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LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 1263 |
The Ministry of Finance
The Ministry of Budget
The Ministry of Justice
The National Economic and Development
Authority
The National Census and Statistics Office
The Commission on Elections, and all
Ministries, Bureaus, Offices, Agencies and
Government
Instrumentalities, including
government-owned and controlled
corporations
WHEREAS, Letter of Instructions No. 1175 directs, among others, the Ministry of Local Government (MLG) to come up with a complete list of barangays nationwide to enable the National Census and Statistics Office to finalize the population census at the barangay level;
WHEREAS, in compliance to the aforementioned directive, the MLG has submitted an integrated barangay list which shall, form now on, be considered official for all purposes;
WHEREAS, cognizant of the fact that the integrated barangay list shall be indispensable in the formulation and implementation of governmental programs and projects, the said list should be regularly updated, verified and validated; and
WHEREAS, to avoid future discrepancies of figures on the number of barangays, there is a need to pinpoint a specific agency to serve as a central source of barangay data and information.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the law, do hereby order and direct as follows.
1.
For purposes of a systematic recording of barangay data, the Operations
Monitoring and Support Office of the Ministry of Local Government shall
serve as the sole source of information. Said office shall be tasked to
regularly update, verify and validate the total number of barangays
nationwide; establish and maintain a comprehensive data bank; and
disseminate relevant information in connection therewith, without
prejudice to its designated Ministry functions.
2. All queries
and/or requests, emanating from concerned government entities, on the
total number of barangays and other related matters shall be coursed
through the aforementioned office for appropriate action.
This Letter of Instructions shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 29th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-two.
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