A new capital for Phl?

[Rakizta]

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Senator Antonio Trillanes is not proud of Manila as the capital of the Philippines and has filed a bill seeking the creation of a commission that would study whether it is possible to make some place else as the new capital.According to Trillanes, as quoted in a Yahoo! News report, Metro Manila is a capital which could hardly stand proud in the ranks of national capitals throughout the world, which occupy commanding positions in their nations' stature and development.
It is too early to commit a position to the proposal. But there is sense in creating a commission that would give it some serious thought and study. For there is truth in the observation of many people, not just Trillanes, that Manila is suffocating under its own weight.
If the Philippines does decide to shop around for another Capital, to at least remove from the Manila some, if not all, of its many functions as a capital, it will not find itself on queer street. There are other countries in the world that have moved out of the traditional “main street” as it were.
Take South Africa, for example, a member of the so-called “BRICS” or Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa -- five of the world's most rapidly expanding economies that have made a name for themselves outside of the traditional G-7 or G-20 or any of the other Gs that there might be, or are yet to emerge.
South Africa has three capitals -- Pretoria, the de facto capital which serves the executive or administrative functions of government; Cape Town, which hosts the legislative services; and Bloemfontein, the seat of the judicial functions.
Then there is the Netherlands, whose constitutional capital is Amsterdam. But the seat of government and parliament, as well as the Supreme Court and the Council of State, is located somewhere else, in The Hague. What proceeds from Trillanes' proposal may very well consider these examples.
It might even be worthwhile to consider Cebu, although its geographical location is certain to provoke very intense opposition. Still, it might be worthwhile to consider that even before there was the Philippines, there was already Cebu. But then again, it is too early to jump it. Let us have that study first.

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what are your thoughts on this latest development storyans ? for me , i think yes ,murag nindot sad na nga possibility but tan awn usa kong practikal ba nya taxpayers money napud ang ma involve ani .

[jeremiahjay]

I think that would be good for the whole country... Cebu is strategic from Luzon as well as from Mindanao it is much more of the heart as far as location is concern..Cebu also has a better management in terms of peace and order and the way it is run...We also have a Malacanang here..

[kit_cebu]

i seriously doubt this is gonna happen...flat-top aguinaldo's gonna rise from the grave...

[Vundaboi]

And turn Cebu into a new NCR? No thanks. We have enough problems with urban planning and infrastructure.

[Eve's Apple Project]

aw kung gusto sya himoong 3 ang capital, cge, 1 sa Luzon (NCR), 1 sa Visayas (cebu) & 1 sa Mindanao (Davao) para fair. mas maayo sad ni para matagaan sad og klarong atiman ang ubang lugar sa pinas..

[bofox44]

Trinalles? If not cebu then perhaps beijing

[mckoy_slipstream]

wala naman ata magbabago bisan asa pa na capital sa pinas. same thing pa rin. i think they're not trying to solve the problem, just looking for a quick fix. if manila can't stand proud, they should do something to make it stand proud. lahat naman ng city sa pinas may mga problem.

[elvandesantos]

seriously? nag problema man gani ang probinsya sah mga kaso, pag travel from prison to courthouse.. and this shiity coup guy gusto buwagon tanan? nahan sya gen. san ang capital? meaning ang mga legislators ug uban pa mag sge ug travel para sah meetings? one way to improve their chances of corruption like "travel allowance" and another way for them to be absent is "too far" and so on.

Manila, we don't want your traffic here in Cebu. Find somewhere else to build another capital.

[lhorenzoo]

murag daghan mamalhin jud ani sa cebu ,agree ko ni elvan traffic will be terrible , karon gani traffic naman gani kaayo ang sugbo samot nag mahimong capital

[lestat1116]

pwede sa bohol ang capital