Legaspi v. City of Cebu
Legaspi v. City of Cebu
Legaspi v. City of Cebu
DECISION
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Footnotes
1. Records (Vol. 1), pp. 146-149.
2. Id.
3. Id. at 1-10.
4. Id. at 3.
5. Id.
6. Id. at 4.
7. Id.
10. Id. at 2.
11. Id. at 3.
12. Id.
13. Records (Vol. 1), pp. 14-27 and Records (Vol. 2), pp. 16-22.
14. Records (Vol. 1), p. 20 and Records (Vol. 2), p. 18.
18. G.R. No. 118127, April 12, 2005, 455 SCRA 308.
19. Id. at 326, citing Tatel v. Municipality of Virac, G.R. No. 40243, March 11, 1992,
207 SCRA 157, 161; Solicitor General v. Metropolitan Manila Authority, G.R.
No. 102782, December 11, 1991, 204 SCRA 837, 845; Magtajas v. Pryce
Properties Corporation, Inc., G.R. No. 111097, July 20, 1994, 234 SCRA 255,
266-267.
20. Ermita-Malate Hotel and Motel Operators Association, Inc. v. City Mayor of
Manila, No. L-24693, July 31, 1967, 20 SCRA 849, 857-858.
21. Chief Justice Shaw, in Commonwealth v. Alger , 7 Cush. 53, 85, 61 Mass 53.
22. Constitutional Limitations, p. 572.
23. G.R. No. 135962, March 27, 2000, 328 SCRA 836, 843-844; see also Gancayco
v. City Government of Quezon City, G.R. No. 177807, October 11, 2011, 658
SCRA 853, 863.
24. Section 16. General Welfare. — Every local government unit shall exercise the
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powers expressly granted, those necessarily implied therefrom, as well as
powers necessary, appropriate, or incidental for its efficient and effective
governance, and those which are essential to the promotion of the general
welfare. Within their respective territorial jurisdictions, local government
units shall ensure and support, among other things, the preservation and
enrichment of culture, promote health and safety, enhance the right of the
people to a balanced ecology, encourage and support the development of
appropriate and self-reliant scientific and technological capabilities, improve
public morals, enhance economic prosperity and social justice, promote full
employment among their residents, maintain peace and order, and preserve
the comfort and convenience of their inhabitants.