1. THE NATURE
AND STATE OF
LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS

2. WHAT IS LOCAL
GOVERNMENT?
Political subdivisions of a nation or state
(United Nations definition)
Operate in restricted geographic areas,
dealing with those matters which concern
the people living in a particular locality.
Two important Elements:
presence of a higher auhority
territorial boundary

3. LOCAL GOVERNMENT
AS LEGAL AUTHORITIES PROVIDING SERVICES
• United Nations qualifies that local
governments are constituted by
law. They possess the rights and
the necessary organization to
regulate their own affairs.

4. LOCAL GOVERNMENT
AS LEGAL AUTHORITIES PROVIDING SERVICES
• The actual extent of self-
determination or local autonomy
depends on delegated authorities
and on local capability.

5. LAYERS OF
LOCAL AUTHORITY
• provinces, counties etc.
• cities, municipalities, towns,
districts
• barangays (sub-municipal
level)

6. FIELD ORGANIZATION AND
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Field Offices
= Perform specific governmental functions
in designated areas, and the nature of their
delegated functions is administrative.
=Heads of field offices are appointed
generally by the head of the national agency
of ministry

7. FIELD ORGANIZATION AND
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Local Governments
=Perform number of services, and the
authority they exercise is political in nature.
Political powers include legislation through
locally elected or selected councils which
also exercise the power of taxation.

8. LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
(PHILIPPINES)

10. PRE-SPANISH PERIOD
Datu

11. PRE-SPANISH PERIOD
Panday

12. PRE-SPANISH PERIOD
Babaylan

13. SPANISH COLONIZATION
=Awarded parcels of lands to
favored persons who assisted
them in the pacification of
islands.
=Created cabildos,pueblos,
provincias, barrios

14. PHILIPPINE REPUBLIC

15. AMERICAN COLONIZATION
=Continued the convenient system
of centralization introduced to
the country by the Spaniards.
=Kept the hierarchical chain of
command from Manila
undisturbed.

16. CONSTITUTION OF 1935
=Mentioned local
government in only one
section.

17. MARTIAL LAW 1972
=Strengthened the President's
powers over local government
despite an article in the
Constitution of 1973 and the
creation of Department of
Local Government and
Community Development by
President Marcos.

18. PEOPLE POWER 1986
=The 1987 Constitution provided
for special reforms of local
government in response to
ethnic pecularities in Muslim,
Mindanao and the Cordilleras.
=LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF
1991

19. STRUCTURES
AND FUNCTIONS
OF PHILIPPINE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT

20. CRITERIA TO BE USED IN
CREATING LOCAL UNITS
Province
=2,000 square kilometers land area
=not less than 250,000 population
=at least P20 million pesos income

21. CRITERIA TO BE USED IN
CREATING LOCAL UNITS
City
=100 square kilometers land area
=not less than 150,000 population
=at least P20 million pesos income

22. CRITERIA TO BE USED IN
CREATING LOCAL UNITS
Municipality
=50 square kilometers land area
=not less than 25,000 population
=at least P2.5 million pesos income

23. CRITERIA TO BE USED IN
CREATING LOCAL UNITS
Barangay
=only criterion is population of at
least 2,000
=in Metropolitan Manila, should be
a minimum of 5,000 population

24. CRITERIA TO BE USED IN
CREATING LOCAL UNITS
=Local Government Code mandates
that the creation of the local unit
shall not reduce the land area,
population, income of the original
unit or units at the time of the
creation to less than the prescribed
minimum requirements.

25. TIERS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Province
Cities and Municipalities
Barangay

26. OFFICIALS
Provincial Level
=Governor, Vice-Governor and
Members of Sangguniang
Panlalawigan

27. OFFICIALS
Cities and Municipalities
=Mayor and members of the Council
All are elected for a term of three
years.

28. OFFICIALS
Ex-officio members:
=local presidents of the league of barangays, the
presidents of the local federation of the
Sangguniang Kabataan, presidents of the
Sangguniang Members.
3 sectoral representatves
=one from women, workers, and special sectors

29. SERVICES
Five Basic Services:
1. agriculture
2. health
3. social welfare
4. maintenance of public works and highways
5. environmental protection

30. FUNDS
INTERNAL
REVENUE
ALLOTMENT

31. SPECIAL LGU'S
-ARMM
-MMDA
-Bangsamoro Framework Agreement

32. Thank You
"Life is beautiful"
Merle Dawn S.
Comidoydawncomidoy@yahoo.com