This Handbook aims to guide LGUs and LCEs in leading their constituents towards arriving at comprehensive local prevention, preparedness, and recovery response against COVID-19. It identifies the roles and responsibilities of LGUs and LCEs in the administration’s whole-of-government response to the pandemic. It provides for strategies, together with step-by-step procedures, if applicable, for LGUs and LCEs to carry out within their jurisdictions.

The present revision of this book is precisely intended to comply with the foregoing mandates. If the objectives of the Katarungang Pambarangay of encouraging the amicable settlement of disputes at the barangay level, and ultimately the declogging of court dockets, are to be achieved, the pursuit of that program should be relentless. So also should the writers on the subject be tenacious in keeping the advocates of barangay conciliation abreast with the latest developments on the subject.

Within this context, this handbook attempts to present the seemingly complicated rules on government procurement law in the Philippines in an organized and easy-to-read manner. This book will provide the reader with the procedural steps of the procurement of goods, infrastructure, and consulting services, from procurement planning to the contract implementation stage, contract termination, settlement of disputes, remedies, and accountabilities of the pertinent individuals.

This comprehensive book is a pioneering work which will benefit all barangay officials, whether you are aspiring to be one, new to the job, or seasoned as an elected official. A must read for all!