Lamitan City, Basilan, Philippines

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Lamitan City, Province of Basilan, Philippines

• June 18,2007 - Lamitan was converted from a Municipality to City.
• November 18, 2008: The SC, Declared that the decision declaring Lamitan as a City was uncontitutional.
• December 22, 2009: The SC, by a vote of 6-4, reversed its Nov. 18, 2008, ruling and declared “constitutional” the cityhood laws or republic acts converting 16 towns into cities and Lamitan was one of them.

Location of Lamitan

Lamitan is in the provincial island of Basilan which is in Region XV-ARMM

History of Lamitan

Lamitan, Philippines:
Sun.Star:
Lamitan in Basilan now a city
06/20/2007 | 04:25 PM
On June 18, 2007, the island province of Basilan, which is part of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Armm), now has two component cities. These are: Isabela City, the province's capital; and Lamitan, where 76 percent of the 77 percent voters' turnout voted "yes" in Monday's plebiscite. The plebiscite was held for the ration of Republic Act 9393, an act converting the Municipality of Lamitan in the province of Basilan into a component city to be known as the City of Lamitan.

Mayor Roderick Furigay said 26,636 voted "yes" while only 177 voted against the ratification of RA 9393. Lamitan has 34,909 registered voters. Lamitan is one of the 12 towns approved to be converted into city during the 13th Congress. The others are Bayugan, Agusan del Sur; Cabadbaran, Agusan del Norte; Tandag, Surigao del Sur; Carcar, Cebu; Catbalogan, Samar; Borongan, Eastern Samar; Baybay, Leyte; Bogo, Cebu; Batac, Ilocos Norte; Tabuk, Kalinga; and Tayabas, Quezon.

Furigay foresees a rapid development of Lamitan since the Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) share would be increased from the present amount of P60 million annual IRA. Lamitan has a land area of 35,445 square kilometers with a relatively plain terrain along the coastal areas and hilly in some areas. Lamitan's major agricultural products are copra, rubber, coffee, and fruits such as lanzones, marang and banana. It has a major seaport that could accommodate passenger and cargo and Ro-ro (roll on-roll off) type of vessels.

Lamitan was founded in 1886 by the legendary figure Pedro Javier Cuevas, popularly known as Datu Kalun, who was born in the town of Bacoor, Cavite on June 9, 1846. Furigay, who is one of Kalun's descendants, is on his second term as mayor since he was re-elected at the recently concluded mid-term local and national elections. Aside from the two cities, Basilan has nine towns namely Tuburan, Tipo-Tipo, Sumisip, Maluso, Lantawan, and the newly-created municipalities of Akbar, Al-Barka, Mohammad Ajul and Ungkaya Pukan.

Local Government of Lamitan City, Basilan

• Mayor of Lamitan: Roderick Furigay term of 2007-2010

People of Lamitan

The city of Lamitan has three main ethnic groups; the Yakans, Tausugs and the Chavacanos. The yakans and tausugs are mostly Muslim while the Chavacanos are mostly Christians. The main dialect spoken in Lamitan City is Chavacano.

Story about Lamitan City

Written by Bong Garcia Jr. / Correspondent
Wednesday, 23 December 2009 19:43
ZAMBOANGA CITY — Mayor Roderick Furigay of Lamitan City, Basilan, announced Wednesday that they could now push through with the implementation of the development projects in the newly created city.

Furigay’s announcement came a day after he received a copy of the Supreme Court (SC) decision affirming the conversion of 16 municipalites, including Lamitan, into cities.

The SC, by a vote of 6-4, reversed its Nov. 18, 2008, ruling and declared “constitutional” the cityhood laws or republic acts converting 16 towns into cities.

Furigay said the development projects were put on hold when the cityhood status of Lamitan was reverted to municipality due to lack of funds, which mainly derive from the internal revenue allotment (IRA).

Furigay disclosed that with the SC’s affirmation of Lamitan as a city, the local government unit will be entitled to receive an annual IRA of P230 million.

Lamitan was receiving an annual IRA of P98 million when it was still a municipality.

Among the projects put on hold during Lamitan’s reversion to town were the Lamitan port, the first phase of which was already implemented, and some P200 million worth of infrastructure projects lined up under the Mindanao Rural Development Program.

Furigay said the salaries of the employees that were reduced during Lamitan’s reversion to municipality “will be increased again.”

Furigay said the SC’s decision “is a very nice Chrismas for us because, finally, the SC decided in our favor.”

“This [SC decision] is a gift from God for us this Christmas,” Lamitan City councilor Joaquin Puri said.

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