Marlin Gomez Bucol

Marlin Gomez Bucol is the Punong Barangay currently leading Barangay Tag-ibo, part of the municipality of San Juan in Siquijor, serving the 2023 - 2026 term. Under Philippine law, the Punong Barangay is directly elected by the residents of the barangay.

Under the Local Government Code of 1991, the Punong Barangay leads the Sangguniang Barangay, signs ordinances and resolutions, represents the barangay in transactions with other government units, administers the barangay budget and appropriations, and oversees the Lupong Tagapamayapa that handles amicable settlement of disputes at the barangay level. The office is the most directly accountable elected position in the Philippine government.

Barangay Tag-ibo is one of 15 barangays in the municipality of San Juan, in the province of Siquijor, in the Central Visayas region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 Census of Population and Housing, Barangay Tag-ibo had a population of 945 residents — the constituency that Marlin serves as Punong Barangay. Siquijor is classified as a 5th by the Bureau of Local Government Finance.

Elected through the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections, Marlin Gomez Bucol 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.

The Sangguniang Barangay — which Marlin Gomez Bucol leads — is the legislative body of a Philippine barangay. It passes barangay ordinances and resolutions, approves the annual barangay budget, and exercises oversight over the barangay's programmes and projects. Its composition includes the Punong Barangay, seven kagawads, the SK Chairperson, a Secretary, and a Treasurer, all accountable directly to residents.