Philippine Government Agencies

The government of the Republic of the Philippines is composed primarily of the Executive, Judicial and Legislati

Under the Executive Branch are the offices of the President and the Vice President of the Philippines. The differe
Branch include:

Department of Land Reform

Department of Agriculture
Department of Agrarian Reform
Department of Budget and Management
Department of Education
Department of Energy
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Department of Finance
Department of Foreign Affairs
Department of the Interior and Local Government
Department of Health
Department of Justice
Department of Labor and Employment
Department of National Defense
National Economic and Development Authority
Office of the Press Secretary
Department of Public Works and Highways
Department of Science and Technology
Department of Social Welfare and Development
Department of Tourism
Department of Trade & Industry
Department of Transportation & Communications

Under the Judicial Branch are the following:

Supreme Court of the Philippines

Court of Appeals
Sandiganbayan

The Philippine Senate and the House of Representatives all fall under the Legislative Branch.

As national agencies, the departments have head offices in the capital. In direct contact with the constituents of
government units who are responsible to render direct service to its citizens. Both national and local agencies w
development of the whole country.

In addition to the list of Philippine Government agencies, the Philippine government also operates a nationwide
Agency, to respond the information needs of its citizens. The Philippine Information Agency (PIA) has an online
different Philippine government agencies. It also provides news feed about the Philippines and from around the

View images and details of the different Philippine government agencies at www.ilink.ph.

List of government-owned and controlled corporations[edit]

 Al-Amanah Islamic Investment Bank of the Philippines (AAIIBP)

 AFP-Retirement and Separation Benefits System (AFP-RSBS)
 Alabang-Sto. Tomas Development, Inc. (ASDI)
 APO Production Unit, Inc. (APO-PUI)
 Aurora Pacific Economic Zone and Freeport Authority
 Authority of the Freeport of Bataan (AFAB)
 Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)
 Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA)
 Batangas Land Company, Inc. (BLCI)
 Batong Buhay Gold Mines, Inc. (BBGMI)
 BCDA Management and Holdings, Inc. (BMHI)
 Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP)
 Bukidnon Forest, Inc. (BFI)
 Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA)
 Cebu Port Authority (CPA)
 Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions (CITEM)
 Central Bank-Board of Liquidators
 Chemfields, Inc. (CI)
 Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP)
 Clark Development Corporation (CDC)
 Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC)
 Corregidor Foundation, Inc. (CFI)
 Cottage Industry Technology Center (CITC)
 Credit Information Corporation (CIC)
 Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP)
 DBP Data Center, Inc. (DCI)
 DBP Leasing Corporation (DBP-LC)
 DBP Management Corporation (DBPMC)
 Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP)
 Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP)
 Duty Free Philippines Corporation (DFPC)
 Employees Compensation Commission (ECC)
 Fiber Industry Development Authority (FIDA)
 First Cavite Industrial Estate, Inc. (FCIEI)
 Fisheries Development Authority
 Girl Scouts of the Philippines (GSP)
 Government Service Insurance System (GSIS)
 GSIS Family Bank (GSIS-FB)
 G.Y. Real Estate, Inc. (GYREI)
 HGC Subic Corporation (HGC-SC)
 Home Development Mutual Fund (HDMF/Pag-IBIG)
 Home Guaranty Corporation (HGC)
 Human Settlements Development Corporation (HSDC)
 Independent Realty Corporation (IRC)
 Instructional Materials Corporation
 Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation (IBC-13)
 Jaen Water District (JWD)
 John Hay Management Corporation (JHMC)
 Kamayan Realty Corporation (KRC)
 Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA)
 Land Bank of the Philippines (LandBank)
 Land Bank Countryside Development Foundation, Inc. (LCDFI)
 LBP Insurance Brokerage, Inc. (LIBI)
 LBP Leasing Corporation (LBP-LC)
 LBP Resources and Development Corporation (LBRDC)
 Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA)
 Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA)
 Lung Center of the Philippines
 Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA)
 Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA)
 Marawi Resort Hotel, Inc. (MRHI)
 Masaganang Sakahan, Inc. (MSI)
 Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA)
 Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS)
 Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System-Corporate Office
 Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System-Regulatory
 Mid-Pasig Land Development Corporation (MLDC)
 National Dairy Authority (NDA)
 National Development Company (NDC)
 National Electrification Administration (NEA)
 National Food Authority (NFA)
 National Home Mortgage Finance Corporation (NHMFC)
 National Housing Authority (NHA)
 National Irrigation Administration (NIA)
 National Kidney and Transplant Institute
 National Livelihood Development Corporation (NLDC)
 National Power Corporation (NPC/NAPOCOR)
 National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP)
 National Tobacco Administration (NTA)
 National Transmission Corporation (TRANSCO)
 Natural Resources Development Corporation (NRDC)
 Nayong Pilipino Foundation, Inc. (NPF)
 NDC-Philippine Infrastructure Corporation (NDC-PIC)
 North Davao Mining Corporation (NDMC)
 North Luzon Railway Corporation (NorthRail)
 Northern Foods Corporation (NFC)
 Occupational Safety and Health Center (OSHC)
 Palacio del Gobernador Condominium Corporation (PDGCC)
 Panay Railways
 Partido Development Administration
 People's Credit and Finance Corporation (PCFC)
 Performance Investment Corporation (PIC)
 People's Television Network, Inc. (PTV-4)
 Philippine Aerospace Development Corporation (PADC)
 Philippine Agricultural Development and Commercial Corporaion (PADCC)
 Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR)
 Philippine Center for Economic Development
 Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO)
 Philippine Children's Medical Center
 Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA)
 Philippine Cotton Corporation
 Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC)
 Philippine Dairy Corporation (PDC)
 Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC)
 Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA)
 Philippine Export and Foreign Loan Guarantee Corporation
 Philippine Export-Import Credit Agency (PhilEXIM)
 Philippine Fisheries Development Authority (PFDA)
 Philippine Forest Corporation (PFC)
 Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth)
 Philippine Heart Center (PHC)
 Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS)
 Philippine Institute of Traditional and Alternative Health Care
 Philippine International Trading Corporation (PITC)
 Philippine Mining Development Corporation (PMDC)
 Philippine National Construction Corporation (PNCC)
 Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC)
 Philippine National Railways (PNR)
 Philippine Pharma Procurement Inc. (PPPI)
 Philippine Phosphate Fertilizer Corporation (PHILPOS)
 Philippine Ports Authority (PPA)
 Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost)
 Philippine Postal Savings Bank, Inc. (PPSB)
 Philippine Racing Commission
 Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA)
 Philippine Retirement Authority (PRetA)
 Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice)
 Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)
 Philippine Sugar Corporation (PHILSUCOR)
 Philippine Veterans Assistance Commission (PVAC)
 Philippine Veterans Investment Development Corporation (PHIVIDEC)
 Phividec Panay Agro-Industrial Corporation (PPAC)
 Piedras Petroleum Company, Inc. (PIEDRAS)
 Pinagkaisa Realty Corporation (PRC)
 PITC Pharma, Inc. (PITC-PI)
 PNOC Alternative Fuel Corporation (PNOC-AFC)
 PNOC Development and Management Corporation (PNOC-DMC)
 PNOC Exploration Corporation (PNOC-EC)
 PNOC Renewables Corporation (PNOC-RC)
 Poro Point Management Corporation (PPMC)
 Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM)
 Quedan and Rural Credit Guarantee Corporation (QUEDANCOR)
 Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
 Small Business Corporation (SBC)
 Social Housing Finance Corporation (SHFC)
 Social Security System (SSS)
 Southern Philippines Development Authority (SPDA)
 Southern Utility Management and Services, Inc. (SUMSI)
 Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority
 Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA)
 Technology Resource Center (TRC)
 Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA)
 Tourism Promotions Board (TPB)
 Trade and Investment Development Corporation of the Philippines (TIDCORP)
 UCPB CIIF Finance and Development Corp. (UCPB-CDFC)
 UCPB Leasing
 UCPB Savings Bank (UCPB-SB)
 United Coconut Planters Bank (UCPB)
 Veterans Federation of the Philippines (VFP)
 Zamboanga City Special Economic Zone Authority
 Zamboanga National Agricultural College - Rubber Estate Corporation (ZREC)

HAPTER 6

Attached Agencies

SECTION 42. Attached Agencies.—The following agencies are hereby attached to the
Department:

(1) Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation;

(2) Philippine Export and Foreign Loan Guarantee Corporation;

(3) Insurance Commission;

(4) National Tax Research Center;

(5) Central Board of Assessment Appeals; and

(6) Fiscal Incentives Review Board.

SECTION 43. Functions of the Attached Agencies.—The agencies attached to the

Department shall continue to operate and function in accordance with the respective
charters, laws, or orders creating them, except as otherwise provided in this Code.

(3) Attachment.—(a) This refers to the lateral relationship between the department or its
equivalent and the attached agency or corporation for purposes of policy and program
coordination. The coordination may be accomplished by having the department
represented in the governing board of the attached agency or corporation, either as
chairman or as a member, with or without voting rights, if this is permitted by the charter;
having the attached corporation or agency comply with a system of periodic reporting
which shall reflect the progress of programs and projects; and having the department or
its equivalent provide general policies through its representative in the board, which shall
serve as the framework for the internal policies of the attached corporation or agency;
(b) Matters of day-to-day administration or all those pertaining to internal operations shall
be left to the discretion or judgment of the executive officer of the agency or corporation.
In the event that the Secretary and the head of the board or the attached agency or
corporation strongly disagree on the interpretation and application of policies, and the
Secretary is unable to resolve the disagreement, he shall bring the matter to the President
for resolution and direction;

(c) Government-owned or controlled corporations attached to a department shall submit

to the Secretary concerned their audited financial statements within sixty (60) days after
the close of the fiscal year; and

(d) Pending submission of the required financial statements, the corporation shall
continue to operate on the basis of the preceding year’s budget until the financial
statements shall have been submitted. Should any government-owned or controlled
corporation incur an operating deficit at the close of its fiscal year, it shall be subject to
administrative supervision of the department; and the corporation’s operating and capital
budget shall be subject to the department’s examination, review, modification and
approval.

SECTION 18. Bureaus in General.—(1) A Bureau is any principal subdivision of the

department performing a single major function or closely related functions. Bureaus are
either staff or line.

(2) Each bureau shall be headed by a Director who may have one or more Assistant
Directors as provided by law; and

(3) Each bureau may have as many divisions as are provided by law for the economical,
efficient and effective performance of its functions.

SECTION 19. Staff Bureau.—(1) A staff bureau shall primarily perform policy, program
development and advisory functions.

(2) The Director of a staff bureau shall:

(a) Advise and assist the Office of the Secretary on matters pertaining to the Bureau’s
area of specialization; (b) Provide consultative and advisory services to the regional
offices of the department; (c) Develop plans, programs, operating standards, and
administrative techniques for the attainment of the objectives and functions of the bureau;
and (d) Perform such other duties as may be provided by law.

(3) The staff bureau shall avail itself of the planning, financial and administrative services
in the department proper. The bureau may have a separate administrative division, if
circumstances so warrant.

SECTION 20. Line Bureau.—(1) A line bureau shall directly implement programs adopted
pursuant to department policies and plans.

(2) The Director of a line bureau shall:

(a) Exercise supervision and control over all divisions and other units, including regional
offices, under the bureau; (b) Establish policies and standards for the operations of the
bureau pursuant to the plans and programs of the department; (c) Promulgate rules and
regulations necessary to carry out bureau objectives, policies and functions; and (d)
Perform such other duties as may be provided by law.

(3) The line bureau may have staff units, as may be necessary, corresponding to the
services of the department proper. If the bureau is small, only a single unit performing
combined staff functions may be provided.
Attached agencies and Bureaus:

Foreign affairs

SECTION 19. Attached Agencies.—The Law of the Sea Secretariat, the Inter-Agency
Technical Committee on Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation with Socialist
Countries (SOCCOM), the Inter-Agency Technical Committee on Technical Cooperation Among
Developing Countries (IATC-TCDC), the Permanent Inter-Agency Technical Committee on
ESCAP Matters (PITCEM), and other agencies attached to the Department shall continue to
operate and function in accordance with their respective charters or laws creating them, except
as otherwise provided in this Code.
Finance:

SECTION 42. Attached Agencies.—The following agencies are hereby attached

to the Department:

(1) Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation;

(2) Philippine Export and Foreign Loan Guarantee Corporation;

(3) Insurance Commission;

(4) National Tax Research Center;

(5) Central Board of Assessment Appeals; and

(6) Fiscal Incentives Review Board.

SECTION 43. Functions of the Attached Agencies.—The agencies attached to the

Department shall continue to operate and function in accordance with the
respective charters, laws, or orders creating them, except as otherwise provided
in this Code.

Bureaus:

(1) Revenue Operations Group, composed of the following:

(a) Bureau of Internal Revenue;

(b) Bureau of Customs;

(c) Revenue Service;

(d) Legal Service;

(2) Domestic Operations Group, composed of the following:

(a) Bureau of Treasury;

(b) Bureau of Local Government Finance;

(c) Financial and Fiscal Policy and Planning Office;

(3) International Finance Group, composed of the following:

(a) International Finance Policy Office;

(b) International Finance Operations Office.

Justice Bureaus:

Bureau of Corrections.

Agriculture:

SECTION 47. Attached Agencies.—The following units are hereby attached to the
Department:

(1) Agricultural Credit Policy Council

(2) National Agricultural and Fishery Council

(3) Philippine Technical and Administrative Committee for SEAFDEC

(4) Livestock Development Council

(5) National Meat Inspection Commission

(6) Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority

(7) Fiber Industry Development Authority

(8) National Tobacco Administration

(9) Sugar Regulatory Administration

(10) National Food Authority and its subsidiaries

(11) Quedan Guarantee Fund Board

(12) Philippine Fisheries Development Authority

(13) Philippine Rice Research Institute

(14) Philippine Coconut Authority and its subsidiaries

(15) National Irrigation Administration

(16) Sacovia Development Authority; and

(17) Regional Cooperative Development Assistance Offices (Regions IX

Bureaus:

Bureau of Animal Industry

Bureau of Plant Industry

Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources

Bureau of Soils and Water Management.

Bureau of Agricultural Research

Bureau of Agricultural Cooperatives and Development

Bureau of Agricultural Statistic

Department of Public works and Highways:

ECTION 25. Attached Agencies and Corporations.—Agencies and corporations attached

to the Department shall continue to operate and function in accordance with their respective
charters/laws/executive orders creating them. Accordingly, the Metropolitan Waterworks and
Sewerage System, the Local Water Utilities Administration, the National Irrigation
Administration, and the National Water Resources Council, among others, shall continue to be
attached to the Department; while the Metropolitan Manila Flood Control and Drainage Council,
as reorganized, shall be attached to the Department.
Bureau:
Bureau Head
Bureau of Research and Standards
Bureau of Design
Bureau of Construction.
Bureau of Maintenance.
Bureau of Equipment

Education culture and sports:

Attached agency:

(1) National Museum;

(2) National Library;

(3) National Historical Institute;

(4) Institute of Philippine Languages;

(5) Instructional Materials Corporation;

(6) Instructional Materials Council;

(7) Educational Development Projects Implementing Task Force;

(8) Educational Assistance Policy Council;

(9) National Youth and Sports Development Board;

(10) National Social Action Council;

(11) National Board of Teachers;

(12) Boy Scouts of the Philippines;

(13) Girl Scouts of the Philippines; and

(14) Records Management and Archives Office.

SECTION 21. Supervised and Controlled Agencies.—The Department shall exercise

supervision and control over the following agencies:

(1) Health and Nutrition Center; and

(2) National Education Testing and Research Center.

SECTION 22. Functions and Duties.—The agencies attached to as well as those under
the supervision and control of the Department shall continue to operate and function in
accordance with their respective charters or laws creating them except as otherwise
provided in this Code

Bureau:

Bureau of Elementary Education.

Bureau of Secondary Education.

Bureau of Technical and Vocational Education

Bureau of Higher Education

Bureau of Non-Formal Education

Bureau of Physical Education and School Sports

Labor and Employment:

Attached agency:

(1) National Wages Council;

(2) Philippine Overseas Employment Administration;

(3) Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC) which shall include the

Executive Director of the ECC as an ex officio member of the Commission;

(4) The National Manpower and Youth Council;

(5) The National Labor Relations Commission;

(6) Overseas Workers’ Welfare Administration;

(7) Maritime Training Council; and

(8) National Maritime Polytechnic.

Bureau:

Bureau of Labor Relations

Bureau of Local Employment.

Bureau of Women and Young Workers

Bureau of Rural Workers.

Bureau of Working Conditions

Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics.

Health:

Attached agency:

SECTION 24. Attached Entities.—The Philippine Medical Care Commission and

the Dangerous Drugs Board shall be attached to the Department and shall continue to
operate and function in accordance with the law creating them, except as otherwise
provided in this Code.

Bureau:

Bureau of Research and Laboratories

Bureau of Food and Drugs

Bureau of Licensing and Regulation

National Quarantine Office

Department of National Defense:

SECTION 68. Attached Agencies.—Agencies which are attached to the Department

shall operate in accordance with their respective organizational structures and perform the
functions and duties assigned to them by law, subject to the requirements of economy,
efficiency, and effectiveness.

National Police Commission:

SECTION 24. Attached Entities.—The Philippine Medical Care Commission and the
Dangerous Drugs Board shall be attached to the Department and shall continue to operate and
function in accordance with the law creating them, except as otherwise provided in this Code.

Trade and industry:

Attached agency:
1) National Development Company
2) Garments and Textile Export Board
3) International Coffee Organization-Certifying Agency.
4) Philippine International Trading Corporation
5) Board of Investments.
6) Export Processing Zone Authority
7) the Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions, Inc.

Agrarian Reform:

Attached agency:

1) Land Bank of the Philippines

(2) Agricultural Credit Administration

(3) Agrarian Reform Coordinating Council

 Bureau:

Bureau of Agrarian Legal Assistance

Bureau of Land Development

Bureau of Land Tenure Development

Bureau of Agrarian Reform Information Education

Bureau of Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Development

LocAL Government:
Bureau:
Bureau of Local Government Supervision
Bureau of Local Government Development.

Tourism:
SECTION 21. Attached Agencies.—The Philippine Tourism Authority, and Philippine
Convention Bureau, Intramuros Administration, and National Parks Development Committee are
hereby attached to the Department and shall continue to operate and function in accordance
with the respective charters/laws/orders provided in this Code.

Bureau:
Bureau and Office Character and Head.
Bureau of Domestic Tourism Promotions and Information
Bureau of International Tourism Promotions

Environmental Resources:

Attached agency:

(1) National Mapping and Research Information Authority;

(2) National Electrification Administration; and

(3) National Resources Development Corporation.

Transportation and Communication:

SECTION 23. Attached Agencies and Corporations.—The following agencies and
corporations are attached to the Department: The Philippine National Railways, the Maritime
Industry Authority, the Philippine National Lines, the Philippine Aerospace Development
Corporation, the Metro Manila Transit Corporation, the Office of Transport Cooperatives, the
Philippine Ports Authority, the Philippine Merchant Marine Academy, the Toll Regulatory Board,
the Light Rail Transit Authority, the Transport Training Center, the Civil Aeronautics Board, the
National Telecommunications Commission and the Manila International Airport Authority.

Social Welfare and Development:

SECTION 19. Agencies Under Administrative Supervision and Attached Agencies.—The
Population Commission Council for the Welfare of Children, National Nutrition Council and the
National Council for the Welfare of Disabled Persons and the agencies attached to the
Department shall continue to operate and function in accordance with their respective charters
or laws creating them, except as otherwise provided in this Code.

Bureau:
Bureau of Emergency Assistance
 Bureau of Family and Community Welfare
Bureau of the Disabled Person’s Welfare
Bureau of Women’s Welfare
Bureau of Child and Youth Welfare

Budget and Management:

Bureau:
National Government Budget Bureaus A and B
Local Government Budget Bureau
Government Corporation Budget Bureau
Budget Planning Bureau
Foreign-Assisted Projects Bureau
National Accounting and Finance Office and itsBureau:

1) National Government Account and Finance Bureau;

(2) Local Government Accounting and Finance Bureau; and

(3) Government Corporate Accounting and Finance Bureau.

Science and Technology:

SECTION 30. Attached Agencies.—The following agencies shall be attached to the
Department: the Philippine National Science Society, the National Academy of Science and
Technology, the Philippine Science High School, and the Metals Industry Research and
Development Center.

The National Economic and Development:

Attached agency:

SECTION 16. Retained Agencies.—The following agencies, currently attached to the

Authority, shall continue to be so attached for purposes of supervision:

(1) Philippine Institute for Development Studies;

(2) Philippine National Volunteer Service Coordinating Agency; and

(3) Tariff Commission.