What is your take on Lapu Lapu city governance?

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To make Lapu-lapu can it
comply with the required criteria.

SEC. 461. Requisites for Creation. – (a) A province may be created if it has an average annual income, as certified by the Department of Finance, of not less than Twenty million pesos (P20,000,000.00) based on 1991 constant prices and either of the following requisites:
(i) a contiguous territory of at least two thousand (2,000) square kilometers as certified by the Lands Management Bureau; or
(ii) a population of not less than two hundred fifty thousand (250,000) inhabitants as certified by the National Statistics Office:

Provided, That, the creation thereof shall not reduce the land area, population, and income of the original unit or units at the time of said creation to less than the minimum requirements prescribed herein.
(b) The territory need not be contiguous if it comprises two (2) or more islands or is separated by a chartered city or cities which do not contribute to the income of the province.
(c) The average annual income shall include the income accruing to the general fund, exclusive of special funds, trust funds, transfers, and non-recurring income.[3] (Underscoring supplied)

Source: G.R. No. 180050

[monroy]

Why the hell do we have so many damned provinces in this country?

Philippines - 81 Provinces, land area 300,000 sq km, population 96 million
U.S.A. - 50 states, land area 9,826,675 sq km, population 313 million
Australia - 6 states, 7,692,024 sq km, population 23 million

Talk about crass inefficiency and total waste of hard-earned taxes. Gi moro 2x man lang ta aning mga politiko.. dapat bitayon ning mga tawhana.. parasitic man ning mga buang!

[reptoid]

Why the hell do we have so many damned provinces in this country?

Philippines - 81 Provinces, land area 300,000 sq km, population 96 million
U.S.A. - 50 states, land area 9,826,675 sq km, population 313 million
Australia - 6 states, 7,692,024 sq km, population 23 million

Talk about crass inefficiency and total waste of hard-earned taxes. Gi moro 2x man lang ta aning mga politiko.. dapat bitayon ning mga tawhana.. parasitic man ning mga buang!

It's the land of confusion... by design. Getting away with graft and misappropriation would be so much more difficult in an efficient and transparent system. The more needlessly complex our system of governance becomes the better our so called leaders like it.

[supermarionism]

Saktu gyud daghan na hinoun ma confused..

[666satan]

Saktu gyud daghan na hinoun ma confused..

ang mga katawhan ma confused...and mga politiko malipay...dako2x ang kick back...kung puro dynasty nagkupot dha...meaning dako2x jd ang ma pundo nila...este..ang ihatag nga pundo...hehehe

[lhorenzoo]

selfish self interest in mind . og ni super Bobby pa , pagkatoytoy aning atong mga poltiko nga hakug sa gahum.

[adrianna]

unsa napud kahay racket aning mga animal dagko na pildi baya sila sa mainland. Basin pun-an napud ning mga job orders. luoy kaayo tang nag bayad ug buhis. ang mga nag totoy sa administration nga way trabaho, perteng lipaya..

[reino]

ma unsa nlng kaha ta ani if ma probinsya na ang mactan hehehe

[kit_cebu]

padayon ang guba sa daan gikan bridge padung tamiya........

[Ferrari 430 Scuderia]

haha mao na deretso pamo. hahaha shot nuon mos taro.