Virlie Munar Abara

Virlie Munar Abara holds the position of Punong Barangay in Barangay Ysmael, a barangay in the municipality of Maddela, serving the 2023 - 2026 term. As Punong Barangay, Virlie leads the elected Sangguniang Barangay and represents the community's local government unit.

As the head of the smallest tier of Philippine local government, the Punong Barangay is responsible for everything from maintaining peace and order within the barangay to supervising the Barangay Development Plan, enforcing national and local laws within the barangay boundaries, and representing residents in the wider city or municipal government. The position is held for a four-year term under Republic Act No. 12232.

Barangay Ysmael is one of 32 barangays in the municipality of Maddela, in the province of Quirino, in the Cagayan Valley region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 Census of Population and Housing, Barangay Ysmael had a population of 640 residents — the constituency that Virlie serves as Punong Barangay. Quirino is classified as a 3rd by the Bureau of Local Government Finance.

Elected through the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections, Virlie Munar Abara is serving the current four-year term established under Republic Act No. 12232, which extended the barangay official's term from three years to four. The next BSKE will be held on Monday, November 2, 2026, following COMELEC Resolution No. 11191.

A Philippine barangay's Sangguniang Barangay is composed of one Punong Barangay, seven Sangguniang Barangay Members (kagawads), a Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Chairperson representing the youth sector, a Barangay Secretary, and a Barangay Treasurer. Together, these officials administer the smallest unit of Philippine local government and deliver frontline services — from barangay clearance issuance to peace and order, from public health assistance to the barangay's share of the Internal Revenue Allotment.