The Philippine Government Today

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National Election 2010 is over and congratulations to the new elected president of the Philippines, NoyNoy Aquino. Republic of the Philippines is a democratic country and headed by the Elected President, then the vice president and senators. Populations stands at 96 million base on census as of 2009. It is over populated specially at Luzon area. The means of living are mainly farming (rice, corn, sugarcane, pineapple), and some traditional business like selling fruits and vegetables. Filipinos are trying to land a job abroad due to the fact that wages/salary are very minimal. Now, that we have the new leader, i am hopeful that the leaders of today will implement what they have promised to the filipinos especially on the lots of job offerings the very soon.

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BASIC INFORMATION ON PHILIPPINE LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS

REGION ------------------------------PROVINCES-------------------CITIES-------------------------MUNICIPALITIES------------------------BARANGAYS
I------------------------------------------4--------------------------------9-------------------------------116-----------------------------------------3,265
II-----------------------------------------5--------------------------------3--------------------------------90------------------------------------------2,311
III----------------------------------------7-------------------------------13------------------------------117------------------------------------------3,102
IV-A -------------------------------------5-------------------------------11------------------------------131------------------------------------------4,021
IV-B--------------------------------------5------------------------------- 2--------------------------------71------------------------------------------1,458
V-----------------------------------------6--------------------------------7------------------------------107-------------------------------------------3,471
VI----------------------------------------6-------------------------------16------------------------------117-------------------------------------------4,050
VII---------------------------------------4--------------------------------13-----------------------------119-------------------------------------------3,003
VIII---------------------------------------6--------------------------------5------------------------------138--------------------------------------------4,390
IX----------------------------------------3--------------------------------5--------------------------------67-------------------------------------------1,904
X----------------------------------------5---------------------------------8--------------------------------85-------------------------------------------2,022
XI---------------------------------------4---------------------------------5--------------------------------44-------------------------------------------1,162
XII---------------------------------------4--------------------------------5--------------------------------45-------------------------------------------1,194
CARAGA--------------------------------5--------------------------------3---------------------------------70------------------------------------------1,310
NCR-------------------------------------0--------------------------------16-------------------------------1--------------------------------------------1,695
CAR------------------------------------6----------------------------------2--------------------------------75------------------------------------------1,176
ARMM----------------------------------6---------------------------------1--------------------------------111-----------------------------------------2,470
Total----------------------------------81--------------------------------124-----------------------------1,502-------------------------------------41,995

* as of December 2006
source: Department of the Interior and Local Government - Local Government Academy

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PROFILE OF PROVINCIAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT

REGION-----------------------PROVINCE-------------------INCOME CLASS-----------------------LAND AREA--------------POPULATION
I------------------------------Ilocos Norte--------------------1st------------------------------------3,503,30-------------------514,241
-do---------------------------Ilocos Sur-----------------------1st------------------------------------2,594.63-------------------594,206
-do---------------------------La Union------------------------1st------------------------------------1,503.75-------------------657,945
-do--------------------------Pangasinan----------------------1st------------------------------------5,450.48------------------2,434,086

II----------------------------Batanes-------------------------5th----------------------------------------219.01-------------------16,467
-do--------------------------Cagayan-------------------------1st------------------------------------9,002,70-------------------993,580
-do--------------------------Isabela---------------------------1st-----------------------------------13,778.76-----------------1,287,575
-do----------------------Nueva Viscaya----------------------2nd-------------------------------------4,378.8--------------------366,962
-do-------------------------Quirino---------------------------3rd-------------------------------------3,486.16-------------------148,575

III----------------------------Aurora--------------------------3rd-------------------------------------3,147.32------------------173,797
-do--------------------------Bataan---------------------------1st-------------------------------------1,372.96------------------557,659
-do--------------------------Bulacan--------------------------1st-------------------------------------2,769.57---------------2,234,088
-do-----------------------Nueva Ecija------------------------1st-------------------------------------5,692.21---------------1,659,883
-do------------------------Pampanga-------------------------1st-------------------------------------2,044.99---------------1,882,730
-do------------------------Tarlac------------------------------1st-------------------------------------3,543.00---------------1,068,783
-do------------------------Zambales--------------------------2nd-------------------------------------3,714.40-----------------627,802

IV - A ----------------------Batanes--------------------------1st---------------------------------------3,119.72--------------1,905,348
-do-------------------------Cavite----------------------------1st---------------------------------------1,504.22--------------1,905,348