New Administrative Divisions (Regions, Provinces, Cities, etc.)

[JustHorace]

I guess Cebu wouldn't want to be renamed Rizalia.

[Kaiser]

how about Davao City

[ivanc]

QUOTE: Manileno
Somewhere in the geographic center. Visayas of course--proximity to both northern and southern ends Luzon and Mindanao. also where Visayan people are majority cos they really are majority. Probably in Cebu Island (in a small town in the northern or southern tip of the island that shall undergo modern town planning and shall be renamed--RIZALIA (after the Father of the Republic). Cebu island cos that's where it all started--First Capital of the Empire, the Cradle of Catholic and Hispanic Filipino civilization.

Its a good idea to have the capital at the geographic center. I am looking at Bogo, a medium sized town a few hours north of Cebu City proper. The new capital has to be planned carefully, and there should be a strong "Seat of Goverment", like a gigantic compound where all national offices will be located. (like vatican city, its is an independent city which is the seat of the roman catholic church..) but, am not comfortable with the name Rizalia, sorry, its like etheria or encantadia Rizal City maybe

[ivanc]

QUOTE: Manileno
Somewhere in the geographic center. Visayas of course--proximity to both northern and southern ends Luzon and Mindanao. also where Visayan people are majority cos they really are majority. Probably in Cebu Island (in a small town in the northern or southern tip of the island that shall undergo modern town planning and shall be renamed--RIZALIA (after the Father of the Republic). Cebu island cos that's where it all started--First Capital of the Empire, the Cradle of Catholic and Hispanic Filipino civilization.

Its a good idea to have the capital at the geographic center. I am looking at Bogo, a medium sized town a few hours north of Cebu City proper. The new capital has to be planned carefully, and there should be a strong "Seat of Goverment", like a gigantic compound where all national offices will be located. (like vatican city, its is an independent city which is the seat of the roman catholic church..) but, am not comfortable with the name Rizalia, sorry, its like etheria or encantadia Rizal City maybe

[kevinb]

Originally Posted by cosmoManila

I guess Cebu wouldn't want to be renamed Rizalia.

manileño is not referring to cebu city neither the island of cebu..
he's pointing to a town in northern cebu to be named rizalia and appointed new capital of RP..
but for me,,that's a lot of hard work..AND a lot of money-spending..

[Askal82]

Definitely not in Cebu. It should be located far away from any major cities in the Philippines.

[vanoy2000]

my suggestion is somewhere in northern mindanao like near cagayan de oro city and to be named "Maharlika City". how about that guys?

A maharlika palace where the president will be residing, a senate and supreme court palaces will be built in a malay architecture similar to davao airport but with intricate/ornate decorations.

my other suggestion is at the foot of Mt. arayat cos it has a good proximity with DMIA. (I hope my arayat won't erupt)

[slerz]

dalawa na tayo, Northern Mindanao din ang gusto ko coz it's a part of mindanao that is not chaotic and the fact that it is in mindanao, it will be a big benefit for mindanao...

[JustHorace]

Mindanao is a great idea. Para ma-divert naman yung development boom doon.

[KulasKusgan]

Gusto nyo sa Mindanao? I highly nominate Bukidnon in Northern Mindanao.

heres Bukidnon posted at Travel & Geography Forum:

Originally Posted by allan_dude

Bukidnon is a landlocked province of the Philippines located in the Northern Mindanao region. Its capital is Malaybalay City. The province borders, clockwise starting from the north, Misamis Oriental, Agusan del Sur, Davao del Norte, Cotabato, Lanao del Sur, and Lanao del Norte.

The greater part of Bukidnon is a gently-rolling plateau cut by deep and wide canyons of the Cagayan, Polangui and Tagoloan rivers and their tributaries. At Mailag, south of the capital, the plateau begins to descend and gradually merges and eastern borders are lofty and densely-forested mountains, including Mt. Kitanglad at 2350 meter, a dormant volcano, Mt Kalatungan at 2187 meters and Mt. Tankulan at 1678 meters.

The province´average elevation of more than 1000 meter gives a pleasently cool climate. the mountains shield it from the eastern monsoon.

A Brief History

Before the Spaniards colonized Misamis, settlers from the Visayas had already established themselves there. As the migrants kept coming, the tribes who orginally inhabited the area were driven inland toward the rugged and mountainous territory. They were eventually called Bukidnons, meaning "people of the mountains", from which the place derived its name.

Bukidnon became a municipality of Misamis in 1850 and remained as such until 1907 when it was made a subprovince of the newly created Agusan province. When the department of Mindanao and Sulu was created in 1914, Bukidnon itself became a separate province.

After World War II, the area was opened up to settlers from the Visayas and Luzon. Those who came primarily were from Cebu, Panay Island, and the Ilocos Region.

Getting There and Away

From Cagayan de Oro, there are buses going to Davao and return, who passing the Bukidnon province

[chymera00]

Originally Posted by cosmoManila

Mindanao is a great idea. Para ma-divert naman yung development boom doon.

Don't mean to be discriminatory but ... what if ibang 'boom' ang ma-divert doon

[boybleauXx]

Kuala Lumpurs model is good..

their not actually "transferring" their nations capital..but they have created a new town that is FULLY dedicated in the administration of public service..

it is known as the PUTRAJAYA....Malaysia's Admin capital and its first "intelligent" city.

[boybleauXx]

what about dito sa Butuan we have plenty of spaces to spare ....the government is even preparing a 40 hectare government center east of the city...

[valium]

like what boom? if you are thinking what i am thinking, theres no need to divert that "boom" in mindanao, its already happening there for centuries! but oh well, maybe they just need a new kind of boom for that old boom to be gone

[boybleauXx]

hmmmm

with or without that 'new capital' thing.....Mindanao will always grow.

In fact some of our cities and growth zones have actually surpassed those mentioned in Visayas and Luzon.....considering our distance from Manila.

while Manila and other centers control the governance and economic admin of this country....

Mindanao had a major control on this nations raw material and Food supply.

[Jefferyi]

How about somewhere in Northern Mindanao? Maybe Camiguin or Zamboanga del Norte? It could be anywhere far from present major cities. The most important thing is to set up a mandatory Filipino-Spanish/Bahay-Bato architectural design for all buildings public or private for a certain radius around the center of this city.

[shadow_can2003]

Cagayan De Oro or Zamboanga City could be the best.

[tyronne]

i don't know why this "new capital" have to be in a far-flung, secluded place (though i know some were suggested with sarcasm). remember that there will be thousands of employees who will be working in these government centers, as well as foreign and local officials to do business with whatever office they have a business with. so accessibility and good transportation infrastructure should be taken into consideration.

i'd prefer having Manila to remain as the country's capital and a new administrative capital (for government offices) to be created near a major city, with an international airport. clark is a good place. for our brothers in mindanao and in the visayas, don't worry if this new administrative capital is either in the geographic center or not because once federal states are set up, it wouldn't matter that much because as we all know Washington DC isn't in the middle of the US either.

[le Reine]

Pwede kaya sa Parañaque na lang? Wala lang though mukha atang weird yun... Hometown ko kasi.

[manileño]

IMO, the capital shouldn't be moved to anywhere in Mindanao. I'm sticking to Visayas as the ideal location of the the next capital. Why not Mindanao? For historical and sociocultural reasons. (incl. politics of religion)

We all know it was Cebu vs Marawi and Manila vs Jolo for centuries. The Spanish never captured the whole island except for the northern coasts and Zamboanga, Davao, and Cotabato. Moreover, the Bangsamoro and ARMM people might see this move as a final campaign to subjugate them and crush their national aspirations. (Also, we are putting our government closer to 'danger'. The government might have a hard time implementing its projects with Bangsamoro just in the other end of the national highway.) The new capital of the Strong Republic should be placed where Filipino is majority, where history and culture is strongest. Moving the capital outside Manila and still within Luzon is just waste of time. It's not signalling any change.

The benefits i see from moving the capital to Visayas (and Cebu in particular) are:

1. being in the geographic center (easy administration of Luzon in the north and closer integration to Mindanao in the south).

2. increased domestic air travel. (Cebu being an island and Visayas being an island group, the government would encourage more spending in local tourism with the thousands of officials and government employees themselves travelling to and from their constituencies/hometowns to work and represent the government.)

3. increased inter-island sea travel and shipping/RO-RO (officials and employees from neighboring Visayan islands and even Luzon and Mindanao who are trying to save their pork money would opt for this mode of transport.)

4. decongest Manila and Luzon. (Luzon & Mindanao are the 2 largest islands in area and with the largest population. Being the largest, they have the most number of provinces and administrative divisions. "Official Land travel" will be lessened and will help decongest our cities as the politicos will head to the nearest airport instead to go to the nation's capital.)

5. Linking the Visayas islands (Bridge/Tunnel) and Visayas with Luzon and Mindanao will be more realized. Iloilo(Panay)-Guimaras-Negros-Cebu with the government(imperial capital) thinking of more ways to facilitate land transpo within the neighbouring islands to be closer and accessible to more Filipinos.