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The captain, along with the barangay councilors (barangay kagawad) comprise the sangguniang barangay or barangay council.Apart from performing many official government duties, they also execute minor judicial powers as part of the Barangay Justice System, such as settling disputes between neighbors.
The Liga ng mga Barangay sa Pilipinas (League of Barangays in the Philippines) and the Asosasyon ng mga Kapitan ng Barangay (Association of Barangay Captains, ABC) are formal organizations of all the barangays in the Philippines. Presently, almost 42,000 barangays are part of this organization, making it the association of Philippine local ...
Each Sangguniang Barangay is headed by a barangay captain as the chief executive, who is elected at-large by first-past-the-post voting. Meanwhile, the legislative body is composed of seven regular members all titled barangay kagawad (barangay councilor) who are elected at-large by multi-member plurality voting, in which voters may vote for as ...
A barangay's executive is the Punong Barangay or barangay captain and its legislature is the Sangguniang Barangay, composed of barangay captain, the Barangay Kagawads (barangay councilors) and the SK chairman.
Katarungang Pambarangay, or the Barangay Justice System is a local justice system in the Philippines.It is operated by the smallest of the local government units, the barangay, and is overseen by the barangay captain, the highest elected official of the barangay and its executive. [1]
A barangay councilor (Filipino: kagawad or konsehal) is an elected government official who is a member of the Sangguniang Barangay (Barangay Council) of a particular barangay, the smallest political unit in the Philippines. Each barangay council has seven regular councilors who are elected at-large by multi-member plurality voting. Barangay ...
Barangay Captain (Punong Barangay/Barangay Chairman), Book III, Title I, Chapter 3, Article I, Section 389;
In the cities and municipalities, it was composed of the members of the existing municipal or city councils, barangay captains, and representatives from other sectors of the community appointed by the President or his duly authorized representative upon the recommendation of the local unit concerned, through the Secretary of Local Government ...