Aguilar Memorial College of Las Piñas-Talon Tres Campus, a local college that offers Bachelor's degree in Accountancy and Business Administration (with majors in Marketing Management, Financial Management, and Human Resource Development Management). To date, there are 77 day care centers with feeding programs in 20 barangays within Las Piñas. There are a total of 12 colleges, 20 private high schools, 18 public high schools, and 22 elementary schools that were built to accommodate the growing number of the enrollees every year. Main article: Mayor of Las Piñas Education The native language of Las Piñas is Tagalog, but the majority of the residents understand and speak English. Cityhood ĭemographics Population census of Las Piñas Year In the 1990s, Las Piñas was known for its rampant illegal drug trade in 1995, then-Councilor Yoyoy Villame criticized the town's image as the 'Drug Capital of the Philippines', while NCR Command Director Job Mayo alleged upon his appointment in early 1996 that the town's police force had the most drug-dependent police officers in the metropolis. Las Piñas currently serves as the proper gateway to Calabarzon. In the 1980s, economic growth erupted due to the advent of the construction of Coastal Road. Padre Diego Cera se fundió este equilón año de 1820,' showing that even during the time of Diego Cera, the town's first parish priest, the town was called 'Las Peñas', for some time and eventually was renamed 'Las Piñas'. An inscription on the bell states, 'Siendo cura del pueblo de Laspeñas el M.R.P. Joseph Parish Church founded by Diego Cera has been preserved inside the church museum. Another version related that it was 'Las Peñas' (the rocks), evident by the quarrying of stones and adobe which were used to construct buildings and bridges. One version mentioned, that traders from the province of Cavite and Batangas shipped their first piñas (Spanish for pineapples) for sale to this town before they were distributed to nearby markets. The story about the true origin of the city's name, 'Las Piñas', varies. Las Piñas became one of the municipalities making up the region. 824, Las Piñas was excised from the province of Rizal to form Metro Manila. On November 7, 1975, through Presidential Decree No.

The town was occupied by the Japanese during World War II and liberated by the combined American and Filipino forces. It was separated from Parañaque to become an independent municipality again on March 27, 1907, by virtue of Philippine Commission Act No. 942, it was combined with the town of Parañaque, with the latter as the seat of a new municipal government. On October 12, 1903, in accordance with Act No. In 1901, the municipality of Las Piñas, previously a part of the province of Manila, was incorporated to the newly created province of Rizal pursuant to the Philippine Commission Act No. The town of Las Piñas was also a major war theater during the 1896 Philippine Revolution, as it was occupied by forces of General Emilio Aguinaldo. Years later, Las Piňas also became a central battleground between Spanish and Philippine forces during the Philippine Revolution. In 1880, the city experienced an outbreak of cholera and smallpox leading to the loss of many lives. Las Piňas is famous for its Bamboo Organ, which was built by Fr. Felix Timbang was the first gobernadorcillo in 1762, while Mariano Ortiz was the first municipal president of the town of Las Piñas. On the other hand, Manuel Buzeta recorded the date at 1797. Las Piñas was formerly called 'Las Pilas' due to its separation from Parañaque due to tribal conflicts. It was proclaimed as a province of Manila either in 1762 or 1797. Las Piñas was one of the earliest fishing settlements on the shores of Manila Bay.

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