Vice President Leni Robredo hopes that the Mandanas ruling will pave the way for the people’s direct participation in forming programs for affected sectors as well as in the budget process. Vice President Leni Robredo (Solid Leni Bicol/Facebook) Robredo said during a press briefing in Sorsogon on...
A total of 200 workers displaced by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic will undergo training to become freelance food delivery riders for foodpanda Philippines, one of the popular food delivery online platforms in the country. The training program was formalized through the signing of...
The Bureau of Local Government Finance (BLGF) continued to carry out its role of helping improve the fiscal position of the local government units (LGUs) by professionalizing the country’s local treasury service. In a statement Monday, Oct. 25, Niño Raymond Alvina, BLGF executive director, said...
Real property valuations of local government units (LGUs) are not increasing fast enough to keep up with the market values of land in the country, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said. During the virtual Bureau of Local Government Finance (BLGF) webinar Thursday, Oct. 21, Jose Antonio Tan III, ADB...
The Quezon City government's program that transformed idle lands into urban farms was recognized during the Galing Pook Awarding Ceremony on Wednesday, Oct. 20. (Quezon City Government Official Facebook Page/MANILA BULLETIN) The program is called "#GrowQC: Kasama ka sa Pag-unlad sa Pagkain,...
The Las Piñas City government extended assistance to the families of the three minors who drowned at a government project excavation site at the height of typhoon “Maring” in Barangay Pulang Lupa Uno on Oct. 11. Mayor Imelda Aguilar ordered the distribution of three food packs to each family...
The Quezon City local government on Friday, Oct. 15, announced the re-opening of the Commonwealth-University Avenue zipper lane. This is to ease the heavy traffic flow every morning along Commonwealth Avenue towards the The Philippine Coconut Authority (Philcoa) and Elliptical Road. According to...
Local government units (LGUs) that would cause spoilage of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines would be sanctioned, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año warned on Monday night, Oct. 11. “Nagpalabas po tayo ng memo (memorandum circular) sa ating mga...
Paranaque Mayor Edwin Olivarez announced on Saturday that the city government is offering a 20-percent discount to early real property tax (RPT) payers. Olivarez said taxpayers who would settle their RPT earlier than the scheduled deadline would get a 20-percent discount. Olivarez said the discount...
A total of 100 senior citizens in Pasay City received free flu and punemonia vaccines in celebration of the Filipino Elderly Week from October 1 to 7. Mayor Emi Calixto- Rubiano in recognizing the celebration elderly week with a theme of “Mahalaga sina Lolo at Lola ngayong pandemya” ordered the...
The Quezon City government has topped the list of Local government Units (LGUs) nationwide in terms of locally sourced revenues(LSR) during fiscal year 2019. According to the Bureau of Local Government Finance (BLGF) of the Department of Finance (DOF), Quezon City collected nominal LSRs of P16.95...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso ordered on Wednesday the temporary closure of public and private memorial parks, cemeteries, and columbaries in the nation's capital from Oct. 29 to Nov. 3. (Manila PIO / MANILA BULLETIN) Domagoso signed Executive Order No. 33 ordering the closure of...
