Editing Parañaque (section)

===Philippine independence===
In late 1959, 17-year-old Arturo Porcuna murdered Serafin Ong, a [[Lyceum of the Philippines University|Lyceum of the Philippines]] student who belonged to a prominent family in Manila, at the Barbecue Plaza along [[Roxas Boulevard|Dewey Boulevard]] (now Roxas Boulevard); it was among Porcuna's first criminal acts that lead to his notoriety as a gangster of the alias "Boy Golden".<ref>{{cite news|title=Serafin Ong killing solved|work=[[The Manila Times]]|publisher=The Manila Times Publishing Company, Inc.|date=November 6, 1959|page=1|quote=Four young men, suspected of the crime, were arrested by men of Capt. Diosdado Lapiña, chief of the homicide section.... They gave their names as Arturo Porcuna, 17, of 19-B Kamuning, [[Quezon City]]...}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Rogel|first=Rufino Jr.|title=Porcuna, 2 aides shot by foes|work=[[The Manila Chronicle]]|date=December 24, 1963|page=1|quote=Arturo Porcuna, alias 'Boy Golden,' notorious police character...}}</ref>

In 1965, barrios [[Baclaran]] and [[Tambo, Parañaque|Tambo]] were excised from Parañaque to form part of the newly-established municipality of Baclaran.<ref>{{cite PH act|url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1965/12/03/executive-order-no-213-s-1965/|chamber=EO|number=213, s. 1965|title=Creating the Municipality of Baclaran in the Province of Rizal|date=December 3, 1965|accessdate=April 2, 2023|archive-date=April 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402091620/https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1965/12/03/executive-order-no-213-s-1965/|url-status=live}}</ref> However, the [[Supreme Court of the Philippines]] later voided the creation of the new municipality, thus returning the aforementioned barrios to Parañaque.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Baybay |first1=Dulce Festin |last2=Marquez-De Guzman |first2=Ariel |date=2001 |title=Palanyag to Parañaque: A History |trans-title= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BcFxAAAAMAAJ |url-status=live |access-date=April 2, 2023 |format= |language= |location= |publisher=City of Parañaque, 2001 |isbn= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410140513/https://books.google.com/books?id=BcFxAAAAMAAJ |archive-date=April 10, 2023 |via= |quote= }}</ref>

On November 7, 1975, Parañaque was separated from Rizal and became part of Metropolitan Manila or the National Capital Region by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 824.<ref name="PD824">{{cite PH act|url=http://www.lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1975/pd_824_1975.html||chamber=PD|number=824|title= Creating the Metropolitan Manila and the Metropolitan Manila Commission and for Other Purposest |date=November 7, 1975 |publisher=[[Arellano University School of Law|Arellano Law Foundation]]|access-date=July 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312121648/http://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1975/pd_824_1975.html|archive-date=March 12, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>