Sentence examples for * the barangay from inspiring English sources

The Spaniards retained the barangay as their basic unit of local administration in the islands.

About two weeks after Singko's capture, a mesmerized crowd stood on the Barangay 5 pier at dawn.

When we hear that there's a storm or drought coming, we find out how much food we should store, how soon we should evacuate, or what alternative livelihood we could take on," says Abud, who was recently elected chairperson of the Barangay [Village] Water and Sanitation Association.

Mena Cinco, the barangay captain - a kind of local councillor with the authority of a tribal chieftain - led me down again.

The greatest challenge remains at the barangay level, the basic political unit and primary planning and implementing arm of government policies, plans and programs.

The Philippines samples were made up of three haplotypes, H1 H3, with four missing haplotypes; H1 (n=13) was comprised of samples from 10 localities, H2 included one sample from the Barangay Bulo site, and H3 (n=24) included samples from 17 sites.

One evening, Terry and her partner, Emily, who was also the local barangay chief (district leader), arranged for me to have a session with a faith healer, Carmen (Siquijor's "witches" are, in fact, natural herbalists and massage healers).

We hang out and talk with folks for a while, visit a couple houses to answer some questions about their electricity setup, and then we're catching a banka boat to the next barangay.

"It's free for anyone living in the local barangay.

On the ground, barangay (village) health workers regularly send the reminders themselves.

Here several hundred families lost their homes and many are still living with relatives or are living in tents at a relocation site in the nearby Barangay San Pedro.