{"id":704697,"date":"2015-07-13T00:01:35","date_gmt":"2015-07-12T16:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/?p=704697"},"modified":"2015-07-12T22:39:13","modified_gmt":"2015-07-12T14:39:13","slug":"san-pedro-has-7-new-villages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/704697\/san-pedro-has-7-new-villages","title":{"rendered":"San Pedro has 7 new villages"},"content":{"rendered":"
SAN PEDRO CITY\u2014This city officially has seven new villages carved out from Barangay San Vicente.<\/p>\n\n
The seven new villages are Pacita 1, Pacita 2, Chrysanthemum, Rosario, Fatima, San Lorenzo and Maharlika.<\/p>\n\n
This brings the previous number of this city\u2019s barangays from 20 to 27.<\/p>\n\n
San Pedro election officer Marianne Marfori officially declared the creation of the seven new villages following a plebiscite on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n
Records from the Commission on Elections showed an overwhelming number of \u201cyes\u201d votes at 6,541 against the \u201cno\u201d votes at 1,729.<\/p>\n\n
The total number of votes cast, 8,270, represented 16 percent of the total voting population of Barangay San Vicente, which is 50,859.<\/p>\n\n
As a single village, San Vicente, which houses several residential and commercial districts, had a population of about 92,000 and an internal revenue allotment of P55 million that could qualify it as a separate municipality.<\/p>\n\n
San Pedro itself became a component city only in December 2013.<\/p>\n\n
City Mayor Lourdes Cataquiz, through city information officer Sonny Ordo\u00f1a on Sunday, thanked the city\u2019s electorate for participating in the plebiscite.<\/p>\n\n
Ordo\u00f1a said the city government would set aside a still unspecified amount for each of the seven new villages, as each one could also now benefit directly from the programs of the city.<\/p>\n
It was, however, not clear whether the city government would call for an election of new village chiefs or appoint interim village captains to serve until the next national barangay elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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