San Juan at a glance Facts, figures and noteworthy achievements

San Juan has a total of 89,950 kilometers of roads; 4,930 kilometers of which are reclassified as national; 7,100 kilometers are municipal. Most of the roads have concrete pavements and in every condition.

There are only six bridges in San Juan, all of these spanning the river boundaries of the municipality and linking it with adjacent areas. Only two bridges are municipal bridges, Argonne and Kalentong.

Of the 225 roads in San Juan, only six are transversed by public utility vehicles; these are Aurora Boulevard, N. Domingo, F. Blumentritt, Ortigas Avenue, Pinaglabanan, Santolan and M. Paterno Streets.

All types of public and private motor vehicles use Aurora Boulevard since it is one of the main links between Marikina, Cubao and Sta. Mesa, Divisoria and Quiapo. N. Domingo is a relatively narrow road, with an average flow of 10,000 vehicles per day. This volume causes slow vehicle movements along the whole stretch. Ortigas Avenue is another busy thoroughfare used by all types of vehicles. Though the road is relatively wide, traffic is often slow especially at the corners of EDSA – Ortigas and Santolan (Pinaglabanan) – Ortigas.

The people of San Juan believe that progress did not happen in the municipality by accident as it was the outcome of a choice to live a better life. Thus a number of development projects were prioritized to cater to the need of the people to live more comfortably while trying to cope with the changes in the environment.

The city government gives the highest importance to infrastructure development projects to improve the lives of its constituents, and several millions have been allocated for the construction, rehabilitation and improvements of several roads and bridges, buildings and drainage or flood control system in various locations in the municipality.

Law and Order

The San Juan Police has adopted the vision of Mayor Joseph Victor Ejercito to deliver better services intended for the people by discharging its duty of maintaining peace and order with total dedication and utmost efficiency. The organization applied the community-based crime prevention and control program and winning the heart and mind of the people by upholding transparency and accountability in dealing with them. Community Oriented Policing System as the main program of the station in crime prevention and control resulted to many apprehension and recovery of stolen items by endless community participation through crime reporting. Immediate police calls prevented a lot of crimes and saves lives and properties.

The effort and coordination made by San Juan Police Chief PSupt. Rodelio Balza Jocson (DSC) between the police, barangay officials and community has developed a better working relationship and bringing more effort and support in crime prevention and control. The conduct of police operations and checkpoints in the strategic areas reduces the crime incident, thus includes police visibility in business establishment and recreational areas.

The Station has seven police community precincts to cover the whole area of municipality aimed to reduce the crime and immediately response to any police assistance. It also addressed the immediate problem of barangays and made partnership to the people to enhance the effort in anti-criminality campaign.

To improve the police services, the organization provided continuous education and training, including leadership and management, firearms proficiency, SWAT training, sniper course, Tactical Entry Explosives Course, Police responders course and others.

The station staff conducts periodic assessments of the situation to provide better services to the people. The station conducted police information and education, physical fitness and inspection.

The San Juan Police has won various awards and citations among others. The commitment of everybody will make San Juan the best place to live and invest.

Manpower Training

The municipality has established San Juan Manpower & Livelihood Training and consultations on livelihood courses.

The training center continuously accepts enrollees and offers courses such as caregiver, dressmaking, tailoring, food processing, cosmetology and reflexology. It equally urges every resident to indulge in these activities to improve their skills or make an enviable career. It is also one way of preventing the town’s youth from engaging in undesirable vices.

Since its inception, the center has produced graduates from the following courses: food processing, refrigeration and air-conditioning, cosmetology, electronics, dressmaking and caregiver. Recently they introduced new courses such as reflexology, Swedish shiatsu and stainless welding.

Some of its graduates are, at present, working in Canada, Taiwan and the United States while some have started their own businesses at the comforts of their home.

For the residents to have a decent and better education, San Juan boasts of a number of schools and educational institutions that help increase the literacy rate of its population, especially the youth. These educational facilities, which are situated in all barangays, consist of 28 public elementary and high schools including day care centers; 15 private schools and other private educational institutions involved in tutorial services; learning centers; computer and business schools; nursery and pre-schools; academic/skills training centers; day care and other educational facilities. An additional training building was also constructed courtesy of the town chief

Health Care Services

In its commitment to better serve its constituents, the municipal government of San Juan has adopted measures to further reach out to the poor by making available the amenities of modern medicine at the least possible cost. This was achieved through the construction and operation of a municipal hospital, the San Juan Medical Center. Located at the back of the municipal hall, it has a total floor area of 4,000 square meters.

The hospital has an initial capacity of 50 beds and eventually expanded to 150 after it was classified as Medical Center. The hospital is equipped with the latest technology for San Juan Populace.