CALAPAN CITY POLICE STATION

History

Calapan City is a second class component city in the First Congressional

District in the Province of Oriental Mindoro, Philippines, and serves as the provincial

capital. It is known as the “Gateway to the Golden Isle” but is also referred to with other

different titles such as “The Discipline City”, “The City of the Golden Grains”, “The

Acropolis of the South”, and “The Provincial Capitol”.

The city’s economy is dependent on agriculture and fishing. However, a

growing industry in machinery and tourism has contributed well to the city’s annual

income making it is one of the fastest growing new cities in the country for the last 10

years. Calapan City also serves as the gateway to the Oriental Mindoro province with

the implementation of the Strong Republic Nautical Highway, an integrated roll-on/roll-

off ferry project of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo that extends further to the

southern part of the Philippines. The Calapan City Seaport is the largest and busiest

seaport on the Mindoro Island with ships that travels to and from the Batangas City and

is accessible by ferry boat and RORO ships.

Calapan City is currently one of the only two cities (the other being Puerto

Princesa City) in the MIMAROPA region of the Philippines. It is the center of commerce

and industry, the center of transport and communication, and the center of education in

the entire province of Oriental Mindoro. It also serves as the administrative center in the

entire Region of MIMAROPA.

 Calapan City Police Station under the supervision of the undersigned is

situated at the situated at the entrance of the City proper at Barangay Ilaya, Calapan

City. It is housed in the first floor of the ABC building co-located with the City Bureau of

Fire Protection, City Bureau of Jail Management and Penology and City DILG Office.

It also manages a Police Community Precincts (PCP) strategically located

at the southern entrance of Calapan situated at the junction of Barangay Sta. Isabel,

Calapan City where people and goods from both the southern and northern

municipalities of the province passed to enter the city proper.