President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law a bill renaming the province of Compostela Valley as Davao de Oro.
Republic Act (RA) 11297 was signed by the President on April 17, but was only released to the media on Thursday.
“The renaming of the province of Compostela Valley as the province of Davao de Oro shall be subject to ratification by a majority of the votes cast by the qualified voters in a plebiscite to be conducted in the present province of Compostela Valley,” the law states.
The plebiscite will be conducted and supervised by the Commission on Elections.
RA 8470, creating the province of Compostela Valley, was amended by the new law, which will take effect 15 days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in any newspaper of general circulation.
Compostela Valley is the only province in the Davao Region without “Davao” in its name.
The province was created on March 7, 1998 through Republic Act No. 8470 that divided the province of Davao del Norte.
https://www.manilatimes.net/compostela-valley-now-davao-de-oro/558924/
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