Under Republic Act No. 11259, the province is now divided into Palawan del Norte, Palawan Oriental and Palawan del Sur, which shall be the mother province.
"The terrestrial jurisdictions of the newly created provinces shall be within the present metes and bounds of all the municipalities that comprise the respective provinces," the law stated.
Duterte approved the measure on April 5, 2019 and it shall take effect 15 days upon its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general and local circulation.
The creation of the new provinces would require a plebiscite to be held on the second Monday of May 2020 and supervised by the Commission on Elections.
Each province, meanwhile, shall have its legislative districts effective upon the election and qualification of representatives to be held on the second Monday of May 2022.
Under the law, Puerto Princesa City shall have its own legislative district by the same year. Its residents shall not be qualified to vote in the 2020 plebiscite and for candidates in the provincial elective positions.
Incumbent representatives of the present province shall continue to represent their respective legislative districts until new representatives shall have been duly elected, qualified and assumed office.
The House of Representatives passed the measure on Aug. 29, 2018 and then amended by the Senate on Nov. 19, 2018. The House concurred with amendments on Jan. 23, 2019.
The new provinces and localities under them are as follows:
Palawan del Norte:
- Taytay (Capital town and seat of government)
- Coron
- Culion
- Busuanga
- Linapacan
- El Nido
Palawan Oriental:
- Roxas (Capital town and seat of government)
- Araceli
- Dumaran
- Cuyo
- Agutaya
- Magsaysay
- Cayancillo
- San Vicente
Palawan del Sur:
- Brooke's Point (Capital town and seat of government)
- Aborlan
- Narra
- Quezon
- Rizal
- Española
- Bataraza
- Balabac
- Kalayaan
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