| Historical fact or not, Lapu-Lapu killed Magellan with a sword in his left hand. Boxing champion Manny Pacquiao plays Lapu-Lapu against movie actor Dennis Trillo who plays Magellan. The annual festival “Kadaugan sa Mactan” yesterday relived once more the victory of a Filipino over a foreign invader.(Sun.star photo/Allan Cuizon) |
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CITING several provisions of the Constitution, the House of Representatives Reference and Research Bureau pointed out legal obstacles to the proposed transfer of Cordova town to Cebu City’s south district.
The bureau said each legislative district “shall comprise, as far as practicable, contiguous, compact and adjacent territory,” as specified in Article 6 of the 1987 Constitution, which will be violated if Cordova is annexed to Cebu City.
Creating another district in the south without Cordova might also not be possible because of the required population of 250,000 per district.
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