2007 Bocaue fire

The Saint Martin of Tours Parish Church, also known as the Diocesan Shrine of the Holy Cross of Wawa is a Roman Catholic church in Bocaue, Bulacan, Philippines. The church is one of the oldest in Bulacan, having been founded by Franciscan missionaries in 1606. It hosts the Holy Cross of Wawa, a wooden relic believed to be miraculous by devotees, which is the centerpiece of the recurring Bocaue River Festival.In 1969, the parish founded a church-based credit union cooperative known as the St. Martin of Tours Credit and Development Cooperative (SMTCDC).

Bocaue [bɔˈkawɛ], officially the Municipality of Bocaue (Tagalog: Bayan ng Bocaue), is a municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 141,412 people. Among its tourist attractions are a town museum located near the municipality's center and the town's river festival celebrated on the first Sunday of every July. The river festival is in commemoration of the Holy Cross of Wawa, believed to be miraculous by the town's predominantly Roman Catholic population.

Bocaue station is an under-construction elevated North–South Commuter Railway (NSCR) station located in Bocaue, Bulacan, Philippines. The station was part of the Philippine National Railways (PNR) North Main Line before its closure in the 1980s.

The Shrine of Saint Andrew Kim Taegon (Korean: 성 김대건 안드레아 성당), is a Roman Catholic church in Bocaue, Bulacan, Philippines. The patron saint of the church is the first Korean priest and martyr Andrew Kim Taegon.

The Joni Villanueva General Hospital is a government hospital in the Philippines. It is located in Barangay Igulot, Bocaue, Bulacan. Established in 2022, it is named in honor of former Bocaue mayor Eleanor "Joni" J. Villanueva-Tugna.

The Philippine Sports Stadium, also known as Iglesia ni Cristo Stadium, is a football and track stadium at Ciudad de Victoria, a 140-hectare (350-acre) tourism enterprise zone in the towns of Bocaue and Santa Maria, Bulacan, Philippines. The stadium was built right next to the Philippine Arena, the world's largest indoor arena. The stadium is the largest football stadium in the Philippines with a maximum seating capacity of 20,000. Its seating capacity is about twice the seating capacity of the Rizal Memorial Stadium which has a capacity of 12,873.PWP Landscape Architecture is responsible for the landscaping work on the area around the stadium dubbed as the Stadium Gardens.In December 2016, it was reported that the track and field team of the University of the Philippines is a tenant of the stadium.

Ciudad de Victoria (Spanish for "City of Victory" or "Victory City") also known as the Philippine Arena Complex is a 140-hectare tourism enterprise zone in the towns of Bocaue and Santa Maria in Bulacan, Philippines. It is located north of Metro Manila along the North Luzon Expressway. The site where it is located used to be a farmland and was converted and being developed into a mixed-use area that will integrate residential and office buildings as well as shopping, entertainment, leisure, education, business and sports complex. It is owned by the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC), a Filipino-based indigenous Christian religious organization, through its educational institution, the New Era University, and operated by Maligaya Development Corporation. It was inaugurated on July 21, 2014 in commemoration of INC's centennial celebration on July 27, 2014.

The Philippine Sports Center is a sporting venue under-construction inside the Ciudad de Victoria development which spans over Bocaue and Santa Maria, Bulacan, Philippines. The sporting center will host an Olympic-size swimming pool and a multi-purpose gymnasium. Like the nearby Philippine Arena and the Philippine Sports Stadium, the Iglesia ni Cristo owned facility will be opened to the public.

The Philippine Arena is the world's largest indoor arena. It is a multipurpose indoor arena with a maximum seating capacity of 55,000 at Ciudad de Victoria, a 140-hectare (350-acre) tourism enterprise zone in Bocaue and Santa Maria, Bulacan, Philippines about 30 kilometers (19 mi) north of Manila. It is one of the centerpieces of the many centennial projects of the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) for their centennial celebration on July 27, 2014. The legal owner of the arena is the INC's educational institution, New Era University. The arena is officially recognized by the Guinness World Records as the largest mixed-use indoor theater in the world on July 27, 2014.It is sometimes advertised to be located in Manila on promotional materials of international events as its location is within the Greater Manila Area.

Balagtas ([bɐlɐgˈtas]), officially the Municipality of Balagtas (Tagalog: Bayan ng Balagtas), is a municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 77,018 people.

The Santa Maria River (Filipino: Ilog Santa Maria) is a river in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. Stretching for 31 kilometres (19.3 mi), it bisects the municipalities of Santa Maria, Bocaue (in baranggay Lolomboy) and the city of San Jose del Monte. Its major tributaries are the Caypombo River and an unnamed river in San Jose del Monte.

The Parish Church of Saint Lawrence of Rome, Deacon and Martyr, commonly known as the Balagtas Church (Filipino: Simbahan ng Balagtas), is an 18th-century Baroque Roman Catholic parish church in the Municipality of Balagtas in the Philippines, dedicated to Saint Lawrence, one of the most venerated Roman martyrs, celebrated for his Christian valor. The said parish is under the pastoral jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Malolos. The incumbent pastor is The Right Reverend Monsignor Angelito Juliano Santiago, who assumed pastoral governance of the church on the 11th day of February 2021. He is also the Vicar Forane of the Vicariate of St. Martin of Tours - Bocaue in the Episcopal Eastern District of the Diocese, since the 22nd of July 2024.