Senator Loren Legarda on Sunday, October 27 called on local chief executives to make a strategic shift in disaster risk reduction and management to bolster the country’s resilience to disasters and natural calamities. Legarda said that following the widespread devastation wrought by severe...
Former Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin “Benhur” Abalos Jr. (Abalos Team) Former Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin “Benhur” Abalos Jr. has stressed the...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (Facebook) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte said he fully supports the proposal to localize disaster risk management in a bid to achieve a more effective and flexible response to...
Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Yamsuan (Facebook) Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan has filed a measure in the House of Representatives that aims to enable the retroactive application of salary increases for employees of local government...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (center, seated) with the 17 governors (Speaker’s Office) Several provincial governors have accepted the challenge of House Speaker Martin Romualdez to adopt an intensified whole-of-government approach in fighting...
Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Yamsuan (Facebook) Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan has called on his colleagues in Congress to swiftly approve the measure seeking to mandate local government units (LGUs) to allot a portion of their...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (Rep. Villafuerte's Facebook) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte said local government units (LGUs) will have more resources to spend next year on programs benefitting senior citizens, persons...
SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta (Facebook) SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta can’t help but think that there is preferential treatment on the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) given their seemingly...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (Facebook) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte says the newly-signed Real Property Valuation and Assessment Reform Act (RPVARA) will generate higher revenue for local government units...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (PPAB) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte is pushing for the passage of a measure that will establish libraries and reading centers in every city, municipality, and barangay in the country....
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has advised all local government units (LGUs) to start preparing for the possible adverse effects of La Niña phenomenon, which experts said, is expected to hit the country in the coming months. DILG Undersecretary Mario Iringan said they...
Thirty-seven provinces, cities, and municipalities were acknowledged for their outstanding initiatives and extraordinary efforts that benefit their communities and contribute to life-changing outcomes. Photo shows Center for Local Governance and Professional Development Inc. Consultant Isaias B....
