Duterte signs law dividing Palawan into 3 provinces
Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 04:13:57 +0000
President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law a bill dividing Palawan into three provinces.
Republic Act (RA) 11259, which was signed by the President on April 5, divides Palawan Palawan del Norte, Palawan Oriental and Palawan del Sur, which will be the “mother province.”
Under the law, the terrestrial jurisdictions of the newly created provinces “shall be within the present metes and bounds of all the municipalities that comprise the respective provinces.”
The province of Palawan del Norte will be composed of the municipalities of Coron, Culion, Busuanga, Linacapan, Taytay and El Nido.
The province of Palawan Oriental will be comprised of the municipalities of Roxas, Araceli, Dumaran, Cuyo, Agutaya, Magsaysay, Cayancillo, and San Vicente.
Palawan del Sur, meanwhile, will be composed of the municipalities of Aborlan, Narra, Quezon, Rizal, Espanola, Brooke’s Point, Bataraza, Balacbac, and Kalayaan.
Each province will have its legislative district.
Each of the three new provinces will have a provincial governor, vice governor, sangguniang panlalawigan secretary and members, provincial treasurer, assessor, accountant, budget officer, planning and development coordinator, engineer, health officer, administrator, legal officer, agriculturist, social welfare and development officer, veterinarian, and general services officer. CATHERINE S. VALENTE
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