QuestionsQuestions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 395)
Under the recommendation of the Provincial Board of Zamboanga del Sur and pursuant to Section 68 of the Revised Administrative Code.
From the municipality of Ipil in the same province (Zamboanga del Sur).
The seat of government is at the barrio of Tungawan.
Tungawan, Tigbawang, Tando, Looc, Tigbucay, Upper Tungawan, Tigpalay, Cayamcan, Looc Sioral, Taglibong, Tigbongabong, Banca-an, Langon, Lihguisan, Gapas-gapas, Dawet, Mangalibod, Buhangin, and other adjacent barrios and sitios.
The seat of government is at the barrio of Titay.
Lalawan, Bangko, Palomok, Malangadis, and other adjacent barrios and sitios.
It begins at the center of the mouth of the Tupilac River, then follows marine waters boundary pursuant to Section 2321 of the Revised Administrative Code; it uses intersections with provincial/city boundaries and the 7A 40' latitude reference, and then returns by following the downstream course of the Tupilac River to the point of beginning.
It states that the municipality shall have marine waters “pursuant to the provisions of section 2321 of the Revised Administrative Code,” and it directs the boundary due south following that marine waters boundary.
It starts at a fixed point (center of Sanito bridge, km. 310.66 of Ipil–Liloy road), then uses bearings/distances (e.g., “853A 00' W about 26,000 meters”), latitude references (7A 40'), and follows provincial boundaries and municipal boundaries (including the municipal boundary of Ipil and Kabasalan).
Ipil shall have its present territory minus the portions included in the territory of Tungawan and Titay, as delimited above.
Upon the appointment and qualification of their respective mayors, vice-mayors, and a majority of the councilors; and upon certification by the Secretary of Finance that the municipalities are financially capable to comply with the Minimum Wage Law, provide statutory obligations, and provide essential municipal services.
That Tungawan and Titay are financially capable of implementing the Minimum Wage Law and providing statutory obligations and essential services of regular municipalities; and that the mother municipality of Ipil, after segregation, can still maintain its government, meet statutory and contractual obligations, and provide essential municipal services.
The executive order uses specific starting points (e.g., river mouth, bridge location), geographic references (latitude 7A 40'), bearings and distances, and references to known boundary intersections (provincial and city boundaries), plus natural boundary features like rivers.
Because the municipalities’ existence is conditioned on the Secretary of Finance’s certification that Ipil can still maintain its government and meet obligations and essential services, lack of such certification would prevent or delay Tungawan and Titay from legally beginning to exist as municipalities.