Knowra Local government in the Philippines Local government in the Philippines Local government in the Philippines is the system through which provinces, cities, municipalities, and barangays exercise authority under national law. It combines elected local officials, devolved responsibilities, and national oversight.
Local Government Code of 1991 : Republic Act No. 7160, the statute establishing the framework for local government in the Philippines. It sets local powers, responsibilities, revenue sources, and administrative structures.
Local elections in the Philippines : Elections that choose local officials in Philippine provinces, cities, municipalities, and barangays. Voters select the officials who lead local executive offices and legislative councils.
Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao : An autonomous region in the southern Philippines established under the Bangsamoro Organic Law in 2019. Its regional government has powers distinct from those of ordinary provinces, cities, and municipalities.
Fiscal decentralization : The assignment of public revenue, spending responsibilities, and fiscal authority to subnational governments. Philippine local units depend on both their own revenues and national transfers to fund responsibilities.
Province (Philippines) : A Philippine local government unit composed of municipalities or component cities, with a governor and provincial legislature. Provinces coordinate services and development across their constituent local units.
Local Government Units’ Internal Revenue Allotment : The former statutory share of national internal revenue taxes distributed to Philippine local government units. This major transfer financed local services before the Supreme Court’s Mandanas-Garcia ruling changed its basis.
Federalism in the Philippines : A proposed constitutional system that would divide governing authority between a Philippine federal government and constituent states. It would alter the unitary framework within which current local governments exercise autonomy.
Decentralization in the Philippines : The redistribution of administrative, political, or fiscal authority from the Philippine national government to lower levels. Local government is the institutional form through which much Philippine decentralization takes place.
City (Philippines) : An urban local government unit in the Philippines, classified as highly urbanized, independent component, or component. Cities exercise local authority through a mayor and city council, with differing ties to provincial government.
Mandanas-Garcia ruling : A 2018 Philippine Supreme Court ruling that expanded the national tax base used to compute local government shares. Its implementation increased local fiscal resources while requiring greater assumption of devolved functions.
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