Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
TWENTIETH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
House Bill No. _______ 
Introduced by Representative PATRICIA C. CALDERON 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Pablo P. Garcia was a prominent Cebuano Lawyer and an esteemed Public Servant. 
A topnotcher in the 1951 Bar Examinations (3rd Place), Pablo P. Garcia was a 
distinguished practitioner of the legal profession, specially in Cebu. He was an eminent trial 
lawyer, a Dean of a law school, a law professor and a notable constitutionalist. He also served 
as President of the Cebu City Chapter of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines. 
Garcia’s public life began, also in 1951, when he served as a Municipal Councilor of his 
home town, Dumanjug. In 1967, he was elected Senior Board Member of the Provincial Board 
of the Province of Cebu and eventually served as Vice Governor from 1969 to 1971. Garcia 
was elected 3rd District Representative in 1987 and 1992. In 1995, he was elected Governor 
of the Province of Cebu and served as Governor for three consecutive terms until 2004. He 
returned to the House of Representatives, representing the 2nd District of Cebu from 2007 to 
2013. In the 15th Congress, He was elected Deputy Speaker.  
The paramount objective of this bill therefore is to perpetuate the memory of a man, 
who achieved full measure of the greatness and rendered exemplary service to the Filipino 
people in general and to the cebuanos, in particular, by naming the National Road known as 
the Santander Barili Toledo National as the “Pablo P Garcia Highway” 
In view of the foregoing, the immediate approval of this measure is earnestly 
sought. 
Rep. Patricia C. Calderon 
7th District of Cebu 
August 6, 2025
9:40 am
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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
TWENTIETH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
House Bill No. _______ 
Introduced by Representative PATRICIA C. CALDERON 
“AN ACT 
NAMING THE ENTIRE STRETCH OF THE SANTANDER-BARILI-TOLEDO NATIONAL ROAD, 
TRAVERSING BARANGAYS SAN SEBASTIAN, COLASE DALAHIKAN, TANGBO, BONBON, 
POBLACION AND SUBA IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAMBOAN, THROUGH BARANGAYS 
MANTALONGON, TUBOD, DAKIT KALUBIHAN, PATUPAT, AZUCENA, SANTA ANA, 
POBLACION, MAGHANOY, GUIBUANGAN, SAYAW, MINOLOS AND GIWANON IN THE 
MUNICIPALITY OF BARILI, OF THE PROVINCE OF CEBU, AS THE PABLO P. GARCIA 
HIGHWAY” 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
Section 1. The entire stretch of the Santander-Barili-Toledo National Road, traversing 
Barangays San Sebastian, Colase, Dalahikan, Tangbo, Bonbon, Poblacion and Suba in the 
Municipality of Samboan, through Barangays Mantalongon, Tubod, Dakit, kalubihan, Patupat, 
Azucena, Santa Ana, Poblacion, Maghanoy, Guibuangan, Sayaw, Minolos, and Giwanon in the 
Municipality of Barili, Province of Ceb, is hereby named as the Pablo P. Garcia Highway.  
Section 2. The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) shall issue the 
necessary rules and circulars to implement this Act. 
Section 3 
. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the 
Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation. 
Approved, 
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