joel ray lopez was the municipal mayor of sta. cruz davao del sur.
municipal mayor of sta. cruz davao del sur?
joel ray lopez
in 5 october 2013, during the town's 129th anniversary of its existence, its local government leaders and populace have envisioned for a new aspiration for the town to become a city, given the presence of large industrial companies like the san miguel corporation, coco davao inc., franklin baker co., gsl food industries in the town. the municipal mayor joel ray lopez commented, "as the oldest town in the province of davao del sur, we really wanted it to become a city soon." its infrastructure have been moderately improved, and most of its cityhood requirements, specifically its income and total land area requirements, have been already met. when the municipality of sta. cruz finally becomes a city, full industrialization in the area may be expected.
santa cruz, davao del sur
the enactment of republic act no. 4867 on may 8, 1967 split the old davao province into davao del norte, davao del sur and davao oriental. per section 4 of r.a. 4867, the incumbent davao province representative was to indicate which of the three new provinces he wished to continue to represent; rep. lorenzo sarmiento chose davao del norte, which left the seats for davao del sur (together grouped with the chartered city of davao) and davao oriental open for the special elections scheduled for november 14, 1967. davao del sur, along with davao city, were represented together from the second half of the 6th congress until the end of the 7th congress.
legislative district of davao del sur