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Below is a full list of primary-level subdivisions of local government in the Philippines.As of June 11, 2024, there are 82 provinces ( province ), 33 highly urbanized cities ( HUC ), 5 independent component cities ( ICC ), and one independent municipality ( NCR municipality ).
Regional Trial Courts shall exercise exclusive original jurisdiction in all criminal cases not within the exclusive jurisdiction of any court, tribunal or body, except those now falling under the exclusive and concurrent jurisdiction of the Sandiganbayan which shall hereafter be exclusively taken cognizance of by the latter. RTC Criminal Courts ...
The Local Government Code, enacted in 1991, establishes the system and powers of the local government in the Philippines: provinces, cities, municipalities and barangays. The Local Government Code empowers local governments to enact tax measures, including real property taxes, and assures the local governments a share in the national internal ...
Local governments have two branches: executive and legislative. All courts in the Philippines are under the Supreme Court of the Philippines and therefore there are no local-government controlled judicial branches. Nor do local governments have any prosecutors or public defenders, as those are under the jurisdiction of the national government.
[1]: 42 They are equivalent to regional trial courts, [17] and were established under the "Code of Muslim Personal Laws of the Philippines" (Presidential Decree No. 1083) to handle personal relations between Muslims. [1]: 60 Sharia courts have original jurisdiction over a number of issues relating to Sharia. They also have concurrent ...
Metro Manila, the capital region of the Philippines, is a large metropolitan area that has several levels of subdivisions. Administratively, the region is divided into seventeen primary local government units with their own separate elected mayors and councils who are coordinated by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, a national government agency headed by a chairperson directly ...
The Philippine Constubulary (PC) itself would be abolished through Republic Act 6975, the Department of Interior and Local Government Act of 1990, passed by the 8th Philippine Congress and [1] signed by then President Corazon Aquino in December 1990. The Philippine National Police (PNP) was established as in PC's place.
The following is a list of territorial disputes between two or more local government units (LGUs) over an area in the Philippines. Section 118 of the Local Government Code of the Philippines provides mechanism to resolve boundary disputes among barangays , municipalities , cities , and provinces .