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2002 Philippine Barangay And Sangguniang Kabataan Elections
Synchronized Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections were held for the first time in the Philippines on July 15, 2002. The elections were now synchronized after the passage oRepublic Act No. 9164which was approved on March 19, 2002, by the 12th Congress of the Philippines. During the voter's registration from May 21 – 22 2002 had poor turnout, prompted calls for the abolition of SK. SourcesOfficial Website of the Commission on Elections {{Philippine local, barangay and Sangguiniang Kabataan elections 2002
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Sangguniang Kabataan
A Sangguniang Kabataan (abbreviated as SK; ) is a community council that represents the youth in a barangay in the Philippines. Established to provide young people with a platform for civic engagement and participation in Local government in the Philippines, local governance, the SK is composed of elected officials aged 18 to 24, including a chairperson and several councilors. Its primary mandate is to initiate, plan, and implement programs, projects, and activities that promote the welfare and development of youth within the barangay. Under the SK Reform Law of 2016, or Republic Act No. 10742, the age requirement for SK officials was raised from 15–17 years old to 18–24 years old to ensure legal accountability and capacity to enter into contracts. Despite this change, the age range for eligible SK voters remains 15–30 years old. The SK is allotted 10 percent of the barangay's annual budget, which is earmarked exclusively for youth development initiatives. These may inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barangay
The barangay (; abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as ''barrio'', is the smallest Administrative divisions of the Philippines, administrative division in the Philippines. Named after the Precolonial barangay, precolonial polities of the same name, modern barangays are political subdivisions of cities and municipalities which are analogous to Village#Philippines, villages, districts, neighborhoods, suburbs, or boroughs. The word ''barangay'' originated from ''balangay'', a type of boat used by a group of Austronesian peoples when they migrated to the Philippines. All Municipalities of the Philippines, municipalities and Cities of the Philippines, cities in the Philippines are politically subdivided into barangays, with the exception of the municipalities of Adams, Ilocos Norte, Adams in Ilocos Norte and Kalayaan, Palawan, Kalayaan in Palawan, each containing a single barangay. Barangays are sometimes informally subdivided into smaller areas called ''purok'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippines
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a total area of roughly 300,000 square kilometers, which are broadly categorized in Island groups of the Philippines, three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. With a population of over 110 million, it is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, twelfth-most-populous country. The Philippines is bounded by the South China Sea to the west, the Philippine Sea to the east, and the Celebes Sea to the south. It shares maritime borders with Taiwan to the north, Japan to the northeast, Palau to the east and southeast, Indonesia to the south, Malaysia to the southwest, Vietnam to the west, and China to the northwest. It has Ethnic groups in the Philippines, diverse ethnicities and Culture o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
12th Congress Of The Philippines
The 12th Congress of the Philippines (), composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines, House of Representatives, met from July 23, 2001, until June 4, 2004, during the first three years of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's presidency. The convening of the 12th Congress of the Philippines, Congress followed the 2001 Philippine general election, 2001 general elections, which replaced half of the Senate membership, and the entire membership of the House of Representatives. Sessions * First Regular Session: July 23, 2001 – June 7, 2002 ** First Special Session: January 8 – March 1, 2002 * Second Regular Session: July 22, 2002 – June 6, 2003 * Third Regular Session: July 28, 2003 – June 4, 2004 ** Second Special Session: January 5 – February 13, 2004 Leadership Senate * President of the Senate of the Philippines, President: Franklin Drilon (Independent politician, Independent) * President pro tempore of the Senate of the Philippines, Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barangay Elections
Barangay elections are elections in the Philippines in the barangays, the smallest of the administrative divisions in the Philippines. Barangays make up Cities of the Philippines, cities and Municipalities of the Philippines, municipalities and in turn are made up of sitios and puroks, whose leaders are not elected. Voters of each barangay over 18 years old are eligible to vote for one barangay captain and seven barangay councilors. Together, the barangay captain and barangay councilors make up the ''Sangguniang Barangay'' (barangay council). Voters aged 15 to 30 years old vote in elections for the ''Sangguniang Kabataan'' (SK): one SK chairperson and seven SK councilors during the same election. The winning SK chairperson serves as a member of the barangay council. Barangay captains and SK chairmen are elected via First-past-the-post voting system, first-past-the-post voting system, while barangay and SK councilors are elected via the plurality-at-large voting system with one b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 In The Philippines
2002 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in the year 2002. Incumbents * President – Gloria Macapagal Arroyo ( Lakas-CMD) * Vice President – Teofisto Guingona, Jr. ( Lakas) * Senate President – Franklin Drilon * House Speaker – Jose de Venecia, Jr. * Chief Justice – Hilario Davide * Philippine Congress – 12th Congress of the Philippines Events January * January 31 – The Sandiganbayan, acting on the motions for reconsideration from the Marcos family, reverses its initial decision in 2000 forfeiting in favor of the government US$658 million worth of Swiss deposits held in escrow in the Philippine National Bank that were declared ill-gotten wealth. This would be set aside in 2003 by the Supreme Court, eventually reaffirming the initial decision. February * February 26 – Former President Joseph Estrada admits signing the ₱500 million ''Jose Velarde'' bank account in Equitable-PCI Bank. March * March 6 – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
July 2002 In The Philippines
July is the seventh month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 31 days. It was named by the Roman Senate in honour of Roman general Julius Caesar in 44 B.C., being the month of his birth. Before then it was called Quintilis, being the fifth month of the calendar that started with March. It is on average the warmest month in most of the Northern Hemisphere, where it is the second month of summer, and the coldest month in much of the Southern Hemisphere, where it is the second month of winter. The second half of the year commences in July. In the Southern Hemisphere, July is the seasonal equivalent of January in the Northern hemisphere. "Dog days" are considered to begin in early July in the Northern Hemisphere, when the hot sultry weather of summer usually starts. Spring lambs born in late winter or early spring are usually sold before 1 July. Symbols July's birthstone is the ruby, which symbolizes contentment. Its birth flowers are the lark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
