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Number of Local Government Units in the Philippines

REGION

PROVINCES

CITIES

MUNICIPALITIES

BARANGAYS

I

4

8

117

3,265

II

5

3

90

2,311

III

7

12

118

3,100

IV-A

5

10

132

4,009

IV-B

5

2

71

1,457

V

6

7

107

3,471

VI

6

16

117

4,050

VII

4

12

120

3,003

VIII

6

4

139

4,390

IX

3

5

67

1,903

X

5

8

85

2,020

XI

4

5

43

1,158

XII

4

5

45

1,192

XIII

4

3

70

1,309

ARMM

5

1

94

2,450

CAR

6

1

76

1,176

NCR

13

4

1,693

TOTAL

79

115

1,495

41,956

SOURCE: Department of the Interior and Local Government

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by Tess Bacalla

Even as Congress continues to assert its power to examine disbursements from the Supreme Court’s Judicial Development Fund, both Houses have not demanded a similar scrutiny of the way local governments have been spending public monies. Our two-part investigation reveals how local governments are scandalously wasting public funds, including the purchase of everything from pencils to hospital beds overpriced by 1,000 percent. READ ON