DATA A DAY:
Barangay benefits

CLOSE TO 800,000 candidates ran for various positions in the just concluded 2013 barangay elections, quite a number considering how unpoliticized the barangay elections should be.

Up for grabs last week were the position of barangay captain and seven barangay council members for each of the 40,000 barangays all over the country.

But there was more than just the position that was up for grabs – barangay officials, while getting no salaries, are entitled to many benefits. Some of these benefits are in the form of financial assistance, others are in the form of political and social influence.

In today’s Data a Day:

Aside from honoraria, what other benefits do barangay officials get?

For the answer to that question, click this link or visit the PCIJ’s MoneyPolitics Online website.