In 2023, the DILG implemented the SGLGB, a performance-based assessment and incentive program designed to promote transparency, accountability and excellence in barangay governance.

MANILA, Philippines — The barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections slated on December 1 will push through unless they are canceled or postponed by law, Palace Press Officer Claire Castro said ...

MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a bill that will extend from three years to six years the terms of barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) ...

The ratified bicam report came from Senate Bill 2816 and House Bill 11287. The extension of term of office, based on the report, for barangay and SK officials is from 3 to 4 years. The Bicam report ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) will be helping barangays in setting up community gardens in a bid for food access and livelihood. In a statement on ...

He likewise disclosed the need to reassess the Comelec’s budget for the barangay and SK election, considering the change proposed by lawmakers. “Although we have a budget [allocated] for that, there ...

Voting 153-4 with one abstention, officials and members of the House of Representatives have approved on third and final reading a proposed measure extending the terms of barangay and Sangguniang ...

BARANGAY Umapad officially became Mandaue City's 22nd drug-cleared barangay on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. As a result, it received a P500,000 incentive from the Mandaue City Government. Mandaue City ...

The House of Representatives on Tuesday refuted Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero’s claim that the chamber has yet to approve a bill adjusting the term lengths of barangay and Sangguniang ...

A CEBU court has indicted a barangay kagawad (village councilor) from Taguig City for acts of lasciviousness. In a resolution promulgated May 27, 2025, the Cebu prosecutor’s office recommended the ...

The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading House Bill 11287, which seeks to change the term of office of barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (BSK) officials from three years to ...

Castro also stressed that the scheduled Barangay and Sanguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) will proceed as scheduled in December this year. "Tuloy po iyan hangga’t wala pong naibibigay na batas kung ...