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

[Askal82]

I think the new capital should be in geographical center of the country. It should not belong to any provinces. The ideal candidates for this is Negros and Panay. Similar to Washington DC which is a piece of land between Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, the portion of land shared lets say between Iloilo, Capiz, Antique or Aklan can be the new capital. If Negros Island is to be designated as where the seat of government shall be, the land portion between Negros Oriental and Occidental.

[Askal82]

Lets get a little more hightech, maybe lets build a 'floating movable capital' similar to the Terran Command Center of Starcraft.

[PiliNut]

Originally Posted by Askal82

Welcome to SSC Pilinut.

Thanks for the welcom, that was quick! Glad to be here

[Matteo]

hello Pilinut.
are you from Bicol?
i love pilinuts

ok back to topicccccc

[PiliNut]

Originally Posted by Matteo

hello Pilinut.
are you from Bicol?
i love pilinuts

ok back to topicccccc

no. ilonggo guid. but I'm in Canada now

[kiretoce]

Originally Posted by Matteo

or a satellite capital city here in the US mwahahahhaa

Sin City in particular Matt?

[kiretoce]

Originally Posted by PiliNut

no. ilonggo guid. but I'm in Canada now

From Iloilo or Bacolod?

[PiliNut]

Originally Posted by Askal82

I think the new capital should be in geographical center of the country. It should not belong to any provinces. The ideal candidates for this is Negros and Panay. Similar to Washington DC which is a piece of land between Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, the portion of land shared lets say between Iloilo, Capiz, Antique or Aklan can be the new capital. If Negros Island is to be designated as where the seat of government shall be, the land portion between Negros Oriental and Occidental.

But a capital should also be easily accessible. Panay and Negros are too disconnected. Samar or Leyte would be better since connecting them to Luzon and Mindanao is technically feasible with bridges and tunnels

[PiliNut]

Originally Posted by kiretoce

From Iloilo or Bacolod?

both. Dad's from one, Mom from the other

[amras]

Originally Posted by PiliNut

But a capital should also be easily accessible. Panay and Negros are too disconnected. Samar or Leyte would be better since connecting them to Luzon and Mindanao is technically feasible with bridges and tunnels

Samar and Leyte are storm/typhoon prone areas.

[rustyboi]

Originally Posted by kiretoce

Or build a brand spanking new administrative capital on a man made island!

haha, sounds like Alcatraz to me. but hey, it's a good idea. we should treat Presidents as prisons. if they get caught stealing money, then there's no reason for 'em to go back to the mainland. astig dba? lolz

[JAMAICUS]

I think it is a bad idea to trabsfer the capital once federalism takes place. I think Manila needs an urban modernization and rehabilitation plan.

[Kaiser]

Originally Posted by kiretoce

Or build a brand spanking new administrative capital on a man made island!

thats a great idea!!!!!!!!!!!!

[richard24]

Originally Posted by JAMAICUS

I think it is a bad idea to transfer the capital once federalism takes place. I think Manila needs an urban modernization and rehabilitation plan.

agree... and once we become a federation, the problem of congestion in metro manila will be lessened... all we need to do is refurbish manila!
*and because people will go back to their "home states" we can finally see manila without too much people...

and there's a good time to bring back the former glory of manila... (with historical stuff and all...)

we dont need to transfer the seat of power... we just need to distribute it.

[LordCarnal]

Pilinut is right! Tacloban City can be the new capital. Remember that Samar and Leyte are connected to each other. A bridge, an expressway and a railway system could be built connecting Samar with Luzon, and Leyte with Mindanao. Very feasible.

[LordCarnal]

@richard24

Or maybe we'll just have to do with the original idea which is to make Quezon City the capital of the country.

After all, almost all government agencies are already positioned there.

[kyle@1008]

why don't we follow what south africa did... one capital for the legislative, another for the executive and another for the judiciary......

we'll have manila , cebu and davao....... then divide the nation into twelve states... each with it's own governors......interdependent with the main executive federal government,... with a six year... term. and instead of electing a president, we'll have a rotating presidency... with each governor assuming office every six months....

each governor we'll have his own state cabinet...which he can bring with him...plus once he assumes office his own state will automatically falll under the federal govt... so that there'l be no problem with who will run his state... while he assumes control of the nation....

plus the vice president wil act as the senate president , not a member of the cabinet.... it'll also be a rotating vice presidency with each vice governor... assuming control every six months..... meanwhile the state assembly will be presided by its foremost member during the term....

this way... power is distributed ... and no one we'll be able to assume too much control... plus the leaders we'll have a pulse of the people on a smaller scale.

but take note, the president we'll be granted additional powers, to compensate for his short term...

[lochinvar]

"But a capital should also be easily accessible. Panay and Negros are too disconnected. Samar or Leyte would be better since connecting them to Luzon and Mindanao is technically feasible with bridges and tunnels."

The wind and the current across the San Bernardino Strait are very, very strong. Building a tunnel or a span bridge across the San Bernardino Strait is equivalent to the whole Philippine budget for tens of years. Add this to almost $80 billion that we owe and we can say good bye Philippines. The better and more economical option really is to develop the ro-ro on the eastern and the western seaboards.

[TJ]

Nooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 Vote for Babuyannnn Island as the next capital..!!!!!!
bagay na bagay kasi sa mga politiko natin ang name na yun... nyahahaha!!!!
Sabay2x na rin sila ka agad ihawin dun at letchonin...hahaha!!!

[Askal82]

@Pilinut: Illonggo ka man gali? Ga damo illonggo diri sa SSC haw. Taga-diin ka sa aton? Ari ko di sa NY.

@TJ: Maupod ka nalang sa mga politiko naton subong didto sa Babuyan