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Liga ng mga Barangay
League of Barangays of the Philippines
Liga ng mga Barangay sa Pilipinas
Chapters
The League is structured into chapters and each chapter
has the following sets of elected officers:[2]
• President
• Vice President
• Five (5) members of the board of directors
The board of directors shall appoint a secretary and a
treasurer and any other position needed to properly
manage the chapter.[2]
The chapters are formed at various levels corre-
sponding to each hierarchy of the Philippine local gov-
Quick Facts
ernment units, namely:[2]
National President Hon. Ricojudge Janvier Echiverri • Municipal - members are composed of the Punong
Members 42,000
Barangay or their representative sanggunian members
from the various barangay under the municipality.[2]
Website • City - members are composed of the Punong Barangay
www.barangay.gov.ph or their representative sanggunian members from the
various barangay under the city.[2]
• Provincial - members are composed of the duly
The Liga ng mga Barangay sa Pilipinas (League of elected presidents of all the constituent municipal
Barangays of the Philippines in English) is a formal orga- and city chapters under the province.[2]
nization of all the barangays in the Philippines. Present- • Metropolitan Political Subdivision - members are
ly, almost 42,000 barangays are part of this organization, composed of the duly elected presidents of all the
making it the largest organization of local government constituent municipal and city chapters under the
units in that country.[1] metropolitan political subdivision.[2]
All duly elected president of any chapter regardless of
the level shall automatically become an ex-officio mem-
Statutory Basis ber of the sanggunian at their level.[2]
Its creation and purpose is mandated by Section 491 of
the Republic Act 7160, otherwise known as the Local
Government Code of 1991, as amended, which states:
National Liga
The biggest chapter at the national level is called the Na-
There shall be an organization of all barangays to tional Liga. Its members are composed of the duly elect-
be known as the liga ng mga barangay for the pri- ed presidents of all the highly-urbanized cities, provin-
mary purpose of determining the representation of cial chapters, the Metropolitan Manila chapter and met-
the Liga in the sanggunians, and for ventilating, ropolitan political subdivision chapters of the country.[2]
articulating and crystallizing issues affecting A Secretary-General is elected from the members of the
barangay government administration and secur- National Liga and is charged with the overall operation of
ing, through proper and legal means, solutions the liga at the national level.[2]
thereto.[2]
Powers, Functions, and Duties
Representation Section 495 of the Local Government Code of 1991 out-
Each barangay is represented in the League by their lines the following powers, functions and duties of the
Punong Barangay (Barangay Chairman/Head/Captain).[2] League:[2]
In case of his absence or incapacity, a sanggunian member
of the barangay shall be its representative after being • Give priority to programs designed for
elected for this purpose by its members.[2] the total development of the barangays
and in consonance with the policies,
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programs and projects of the national barangays and promote the welfare of the
government; barangay inhabitants.
• Assist in the education of barangay
residents for people’s participation in
local government administration in order
References
to promote united and concerted action [1] "National Liga ng mga Barangay". Liga ng mga
to achieve country-wide development Barangay sa Pilipinas. 2009.
goals; http://www.barangay.gov.ph/
• Supplement the efforts of government in index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=81:national-
creating gainful employment within the liga-ng-mga-barangay&catid=34:front-news.
barangay; Retrieved 2009-08-09.
• Adopt measures to promote the welfare of [2] ^ "The Local Government Code of the Philippines,
barangay officials; Book 3" (PDF). Department of Interior and Local
• Serve as a forum of the barangays in Government. 2009. http://www.dilg.gov.ph/
order to forge linkages with government attachments/0000/0514/LGC_BOOK_3.pdf.
and non-governmental organizations and Retrieved 2009-08-09.
thereby promote the social, economic and
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political well-being of the barangays; and
Exercise such other powers and perform
External links
such other duties and functions which • Liga ng mga Barangay, Vigan City
will bring about stronger ties between
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