During the first quarter of 2025, the names of one municipality and six barangays in the Philippine Standard Geographic Code (PSGC) masterlist have been corrected based on the recommendation of the Interagency Technical Working Group on Geographic…

In the fourth quarter of 2024, the names of three barangays in the Philippine Standard Geographic Code (PSGC) masterlist were corrected as recommended by the Interagency Technical Working Group on Geographic Code (TWGGC). The details of updates are…

During the third quarter of 2024, the creation of Barangay Juan-Loreto Tamayo in the Municipality of Tupi, South Cotabato, was officially approved through Sangguniang Panlalawigan Resolution No. 158, Series of 2023, and ratified by a plebiscite on…

Republic Act No. 12000, also known as the "Negros Island Region Act," which was passed into law on 11 June 2024, mandates the establishment of the Negros Island Region (NIR). The region comprises the provinces of Negros Occidental, including the…

Pursuant to Bangsamoro Autonomous Act Nos. 41 to 48 dated 15 September 2022 and ratification through a plebiscite conducted on 13 April 2024, the eight newly created municipalities in Special Geographic Area (SGA) of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region…

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) included in the First Quarter 2024 Philippine Standard Geographic Code (PSGC) the creation of Barangay Sultan Corobong, Barangay Sultan Panoroganan, and Barangay Angoyao in City of Marawi, Lanao del Sur.…

The total number of regions, provinces, cities, municipalities, and barangays in the country as of the Fourth Quarter 2023 remained the same as compared with the Third Quarter 2023 PSGC (Table 1).

In accordance with the Supreme Court decision in General Register (G.R.) No. 235316 (Municipality of Makati [now City of Makati] v. Municipality of Taguig [now City of Taguig]) issued on 01 December 2021, regarding the land dispute between the city…

During the second quarter, the names of one municipality and 35 barangays in the Philippine Standard Geographic Code (PSGC) masterlist were corrected based on the recommendations of the interagency Technical Working Group on Geographic Code (TWGGC)…

During the first quarter of 2023, Barangay Datu Dalidigan and Barangay Boganga II, in the City of Marawi, Lanao del Sur, are included in the Philippine Standard Geographic Code (PSGC). The creation of these two barangays, pursuant to City Ordinance…