Bogo City, Declared Illegal

The Philippines Supreme Court has held that Bogo City and 16 other Philippine cities were illegally upgraded to a city. GMA news is reporting that “when Bogo became a city last year, it collected about P180 million as its IRA share for 2008, compared to only about P60 million when it was still a town.”

Scuba Diving Development May Be Halted

Bogo City Mayor Celestino Martinez Jr. indicated that he had given raises and started three new departments with these funds. There are also plans to develop scuba diving in Bogo City that will likely be put on hold due to this change.

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