REQUIREMENTS FOR CITYHOOD CONVERSION: Sen. Gregorio Honasan II (left) tells resource persons during a public hearing Tuesday that it would be “utterly unfair to deny cityhood to a municipality simply because its land area or population is less than what is required by the Local Government Code.” Honasan has filed a bill proposing that a municipality be qualified for cityhood if it has a land area of at least 50 square kilometers instead of the 100 square kilometer requirement; inhabitants of at least 25,000 instead of the present requirement of 150,000 population; and an annual average local income of at least P220 million for two consecutive years instead of the P100 million mark. Also in photo is Sen. Bongbong Marcos (right), chair of the Senate Committee on Local Government. (PRIB Photo by Albert Calvelo, 03 June 2014)