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The Surigao del Sur Provincial Board is the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (provincial legislature) of the Philippine province of Surigao del Sur. The members are elected via plurality-at-large voting: the province is divided into two districts, each having five seats. A voter votes up to five names, with the top five candidates per district being ...
Sangguniang Panlalawigan (abbreviated as SP; lit. ' provincial council '), commonly known as the Provincial Board, are the legislatures in Philippine provinces.They are the legislative branches of the provinces, and their powers and responsibilities are defined by the Local Government Code of 1991. [1]
The governor of Surigao del Sur (Filipino: Punong Panlalawigan ng Surigao del Sur), is the chief executive of the provincial government of Surigao del Sur. Provincial Governors [ edit ]
The creation of Caraga Region is the revival of the Spanish province of the same name. The provinces of Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur and Surigao del Norte (of the former Northern Mindanao region) and Surigao del Sur (of the former Southern Mindanao region) were annexed as part of the newly created region. The purpose of creating Caraga is ...
Poverty incidence of Surigao del Sur 10 20 30 40 50 60 2006 46.51 2009 53.69 2012 36.01 2015 40.56 2018 25.44 2021 24.00 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Coastal fishing in Cantilan Surigao del Sur is one of the suppliers of rice, bananas and other tropical fruits. Copper, chromite and silver are also found here. Marine and aquaculture are abundant in the province, being primary ...
Surigao initially comprised a lone district for the purposes of electing representatives to the First Philippine Assembly in 1907. When seats for the upper house of the Philippine Legislature were elected from territory-based districts between 1916 and 1935, the province formed part of the eleventh senatorial district which elected two out of the 24-member Senate.
Surigao del Sur was represented in the Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of Region XI from 1978 to 1984, and returned one representative, elected at large, to the Regular Batasang Pambansa in 1984. The province was reapportioned into two congressional districts under the new Constitution [ 2 ] which was proclaimed on February 11, 1987, and ...
District of Surigao became a chartered province on May 15, 1901 by virtue of Act No. 127. The territorial expanse of the Surigao province was further reduced in 1907 when the politico-military commandancia of Butuan was created into a separate province and officially named it Agusan with present-day Butuan as its capital.