Online Resource on Local Governance
An initiative of the Lamitan City Field Office of the Ministry of the Interior and Local Government
Section 116 of R.A. 7160, otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991 states “There is hereby established in every province, city and municipality a Peace and Order Council….”. This page contains all the laws, executive orders, memorandum circulars and other issuances pertaining to the establishment, composition, and function of local peace and order…
This article aims to answer the following questions: What is the Barangay Peace and Order Committee? What are the legal basis for its creation? The Barangay Peace and Order Committee is a sub-national Peace and Order Council. It is the counterpart of the National Peace and Order Council (NPOC) at the barangay level. In 1987,…