QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 10953)
RA 10953 is an act dividing Barangay Pampanga in the City of Davao into three (3) distinct and independent barangays: Barangay Pampanga, Barangay Alfonso Angliongto, Sr., and Barangay Vicente Hizon, Sr.
It refers to the barangay boundary delineation using tie points, bearings/directions, lengths, BLLM references, and an indicated area (e.g., “more or less”), which precisely identifies the territorial extent of each barangay.
Barangay Pampanga (Section 2(1)) is bounded on the Southwest (SW), points 12 to 21, by the shoreline of Davao Gulf.
Barangay Vicente Hizon, Sr. is bounded on the Northeast (NE) and Southeast (SE), points 1 to 11, by Barangay Pampanga.
Barangay Pampanga — 1,150,756 sq m (more or less); Barangay Alfonso Angliongto, Sr. — area not specified in the excerpt’s text as a single figure but given with a long technical boundary description; Barangay Vicente Hizon, Sr. — 2,079,904 sq m (more or less).
Section 3 provides that the plebiscite conducted and supervised by COMELEC in Barangay Pampanga on July 25, 2004, pursuant to the relevant City Ordinance, shall serve as substantial compliance with the plebiscite requirement under Section 10 of RA 7160 (as amended).
Section 10 of Republic Act No. 7160, as amended (Local Government Code of 1991).
City Ordinance No. 00161-03 of the Sangguniang Panlungsod of the City of Davao.
They continue to hold office until their successors have been duly elected and qualified.
All public infrastructure and facilities for public use existing at the time of approval of the Act are transferred without cost/compensation to the new barangays and administered by them.
The three barangays are entitled to IRA shares pursuant to Section 285 of RA 7160 (as amended).
If any part or provision is declared unconstitutional or invalid, the remaining parts not affected continue to be in full force and effect.
Fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
It was approved by Rodrigo Roa Duterte, President of the Philippines, on October 30, 2017.
The act originated in the House of Representatives, passed in the House on March 13, 2017, amended by the Senate on August 14, 2017, and House amendments were concurred on September 6, 2017.
They provide verifiable reference points and technical boundary data to reduce ambiguity in defining the territorial boundaries of each barangay.