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- The territorial and political subdivisions of the Republic of the Philippines are the provinces, cities, municipalities, and barangays. There shall be autonomous regions in Muslim Mindanao and the Cordilleras as hereinafter provided.
- The territorial and political subdivisions shall enjoy local autonomy.
- The Congress shall enact a local government code which shall provide for a more responsive and accountable local government structure instituted through a system of decentralization with effective mechanisms of recall, initiative, and referendum, allocate among the different local government units their powers, responsibilities, and resources, and provide for the qualifications, election, appointment and removal, term, salaries, powers and functions and duties of local officials, and all other matters relating to the organization and operation of the local units.
- The President of the Philippines shall exercise general supervision over local governments. Provinces with respect to component cities an municipalities, and cities and municipalities with respect to component barangays shall ensure that the acts of their component units are within the scope of their prescribed powers and functions.
- The territorial and political subdivisions of the Republic of the Philippines are the provinces, cities, municipalities, and barangays.
- The territorial and political subdivisions shall enjoy local autonomy.
- The Congress shall enact a local government code which shall provide for a more responsive and accountable local government structure instituted through a system of decentralization with effective mechanisms of recall, initiative, and referendum, allocate among the different local government units their powers, responsibilities, and resources, and provide for the qualifications, election, appointment and removal, term, salaries, powers and functions and duties of local officials, and all other matters relating to the organization and operation of the local units.
- The President of the Philippines shall exercise general supervision over local governments. Provinces with respect to component cities and municipalities, and cities and municipalities with respect to component barangays shall ensure that the acts of their component units are within the scope of their prescribed powers and functions.
Learn about the constitutional provisions that govern the local government units, autonomous regions, and metropolitan authorities in the Philippines. This article explains the principles, powers, and functions of these entities, as well as the criteria for their creation, alteration, or abolition. Read the full text of Article X of the 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines.
- NATIONAL TERRITORY. The national territory comprises the Philippine archipelago, with all the islands and waters embraced therein, and all other territories over which the Philippines has sovereignty or jurisdiction, consisting of its terrestrial, fluvial and aerial domains, including its territorial sea, the seabed, the subsoil, the insular shelves, and other submarine areas.
- DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES AND STATE POLICIES PRINCIPLES. Section 1. The Philippines is a democratic and republican State. Sovereignty resides in the people and all government authority emanates from them.
- BILL OF RIGHTS.
- CITIZENSHIP. Section 1. The following are citizens of the Philippines: Those who are citizens of the Philippines at the time of the adoption of this Constitution;
ARTICLE X. LOCAL GOVERNMENT. GENERAL PROVISIONS. Section 1. The territorial and political subdivisions of the Republic of the Philippines are the provinces, cities, municipalities, and barangays. There shall be autonomous regions in Muslim Mindanao and the Cordilleras as hereinafter provided. Section 2.
SECTION 92. Oath of Office. - (a) All elective and appointive local officials and employees shall, upon assumption to office, subscribe to an oath or affirmation of office in the prescribed form. The oath or affirmation of office shall be filed with the office of the local chief executive concerned.
Apr 12, 2019 · Article 10 of the 1987 Constitution. April 12, 2019 upsahalalan. There is a separate article on local government (Article 10) under the 1987 Constitution that is more extensive than its counterpart in the 1973 Constitution. Article 10 has the following very important provisions: 1.
