A municipality (bayan, sometimes munisipyo, in
Tagalog) is a local government unit in the
Philippines. Municipalities are also called
towns (which is actually a better translation of bayan).
Provinces are composed of
cities and municipalities. Municipalities, in turn, are composed of
barangays or
barrios., such as a Municipality, are to a certain large extent autonomous of the National Government of the Republic of the Philippines. They are allowed to chart their own economic, industrial and political development by the National Government through a national law called the LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991. In this law, local governments are granted corporate personality, enabling them to govern, enact policies or local laws called ordinances, enforce them, and govern their territorial jurisdiction. They can enter into private transactions and business through their elective and appointive officials and can tax locally. They are tasked with enforcing all laws, whether local or national. The National Government assists, supervises and ensures that the local government does not violate national law. Local Governments have their own Executive and Legislative Branches and the check and balance between these two major branches, along with their separation, are more pronounced than that of the national government. The Judicial Branch of the Republic of the Philippines also caters to the needs of local government units. In other words, local governments, such as a municipality, do not to have their own judicial branch: Their Judiciary is the same as that of the National pukeng malatong....
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Een gemeente (municipality) is een lokale overheid in de
Filipijnen. De 17 regio's van het land zijn onderverdeeld in 118 steden en 1510 gemeenten. Deze zijn weer onderverdeeld in zogenaamde
barangays. Het Filipijnse woord voor gemeente is Banay.Een gemeente in de Filipijnen wordt geleid door de burgemeester, die de uitvoerende macht heeft. De wetgevende macht wordt gevormd door de locoburgemeester, acht raadsleden (kagawad of konsehal), de Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) president en de ABC president. Deze mensen vormen samen de gemeenteraad en zijn allen verkiesbaar. Ze worden gekozen voor een termijn van drie jaar met een maximum van drie opeenvolgende termijnen
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