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- Aguinaldo was a student at Colegio de San Juan de Letran but could not complete his education due to a cholera outbreak. He was made "Cabeza de Barangay" in 1895 following the implementation of the Maura Law that required the reorganization of local governments.
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A cabeza de barangay ("barangay head"), also known as teniente del barrio ("holder of the barrio"), was the head of a barangay or barrio political unit in the Philippines during Spanish rule. [1]
A cabeza de barangay ("barangay head"), also known as teniente del barrio ("holder of the barrio"), was the head of a barangay or barrio political unit in the Philippines during Spanish rule.
He was made "Cabeza de Barangay" in 1895 following the implementation of the Maura Law that required the reorganization of local governments. When he was 25 years old, he was appointed the Cavite el Viejo's first "gobernadorcillo capitan municipal" (municipal governor-captain).
The Spanish Monarch ruled each barangay through the cabeza, who also collected taxes (called tribute) from the residents for the Spanish Crown.
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Under the form of government employed by the Kingdom of Spain, several existing neighboring barangays were combined to form a municipality and the cabezas de barangay participated in the governance of the new towns, forming part of the elite ruling class called the principalía. From among their ranks the head of the town, the gobernadorcillo or cap...
Scott, William Henry. Barangay Sixteenth-Century Philippine Culture and Society.Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 1994.
At the age of 17, Emilio was elected cabeza de barangay of Binakayan, the most progressive barrio of Cavite El Viejo. He held this position, representing the local residents, for eight years. He also engaged in inter-island shipping, traveling as far south as the Sulu Archipelago.
The Cabeza de Barangay (Spanish: head of the barangay), also known as Teniente del Barrio in Spanish, was the leader or chief of a barangay in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial period. [1] The post was inherited from the first datus who became cabezas de barangay when the many independent barangays became tributary vassals of the ...
