Barangay
A barangay (; abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as barrio (abbreviated as Bo.), is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district, or ward. In metropolitan ...
elections were held for the first time in the country's 42,000 barangays for the positions of barangay captains and six councilors on May 17, 1982 following the Batas Pambansa Blg. 222
Batas Pambansa Blg. 222
/ref> or the ''Barangay Election Act of 1982''.
Barangay officials
A barangay is led and governed by its barangay officials. The barangay officials are considered as a Local Government Unit (LGU) same as the Provincial and the Municipal Government. It is composed of a '' Punong Barangay'', seven Barangay Councils or '' Barangay Kagawad''. Thus, there are eight members of the Legislative Council in a barangay. Each member has its own respective committee where they are Chairmen of those committees. There are three appointed members of each committee.
The Committees are the following:
* Peace and Order Committee
* Infrastructure Committee
* Education Committee
* Health Committee
* Agriculture Committee
* Tourism Committee
* Finance Committee
* Youth and Sports Committee
See also
* Commission on Elections
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* Politics of the Philippines
The politics of the Philippines take place within a three-branch governmental system. The country is a democracy, led by a directly elected president who serves as both the head of state and the head of government. The president heads the execu ...
* Philippine elections
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* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
* President of the Philippines
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References
External links
The Philippine Presidency Project
Official website of the Commission on Elections
{{Philippine local, barangay and Sangguiniang Kabataan elections
1982
Events January
* January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00).
* January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...
1982 elections in the Philippines