Abstract

The issue of administrative capability has always been a problem of the LGUs particularly in the barangay level. There are still barangay governments which have not live up to its role "as the primary and implementing unit of government policies, programs, projects and activities in the community and as a forum wherein the collective views of the people may be expressed, crystallized and considered and where disputes may be amicably settled." (LG Code) In Jolo, there are eight barangay governments and received regular internal revenue allotment from the national government to a tune of million pesos each barangay unit.