National government agencies (NGAs) as well as local government units (LGUs) have been prodded to lead the way in complying with the mandated energy efficiency and conservation (EE&C) roadmap and standards being cast for the country....
The Philippine Chamber of Agriculture and Food Inc. (PCAFI) asked the Senate to draft a mandate requiring local government units (LGUs) to set aside 10 percent of their annual budget for the agriculture sector once they start receiving their higher internal revenue allotment (IRA). During PCAFI’s...
The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said that empowering local government units (LGUs) to develop and implement post disaster rehabilitation and recovery programs is crucial for the country’s bounce back plan. During the Ready to Rebuild Training Program Launch last Thursday,...
Local government units (LGU), particularly cities in Metro Manila, incurred a considerable revenue loss last year due to cancellation of various entertainment events and activities amid the community quarantine, the National Tax Research Center (NTRC) said. Based on the latest journal by the...
Local businesses are strongly supporting initiatives to reopen further the Philippine economy, which has suffered from long lockdowns and quarantines due to COVID-19. “We, the undersigned, express our strong support for the initiatives of the Duterte administration to open the Philippine economy...
Globe Telecom Inc. took to task local government units (LGUs) that still make it difficult for them to construct new cell sites in violation of the law fast-tracking the issuance of infrastructure permits. In a statement, Globe said several LGUs in the National Capital Region (NCR), Negros...
The Anti Red Tape Authority (ARTA) has flagged local government units (LGUs) in their high assessment of business taxes and the imposition of Public Liability Insurance or its equivalent stressing such unnecessary requirements open opportunities for corruption. ARTA Director-General Jeremiah...
A total of 17 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from private sector are expected to be made available in the second semester to inoculate 8 million Filipinos from 39 local government units (LGUs). These 39 LGUs, together with 300 donor companies and vaccine supplier AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals...
Existing generating facilities with definitive expansion plans will be excluded from the coverage of the coal moratorium policy that was finally firmed up by the Department of Energy (DOE) in an advisory that it issued this week. Aside from expansion projects, exempted from the prohibited coal...
Remittances to local government units (LGUs) hosting energy projects reached as much as P4.155 billion this year, according to a report from the Department of Energy. The fund share of the host communities is based on the prescription of Energy Regulations (ER) 1-94 wherein they are entitled to...
The Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) is granting P1 billion interest rate subsidies for local government unit (LGU) loans covering pandemic-related projects. The government, under its Bayanihan 2 fund, allotted P1 billion each to the DBP and the Land Bank of the Philippines to subsidize...
Government-owned Land Bank of the Philippines is encouraging qualified local government units (LGUs) with good credit standing to borrow funds and take advantage of the two percent loan subsidy under Bayanihan 2. “We strongly encourage our LGUs to make full use of credit facilities...
