Updating the country’s property valuation system is the correct way to impose a so-called “wealth tax” that local government units (LGUs) can impose on affluent individuals, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said on Monday, April 11, that LGUs can...
BACOLOD CITY - Five local government units (LGUs) in Negros Occidental were placed under Alert Level 1, while the rest of the province remains under Alert Level 2 until April 15, 2022. This was stated in Executive Order No. 22-13-A, issued by Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson on April 1. The EO cited...
CEBU CITY – Although restrictions in public places have subsided, health authorities here are advising local government units (LGUs) not to fall into complacency, especially since Central Visayas still has to hit its target vaccination rate. The Department of Health-Central Visayas (DOH 7) made...
BAGUIO CITY – Due to the ample supply of Covid-19 vaccines coupled with its high vaccination rate, the city government has decided to donate around 100,000 vaccines to other Local Government Units (LGU) in need. Mayor Benjamin Magalong said the city has donated to Cagayan, Nueva Vizcaya, several...
CEBU CITY -- Health Sec. Francisco Duque III on Friday appealed to the local government units (LGUs) to help the national government achieve the target of vaccinating 90 million Filipinos before the term of President Rodrigo Duterte ends. Attending the “Bida Tungo sa New Normal Roadshow” in...
The Taguig City government has announced a fixed rate for tricycle fare in the city under Alert Level 1. It said that based on the Taguig City Transport Regulatory Board Resolution No. 1 for 2022, the new fixed fare for tricycle is P10 per ride from the designated terminal to the drop-off point...
The Las Pinas City government launched the “Vaxx to School, Bakunahan sa Paaralan” on Friday (March 11) at three private schools in the city as part of the three-day national vaccination drive. Mayor Imelda Aguilar said the program aims to vaccinate students, teachers, and school personnel at...
Pangasinan 6th district Rep. Tyrone Agabas and Caloocan 2nd district Rep. Edgar Erice said that candidates running for local positions in the May polls may be put at a disadvantage when seeking campaign permits from municipalities led by incumbent rival candidates. Comelec logo (File photo) Agabas...
Local government units (LGUs) COVID-19 response amounted to P118.9 billion as of end June last year, the Department of Finance (DOF) reported on Sunday, Feb. 19. According to the Bureau of Local Government Finance (BLGF), an attached agency of the DOF, of the combined spending of LGUs on COVID-19...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) urged local government units (LGUs) to pass an ordinance banning the sale of medicines in sari-sari (variety) stores. DILG Secretary Eduardo Año issued the call after reports disclosed that fake medicines have been proliferating in small...
The camp of presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo apologized for the large crowd for its “Pink Sunday” grand rally at the Quezon Memorial Circle that “violated several restrictions.” Vice President Leni Robredo’s spokesman Barry Gutierrez (OVP photo) Robredo’s spokesperson...
The first Renewable Energy (RE) Code ever concretized by a local government unit (LGU) has been launched in Dumaguete City in Negros, Oriental; which is a host community of a geothermal facility of Energy Development Corporation (EDC) of the Lopez group. In a statement to the media, the provincial...
