Maasin City News » Ruling http://www.maasinnews.com Technology, Health, Local News and Updates Sat, 29 Aug 2009 05:17:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Baybay City, Reverted Back to Municipality http://www.maasinnews.com/local/baybay-city-revert-back-to-municipality-20081120-56.html http://www.maasinnews.com/local/baybay-city-revert-back-to-municipality-20081120-56.html#comments Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:45:17 +0000 Maasinhon http://www.maasinnews.com/?p=56 Bad news to the residents and officials of Baybay City, Leyte. The city status of Baybay city will be reverted back to municipality after the Supreme Court ruled that the conversion of the 16 municipalities including Baybay, Leyte is unconstitutional. According to the ruling, the affected cities are not exempted from the requirements of the Local Government Code such as the number of population and the income (100 Million not 20 Million) for them to become cities.

The 16 municipalities are:

  1. Baybay, Leyte
  2. Bogo, Cebu
  3. Carcar, Cebu
  4. Naga in Cebu
  5. Catbalogan, Samar
  6. Borongan, Eastern Samar
  7. Tandag, Surigao del Sur
  8. Tayabas, Quezon
  9. Lamitan, Basilan
  10. Tabuk, Kalinga
  11. Bayugan, Agusan del Sur
  12. Batac, Ilocos Norte
  13. Mati, Davao Oriental
  14. Guihulngan, Negros Oriental
  15. Cabadbaran, Agusan del Norte
  16. El Salvador, Misamis Oriental

If the ruling will be finalized then those officials and employees who are already receiving an upgraded salary will be affected. The same is true to the local budget and projects that the affected cities had already been set.

While those who are affected are dismayed with the decision made by the Supreme Court, Mayors of those unaffected cities rejoice because the IRA (Internal Revenue Allocation) that should be given to those new cities will be shared back by them.

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