General Trias, Cavite

The first uprising in Cavite known as the "First Cry of Cavite" occurred in San Francisco de Malabón[5] about ten o’clock in the morning of 31 August 1896, when the town tribunal was attacked by Filipino revolutionaries led by Mariano Trías, Diego Mojica and Nicolas Portilla in Pasong Kalabaw (now known as Santa Clara).[6] The second incident followed at twelve noon at Tierra Alta and the third in Cavite el Viejo between two and three o’clock in the afternoon.

A chapter of the Katipunan known as Balangay Mapagtiis had already been in existence in the place for sometime. The Sangguniang Bayang Magdiwang headed by General Mariano Álvarez of Tierra Alta and the Sangguniang Bayang Mapagtiis of San Francisco de Malabón later merged under the name Magdiwang Council with General Alvarez as president. The Magdiwang Council hosted the Tejeros Convention on 22 March 1897 in a friar estate house in Sitio Tejero wherein Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo was elected president and Mariano Trías, then lieutenant general, as vice-president in a revolutionary government replacing the Katipunan.

On 28 February 1914, Act No. 2390 was passed by the Philippine Assembly, changing the town's name to Malabón. On February 24, 1920, Act No. 2889 was approved renaming the town after one of its most famous son, General Mariano Trías.

On 19 August 2015, Philippine President Benigno S. Aquino III signed Republic Act No. 10675 which converted the municipality of General Trias into a component city of Cavite.[7] The bill finally came into full effect after majority of the city's residents voted yes to cityhood through a plebiscite.[8] General Trias thus became the seventh city in the province and the 145th in the country.

On 14 September 2018, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte signed Republic Act No. 11069[9] reapportioning the province of Cavite into eight legislative districts to make General Trias the province's sixth legislative district.

General Trias is politically subdivided into 33 barangays: [2][12]

1611 Saint Francis of Assisi Parish Church of General Trias

A vast majority of inhabitants are Roman Catholics while Protestanism is the second largest denomination in the city and some migrants from Mindanao practicing Islam.

General Trias is one of the Hispanic cities in the Philippines because of these Spanish speakers are present in the city. Filipino , English and Spanish are the most used language in the area specially in Buenavista (also known as Camaren) because this has been the hide out of the Spaniards during the colonial period.

As with every Philippine city, the city mayor serves as General Trias' chief executive. Elected to a term of three years and limited to three consecutive terms, he or she appoints the directors of each city department, which include the office of administration, engineering office, information office, legal office, and treasury office. The current mayor is Antonio Ferrer, brother of former mayor and incumbent 6th District congressman Luis "Jon-Jon" Ferrer IV.

The city's vice mayor performs duties as acting mayor in the absence of the mayor. He or she also automatically succeeds as mayor upon the death of the incumbent, or if the latter is unable to fulfil his/her duties. He or she also convenes the Sangguniang Panlungsod, the city's legislative body. The current vice mayor is Maurito Sison.

Within the city, the City Board or Sangguniang Panlungsod crafts all city ordinances, performs appropriation of city funds, issues franchises and permits, impose fees on city services, and exercise other duties and powers as stipulated by the Local Government Code of 1991.

Under R.A. 10675 Article V Section 10 (a). General Trias is entitled to a City Board composed of 10 members.[17]

General Trias has been gradually undergoing industrialization since the turn of the 21st century. Several major industrial estates, such as Gateway Business Park, a world class business community in Javalera and the New Cavite Industrial City (NCIC) in Manggahan, have chosen General Trias to be their home base.

The Cavite Export Processing Zone (CEPZ) occupies about 0.60 square kilometres of land belonging to General Trias. 110 factories operate in the CEPZ. The others are the Golden Gate Industrial Park (Phase I) in Buenavista II and Golden Gate Industrial Park (Phase II) in Panungyanan while the rest are found at Barangay Manggahan, Barangay San Francisco and along Governor's Drive.

General Trias is considered one of the new frontiers of growth and development in the Calabarzon area as attested by the giant industrial subdivisions located in the city. Many of these are in the highland barangay of Manggahan, located along Governor's Drive, the barangays of San Francisco, Santiago in Arnaldo Highway, and barangay Pasong Camachille II in Open Canal Road .

Located at the Tejero intersection and opened in May 2016, the 55,000-square meter Robinson's Place General Trias is Robinson's fourth shopping mall in the province and the first full-scale mall in General Trias.[18][19][20]

On the Southern part of the City lies one of the biggest Golf and Country residential estate Eagle Ridge Golf and Country Club. It covers about 700 hectares, which makes it one of the largest residential estate in the Country. The Golf & Country Club, which is one of the component of Eagle Ridge development, is nearing its completion with three playable golf courses and two operational satellite clubhouses.

The 300-hectare Eagle Ridge Residential expanse features a very upscale housing community, the integral component of the project, will make up the whole concept of Eagle Ridge as a golf and residential site.

Since the fourth quarter of 2017, a number of shopping malls and areas are currently being built, and are expected to be complete in 2019 to 2021.

The master plan for General Trias is to achieve an agro-industrial and residential balance. Current developments include the construction of the General Trias Auditorium and Sports Complex at General Trias Memorial Elementary School Grounds in Barangay San Juan I, cementing of roads from Barangay Santiago to Governor's Drive and road widening of Barangay Tejero to San Juan II, the building of General Trias Municipal Hall-Manggahan Annex, completion of a 2-storey Training Center Building at Barangay Pinagtipunan. After the cityhood in December 2015, Many renovation projects is make including renovation of the city plaza, Sports Center, Welcome arch between Gen. Trias and a bridge to Dasmarinas. And making a stadium in Sports Complex (or popular called Track 'n field).

General Trias City will soon be accessible with the C6 Expressway's construction connecting the North and South of Luzon and the Cavite-Laguna Expressway's development connecting CAVITEX to SLEX. The expansion of the LRT Line 1 from Baclaran, to Dasmariñas City will also provide fast access from General Trias City to Makati City.

Several hospitals, both private and government-owned, have also sprouted throughout General Trias City ranging from government health centers to private clinics to complete hospitals. GenTri Medical Center and Hospital Inc. and Gentri Doctors Medical Center to name a few are among the biggest hospitals in the entire province of Cavite.