Naga, Cebu

Naga
Component City
City of Naga

Seal
Nickname(s): Industrial Hub of Southern Cebu[1]

Map of Cebu with Naga highlighted
Naga
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 10°13′N 123°45′E / 10.22°N 123.75°E / 10.22; 123.75Coordinates: 10°13′N 123°45′E / 10.22°N 123.75°E / 10.22; 123.75
Country  Philippines
Region Central Visayas (Region VII)
Province Cebu
District 1st district of Cebu
Founded 1785
Cityhood 2007
Barangays 28 (see Barangays)
Government [2]
 • Type Sangguniang Panlungsod
 • Mayor Kristine Chiong
 • Vice Mayor Othello Chiong
 • Congressman Gerald Gullas
 • Electorate 63,755 voters (2016)
Area [3]
 • Total 101.97 km2 (39.37 sq mi)
Population (2015 census)[4]
 • Total 115,750
 • Density 1,100/km2 (2,900/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code 6037
PSGC 072234000
IDD : area code  +63 (0)32
Climate type Tropical climate
Income class 5th city income class
Revenue (₱) 463,120,652.25 (2016)
Native languages Cebuano
Tagalog
Website www.cityofnagacebu.gov.ph

Naga, officially the City of Naga, (Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Naga; Tagalog: Lungsod ng Naga), or simply known as Naga City, is a 5th class city in the province of Cebu, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 115,750 people.[4]

Naga City is bordered to the north by the town of Minglanilla, to the west is the city of Toledo, to the east is the Cebu Strait, and to the south is the town of San Fernando.

It lies within the Cebu metropolitan area.

It is one of the two Philippine cities named Naga, the other being Naga City in Camarines Sur. As such, the city is often confused by visitors coming primarily from Luzon and other parts of the country not near to Central Visayas with the city in Camarines Sur.

Barangays

Naga comprises 28 barangays:

PSGC Barangay Population ±% p.a.
2015[4] 2010[5]
0772234001 Alpaco 3.0% 3,486 2,921 ▴ 3.42%
0772234002 Bairan 1.9% 2,173 1,772 ▴ 3.96%
0772234003 Balirong 4.1% 4,760 3,918 ▴ 3.78%
0772234004 Cabungahan 1.1% 1,306 1,176 ▴ 2.02%
0772234005 Cantao‑an 5.1% 5,889 5,133 ▴ 2.65%
0772234006 Central Poblacion 0.8% 896 933 ▾ −0.77%
0772234007 Cogon 3.7% 4,267 3,583 ▴ 3.38%
0772234008 Colon 3.9% 4,467 4,227 ▴ 1.06%
0772234009 East Poblacion 0.5% 636 544 ▴ 3.02%
0772234011 Inayagan 7.2% 8,342 7,832 ▴ 1.21%
0772234010 Inoburan 5.2% 6,054 5,104 ▴ 3.30%
0772234012 Jaguimit 2.0% 2,344 2,071 ▴ 2.39%
0772234013 Lanas 2.5% 2,890 2,374 ▴ 3.82%
0772234014 Langtad 5.4% 6,220 6,900 ▾ −1.96%
0772234015 Lutac 4.0% 4,603 3,879 ▴ 3.31%
0772234016 Mainit 2.4% 2,770 2,695 ▴ 0.52%
0772234017 Mayana 1.1% 1,299 1,295 ▴ 0.06%
0772234018 Naalad 2.5% 2,937 2,700 ▴ 1.61%
0772234019 North Poblacion 2.6% 3,019 2,866 ▴ 1.00%
0772234020 Pangdan 4.1% 4,730 4,643 ▴ 0.35%
0772234021 Patag 1.2% 1,419 1,167 ▴ 3.79%
0772234022 South Poblacion 4.9% 5,673 4,459 ▴ 4.69%
0772234023 Tagjaguimit 2.0% 2,317 2,302 ▴ 0.12%
0772234024 Tangke 4.5% 5,263 4,652 ▴ 2.38%
0772234025 Tinaan 6.2% 7,157 4,129 ▴ 11.04%
0772234027 Tuyan 9.8% 11,337 10,705 ▴ 1.10%
0772234028 Uling 5.3% 6,187 4,470 ▴ 6.38%
0772234029 West Poblacion 2.9% 3,309 3,121 ▴ 1.12%
Total 115,750 101,571 ▴ 2.52%

Demographics

Population census of Naga
YearPop.±% p.a.
1903 16,884—    
1918 21,166+1.52%
1939 25,850+0.96%
1948 24,911−0.41%
1960 32,475+2.23%
1970 35,043+0.76%
1975 38,242+1.77%
1980 45,831+3.69%
1990 60,425+2.80%
1995 69,010+2.52%
2000 80,189+3.27%
2007 95,163+2.39%
2010 101,571+2.40%
2015 115,750+2.52%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[4][5][6][7]


Economy

Among the industries in Naga are the Apo Cement Corporation, the largest factory in the country, producing 4,000 metric tons (3,900 long tons) per day; FSP Group; the 290-megawatt KEPCO Philippines Corporation power plant; MRC Allied Industries; Kyocera Kinseki Philippines, Inc.; Pryce Gases, Inc.; Rikio Southeast Asia; and the 147-megawatt coal-fired Salcon Power Corporation plant.[1]

Cityhood

Bonifacio Park and City Hall

During the 11th Congress (1998–2001), Congress enacted into law 33 bills converting 33 municipalities into cities. However, Congress did not act on a further 24 bills converting 24 other municipalities into cities.

During the 12th Congress (2001–2004), Congress enacted into law Republic Act No. 9009 (RA 9009), which took effect on 30 June 2001. RA 9009 amended Section 450 of the Local Government Code by increasing the annual income requirement for conversion of a municipality into a city from ₱20 million to ₱100 million. The rationale for the amendment was to restrain, in the words of Senator Aquilino Pimentel, "the mad rush" of municipalities to convert into cities solely to secure a larger share in the Internal Revenue Allotment despite the fact that they are incapable of fiscal independence.

After RA 9009 went into effect, the House of Representatives of the 12th Congress adopted Joint Resolution No. 29, which sought to exempt from the ₱100 million income requirement in RA 9009 the 24 municipalities whose cityhood bills were not approved in the 11th Congress. However, the 12th Congress ended without the Senate having approved Joint Resolution No. 29.

During the 13th Congress (2004–2007), the House of Representatives re-adopted former Joint Resolution No. 29 as Joint Resolution No. 1 and forwarded it to the Senate for approval. However, the Senate again failed to approve the Joint Resolution. Following the suggestion of Senator Aquilino Pimentel (Senate President), 16 municipalities filed, through their respective sponsors, individual cityhood bills. The 16 cityhood bills each contained a common provision exempting it from the ₱100 million income requirement of RA 9009 –

"Exemption from Republic Act No. 9009. — The City of x x x shall be exempted from the income requirement prescribed under Republic Act No. 9009."

On 22 December 2006, the House of Representatives approved the cityhood bills. The Senate also approved the cityhood bills in February 2007, except that of Naga, Cebu which was passed on 7 June 2007. These cityhood bills lapsed into law on various dates from March to July 2007 after President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo failed to sign them.

Cityhood was ratified in a plebiscite on 2 September 2007. The point of law at issue in 2007 was whether there had been a breach of Section 10, Article X of the 1987 Constitution, which provides –

No province, city, municipality, or barangay shall be created, divided, merged, abolished or its boundary substantially altered, except in accordance with the criteria established in the local government code and subject to approval by a majority of the votes cast in a plebiscite in the political units directly affected.

– and in each case the established criteria were far from met.

In November 2008, Naga and 15 other cities lost their cityhood after the Supreme Court of the Philippines granted a petition filed by the League of Cities of the Philippines, and declared unconstitutional the cityhood law (RA 9491) which had allowed the town to acquire its city status.[8] The Supreme Court ruled that they did not pass the requirements for cityhood.[9][10]

On 10 December 2008, the 16 cities affected acting together filed a motion for reconsideration with the Supreme Court. More than a year later, on 22 December 2009, acting on said appeal, the Court reversed its earlier ruling as it ruled that "at the end of the day, the passage of the amendatory law" (regarding the criteria for cityhood as set by Congress) "is no different from the enactment of a law, i.e., the cityhood laws specifically exempting a particular political subdivision from the criteria earlier mentioned. Congress, in enacting the exempting law/s, effectively decreased the already codified indicators."[11] Accordingly cityhood status was restored.

But on 27 August 2010, the 16 cities lost their city status again, after the Supreme Court voted 7-6, with two justices not taking part, to reinstate the 2008 decision declaring as "unconstitutional" the Republic Acts that converted the 16 municipalities into cities. A previous law required towns aspiring to become cities to earn at least ₱100 million annually, which none of the 16 did.[12]

On 15 February 2011, the Supreme Court made another volte-face and upheld for the third time the cityhood of 16 towns in the Philippines.[13]

Finally, on 12 April 2011, the Supreme Court, in an en banc ruling delivered in Baguio City, affirmed the finality of the constitutionality of the 16 cityhood laws by resolving that:

We should not ever lose sight of the fact that the 16 cities covered by the Cityhood Laws not only had conversion bills pending during the 11th Congress, but have also complied with the requirements of the LGC prescribed prior to its amendment by R.A. No. 9009.[12] Congress undeniably gave these cities all the considerations that justice and fair play demanded. Hence, this Court should do no less by stamping its imprimatur to the clear and unmistakable legislative intent and by duly recognizing the certain collective wisdom of Congress. WHEREFORE, the Ad Cautelam Motion for Reconsideration (of the Decision dated 15 February 2011) is denied with finality.[13]

On 28 June 2011 the Supreme Court directed the Clerk of Court to issue the entry of judgment on the cityhood case of 16 municipalities.[14]

Sports venues

In December 2015 Naga City government inaugurated the Teodoro Mendiola Sports Field and Oval, located along North Poblacion. It was ready for the main venue for the 2016 Central Visayas Regional Athletic Association (CVIRAA) games in February. The ₱68 million project comprises a track and field oval, swimming pool (Olympic-sized), and basketball, tennis, and volleyball courts.[15]

2017 the first time a host became back-in-back in the venue for the CVIRAA again.[16]

References

  1. 1 2 Philippine Global 2012.
  2. ↑ "City". Quezon City, Philippines: Department of the Interior and Local Government. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "Province: Cebu". PSGC Interactive. Quezon City, Philippines: Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Census of Population (2015). "Region VII (Central Visayas)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. PSA. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  5. 1 2 Census of Population and Housing (2010). "Region VII (Central Visayas)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. NSO. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  6. ↑ Censuses of Population (1903–2007). "Region VII (Central Visayas)". Table 1. Population Enumerated in Various Censuses by Province/Highly Urbanized City: 1903 to 2007. NSO.
  7. ↑ "Province of Cebu". Municipality Population Data. Local Water Utilities Administration Research Division. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  8. ↑ Republic Act No. 9491 (15 July 2007), Charter of the City of Naga
  9. ↑ G.R. No. 176951, First appeal; et al. (18 November 2008), Consolidated petitions for prohibition assailing the constitutionality of the subject Cityhood Laws and enjoining the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) and respondent municipalities from conducting plebiscites pursuant to the Cityhood Laws.
  10. ↑ Napallacan, Jhunex (2008-11-21). "Cities' demotion worries DepEd execs". Cebu Daily News. Inquirer.net. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  11. ↑ G.R. No. 176951, First reversal; et al. (21 December 2009), League of Cities of the Philippines v. COMELEC
  12. 1 2 Republic Act No. 9009 (24 February 2001), An Act amending section 450 of Republic Act no. 7160, otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991, by increasing the average annual income requirement for a municipality or cluster of barangays to be converted into a component city.
  13. 1 2 G.R. No. 176951, Second appeal; et al. (15 February 2011), League of Cities of the Philippines v. COMELEC
  14. ↑ G.R. No. 176951, Final Resolution; et al. (28 June 2011), Supreme Court has directed the Clerk of Court to forthwith issue the Entry of Judgment
  15. ↑ Sun.Star 2015.
  16. ↑ Sun.Star 2017.

Sources

  • Philippine Global, Bernard Supetran (25 June 2012). "Economic boom brings prosperity to Cebu's new cities". Archived from the original on 22 December 2015.
  • Sun.Star, Justin K. Vestil (14 December 2015). "Naga opens P152.5M in infra, including track for runners". Archived from the original on 14 December 2015.
  • Sun.Star, Richiel S. Chavez (11 February 2017). "2017 Cviraa goes full swing today". Archived from the original on 10 March 2017.
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