CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna, Philippines — The town of Calaca in Batangas became the country’s newest component city after a majority of the residents voted yes in a plebiscite conducted on Saturday.

Some 58,000 registered voters of Calaca town in Batangas province will decide today, Saturday, the bid for cityhood of the municipality, amid calls from opposing camps to vote for or against it.

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law a measure converting the municipality of Calaca in Batangas into a component city. Duterte signed Calaca’s cityhood through ...

Calaca is a component city in the Philippines. It is part of Batangas in Calabarzon, located in Luzon. It has a population of 87,361 as of the 2020 Census, and a land area of 114.58 square kilometers.

Calaca is the first city in the 1st Congressional Distict of Batangas and fifth in the province after Lipa, Tanauan, Santo Tomas and Batangas City CALACA, Philippines – The Commission on ...

Calaca, Batangas is now a city after a majority of the residents of the area voted in favor of the measure that converted the municipality into a city, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) reported ...