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Eventually, the Philippine legal system emerged in such a way that while the practice of codification remained popular, the courts were not barred from invoking principles developed under the common law, [1] or from employing methods of statutory construction in order to arrive at an interpretation of the codal provisions that would be binding ...
The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) is the local legislative body of a city government in the Philippines. [1] The name of the legislative body comes from the Filipino words "sanggunian" ("council") – ultimately from the root word "sangguni" ("to consult") – both of Tagalog origins, with the latter word also of Kapampangan and Old Tagalog origins, and "lungsod" ("city") of both Tagalog ...
Secretaries of Local Government (24) Aquilino Pimentel Jr. March 25, 1986 December 7, 1986 25 Jaime Ferrer: December 8, 1986 August 2, 1987 Act Lito Monico Lorenzana August 3, 1987 November 8, 1987 26 Luis T. Santos November 9, 1987 December 10, 1991 Secretaries of Interior and Local Government: 27 Cesar Sarino December 11, 1991 June 30, 1992 28
Congress enacted the Local Government Code of the Philippines in 1991 to "provide for a more responsive and accountable local government structure instituted through a system of decentralization with effective mechanisms of recall, initiative, and referendum, allocate among the different local government units their powers, responsibilities ...
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First-round players to watch, keys to the game. For the first time ever, there will be College Football Playoff games on campuses. Notre Dame-Indiana will get things started on Friday night before ...