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UCU GS Research Journal
BARANGAY GOVERNANCE AMONG LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS
ELMER M. TUGADE

The scope of this study involved barangays from Urdaneta City, Villasis, Pangasinan, and
Asingan, Pangasinan. This study aimed to determine the quality of barangay governance among
local government units. Specifically, problem number one focused on the profile of barangays in
terms of population, number of households, annual income, and goods and services. Problem
number two focused on the capability of barangays in managing its resources to produce
goods and services along development planning, local fiscal administration, organization and
management, barangay legislation, and community mobilization. Problem number three focused
on the outputs of barangays in the delivery of social services, economic, services, protective
services, and environmental services. Problem number four determined the gaps in the delivery
of goods and services as presented in the local government code and on problem number five
focused on the proposed programs to enhance the quality of barangay governance.
Most of the barangays have population of more than 4000 and number of households
of more than 700. Most of the barangays have more than three million pesos annual income
while the lowest barangay have a less than two million pesos annual income. All barangays in
this study had barangay hall, budget message of the local chief executive, certified statement of
actual income, and complied with the prescribed number of mandatory offices.
All barangays implements policies in terms of resource requirements which make
possible the great production and delivery of goods and services. The barangay officials are in
doubt and afraid to make loans because of the fear on how to manage the loaned amount.
The barangays should maintain and further improve and increase their existing financial
resources, they should collect community tax certificate and explore their natural resources to
increase their income. Barangays should sustain their strength and improve their weaknesses.
On economic services, the barangays should sustain the conduct of skills trainings that focus on
the production of materials and entrepreneurial skills. The residents should know how to produce
materials and how to sell what had been produced. The barangays can create a livelihood and
investment program which could be availed by their constituents.
Furthermore, the barangays should implement cost effective methods of data-
gathering and processing, as well as the building of a computerized barangay data bank. Series
of trainings on information and communication technology should be conducted to equip them
with the knowledge and skills in ICT and make them aware on the importance of ICT in barangay
governance. Monitoring of the skills learned and evaluation of the effects of these trainings should
be made. Finally, there should be continuous monitoring of the performance of the barangays for
better and more effective quality of barangay governance among local government units.
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