The most significant devolved services include health, agriculture, environment and natural resources, social services, and public works funded by local…
The 1991 Local Government Code contains five features that set it apart from previous decentralization attempts in the country, thereby…
Currently, at the local government level, the country has the following levels: provinces, cities, municipalities, and the village-level barangays.* In…
There is a separate article on local government (Article 10) under the 1987 Constitution that is more extensive than its…
Local government, in its simplest sense, is government that is specific to a particular locality. For example, a village, district,…