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CONGRESSMAN JAMES L. CHIONGBIAN v. OSCAR M. ORBOS

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	GR No. 179492 2013-06-05	REPUBLIC v. ABDULWAHAB A. BAYAO LEONEN, J.
In Chiongbian v. Orbos, we held further that the power of the President to reorganize administrative regions carries with it the power to determine the regional center.[73]
	GR No. 177508 2009-08-07	BARANGAY ASSOCIATION FOR NATIONAL ADVANCEMENT v. COMELEC CARPIO, J.
The constitutional requirement that "every bill passed by the Congress shall embrace only one subject which shall be expressed in the title thereof" has always been given a practical rather than a technical construction.[11] The requirement is satisfied if the title is comprehensive enough to include subjects related to the general purpose which the statute seeks to achieve.[12] The title of a law does not have to be an index of its contents and will suffice if the matters embodied in the text are relevant to each other and may be inferred from the title.[13] Moreover, a title which declares a statute to be an act to amend a specified code is sufficient and the precise nature of the amendatory act need not be further stated.[14]
	GR No. 149848 2004-11-25	ARSADI M. DISOMANGCOP v. SECRETARY OF DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS TINGA, J,
Pursuant to the constitutional mandate, Republic Act No. 6734 (R.A. 6734), entitled "An Act Providing for An Organic Act for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao," was enacted and signed into law on 1 August 1989. The law called for the holding of a plebiscite in the provinces of Basilan, Cotabato, Davao del Sur, Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao, Palawan, South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, Zamboanga del Norte, and Zamboanga del Sur, and the cities of Cotabato, Dapitan, Dipolog, General Santos, Iligan, Marawi, Pagadian, Puerto Princesa and Zamboanga.[6] In the ensuing plebiscite held on 19 November 1989, only four (4) provinces voted for the creation of an autonomous region, namely: Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi. These provinces became the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).[7] The law contains elaborate provisions on the powers of the Regional Government and the areas of jurisdiction which are reserved for the National Government.[8]