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  Cities of the Philippines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cities are in the same hierarchical level as municipalities, but under the Local Government Code of 1991, cities are given special treatment in terms of bigger share from the internal revenue allotment (IRA) which forms part of the city's budget.
Cities, like municipalities, are composed of barangays and are governed by elective officials such as Mayor as Local Chief Executive, Vice-Mayor, and councilors as well as appointive officials heading the different local offices under them.
Examples are Tarlac City in Tarlac province, and Palayan City, in Nueva Ecija province, and the City of San Fernando in Pampanga.
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 Encyclopedia: Cavite   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Its capital is the municipality of Imus although Trece Martires City, which was the former capital, is still the seat of the provincial government and the location of the capitol building.
Trece Martires City is a 4th class city in the province of Cavite, Philippines.
Cavite City is a 3rd class city in the province of Cavite, Philippines.
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 4Reference || Cities of the Philippines   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
A city (lungsod, sometimes syudad, in Filipino) is a local government unit in the Philippines.
Cities are equivalent to municipalities but are given special treatment and an increased budget.
A number of cities in the country act independently of their provinces and are largely self-governing and have their own representatives in the Congress.
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 Tagaytay City - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tagaytay City is a 3rd class city in the province of Cavite, Philippines.
The city is considered to be the second summer capital of the country, next to Baguio City, because of its cool climate due to its high altitude.
Tagaytay City lies on top of the Tagaytay Ridge, which, at 640 meters above sea level, is the highest point in Cavite.
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 cavite city   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Cavite City is one of the cities of the province of Cavite in the Philippines.
Cavite City used to be the capital of the province.
The Sangley Point Naval Base is part of the city and occupies the northernmost portion of the peninsula.
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 Cities of the Philippines - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
A city (lungsod, sometimes syudad, in Filipino) is a tier of local government in the Philippines.
Cities are in the same heirarchical level as municipalities, but under the Local Government Code of 1991, cities are given special treatment in terms of bigger share from the internal revenue allotment (IRA) which forms part of the city's budget.
Other cities are component units of the provinces and are thus are called component cities.
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 Executive Summary of the 1999 Annual Audit Report on the Trece Martires City   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Trece Martires City is the capital of the Province of Cavite and composed of 13 barangays named after the 13 martyrs.
In the new home, which is the newly constructed City Hall, the local government unit of Trece Martires City continue its productive undertaking by answering the needs of the populace through various programs and projects that further enhanced the city’s growth and development.
A comprehensive audit was conducted on the accounts and operations of the city of Trece Martires for calendar year 1999.
www.coa.gov.ph /coa_htm/1999_AAR/Local_Govt/R04/TreceMart99-es.htm   (1004 words)

  
 location   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Trece Martires City is accessible by land transportation from Metro Manila and other adjoining municipalities.
The presence of transportation facilities and road network support the city in its functional role of being the institutional center of the province.
The city has a total road length of 73.435 kilometers with a road length to land area ratio of 1.87 kilometers per 100 hectares.
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 cavite province info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Spaniards executed 13 Filipino revolutionaries in Cavite City that year: the provincial capital is now named after them "Trece Martires City".
A civil government was established by the Americans in Cavite in 1901, with Cavite City as provencial capital.
Trece Martires City became the capital upon its creation in 1954.
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 location   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Trece Martires City is located at the center of Cavite Province.
It is 45 kilometers from Metro Manila, 25 kilomiters from Cavite city, 23 kilometers from Tagaytay City, 26,3 kilometers from Puerto Azul and 38 kilometers from Marbella in Ternate, Cavite.
From Tagaytay, the alternate summer capital of the country, the city is accessible through the Tagaytay-Indang-Trece Martires City Road.
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 Cavite City   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The City Hymn was composed by Kagawad Dominador D. Hugo in a hymn writing competition sponsored by the Cavite City Government together with the Division of City Schools on August 31, 1978.
Upon approval into law on September 7, 1940, the executive function of the city was vested on an appointive City Mayor who holds office at the pleasure of the President of the Philippine Commonwealth.
Moreover, legislative functions as provided for in the charter of the City of Cavite was vested on a Municipal Board composed of three electives, two appointive and two ex-officio councilors, the presiding officer of which is the City Mayor.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/C/Cavite-City.htm   (2623 words)

  
 The Manila Times Internet Edition | OPINION > The ghosts of Trece Martires   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The cemetery is part of close to 14 hectares of land donated by the landed O’Hara and de Villa families to the province of Cavite in 1957 during the incumbency of the late Gov. Delfin Montano.
All the while, a legal battle raged for 22 years, commencing in 1982 when the Cavite RTC gave its imprimatur to the expropriation, to this day where the center of controversy is a compromise agreement entered into in March this year between Maliksi and the claimants over the properties.
Under the compromise agreement, Cavite province and Trece Martires City would yield parts of the donated as well as the expropriated lands, including structures and developments hereto, to the Mathay-Pascual partnership.
www.manilatimes.net /national/2004/oct/29/yehey/opinion/20041029opi4.html   (1896 words)

  
 Cavite Province
Trece Martires is the seat of provincial administration.
Tagaytay is "the second summer capital" of the Philippine Republic, famous for its perch overlooking Taal Lake, also known as Lake Bombon, the crater of what is said to be the world's largest volcano.
The city of Trece Martires is believed named for them.
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 4 dead, 6 wounded in Cavite shootout - May 06, 2004
TRECE MARTIRES CITY, Cavite -- It all started with a phone call from a woman about armed men prowling around her house.
When the smoke of battle cleared, four people were dead, six were wounded, the shaky peace in Cavite province was shattered and the city of Trece Martires was placed under control of the Commission on Elections (Comelec).
Senior Superintendent Roberto Rosales, Cavite police director, identified three of the four fatalities in Trece Martires as Noel Sierra, 37, a jailguard at the Cavite Provincial Jail; Ramon Vinalon, 46, resident of Barangay Osorio; Teodoro de Jesus, 38, a barangay councilor of Barangay Gregorio.
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This reportedly came as a result of alleged mismanagement by previous executives.One of the reforms that he had instituted was the retrenchment of employees, most of whom are residents of Trece Martires City.
TACLOBAN CITY — Seventeen fishermen were arrested by elements of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group of the Philippine National Police(PNP) for illegally gathering sea cucumbers, locally known as "balat," off the coast of Basey, Samar last Saturday.
KIDAPAWAN CITY — A suspected gunman in the killing of an anti-narcotics agent was arrested by Army soldiers in a remote village of a town in Sultan Kudarat last week.
www.mb.com.ph /issues/2005/04/06/PROV2005040632074.html   (529 words)

  
 Cavite article - Cavite province Philippines Manila CALABARZON region Luzon Manila municipality - What-Means.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Cavite is one of the fastest growing provinces in the country, because of its close proximity to Metro Manila.
The name of this province is derived from the Tagalog word, kawit, Cavite being its Hispanized form.
In fact Cavite is taken from the shape of the center of the city.
www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Cavite   (716 words)

  
 bacoor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
During weekdays many residents commute from Bacoor to their places of work in the metropolis such as Manila and Makati City.
Bacoor, with an area of 52.4 square kilometers, is located on the southeastern shore of Manila Bay, at the northwest portion of the province.
To the east lies Las Piñas City and Muntinlupa City in Metro Manila, to the south is Dasmariñas, and to the west are Kawit and Imus.
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TRECE MARTIRES CITY — Congressman-elect Crispin C. Remulla (3rd District, Cavite) has vowed to lead Cavite’s two "revolutions" in the next three years.
Remulla aired the pledge to the people of Cavite during the flag-raising ceremonies held at the provincial capitol grounds in Trece Martires City last Monday.
He recalled that his father, former governor Johnny Remulla, through the "first industrial revolution," launched the war against poverty when he was at the helm of the provincial government in the early 1980s and 1990s.
www.mb.com.ph /issues/2004/06/24/PROV2004062412571.html   (382 words)

  
 Manila Standard Today -- Cavite row worsens; two governors dig in -- August 23, 2005
Sixty more policemen were sent to the Cavite provincial capital in Trece Martires City on fears that a political standoff over the governor’s seat would turn violent.
Two flag ceremonies were held yesterday, one by Remulla in city hall, and the other by Maliksi in front of the capitol building.
Trece Martires City Mayor Melencio Sagun, who was talking with both sides, expressed optimism that Maliksi would soon yield his post to Remulla, but the situation remained deadlocked yesterday.
www.manilastandardtoday.com /?page=news01_aug23_2005   (559 words)

  
 LRTA New Updates
TRECE MARTIRES CITY, Cavite - National Economic Development (NEDA) Calabarzon Regional Director Severino C. Santos has projected that Cavite will soon become part of a megalopolis which would include Metro Manila and other provinces in Region IV in the next 10 years.
He said that this plan would be pushed through to meet the growing demand of an expanding population in the region.
Santos made this projection during Monday-morning flag-raising ceremonies held at the provincial capitol ground in Trece Martires City last Aug. 15.
www.lrta.gov.ph /news/news_item_081705_NEDADirectorBlueprint.htm   (379 words)

  
 Trece Martires --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Located in a fertile and densely populated plain about halfway between Cavite City on Manila Bay (north) and Taal Lake (south), it is named after the 13 Filipino patriots martyred by the Spanish in 1896 at Cavite.
Trece Martires is a trading centre; rice, fruits, coffee, sugarcane, and bananas are grown in the region.
Formerly called Macayo, the city dates from 1815, when a small settlement there was made a villa.
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Its warm and friendly people, whose ancestors came down with a noble cause, manifest industry and patience in various skills and professions, openly receptive to the entry and exchange of culture and technology that are of value to the province.
Nuestra Señora dela Soledad de Porta Vaga, reputed to be a relic of Spain, is a painting of the Virgin Mary framed in carved wood.
The relic is said to have been discovered, beached on the shores between the old Puerto Vaga in Cavite City and Barrio San Roque during the 18th century.
www.alltravelnetwork.com /philippines/travelinfo/caviteinfo.html   (3435 words)

  
 Appeals court junks bid to annul Cavite land deal - INQ7.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
TRECE MARTIRES CITY-The Court of Appeals has dismissed a petition of Vice Gov. Juanito Victor Remulla for the annulment of a compromise agreement entered into by Gov. Erineo Maliksi to resolve the 1982 expropriation case involving the property where the provincial capitol and other offices are now situated.
She said the governor had no personal interest in the property as alleged by Remulla, but simply intervened as provincial head to put an end to the case that had been dragging for a long time.
From 1957 to 1982, however, other buildings, such as the Trece Martires National High School, provincial gym, city public market, public plaza and other agency offices were built outside the donated area.
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 Welcome to Pesocard.Com - Always There For You!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
It has three cities: Cavite City, Tagaytay and Trece Martires.
It is a 1st class province with Trece Martires City as its capital.
The climate in its mountain region, particularly the city of Tagaytay, has exhilarating cool weather.
www.pesocard.com /provinces/region4/cavite/facts.html   (293 words)

  
 Cavite   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Cavite is a province ofthe Philippines located on the southern shores of Manila Bay in the CALABARZON region in Luzon, just 30 kilometers south of Manila.
Its capital is the municipality of Imus although Trece Martires City, whichwas the former capital, is still the seat of the provincial government and the location of the capitol building.
Tagaytay City is located on this ridge andprovides one of the best views of Taal Volcano.
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 ABS-CBN Interactive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Eco Waste Coalition, which includes Greenpeace and over 100 residents from Barangay Aguado, Trece Martires City, where the IWMI waste-treatment plant is located, trooped to the DENR compound to reiterate their call to close down the facility.
ZAMBOANGA CITY - Defense chief Robert Hill of Australia on Monday visited Zamboanga City, an area in the southern Philippines previously attacked by the al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf Group, to discuss antiterrorism measures with security officials.
ZAMBOANGA CITY - Three soldiers and an undetermined number of communist insurgents were killed in separate clashes in southern and central Philippines, officials said.
www.abs-cbnnews.com /storypage.aspx?StoryId=15648   (581 words)

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