Philippine Government Officials
Executive
The Executive branch carries
out and enforces laws. It includes
the President, Vice President, the
Cabinet, executive departments,
independent agencies, and other
boards, commissions, and
committees.
Rodrigo Roa Duterte
(President)
LENI ROBREDO
(Vice President)
SALVADOR MEDIALDEA
(Office of the Executive)
PERFECTO YASAY
(Department of Foreign Affairs)
CARLOS DOMINGUEZ III
(Department of Finance)
VITALIANO AGUIRRE
(Department of Justice)
EMMANUEL PIÑOL
(Department of Agriculture)
MARK VILLAR
(Department of Public Works and
Highways)
LEONOR BRIONES
(Department of Education)
SILVESTRE BELLO III
(Department of Labor and
Employment)
JOEL MAGLUNSOD
(Department of Labor and
Employment)
DELFIN LORENZANA
(Department of National
Defense)
JUDY TAGUIWALO
(Department of Social Welfare
and Development)
SRAFAEL MARIANO
(Department of Agrarian Reform)
ISMAEL "MIKE" SUEÑO
(Department of the Interior and
Local Government)
ARTHUR TUGADE
(Department of Transportation
and Communications)
FORTUNATO DELA PEÑA
(Department of Science and
Technology)
BENJAMIN DIOKNO
(Department of Bgudget and
Management)
ALFONSO CUSI
(Department of Energy)
Legislative Judiciary
The Legislative Branch enacts The Judicial branch interprets
legislation, confirms or rejects the meaning of laws, applies laws
Presidential appointments, and to individual cases, and decides if
has the authority to declare war. laws violate the Constitution. The
This branch includes Congress judicial power shall be vested in
(the Senate and House of one Supreme Court and in such
Representatives) and several lower courts as may be
agencies that provide support established by law.
services to Congress.
JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME
COURT
SEN. VICENTE C. SOTTO
(Senate President) LUCAS P. BERSAMIN
SEN. RALPH RECTO (CHIEF JUSTICE)
(Senate President Pro-Tempore) ESTELA M. PERLAS-
SEN. JUAN MIGUEL “MIGZ” BERNABE
ZUBIRI (JUSTICE)
(Majority Floor Leader) ANTONIO T. CARPIO
SEN. FRANKLIN M. DRILON (JUSTICE)
(Minority Floor Leader) DIOSDADO M. PERALTA
SEN. SONNY M. ANGARA (JUSTICE)
SEN. PAOLO BENIGNO MARIANO C. DEL CASTILLO
AQUINO (JUSTICE)
SEN. NANCY BINAY MARVIC MARIO VICTOR F.
SEN. ALAN PETER LEONEN
CAYETANO (JUSTICE)
SEN. LEILA DE LIMA FRANCIS H. JARDELEZA
SEN. VICTOR EJERCITO (JUSTICE)
SEN. FRANCIS “CHIZ” ALFREDO BENJAMIN S.
ESCUDERO CAGUIOA
SEN. SHERWIN (JUSTICE)
GATCHALIAN ANDRES B. REYES, JR.
SEN. RICHARD GORDON (JUSTICE)
SEN. GREGORIO HONASAN ALEXANDER G. GESMUNDO
SEN. RISA HONTIVEROS (JUSTICE)
SEN. PANFILO “PING” JOSE C, REYES
LACSON (JUSTICE)
SEN. LOREN LAGARDA RAMON PAUL L.
SEN. MANNY PACQUIAO HERNANDO
SEN. FRANCIS “KIKO” (JUSTICE)
PANGILINAN ROSMARI D. CARANDANG
SEN. AQUILINO “KOKO” (JUSTICE)
PIMENTEL
SEN. GRACE POE
SEN. ANTONIO “SONNY”
TRILLIANES
SEN. JOEL VILLANUEVA
SEN. CYNTHIA VILLAR
 PAULYN JEAN ROSELL-
UBIAL
(Department of Health)
RAMON LOPEZ
(Department of Trade and
Industry)
WANDA CORAZON TULFO
TEO
(Department of Tourism)

GINA LOPEZ
( Department of Environment and
Natural Resources)
RODOLFO SALALIMA
(department of Information and
Communications Technology)
ERNESTO PERNIA
(National Economic Development
Authority)

Functions and Qualifications

The President is the Head of State and Head of Government, and functions as the commander-
in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. As chief executive, the President exercises control over
all the executive departments, bureaus, and offices.

The Vice President may concurrently assume a cabinet position should the President of the
Philippines offer the former one. The vice president will become a secretary concurrent to the position
of vice president. Aside from the cabinet post, the vice president is mandated to assume the presidency
in case of the death, disability, or resignation of the incumbent President.

Cabinet secretaries act as the alter ego of the President executing, with his authority, the power
of the Office of the President in their respective departments. The number of cabinet secretaries varies
from time to time depending on the need of an administration. According to the Administrative Code of
1987, the President of the Philippines may create or dissolve any department as he sees fit.

Local government units also have the power to create its own sources of revenue and to levy
taxes, fees, and charges that shall accrue exclusively to them. Each local government has its own chief
executive. The following is the list of local chief executives:

Barangay — Punong Barangay (barangay chairman)

Municipality — Municipal Mayor

City — City Mayor

Province — Provincial Governor

The local chief executives have the power to approve or veto local ordinances recommended by the
local legislators.
 Congress is responsible for making enabling laws to make sure the spirit of the constitution is
upheld in the country and, at times, amend or change the constitution itself. In order to craft laws, the
legislative body comes out with two main documents: bills and resolutions.

Judicial power rests with the Supreme Court and the lower courts, as established by law (Art.
VIII, sec. 1 of the 1987 Constitution). Its duty is to settle actual controversies involving rights which are
legally demandable and enforceable (Art. VIII Sec. 1 (2)). The judiciary enjoys fiscal autonomy. Its
appropriation may not be reduced by the Legislature below the appropriated amount the previous year
(Art. VIII, Sec. 3). The Philippine Judicial Academy (PHILJA) is the “training school for justices, judge,
court personnel, lawyers and aspirants to judicial posts.” It was originally created by the Supreme Court
on March 16, 1996 by virtue of Administrative Order No. 35-96, and was institutionalized on February
26, 1998 by virtue of Republic Act No. 8557. No appointee to the bench may commence the discharge
his adjudicative function without completing the prescribed court training in the academy. Its
organizational structure and administrative setup are provided for by the Supreme Court in its en banc
resolution (Revised A.M. No. 01-1-04-sc-PHILJA).

The qualifications for an individual aspiring to become the President of the Philippines are
outlined in Article VII, Section 2 of the 1987 Constitution. According to the constitution, an individual
may become President provided he meets the following criteria:

1. natural born Filipino;

2. a registered voter;
3. must be able to read and write;
4. 40 years of age at the day of the election; and
5. must have resided in the Philippines ten years before the election is held.

The Senate shall be composed of twenty-four Senators who shall be elected at large by the qualified
voters of the Philippines, as may be provided by law; the House of Representatives shall be composed of
not more than 250 (unless otherwise fixed by law), 20 percent of whom must be Party-list
representatives.

The qualifications to become a senator, as stipulated in the constitution, are:

1. a natural-born citizen of the Philippines;

2. at least thirty-five years old;
3. is able to read and write
4. a registered voter; and
5. a resident of the Philippines for not less than two years before election day.

Meanwhile, the constitution provides for the following criteria to become a member of the House of
Representatives:

1. a natural-born citizen of the Philippines;

2. at least twenty-five years old;
3. is able to read and write; and
4. except the party-list representatives, a registered voter and a resident for at least one year in
the district where s/he shall be elected.
 The Supreme Court is the highest tribunal in the Philippines. It consists of the Chief Justice and 14
Associate Justices, appointed by the following are the qualifications to become a member of the
Supreme Court:

1. Natural-born citizen of the Philippines;

2. at least 40 years of age;
3. a judge in a court of record for at least 15 years or engaged in the practice of law in the
Philippines for the same period; and
4. a person of proven competence, integrity, probity and independence. They hold office during
good behavior until they reach the age of 70 years or become incapacitated to discharge the
duties of their office. They can be removed only by impeachment. Grounds for impeachment
include conviction of culpable violation of the Philippine Constitution, treason, bribery, other
high crimes, or graft and corruption.

Reference:

https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/about/gov/exec/

https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/about/gov/the-legislative-branch/

https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/about/gov/judiciary/

https://www.inquirer.net/duterte/cabinet

http://www.ph.net/htdocs/government/phil/judiciary/index.html

Nerecina, Jimi Hendrix C.

GAS 11 – 04