What is "sugbuak"

The Sugbuak refers to the controversial, failed proposed partition of the island province of Cebu in the Philippines into four separate provinces. The issue, which had emerged before the 2007 general election, had been a polarising issue in provincial politics, pitting the anti-partition camp of then Cebu Governor Gwendolyn García, Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña and Cebu City Representative Antonio Cuenco, against that of Sugbuak proponents Representatives Antonio Yapha, Jr., Clavel Asas-Martinez and Simeón Kintanar—all of whom were last-term congressmen at the time.