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A provincial government is autonomous of other provinces within the republic. Each province is governed by two main elected branches of the government: executive and legislative. Judicial affairs are separated from provincial governance and are administered by the Supreme Court of the Philippines. Each province has at least one branch of a ...
The Philippines is divided into four levels of administrative divisions, with the lower three being defined in the Local Government Code of 1991 as local government units (LGUs). [1] They are, from the highest to the lowest: Regions (Filipino: rehiyon) are mostly used to organize national services. Of the 17 regions, only one—the Bangsamoro ...
The Philippine Commonwealth was established in 1935, as a 10-year interim step prior to full independence. However, in 1942 during World War II, Japan occupied the Philippines. The U.S. military overpowered the Japanese in 1945. The Treaty of Manila in 1946 established the independent Philippine Republic.
Proposed provinces and territories of the Philippines (5 P) Island provinces of the Philippines (14 C, 16 P) Seals of Philippine provinces (5 P, 13 F)
Originally the name only referred to the town, but as with many other provinces created during the Spanish colonial era, the name of the capital town was applied to the whole province. Other former names of the province that reflected the location of the administrative capital include Balayan, Bombon (a settlement on the shores of what is now ...
A list of presidents of the Philippines including the province with which each was primarily affiliated, due to residence, professional career, and electoral history. This is not necessarily the province in which the president was born.
Pampanga, officially the Province of Pampanga (Kapampangan: Lalawigan ning Pampanga; Tagalog: Lalawigan ng Pampanga IPA: [pɐmˈpaŋɡa] pəm-PAHNG-ga), is a province in Central Luzon in the Philippines. Lying on the northern shore of Manila Bay, Pampanga is bordered by Tarlac to the north, Nueva Ecija to the northeast, Bulacan to the east ...
Mountain Province was also the name of the historical province that included most of the current Cordillera provinces. This old province was established by the Philippine Commission in 1908, [4][5][6] and was later split in 1966 into Mountain Province, Benguet, Kalinga-Apayao and Ifugao. [7][8][9] The province is also known for its mummy caves ...