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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 ...
The executive and legislative branches of cities are modeled after provinces, with a mayor, vice mayor and a city council made up of councilors. The city council has up to 36 regular members elected via plurality-at-large voting. Some cities are divided into councilor districts; if a city is divided into two or more congressional districts, the ...
Joel Respall Chua (born August 17, 1972) [1] is a Filipino lawyer and politician currently serving as the representative of Manila's 3rd district since 2022. [2] He previously served as a city councilor from 2007 to 2016 and again from 2019 to 2022.
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Municipal government in the Philippines is divided into three – independent cities, component cities, and municipalities (sometimes referred to as towns). Several cities across the country are "independent cities" which means that they are not governed by a province, even though like Iloilo City the provincial capitol might be in the city.
Elected or regular members of the Sangguniang Bayan must at least be 18 years old on election day; multi-member plurality voting is used to elect these members, in which voters may vote for as many candidates as the number of council seats. [4] They are elected for a three-year term and may serve up to three consecutive terms.
A Nigerian man has been extradited to the US to face charges in the “sextortion” of a South Carolina teen who died by suicide in 2022. Prosecutors allege the scammer posed as a young woman ...
An additional three ex officio members are the presidents of the provincial chapters of the Association of Barangay Captains, the Councilors' League, the Sangguniang Kabataan provincial president; the municipal and city (if applicable) presidents of the Association of Barangay Captains, Councilor's League and Sangguniang Kabataan, shall elect amongst themselves their provincial presidents ...