Where this information comes from

LGU

Local government unit. Here it means the Municipal Government of Catarman.

Barangay

The smallest unit of local government. Catarman has 55.

Poblacion

The town proper. Fifteen of Catarman’s barangays are poblacion barangays.

Sangguniang Bayan (SB)

The municipal council, which passes ordinances and resolutions. The Vice Mayor presides.

Cedula

The Community Tax Certificate, issued by the Municipal Treasurer’s Office.

Amilyar

The yearly real property tax on land, buildings, and machinery.

Tax declaration

The Assessor’s record of a property and its assessed value, used to compute real property tax. It is not a land title.

Citizen’s Charter

The document every government office must publish listing its services, requirements, fees, and processing times.

PSA

Philippine Statistics Authority, which runs the census and keeps civil registry records.

BPLO

Business Permit and Licensing Office.

MSWDO

Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office.

MDRRMO

Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office.

1. 1

   Use Catarman’s own published information first.

   Office heads, contacts, and 23 service checklists come straight from catarman.gov.ph.

2. 2

   Where Catarman has published nothing, use national rules and say so.

   Twelve services rely on a national law or agency guideline, named on the page.

3. 3

   Where there is no source at all, label it as general guidance.

   Ten services are marked this way.

4. 4

   If a fact cannot be confirmed, leave it blank.

   Unknown phone numbers show “N/A”, and unmapped barangays show no pin.

• Filipino and Waray versions

  Translated for this site, not by the municipal government. Official requirements and quoted documents are left in English. The Waray text is a first draft that has not yet been reviewed by a native speaker.

• Notices and reminders

  Written for this site from the laws and reports named beside each one. They are not official announcements.

• Finance figures that differed from Wikidata

  Checking against the COA reports changed three years. 2023: Wikidata had equity recorded as income and income recorded as expenses. 2021 and 2015: Wikidata used figures restated in the following year’s report; this site shows each year’s own report and notes the restatement.

• COA audit observations for 2025

  Each observation and each response is quoted word for word. The short headings were written for this site, the recommendations are shortened, and the responses are excerpts from a longer discussion in the report. No names of persons are shown.

• Barangay officials’ contact details

  The DILG directory also lists personal email addresses, which are not shown here. A barangay contact number is shown only when the directory holds a well-formed phone number; entries such as “0000” or “None” are dropped.

• Catarman MDRRMO mobile number

  The municipal website lists 0949-141-3810, but the MDRRMO’s own hotline poster says 0949-151-3810. The poster’s number is used.

• Local Economic Enterprise Office phone number

  The official governance page shows “-50%” in place of a number. The mobile number from the official contact page is used instead.

• Business permit renewal checklist

  The official list names the Fire Safety Inspection Certificate twice. It is shown once.

• Cedula checklist headings

  The official headings read “Corporation… Sole Propriety”. They are shown as “Sole proprietorship”.

• How-to-apply steps for most official services

  A short four-step summary written for this site, based on how the municipal e-services site works. Transfer of Ownership uses the official steps.

• Catarman’s outline in the logo

  Drawn from the OpenStreetMap boundary, with the offshore municipal waters removed. The maps use the official NAMRIA and PSA boundary instead.

• Barangay Cularima’s location

  Matched to an OpenStreetMap point spelled “Colarema”.

• Barangay pins checked against the official boundaries

  Seven barangays had no OpenStreetMap point, or one that fell outside their official boundary (Jose Abad Santos and Paticua). Their pins are placed inside the official boundary instead.

• Schools and health facilities

  Parts of the UEP campus, a duplicate entry, and places with vague names were left out. Pharmacies, dental clinics, and private doctors’ clinics were left out on purpose. Two misspelled names were corrected.

• Sangguniang Bayan ex officio seats

  Hidden until the Liga ng mga Barangay and SK Federation presidents can be confirmed.

• A direct check of the 2011 and 2012 finance figures against the Commission on Audit reports. Every later year has been checked.
• Barangay officials elected on 2 November 2026. The DILG directory may still list the outgoing officials.
• A working contact number for most barangay halls. The DILG directory has a usable number for only 13 of 55.
• Mobile numbers for the provincial hospital’s emergency room, and local Red Cross and Coast Guard numbers. Numbers circulating online could not be traced to an official post.
• A landline for the Catarman fire station. Two different numbers are in circulation.
• Committee assignments of Sangguniang Bayan members, and the Liga ng mga Barangay and SK Federation presidents.
• A complete list of schools and health facilities. OpenStreetMap is missing some, including the Rural Health Unit.
• Barangay population from the 2024 census. The 2020 figures are shown instead.
• Phone numbers for the Local Civil Registry, Accounting, and Nutrition Action offices.

Sources last checked November 2026.