumenical School	Poblacion, Sta. Maria, Bulacan
St. Catherine of Siena School	Poblacion, Sta. Maria, Bulacan
Estrella Academy of Sta. Clara	Sta. Clara, Sta. Maria, Bulacan
Colegio de Sta. Maria	Bagbaguin, Sta. Maria, Bulacan
Jesus is Lord Christian School	Sitio Pisang, S.J. Patag, Sta. Maria, Bulacan
St. Joseph College Academy of Bulacan	S.J. Patag, Sta. Maria, Bulacan
Smarties Academy of Sta. Maria, Bulacan	Macaiban, Rogaciano Mercado St., Poblacion, Sta. Maria, Bulacan

Likewise, there are five government high schools in the municipality:

• Pulong Buhangin National High School
• Catmon High School
• Parada High School
• Fortunato F. Halili National Agricultural School (High School Department)
• Santa Maria Agro-Industrial High School

Barangay Income

Income of every barangay in the town of Sta. Maria (as of April 2008)

Barangay	align=center | Income / Per capita
Bagbaguin	P571,398.62 / P55.00034
Balasing	P280,920.01 / P45.09149
Buenavista	P59,800.37 / P27.16963
Bulac	P587,082.95 / P77.24775
Camangyanan	P42,317.54 / P10.46169
Catmon	P400,759.28 / P33.64050
Caypombo	P279,098.86 / P17.77926
Caysio	P91,639.27 / P34.20652
Guyong	P409,129.92 / P34.50243
Lalakhan	P85,179.85 / P40.22512
Mag-asawang Sapa	P98,302.10 / P17.42945
Mahabang Parang	P108,024.42 / P32.56690
Manggahan	P177,019.20 / P90.87227
Parada	P185,565.32 / P23.72048
Poblacion (Santa Maria town proper)	P716,511.38 / P50.91390
Pulong Buhangin	P898,885.76 / P26.59504
San Gabriel	P145,251.50 / P18.02575
San Jose Patag	P368,008.06 / P37.07889
San Vicente	P281,815.52 / P22.16053
Santa Clara	P519,097.89 / P51.64125
Santa Cruz	P355,956.52 / P45.94765
Silangan!!!	P23,597.83 / P12.72120
Tabing Bakod (Santo Tomas)	P215,973.00 / P39.11137
Tumana	P176,502.03 / P21.91754

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Santa Maria, Bulacan/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Dana boomer (talk · contribs) 16:25, 24 January 2014 (UTC)

Hi! I'll take this article for review. I should have a full review up within the day. Dana boomer (talk) 16:25, 24 January 2014 (UTC)

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose, no copyvios, spelling and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

   • Watch out for "weasel words", including "apparently", "are considered", etc. These need to be carefully verified and sourced.
   • There are numerous lists of information that are indiscriminate, unsourced, and/or could be better presented as prose. For example, the entire Agriculture section needs to be reworked: properly sourced, lists and bullet points transformed into prose, etc.

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

   • This is the area where the article majorly fails the GA criteria. It is significantly under-referenced, with entire sections missing references. What references are in the article are generally incomplete, and in a few cases are simply bare urls.

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

   • Image galleries are discouraged. Appropriate images should be placed throughout the article, and a link to Commons will suffice for the remainder.

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

   At this point, the sourcing and prose/list issues are too big for the article to be brought up to standard within the normal GAN period. Due to this, I am failing the article's GA nomination. The article may be renominated when the identified issues have been addressed. Because of the major issues already identified, I have not completed full checks of prose, image licensing, scope/focus or NPOV. Please make sure that these areas are also meet the GA criteria before renominating the article. Dana boomer (talk) 17:15, 24 January 2014 (UTC)

References

Assessment comment

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The Honorable Mayor of Sta Maria Municipality of Sta Maria Sta Maria, Bulacan Sir: Greetings to you Sir and to the Honorable Vice Mayor and the Honorable Municipal councilors of the municipality. Please do something about the perenial heavy traffic congestion along the connecting road just after the north expresway going towards Bagbaguin. Perhaps we can appeal to the national government to put another exit right after the Bocaue exit towards north to connect Guyong to the North expresway in order to decongest the daily, heavy traffic in the area. Moreover, please extend the services of the water district to the Cityland Bulacan Heights.

Last edited at 01:55, 20 March 2009 (UTC). Substituted at 05:26, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

POV and promotional statements

The 3rd paragraph stated that:

Santa Maria's total bank deposits reached PHP 17.3 billion as of June 2016, this accounts for almost 75% of eastern Bulacan's total bank deposits and dwarfing other cities and municipalities in the country. ... It has a relatively high standard of living, with only 4% of the population living in poverty which is one of the lowest in the Philippines.

The statements in italics are not in the references but are improper editorial synthesis to imply a new (and POV) conclusion, see WP:SYNTHESIS. Furthermore, they are clearly promotional statements, against WP:PROMOTION. Therefore these statements are against WP policy and will be removed. If disagree, discuss here before reinstating it. -- P 1 9 9  ✉ 14:30, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

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