ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY Best of the Islands Philippines BRIEF HISTORY Attempts to divide Zamboanga del Sur into two separate provinces date back as early as the 1960s. Several bills were filed in congress since the term of the late Representative Vincenzo Sagun util that of Congresswoman Belma Cabilao. All their bills remained unacted and were relegated to the recesses of the archives. In 1993, another initiative called the Zamboanga Occidental Movement was started, which ushered in a renewed political consciousness among the people of the 3rd District of Zamboanga del Sur. This movement was strong that a people’s initiative was conducted simultaneously with the May 1997 Barangay Elections. In this exercise, majority of the voters signed in favor for a new province. Congressman George T. Hofer of the municipality of Titay then sponsored House Bill No. 1311. His bill sailed to rough waters, as expected, but he managed to push the bill up in the ladders of Congress, giving it a new identity by naming the proposed province as Zamboanga Sibugay. He lobbied for its approval in the Senate and finally gained approval for the creation of the new province. Republic Act 8973 embodies the legal creation of Zamboanga Sibugay Province.

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