Local government units (LGUs) should optimize their increased budgets from the Mandanas-ruling in setting up plans on capital investments to address basic and growing needs of their constituents, the Cabinet official said. In a statement, Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno said the full devolution...
AVANT GARDENER Yvette Tan The Mandanas-Garcia Ruling, or Executive Order 138 (EO 138) is a Supreme Court ruling petitioned by Batangas Governor Hermilando Mandanas and former Bataan Governor Enrique Garcia, Jr. that, according to the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) website, requests “the...
Two more lawmakers from Eastern Samar and Calamba City have officially joined the Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD) headed by House Speaker Martin Romualdez, the party announced on Monday, Aug. 15. (Photo from House Speaker Martin Romualdez’s office) Romualdez, president of Lakas-CMD,...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin ‘Benhur’ Abalos Jr. reminded the department’s field and regional offices to assist the local government units (LGUs) in formulating their Executive-Legislative Agenda (ELA). Abalos said the submission of the status...
The Philippines is committed to address concerns related to the South China Sea ​with​ its Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) neighbors and other countries from outside the bloc as it asserted again its position over the disputed waters. During the 55th ASEAN Foreign...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has formed a team that will look into issues arising from the implementation of the Supreme Court's Mandanas-Garcia ruling. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. meets with the League of Cities of the Philippines in Malacañang on Tuesday, Aug. 2,...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said that the implementation of big-ticket infrastructure projects should remain under the national government despite the Mandanas ruling. Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangadaman said in an interview with reporters that the national government is...
The Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD) continues to expand its membership as four more congressmen and 10 mayors joined the political party on Tuesday, July 19. Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez (left) swears in Davao congressmen Isidro Ungab (center), Alan Dujali (2nd from right),...
China's envoy to the Philippines on Thursday, July 14, alleged that "some outsiders" who are not from Asia are trying to sow discord between the two countries to serve their own geopolitical interests. Huang Xilian, Chinese ambassador to the Philippines, said in a statement that "in Asian culture,...
China has rejected anew the Award on the South China Sea Arbitration in favor of the Philippines, by saying it is "null and void" and "violates international law." Wang Wenbin, spokesman of China's Foreign Ministry, said in a press briefing Wednesday, July 13, that "China neither accepts nor...
The Canadian government on Tuesday expressed concern on China's "ongoing coercive activities" in the South China Sea, particularly in the parts of the Philippines, as the latter still rejects an arbitral ruling already made six years ago. In its statement on the 6th anniversary of South China Sea...
The Philippines wants peace in the South China Sea in the present and in the future as it asserts, despite other countries' contests, its rights over the waters by citing international law and the arbitral ruling made six years ago. While expressing a positive outlook on the South China Sea,...
