Vice President Leni Robredo wants the government to start shifting its vaccination drive to the provinces by sending more COVID-19 vaccine doses there because of the rising cases outside the National Capital Region Plus (NCR Plus) bubble. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP photo) “Sana mas...
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday urged both the national and local government units in the Philippines to follow the sequence of prioritization in rolling out the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) vaccines coming from the Covax facility to ensure its impact on public health. World...
The national government has set into motion the ramping up of the devolution of key functions to local government units (LGUs) starting in 2022. The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) estimates an increase in the Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) of LGUs, from P695.49 billion in 2021 to...
Vice President Leni Robredo on Tuesday, May 18, admitted frustration that there are local government units (LGUs) and government agencies that don’t want to work with her office because of politics. VP Leni Robredo (OVP photo) The vice president was treated more as an opponent rather than an ally...
Senator Nancy Binay urged the Department of Health (DOH) to ensure that local health units are able to follow protocols in the handling of life-saving coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines. Binay noted at that at least 348 vials of Coronavac had been rendered unusable in Makilala town in Cotabato after...
Now that the budget for 2022 is being prepared, President Rodrigo Duterte was asked by the private sector to issue an Executive Order (EO) to mandate local government units (LGUs) to allot a higher budget for their respective agricultural development. This request came up in anticipation of LGUs...
Good news to all Laguna and Batangas residents who are often displaced by typhoons and other extreme weather conditions. The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) has provided P50 million each to the local government units of San Pablo City in Laguna and the town of Lobo in Batangas...
More than P4.24 million worth of relief aid has been extended to tens of thousands of families affected by Typhoon “Bising” last week, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has disclosed. dswd4 Based on the DSWD’s Disaster Response Operations Monitoring and Information...
Enforcement of local ordinances that allow the collection of illegal fees and taxes for the transport of goods is prohibited, an inter-agency directive reiterated. Government agencies led by Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), and Department of...
The business sector has proposed a ten-point recommendation to the Duterte to push for economic recovery. At the Sulong Pilipinas Pre-SONA forum of the Economic Development and Infrastructure Clusters, Ambassador Benedicto V. Yujuico, president of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and...
As community pantries have popped up across the country, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) asked Monday, April 26, organizers of "relief distribution drives” to closely and properly coordinate with the local government units (LGUs) to ensure the smooth, and orderly conduct...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has urged anew senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs) to refrain from going out and send their authorized representatives to claim their financial assistance from the local government units (LGUs). DSWD (MANILA BULLETIN FILE...
