Tablas, Romblon
Tablas
Bayan ng Tablas | |
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Municipality | |
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| Coordinates: 12°24′19″N 122°3′51″E / 12.40528°N 122.06417°E | |
| Founded by | Leonardo Festin y Fabon |
| Seat | Odiongan |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Nestor Fabon, Vicente Osorio, Pablo Baculinao |
The special Municipality of Tablas was a municipality within the Province of Romblon in the Philippines from 1940 to 1946. It encompassed the entire island of Tablas with Odiongan, the largest town in the island, as its seat.
History
The special municipality of Tablas was created, together with the special municipalities of Maghali, Romblon, and Sibuyan, by the virtue of Commonwealth Act No. 581 and was enacted without executive approval creating special municipalities in the province on 8 June 1940. A year after World War II, with the help of Representative Modesto Formilleza, Republic Act No. 38 abolished the special municipalities.[1] After the restoration, there were only three municipalities in Tablas. Namely, Odiongan, San Agustin, and Looc. These municipalities would be further divided to form six more new municipalities.[2][3][4][5][6]
References
- ^ "Republic Act No. 38 : REPUBLIC ACTS - PHILIPPINE LAWS STATUTES and CODES - CHANROBLES VIRTUAL LAW LIBRARY". laws.chanrobles.com. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
- ^ "Romblon Province". romblonprov.gov.ph. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
- ^ "Republic Act No. 5317 : REPUBLIC ACTS - PHILIPPINE LAWS STATUTES and CODES - CHANROBLES VIRTUAL LAW LIBRARY". laws.chanrobles.com. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
- ^ "Executive Order No. 184, s. 1969 | Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines". gov.ph. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
- ^ "Presidential Decree No. 1492 : PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES and CODES : CHAN ROBLES VIRTUAL LAW LIBRARY". chanrobles.com. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
- ^ "B.P. Blg. 234, AN ACT CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF IMELDA IN THE PROVINCE OF ROMBLON - PhilippineLaw.info". philippinelaw.info. Retrieved 2015-10-26.