The Office of the City Mayor or though the staff division of the Mayor's provides executive leadership, direction guidance to the total city government organization and program. Main function includes, implementation or Sangguniang Panlungsod policies and decision, planning development, coordination of program annual preparation of CIP and City budget; direction of City Offices and employees toward attainment of city and national objectives.

Vision

A high-tech and well-organized model office, with highly professionalized personnel capable of delivering excellent services to the people.

Geographic Location and Political Subdivision

Roxas City is situated at the Northeastern tip of the Island of Panay within the geographical coordinates of 122° 45’ longitude and 11° 35’ latitude.  Its boundaries are: Visayan Sea on the North, Municipality of Panit-an on the South, Municipality of Ivisan on the West, and Municipality of Panay on the East.  It is located 250 nautical miles southeast of Manila, 118 kilometers northeast of Iloilo City, and 86 kilometers east of Kalibo, Aklan.  Travel Time to Manila is 45 minutes by air and 18 hrs. by boat.

The Department of Finance prescribed a new Income Bracket Scheme for LGUs, under Department Order No. 23-08, dated July 29, 2008 which classified Roxas City as a third class component city.  The City belongs to the first political district of the Province of Capiz along with the Municipality of Maayon, Panay, Panit-an, Pilar, Pontevedra, and Pres, Roxas.  It comprises forty-seven (47) barangays of which thirty-one (31) are urban and sixteen (16) are rural as per approved Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) under Resolution # 005, Series of 2008 as published in the local newspaper, The Capiz Times dated March 10-16, 2008.

PEOPLE OF ROXAS CITY

The residents of Roxas City are peace-loving, hospitable and God-loving people. The city houses many churches and denominations, and during weekends, these houses of worship are fully packed.

Population Statistics

As furnished by the NSO, Roxas Branch, the City’s Total Population is 147,738 based on the result of the August 1, 2007 Census of Population. However, the whole result is not yet available. The Average Annual Growth Rate of 1.34% in 2000 increased to 2.11% in 2007.

The following data were based on the 2000 NSO Census of Population