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3 unusual facts about Manila City Council


Manila City Council

The Spanish-era cabildo met at the Ayuntamiento in Intramuros.

After actress Claire Danes stated in an interview with Premiere that Manila "smelled of cockroaches, with rats all over and that there is no sewerage system and the people do not have anything, no arms, no legs, no eyes," Councilor Kim Atienza sponsored a resolution banning all of Danes' films in the city.

The mayor can veto proposed bills, but the council can override it with a two-thirds supermajority.



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