San Jose, Surigao del Norte
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San Jose is a municipality and the capital of the province of Dinagat Islands, Philippines
. As of the 2007 census, it had a population of 28,398.
It became a municipality on November 15, 1989 under Republic Act No. 6769. The town was named in honor of Jose Ecleo who was its pioneer and father of the then mayor of the municipality of Dinagat, Ruben Edera Ecleo Sr. The town is the seat of the Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association
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The town became a part of the province of Dinagat Islands in December 2006, when the province was created from Surigao del Norte
by Republic Act No. 9355. However, in February 2010, the Supreme Court ruled that the law was unconstitutional, as the necessary requirements for provincial land area and population were not met. The town reverted back to Surigao del Norte.On March 30, 2011, however, the Supreme Court reversed its ruling from the previous year, and upheld the constitutionality of RA 9355 and the creation of Dinagat Islands as a province.
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Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
. As of the 2007 census, it had a population of 28,398.
It became a municipality on November 15, 1989 under Republic Act No. 6769. The town was named in honor of Jose Ecleo who was its pioneer and father of the then mayor of the municipality of Dinagat, Ruben Edera Ecleo Sr. The town is the seat of the Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association
Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association
The Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association is founded by Ruben Ecleo, Sr. in 1965 on the Philippine island of Dinagat, off the coast of Mindanao. Since being chartered in 1965, the PBMA has virtually turned the entire island into a fiefdom of the Ecleos. Upon the senior Ecleo's death in...
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The town became a part of the province of Dinagat Islands in December 2006, when the province was created from Surigao del Norte
Surigao del Norte
Surigao del Norte is a province of the Philippines located in the Caraga region in Mindanao. Its capital is Surigao City. The province consists of two major islands—Siargao Island and Bucas Grande Island—in the Philippine Sea, and a small region at the northernmost tip of the island of...
by Republic Act No. 9355. However, in February 2010, the Supreme Court ruled that the law was unconstitutional, as the necessary requirements for provincial land area and population were not met. The town reverted back to Surigao del Norte.On March 30, 2011, however, the Supreme Court reversed its ruling from the previous year, and upheld the constitutionality of RA 9355 and the creation of Dinagat Islands as a province.
Barangays
San Jose is politically subdivided into 12 barangayBarangay
A barangay is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward...
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- Aurelio
- Cuarenta
- Don Ruben EcleoRuben EcleoRuben Edera Ecleo, , a Filipino spiritual leader who founded the Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association, Incorporated in 1965....
(Baltazar) - Jacquez
- Justiniana Edera
- Luna
- Mahayahay
- Matingbe
- San Jose (Pob.)
- San Juan
- Santa Cruz
- Wilson