PAT Module 2

Republic of the Philippines
MARINDUQUE STATE COLLEGE

INSTITUTE OF GOVERNANCE
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Tanza, Boac, Marinduque
BACHELOR OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Accredited Level 1 by the Accrediting Agency for Chartered Colleges Universities in the Philippines
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PHILIPPINE ADMINISTRATIVE THOUGHT

1st Semester, A.Y. 2022-2023
Module 2
STRUCTURE OF THE PHILIPPINE ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM
LEARNING GUIDE
A. Learning Objectives:
At the end of the topic, you (student) can:
1. Familiarize and examine the three branches of the Philippine government.
2. Review the role played by each department/branch in the Philippine administrative
system, analyze how they interact with each other and how this interaction affect the
system.
3. Enumerate the Constitutional Commissions in the country and define their function in
the Philippine administrative system.
4. Recognize the structure of the Philippine’s local government unit and explain its
unique role and function in the Philippine administrative system.
B. Learning Schedule and Requirements:

Delivery of learning will be online (synchronous) through Zoom/Google Meet/FB Group
Call. While, learning materials and activities will be uploaded at the google classroom.
Student consultation, inquiry and any course-related concerns will be handled through FB
group messenger. During this remote class schedule, we are expected to:
1. Discuss the topic assigned for two meetings (3 hours each).
2. Read and reflect on the topic module/handout provided.
3. Read other references relevant to the topic.
4. Consult to me areas that need further clarifications.
5. Work on the assessment/evaluation activity to be given at the end of the topic.
C. Learning Assessment/Evaluation:
Your performance shall be assessed/evaluated as follows:
1. Classroom attendance during synchronous class will serve as your classroom
participation. It is accumulated and represents 20% of your final grade.
2. An Oral Recitation will be given at the end of the module which serves as 20% of your
accumulated grades.
D. Topic Learning References/Other Readings

1. Introduction to Public Administration. Carmelo Rico S. Bihasa. 2015 Edition
2. Principles and Practices of Public Administration in the Philippines. Ricardo S. Lazo.
First Edition. 2011.
3. Textbook on the Philippine Constitution. Hector S. De Leon and Hector M. De Leon, Jr.
2014 Edition.
4. Online References: www.congress.gov.ph; www.csc.gov.ph; www.coa.gov.ph;
www.comelec.gov.ph
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TABLE OF TOPICS:
Structure of the Philippine Administrative System

I. Constitutional Commissions
II. Executive Departments
III. Legislative Department
IV. Judicial Department
V. Local Government
Image 1. Structure of the Philippine Government
I. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
 Possess the rule implementation function.
a. Nature of Executive Power

 Executive power is the power to enforce and administer the laws.
 Power vested to the President of the Philippines, as both the head of the
State and the Government
b. Members of the Executive Branch
 President
 Vice President
 Heads of Executive Departments or Cabinet Members
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 Department of Agrarian Reform;

 Department of Agriculture;
 Department of Budget and Management;
 Department of Education;
 Department of Energy;
 Department of Environment and Natural Resources;
 Department of Finance;
 Department of Foreign Affairs;
 Department of Health;
 Department of Interior and Local Government;
 Department of Justice;
 Department of Labor and Employment;
 Department of National Defense;
 Department of Public Works and Highways;
 Department of Science and Technology;
 Department of Tourism;
 Department of Trade and Industry;
 Department of Social Welfare and Development; and
 Department of Transportation and Communications.
c. Title
 Official Title: President of the Philippines
 Honorific Title: Your Excellency or His/Her Excellency
d. Official Residence
 At Malacanang Palace, which also serves as his/her office
e. Term of Office
 President and Vice President with term of six years.
 President is not eligible for reelection, while the VP cannot serve for more
than two (2) terms.
f. Compensation
 Salaries of the President and the Vice President are determined by law and
are not decreased during their tenure.
 No increase in their compensation shall take effect until after the expiration
of the term of the incumbent during which such increase was approved.
 They shall not receive during their tenure any other emolument from the
Government or any other source.
g. Powers of the President
1. Power of Appointment
o The President appoints members of the Constitutional Commissions,
ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, or officers of the
armed forces from the rank of colonel or navy captain, and other officers
whose appointment are vested in the President under the 1987
Constitution, with the consent of the Commission on Appointments.
2. Power of Removal
o Presidential appointees serve at the pleasure of the President, they can
be removed from office at any point in time.
3. Power of Control
o As chief executive, the President has jurisdiction over all executive
departments, bureaus and offices and all cabinet members who serve as
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his/her alter egos, other subordinate officers and the rest of the
employees in the career service.
4. Power of Supervision
o The President exercise general supervision over local governments but
cannot alter or modify nor set aside what a local executive had done in
the performance of his/her judgement.
o Exercise through the Department of the Interior and Local Government.
5. Military Power
o As Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP),
exercises the following powers:
 Can call out the armed forces to prevent or suppress lawless
violence, invasion or rebellion;
 Suspend the writ of habeas corpus for a period not exceeding 60
days in case of invasion or rebellion, when public safety so
requires or place the Philippines or any part thereof under martial
law.
o Exercised through the Department of National Defense.
6. Power of Executive Clemency
 Power to grant reprieves, commutations, and pardons, and remit fines
and forfeitures after conviction by final judgement, except when he/she is
under impeachment.
 Four (4) kinds of Clemency:
 Remission of fines and forfeitures. Refers to the condoning the
financial obligation and the return of properties confiscated by
reason of offense or conviction of the offender.
 Reprieve. A temporary relief from or postponement of the
execution of criminal punishment or sentence.
 Commutation. A type of executive clemency that changes a
punishment to one which is less severe, for instance life
imprisonment instead of death sentence.
 Pardon. An act of grace that sets aside punishment for a crime or
an offense.
7. Diplomatic or Foreign Relations Power
 The President, as the Chief Diplomatic Officer of the country, exercises
the following powers:
 Power to recognized newly-established government or state;
 Power to send and receive diplomatic missions;
 Power to deport undesirable aliens; and
 Power to enter treaty or international agreement, subject to
ratifications by 2/3 of the Senate; and
 Power to contract or guarantee foreign loans on behalf of the
Republic of the Philippines with prior concurrence of the Monetary
Board.
8. Budgetary Power
 The President is mandated to submit to Congress within thirty days from
the opening of the regular session, as basis of the General Appropriation
Bill, a budget of expenditures and sources of financing, including receipts
from existing and proposed revenue measures.
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II. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT

 Possess the rule making function.
1. Legislative Power
 The power to make, amend or even repeal laws.
 Vested in the Congress of the Philippines per Article VI, Section 1, 1987
Constitution, except to the extent reserved to the people by the
provisions on initiative and referendum.
2. Composition of Philippine Congress
 A bicameral legislature consists of two chambers:
o Upper House – Senate
o Lower House – House of Representative
a. Senate
 Consists of 24 Senators elected at large; 12 Senators are elected
every 3 years
 With term of six years or not more than two consecutive terms.
b. House of Representatives
 Compose of not more that 250 members, unless otherwise fixed by
law.
 Members are elected from legislative districts and through a
party-list system.
 With a term of three years and are limited in serving a maximum of
three consecutive terms.
 Seats are apportioned according to number of inhabitants and are
reapportioned within three years following the return of every
census.
 One representative for every city/province with at least 250,000
population.
 Per Article VI, Section 5, 1987 Constitution, out of the total number
of members, 20% shall come from Party-List (PL) representatives.
 Republic Act 7941, Party-List System Act provides proportional
representation in the election of Representatives, entitled them to
a seat proportional to the number of votes they receive in the
party-list election, of not more that 3 seats.
c. Legislative Privileges/Parliamentary Immunities
1. Privilege from arrest
 Shall, in all offenses punishable by no more than six years
imprisonment, be privileged from arrest, while the Congress is in
Session.
 But not exempt from detention for crimes punishable by a penalty of
more than six years.
2. Privilege of Speech and Debate
 No member shall be questioned nor be held liable in any other place for
any speech or debate in the Congress or in any commitment thereof.
d. Powers of the Congress
1. General Legislative Power
 Consists of laws intended to serve as rule of conduct in governing
relations between individuals or between individuals and the state.
 Example: civil laws, commercial laws, criminal laws, political laws
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2. Implied Powers
 Are essential to the effective exercise of other powers granted by the
Constitution to Congress.
 The power to conduct inquiry in aid of legislation, through its Blue
Ribbon Committee, is within the ambit of the implied power of
Congress.
3. Inherent Powers
 Powers which though not expressly given are nonetheless exercises
by the Congress as they are necessary for its existence such as:
o To determine the rules of proceedings;
o To compel attendance of absent members to obtain quorum to
do business, and;
o To keep journal of its proceedings.
4. Specific Legislative Powers
 Those which the fundamental law expressly and specifically directs to
perform or execute, such as:
o Power to appropriate through the passage of the General
Appropriation Act;
o Power to act as constituent assembly or introduce
amendments to the fundamental law by a vote of three-fourths
of all its members;
o Power to impeach, to be initiated by the House of
Representatives;
o Power to confirm treaties by two-thirds vote of all senators;
o Power to declare the existence of war by 2/3 vote from both
houses in joint session voting separately;
o Power to concur amnesty; and
o Power to act as board of canvasser for presidential/vice-
presidential votes.
5. Executive Power
 Appointment of its officers;
 Affirming treaties by two-thirds vote of the members of Senate;
 Confirming presidential appointees through the Commission on
Appointments; and
 Removal power.
6. Supervisory Power
 Exercise considerable control and supervision over the administrative
branch, such as:
o To decide the creation of a department/agency/office;
o To define powers and duties of officers;
o To appropriate funds for governmental operations; and
o To prescribe rules and procedures to be followed.
7. Electoral Power
 Elect its presiding officer/s and other officers of the House;
 Act as board of canvassers for the canvass of presidential/vice-
presidential votes; and
 Elect the President in case of any electoral tie to the said post.
8. Judicial Power
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 Enables the Congress to pass judgement upon a certain

parties/courses of action, such as:
o To expel and suspend its erring members;
o To initiate contempt proceedings in the Congress;
o To concur and approve amnesty declared by the President of
the Philippines;
o To initiate, prosecute and thereafter decide cases of
impeachment; and
o To decide electoral protest of its members through the
respective Electoral Tribunal.
9. Miscellaneous Powers
 To authorize the Commission on Audit to audit funds and property;
 To authorize the President of the Philippines to fix tariff rates, quotas,
and dues;
 To authorize the President of the Philippines to formulate rules and
regulations in times of emergency;
 To reapportion legislative districts based on established constitutional
standards;
 To implement laws on autonomy;
 To establish a national language commission;
 To implement free public secondary education;
 To allow small scale utilization of natural resources;
 To specify the limits of forest lands and national parks;
 To determine the ownerships and extent of ancestral domain; and
 To establish independent economic and planning agency.
III. JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT

 The rule-adjudication agency of the government.
a. Judicial Power
 Includes the duty of courts of justice to settle actual controversies involving
rights which are legally demandable and enforceable, and to determine
whether or not there has been a grave abuse of discretion amounting to
lack or excess of jurisdiction on the part of any branch or instrumentality of
the government.
 Vested in the Supreme Court and other lower courts as may be established
by law.
b. Supreme Court
 The highest court and the court of last resort.
 Enjoys fiscal autonomy
 Ensures proper interpretation of laws by defining the rules and
procedures of the Judiciary through the Rules of court of the Philippines
and rules and regulations it issues.
c. Functions, divided into two categories:
1. Administrative Function
 Supervision and control over the judicial branch of the government
and its employees, as well as the members of the Philippine bar;
 Empowered to order change the venue of trial to avoid miscarriage of
justice and appoint all members of the Judiciary;
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 To promulgate rules for the admission into the practice of law, for
legal assistance to the underprivileged, and the procedural rules to
be observed in all courts throughout the country.
2. Judicial Function
 Settlement of actual controversies involving rights which are legally
demandable and enforceable; and
 Judicial Review or the power of the Supreme Court to inquire into the
constitutionality of the acts of both the executive and legislative
branches of the government.
d. The Philippine Judicial System
Composed of the following:
1. Higher Court – Supreme Court
2. Lower Court:
a. Municipal Trial Courts and Municipal Circuit Trial Courts;
b. Metropolitan Trial Courts and Municipal Trial Courts in cities;
c. Regional Trial Court;
d. Sharia’s Courts; (Muslim Code on Personal Laws are enforced)
e. Court of Tax Appeals;
f. Sandiganbayan; and
g. Court of Appeals.
IV. CONSTITUTIONAL COMMISSIONS

 Independent bodies whose authority directly emanates from the fundamental
charter of the country.
 To ensure the efficient operations of certain functions of government in line with
the democratic tenets enshrined in the Constitution and free from adverse
intervention from any of the branches of the government.
a. Why Independent?
1. Are constitutionally created, thus cannot be abolished by law (Sec. 1)
2. Have independent powers of appointment (Sec 4)
3. Each Commission may promulgate its own procedural rules (Sec. 6)
4. They also possess fiscal autonomy (Sec. 5)
5. Salaries may not be diminished during their office (Sec. 3)
6. Commissioners have fixed term.
7. Commissioners are removable only by impeachment.
b. Prohibitions:
1. To hold any other office or employment.
2. To engage in the practice of any profession.
3. To engage in the active management or control of any business.
4. To be financially interested in any contract with, or in any franchise granted
by the government or any subdivisions.
c. Salaries:
 Salaries are fixed by law and shall not be decreased during their tenure.
 Decrease in salaries only effect those members appointed after increase.
 Incumbent members do not lose any salary.
 Increase take effect immediately.
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d. Rule of Procedure:
1. Rules: The Commissions may promulgate its own rules EN BANC (collective
decision)
2. Limitation: It shall not: Diminish, Increase, or Modify substantive rights.
e. Decision-Making:
1. Each Commission shall decide matter or case by a majority vote of all the
members within 60 days from submission.
2. As COLLEGIAL BODIES, each commission must act as one, and no one
member can decide a case for the entire commission. Which means that the
Chairman cannot ratify a decision which would otherwise have been void.
f. Appeals:
1. Decisions, orders or rulings of the COMELEC/COA may be brought on
certiorari to the SC under rule 65.
2. Decisions, orders or ruling of the CSC should be appealed to the CA under
Rule 43.
Three Constitutional Commissions
1. THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
 The branch of the government that basically manages the bureaucracy.

 The central personnel agency of the government whose primary goal is to
professionalize the Philippine Service system by setting standards and
enforcing laws and rules governing the selection, utilization, training and
discipline of civil servants.
 Independence guarantees its successful implementation of the merit system in
the appointment of civil servants.
1.1 Composition, Appointment, and Tenure

 Composed of Chairman and two (2) Commissioners as members,
appointed by the President with the consent of the Commission on
Appointments, with term of 7 years without reappointment.
 Term of office: Chairman – 7 years; First Commissioner – 5 years;
Second Commissioner – 3 years, all without reappointment.
1.2 Functions of the Civil Service Commission

 To establish a career service;
 To adopt measures to promote morale, efficiency, integrity,
responsiveness and courtesy in the civil service;
 To strengthen the merit and reward system;
 To integrate all human resources development programs for all levels
and ranks;
 To institutionalize a management climate conducive to public
accountability.
1.3 Scope of the Civil Service: including

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 Every branch, subdivisions, instrumentality and agency of the

Government
 Government-owned and controlled corporations with original charters.
1.4 Appointments in the Civil Service

A. Competitive positions
 According to merit and fitness to be determined by competitive
examinations, as far as practicable except to positions which are
policy-determining, primarily confidential, or highly technical.
B. Non-competitive positions
1. No need for competitive examinations
2. 3 kinds
a. Policy-determining – formulate a method of action for the
government.
b. Primary confidential – more than ordinary confidence; close
intimacy insures freedom of intercourse without betrayals of
personal trust.
c. Highly technical – requires technical skill to a superior degree.
1.5 Classification of Positions

a. Career Service - The Career Service shall be characterized by (1)
entrance based on merit and fitness to be determined as far as
practicable by competitive examination, or based on highly technical
qualifications; (2) opportunity for advancement to higher career positions;
and (3) security of tenure.
b. Non-Career Service - shall be characterized by (1) entrance on bases

other than those of the usual tests of merit and fitness utilized for the
career service; and (2) tenure which is limited to a period specified by
law, or which is coterminous with that of the appointing authority or
subject to his pleasure, or which is limited to the duration of a particular
project for which purpose employment was made.
1.6 Security of Tenure

 All government employees and officers of the Civil Service enjoy security of
tenure.
 They cannot just be removed from office or suspended from service except
on the ground of inefficiency or cause provided by law.
2. COMMISION ON ELECTION
 COMELEC is created for the purpose of ensuring free and honest elections and
protecting the popular will of the people as expressed in the ballot.
2.1 Powers and Functions

1. Enforce and administer all laws and regulations relative to the conduct of an
election, plebiscite, initiative, referendum and recall.
2. Exercise exclusive original jurisdiction over all contests relating to the
elections and returns, and qualifications of all elective, regional, provincial,
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and city officials, and appellate jurisdiction over all contests involving
municipal officials decided by trial courts of general jurisdiction or involving
barangay officials decided by trial courts of limited jurisdiction.
3. Decide, except those involving the right to vote, all questions affecting
elections, including determination of the number and location of polling
places, appointment of election officials and inspectors, and registration of
voters.
4. Deputize, with the concurrence of the President, law enforcement agencies
and instrumentalities of the Government, including the AFP, for the exclusive
purpose of ensuring free, orderly, honest, and credible elections.
5. Register, after sufficient publication, political parties, organizations, or
coalitions, which in addition to other requirements, must present their
platform or program of government and accredit citizens’ arms of the
COMELEC.
6. File, upon verified complaint or on its own initiative, positions in court for
inclusion or exclusion of voters.
7. Investigate and prosecute cased of violations of election laws, including acts
or omissions constituting election frauds, offenses, and malpractices.
8. Recommend to Congress effective measures to minimize election spending,
including limitation of places where propaganda materials shall be posted
and to prevent and penalize all forms of election frauds, offenses,
malpractices and nuisance candidates.
9. Submit to the President and Congress a comprehensive report on the
conduct of each elections, plebiscite, initiative, referendum or recall.
 Enumerated functions are evident that COMELECT performs executive and

judicial functions – through implementing election laws but also hearing and
resolving election cases.
2.2 Rules of Procedure

1. COMELEC can sit en banc or in two divisions.
2. It has the power to promulgate its own rules of procedure in order to
expedite disposition of election cases, including pre-election controversies.
2.3 Decision-Making
Election cases should be heard and decided in division. Provided that:
1. Motion for reconsideration of decisions should be decided by COMELEC en
banc;
2. “Decisions” mean a resolution on substantive issues;
3. If a division dismisses a case for failure of counsel to appear, the Motion for
Reconsideration here may be heard by the division;
4. EXCEPTION: COMELEC en banc may directly assume jurisdiction over a
petition to correct manifest errros in the tallying of results by Board of
Canvassers.
3. COMMISSION ON AUDIT
 Responsible in ensuring transparency and accountability in government service,
particularly in the use of public funds.
 The watchdog of Philippine Treasury.
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3.1 Powers
 Examine, audit, and settle accounts pertaining to: revenue and receipts of
funds or property; or expenditures and uses of funds or property.
3.2 Scope
1. National government agencies
2. Local government units
3. Constitutional bodies, commissions, and officers granted fiscal autonomy;
4. Autonomous state colleges and universities;
5. GOCCs and their subsidiaries incorporated under the Corporation Code
None-governmental entities receiving subsidiaries or equity, directly or
indirectly, from or through the government, which are required by law of the
granting of institution.
3.3 Functions
1. To examine and audit all forms of government revenues;
2. Examine and audit all forms of government expenditures; and
3. Settle government accounts.
4. Promulgate accounting and auditing rules (including those for the prevention
of irregular, unnecessary, excessive, extravagant or unconscionable
expenditures or uses of government funds and properties.
5. To decide on administrative cases involving expenditures of public funds.
VI. LOCAL GOVERNMENT
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.
Section 3, Article X, 1987 Constitution
Republic Act No. 7160, the Local Government Code of 1991

 Provides the system of decentralization in the government, granting local
autonomy to the local government units.
 The most comprehensive document on local government touching on structure,
functions and powers, including taxation and intergovernmental relations.
Local Government
 A subordinate territorial unit that owes its creation and existence to a state and
that derives its powers from general laws or from charters or other specific
grants made by the state.
 It possesses the basic elements of territory, population and continuous
organization.
 It is a political subdivision of the State which is constituted by law and possessing
substantial control over its own affairs.
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General Functions of LGU

1. Efficient delivery of basic services to the people.
2. Proper management of the environment.
3. Promotion of economic development; and
4. Poverty alleviation.
Structure of the LGU
Four Units of Local Government in the Philippines:

1. Barangay
 The basic unit of government with at least 2000 population.
 Functions as the primary planning and basic services delivery unit.
 Serves as a forum where people’s interests and opinions on local and
national issues are articulated.
 Likewise serves as a venue for settling neighborhood disputes.
 Composition:
o Punong Barangay, who also heads the Sangguniang Barangay
o Barangay Councilors, who composes the Sangguniang Barangay or
Barangay Legislative Council.
o Lupong Tagapamayapa or conciliation council and Katarungang
Pambarangay or dispute settlement body, who settle neighborhood
disputes.
o Barangay Tanod who maintains peace and orders, assists the police in
crime prevention and ensure that barangay ordinances are strictly
followed by the people.
2. Cities and Municipalities

 Composed of several barangays.
 Exercise regulatory powers within their jurisdictional areas to ensure that
private enterprise does not impede the good and welfare of the public.
 Empowered to issue permits and licenses and to revoke the same if
necessary for local business, land use and construction, both for
industrial and private purposes.
 Composition:
o Mayor as the Chief Executive
o Vice Mayor and tasked with the formulation of city
o City or Municipal Council or municipal ordinances
Three (3) Types of Cities:

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a. Highly Urbanized City – one that is independent from the province.

b. Component City – one which is under the supervision of the province
c. Independent Component City – one that is attached to a province but whose
residents cannot vote for provincial officials.
3. Province
 Consists of cities and municipalities.
 Basic functions:
o Supervision – tasked with supervising the municipal governments in
the planning, budgeting and service delivery process.
o Developmental – facilitating economic development of municipalities
within the jurisdiction of a provincial government by paving the way
for transfer of technology and the granting of agricultural assistance
to farmers.
o Environmental – the enforcement of laws ad ordinances relating to
the preservation of the environment.
o Health – provide tertiary health services, in addition to what are
provide by each municipality.
 Composition:
o Governor as the Head
o Vice Governor as members of the
o Provincial Council Sangguniang Panlalawigan
4. Autonomous Regions
 Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao and Cordillera Autonomous
Region
 Powers exercised:
o To create and establish an administrative and political organizations
o To create sources of revenues
o To select its own leaders
o To exploit the wealth of the region.
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MARINDUQUE STATE COLLEGE

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PHILIPPINE ADMINISTRATIVE THOUGHT

B. Learning Schedule and Requirements:

D. Topic Learning References/Other Readings

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Structure of the Philippine Administrative System

Image 1. Structure of the Philippine Government

a. Nature of Executive Power

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 Department of Agrarian Reform;

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II. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT

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 Enables the Congress to pass judgement upon a certain

III. JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT

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IV. CONSTITUTIONAL COMMISSIONS

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Three Constitutional Commissions

1. THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION

 The branch of the government that basically manages the bureaucracy.

1.1 Composition, Appointment, and Tenure

1.2 Functions of the Civil Service Commission

1.3 Scope of the Civil Service: including

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 Every branch, subdivisions, instrumentality and agency of the

1.4 Appointments in the Civil Service

1.5 Classification of Positions

b. Non-Career Service - shall be characterized by (1) entrance on bases

1.6 Security of Tenure

2.1 Powers and Functions

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 Enumerated functions are evident that COMELECT performs executive and

2.2 Rules of Procedure

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VI. LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Section 3, Article X, 1987 Constitution

Republic Act No. 7160, the Local Government Code of 1991

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General Functions of LGU

Structure of the LGU

Four Units of Local Government in the Philippines:

2. Cities and Municipalities

Three (3) Types of Cities:

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a. Highly Urbanized City – one that is independent from the province.

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