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Borongan, 15 Other Municipalities Declared Cities

By • Dec 23rd, 2009 • Category: News

Borongan is a city one again.

The Supreme Court has recently reversed its ruling on the issue of the cityhood of Borongan and 15 other municipalities.

In a vote of 6-4, Supreme Court Justices have declared constitutional the Cityhood Law or Republic Acts that converted 16 municipalities into cities.

Read more about this news from the following sources:

SC: Cityhood Laws Constitutional

http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/news/courtnews%20flash/2009/12/12210901.php

Supreme Court reverses itself on cityhood row

http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=535115&publicationSubCategoryId=63

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  1. congratulations, borongan and e. samar! this is one reason to celebrate. let’s all zoom forward to a better future! God bless us all!

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