In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town.
A municipality is a local government unit (LGU) in the Philippines. A municipality is also usually called town in its archaic term, since municipalities have the functions of a town since its inception. They are distinct from cities, which are a different category of local government unit. Provinces of the Philippines are divided into cities and municipalities, which in turn, are divided into barangays, formerly barrios. As of March 31, 2017, there are 1,489 municipalities across the country..
Lapu-Lapu, officially the City of Lapu-Lapu or simply known as Lapu-Lapu City, is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the region of Central Visayas, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 408,112 people.
Mandaue, officially the City of Mandaue or simply known as Mandaue City, is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the island province of Cebu in the region of Central Visayas, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 362,654 people.
Metropolitan Cebu, or simply Metro Cebu,, is the main urban center of the province of Cebu in the Philippines. Metro Cebu is located along the central eastern portion of the island including the nearby island of Mactan. It accounts for 20 percent of the land area and 61.5 percent of the population of the entire island of Cebu.
Mandaue City Science High School (MCSHS) is a secondary school founded in 1996 in Opao, Mandaue City, Philippines. It transferred to Ibabao-Estancia, Mandaue City in 2008.
The Mantawi Festival is an annual festival celebrated every May 7 in Mandaue City in Cebu, Philippines.
The Mactan–Mandaue Bridge, officially the SergioOsmeña Bridge, is a truss bridge that connects Mandaue City with Lapu-Lapu City in Metro Cebu, Philippines. It is one of two bridge that spans across the Mactan Channel, the other being the Marcelo Fernan Bridge, and connects the islands of Cebu and Mactan.
The University of Cebu (UC) is an educational institution in Cebu City, Philippines founded in 1964, offering preschool, grade school, junior & senior high school, undergraduate degrees, and post-graduate degrees. It has four campuses.
The Mandaue City College (MCC) is a government-recognized higher education institution in Mandaue, Philippines, established for deserving students, mostly graduates from barangay high schools, who have no access to education in mainstream private colleges or universities. There is another school called Mandaue City College, but it is not affiliated with this school.
The Mandaue City Hall, commonly referred to as Mandaue Presidencia, is a Neo-Grec style building that serves as the seat of government for the city of Mandaue in Cebu, Philippines. The building found in the heart of the city was first used as the office of Mandaue's El Presidente or mayor since the Commonwealth Era.
Jonas Cabungcal Cortes is the current congressional representative of the sixth district of Cebu. and was former Mayor of Mandaue City in 2007-2016, who was Mandaue City Councilor.
The Mayor of Mandaue City is the head of the Local government of the city. Since the Pre-Hispanic time were chiefs, only two are known Aponoan and Lambuzzan. Not many people are mentioned in the Spanish Expedition chronicles; the former was succeeded by the latter. During the year 1600 when the Spanish subjugated Mandaue Andug was the chief of the settlement. Before there were priests, Capitanes, Tenientes and the Cabeza de Barangay were the local leaders in Spanish regime. Later, in the American commonwealth era of the Philippines the leaders were the President and after the war the title changed to Mayor. Mandaue was only incorporated as a city on June 21, 1969 in the term of Mayor Demetrio Cortes Sr. which led to the signing of the City Charter on Aug 30 1969 under Republic Act No 5519.
Thadeo "Teddy" Zambo Ouano was a Mayor of Mandaue City in The Philippines.
Alfredo "Pedong" Mendoza Ouano was a former Mayor of Mandaue City and father of politician Thadeo Ouano, who was also mayor of Mandaue. In 2009, he sat on One Cebu's Council of Elders.
Mandaue City is the industrial capital of the province of Cebu in the Philippines.
Mandaue is a city in the province of Cebu in the Philippines. In pre-Hispanic times it was ruled by a chieftain, Aponoaan, who gave tribute to the Spanish. A later chief was Lambusan but after the arrival of the Spaniards, the Jesuit priests were given authority. Local leaders during the Spanish regime were Capitanes, Tenientes and the Cabeza de Barangay. In the American commonwealth era of the Philippines the leaders were the El Presidentes of Mandaue. In 1943, after the war, the title was changed to Mayor.
The Mandaue City College under Paulus Cañete, colloquially known as MCC Basak or Old MCC, is an unrecognized and unaccredited private higher education institution owned by Paulus Cañete located at Basak, Mandaue City. It's a non-government school and is not connected to Mandaue City College located at Mandaue City Cultural and Sports Complex.
Elections were held in Central Visayas for seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines on May 9, 2016.
Gabriel Luis "Luigi" Romualdez Quisumbing is the representative of the 6th district of Cebu in the House of Representatives of the Philippines). He was elected as Mayor of Mandaue City in the 2016 election.
