Talk:Provinces of the Philippines

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Is it "A province is administered by a governor" or "A province is administered by a Governor"? I think that unless it is used as a title (i.e., Governor Juan de la Cruz), it should be in small letters.
Also, the correct form is hyphenated for "vice-governor", right?

—seav 06:31 19 Jun 2003 (UTC)

That's my understanding.
The original form in England has been hyphenatd, but the American form -- considered very correct by Americans -- is not. I don't know the tradition of English in the Philippines, but if what you learned at school officially is more British-like, hyphenate it.

--Menchi 06:43 19 Jun 2003 (UTC)

English in the Philippines is almost exclusively American in form (the Philippines having been under American rule for almost 50 years). That's why I find it strange since, personally, I consider the hyphenated form to be correct. Anyway, I've researched some more and I find out that the form used in the Local Government Code of the Philippines (1991), Book III is the hyphenated one. —seav 07:29 19 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Because "vice-governor" is not listed in most dictionaries, I compared "vice-president" of American and British dictionaries when I answered you. But now when I inspect more closely, the American dictionary (Merriam-Wesbter) also has some hyphenated words, usually more uncommon ones: vice-chancellor, vice-consul, vice-regent. And even have no space for one very anicent word, "viceroy". OED hyphens all, except the likes of "viceroy".

I googled some Filipino websites and found some newspapers don't hyphenates and some universities do. And a government webpage that doesn't. Since this particular spelling isn't formalized, I suppose you're free to choose your own!

And apparently, Canadian online newspaper, even within the large Globe and Mail, the use is erratic too, but usually hyphenated. --Menchi 08:31 19 Jun 2003 (UTC)

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Some questions are unanswered:

What is the role of the provincial capital? There are some provinces where the seat of government is located somewhere other than the capital.
How does Metro Manila work if it's not divided into provinces and has no governor?
How about those chartered cities that act independently of provinces? The article doesn't mention them.
History of the provinces... When were they drawn up, and how did they get to their current status?
How is it determined what region they belong to? And what difference does it make?

TheCoffee 4 July 2005 07:55 (UTC)

Hmmm, though questions. For the fifth, the President under the 1987 constitution has general administration over the local government units. See the preamble of Arroyo's E.O. 36:

WHEREAS, Article X, Section 4 of the Constitution provides that the President shall exercise general supervision over local governments;

WHEREAS, the administrative regions were established to promote efficiency in the Government accelerate social and economic development and improve public services;

But regions, when they were first introduced (mid 1900s I think) were traditionally aligned to ethnolinguistic groups, 12 in all: I - Ilocano, IV -Tagalog, V - Bicolano, VI - Ilonggo, VII - Cebuano, VIII - Waray, etc. Then NCR was formed, then CAR and ARMM, etc.

--seav 4 July 2005 16:15 (UTC)

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Just a note to say that this article failed to make it as a featured list mostly for failing to show references under a clear reference section. Please see the link above to the discussion of its candidacy. Not too much work is needed to make this featured, jguk 09:20, 10 December 2005 (UTC)