Title
Creation of Barangay Banawa-Englis in Cebu
Law
Republic Act No. 9905
Decision Date
Jan 7, 2010
Republic Act No. 9905 establishes Barangay Banawa-Englis in the City of Cebu, separating the sitios of Banawa and Englis from Barangay Guadalupe and providing for the election of barangay officials and entitlement to Internal Revenue Allotment shares.

Questions (Republic Act No. 9905)

RA 9905 creates a new barangay named Barangay Banawa-Englis in the City of Cebu, separating the sitios of Banawa and Englis from Barangay Guadalupe.

Barangay Banawa-Englis is separated from Barangay Guadalupe.

The sitios are Banawa and Englis.

RA 9905 enumerates the specific puroks in Sitio Banawa and the specific puroks in Sitio Englis.

Examples under Sitio Banawa include Eskina Banawa, Verano Compound I, Verano Compound II, Falek Compound and Sundance Hills, Damiana's Compound, or Banawa Riverside.

Examples under Sitio Englis include Happy Valleys, SUDINA, San Roque EPRA, Zodiac Ville, ESCO, EYHA, Central Englis, Department of Agriculture, or SUSCO.

It provides a detailed, step-by-step boundary description using geographic references, streets, bridges, creeks, subdivisions, and intersections with neighboring barangays.

COMELEC shall conduct and supervise the plebiscite in the affected area.

Within thirty (30) days from the effectivity of the Act.

The election of the first set of barangay elective officials shall be held within sixty (60) days after ratification by the majority of the votes cast in the plebiscite.

Within sixty (60) days after the ratification by the majority of votes cast in the plebiscite.

Upon the election and qualification of the punong barangay and the majority of the members of the sangguniang barangay.

At the old Sitio Banawa.

Section 285 of Republic Act No. 7160, otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991.

Against the Contingent Fund of COMELEC.

Fifteen (15) days after its complete publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general and local circulation.

Because the creation of the new barangay is conditioned on plebiscite ratification by a majority of the votes cast in the affected area.


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