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Local Governments
PROVINCE
| MUNICIPALITY/CITY | BARANGAY
The
provinces, cities, municipalities, and barangays comprise the territorial
and political subdivisions of the Philippines. At present, there are
17 regions, 79 provinces, 115 cities and 1,495 municipalities. (Click
here to view number of LGUs by region.)
The President exercises general supervision over local governments.
The term of elective local officials is three years, and no official
can serve for more than three consecutive terms.
Who are barred from being elected into any local position?
- Those
sentenced by final judgment for an offense involving moral turpitude
or for an offense punishable by one year or more of imprisonment,
within two years after serving sentence
- Those
removed from office as a result of an administrative case
- Those
convicted by final judgment for violating the oath of allegiance
to the Republic
- Those
with dual citizenship
- Fugitives
from justice in criminal or nonpolitical cases in the Philippines
or abroad
- Permanent
residents in a foreign country or those who have acquired the
right to reside abroad and continue to avail of the same right
after the Code took effect
- The
insane and feeble-minded
On what grounds may an elective local official be disciplined,
suspended, or removed from office?
- Disloyalty
to the Republic of the Philippines
- Culpable
violation of the Constitution
- Dishonesty,
oppression, misconduct in office, gross negligence, or dereliction
of duty
- Commission
of any offense involving moral turpitude or an offense punishable
by at least prision mayor
- Abuse
of authority
- Unauthorized
absence for 15 consecutive working days, except in the case of
members of the sangguniang panlalawigan, sangguniang
panglungsod, sangguniang bayan, and sangguniang
barangay
- Application
for, or acquisition of, foreign citizenship or residence or the
status of an immigration of another country
- Other
grounds provided in the Local Government Code and other laws
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While Congress Hounds
Supreme Court, Local Governments are off the Hook
by
Tess Bacalla
Even as Congress continues to assert its power to examine disbursements
from the Supreme Court’s Judicial Development Fund, both Houses
have not demanded a similar scrutiny of the way local governments
have been spending public monies. Our two-part investigation reveals
how local governments are scandalously wasting public funds, including
the purchase of everything from pencils to hospital beds overpriced
by 1,000 percent. READ
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