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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS 
Second Regular Session 
House Bill No. _______ 
_______________________________________________________________________ 
Introduced by Representative MANUEL ANTONIO F. ZUBIRI 
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EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Barangays serve as the primary planning and implementing unit of government 
programs and projects. With this, Barangay officials are a fundamental pillar in the realm 
of public administration as they tend to the needs of their constituents with accessibility 
and immediacy that officials in larger government units cannot immediately address. 
However, these public officials do not receive adequate compensation for the public 
service that they provide. Receiving meager stipend, these barangay officials are left with 
little to no ability for any potential of savings. This is especially concerning given how 
many of our barangay officials maintain their position as their lone profession to better 
focus on their role as public servants. 
As a result of the lack of financial stability provided by their position, many 
barangay officials often struggle to get by after taking their leave from public service. 
They have no social security and are forced to seek alternative avenues of income for 
their day-to-day expenses instead of enjoying the benefits of their years in public service. 
To address this concern, this bill seeks to grant retirement benefits to barangay 
officials who have rendered nine (9) years of consecutive service or three terms of public 
service. Once these officials are socially secure and stable, they will be free to devote 
themselves more fully to the demands of their position, and the State will be able to 
encourage a more effective and vibrant brand of leadership in barangays throughout the 
nation. 
In view of the foregoing, the approval of this bill is urgently sought. 
MANUEL ANTONIO F. ZUBIRI 
May 26, 2021
11:04 am
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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS 
Second Regular Session 
House Bill No. _______ 
_______________________________________________________________________ 
Introduced by Representative MANUEL ANTONIO F. ZUBIRI 
______________________________________________________________________ 
AN ACT  
GRANTING RETIREMENT BENEFITS TO ALL ELECTIVE OR APPOINTIVE 
BARANGAY OFFICIALS WHO HAVE RENDERED A CONSECUTIVE PERIOD OF 
NINE (9) YEARS OR THREE TERMS OF PUBLIC SERVICE IN THE BARANGAY, 
AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of the Representatives of the Philippines 
in Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Short Title. – This Act shall be known as the “Barangay Officials 
Retirement Benefits Act of 2021.”  
SEC. 2. Retirement Benefits. – All elective and appointive barangay officials 
who have rendered a consecutive period of nine (9) years or three terms of honorable 
service as barangay official and have opted for retirement shall receive retirement 
benefits provided in this Act.  
SEC. 3. Amount of Benefit. – A barangay official entitled to retirement benefits 
under this Act shall receive a monthly pension for life amounting to not less than sixty-
five percent (65%) of the monthly average honoraria, allowances and other emoluments 
authorized by law or by city, municipal or barangay ordinance.  
SEC. 4. Administration of Retirement System. – Within sixty (60) days from 
the approval of this Act, the Government Services Insurance System (GSIS) shall establish 
and administer an appropriate system under which barangay officials shall enjoy 
retirement benefits. The GSIS shall undertake actuarial study to determine the funding 
requirement for the operation and maintenance of the retirement system. The amount 
so determined shall be initially charged to the appropriations of the Department of the 
Interior and Local Government (DILG) under the current General Appropriations Act. 
Thereafter, such sum as may be necessary for the continued operation and maintenance 
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of the retirement system, shall be included in the annual budget of the municipality or 
city to which the barangay belongs.  
The initial appropriations provided by the DILG and the subsequent annual budgets 
provided by the municipal and city government for the operation and maintenance of the 
retirement system shall be released to the GSIS. 
SEC. 5. Rules and Regulations. – The GSIS, in coordination with the DILG, shall 
promulgate the necessary rules and regulations for the implementation of this Act.  
SEC. 6. Existing Benefits. – Nothing in this Act shall be construed as to diminish, 
in any way, any existing benefits provided by laws, rules and regulations, local ordinances 
or any other issuances to barangay officials.  
SEC. 7. Repealing Clause. – All laws, decrees, executive orders and other 
issuances or parts thereof inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or modified 
accordingly.  
SEC. 8. Effectivity. – This Act shall take effect upon its approval.  
 
Approved,