Duterte signs law transferring Rizal's capital, seat of government from Pasig to Antipolo

President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law transferring the capital and seat of the Rizal provincial government from Pasig City to Antipolo City.

Duterte approved Republic Act 11475 on June 19.

According to the law, the present provincial capitol located in Antipolo City shall be deemed as the official provincial government center where all the provincial offices shall be established.

The law shall be effective 15 days after its publication in a newspaper of general circulation or in the Official Gazette.

The province of Rizal was created in June 1901 with Pasig as the seat of government through Act 137, which was passed by the first Philippine Commission under American colonial rule.

Several local government units, including Pasig, were removed from Rizal after then-President Ferdinand Marcos created Metro Manila in 1975. However, Pasig remained to be the official capital of Rizal, pushing lawmakers to pass the measure. --Virgil Lopez/KBK, GMA News