Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte on Tuesday, Feb. 21, warned local chief executives not to hire public school teachers based on favors and patronage, where one gets hired based on political and family ties. Vice President Sara Duterte speaks at the 2023 General Assembly of the...
The House Committee on Higher and Technical Education approved on Monday, Jan. 30, 25 bills that would establish technical vocation training centers in various municipalities and cities in the country. (TESDA/Manila Bulletin) The House panel, chaired by Baguio City Lone District Rep. Mark Go,...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) called on the local government units (LGUs) in Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) to be wary of groups promising to fast-track the release of funds for their infrastructure projects. The appeal was made after reports reached the...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has urged local government units (LGUs) to pursue zero illiteracy among their constituents. Gatchalian has been pushing for the National Literacy Council Act or Senate Bill No. 473 which seeks to assign Literacy School Boards (LSBs) as de facto local literacy councils....
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) commended 84 cities, municipalities and a provincial government in Central Luzon for their accomplishments in their respective illegal drug campaign. In a statement on Wednesday, Jan. 18, the DILG Regional Office 3 noted that the 84 LGUs...
A ranking congressman is prodding local government units (LGUs) to set up Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) registration areas in places with there is limited Internet access. (Vojtech Bruzek/ Unsplash) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte made the call in the interest of improving the...
Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda is now pushing for increased participation and involvement of tocal government units (LGUs) in preserving Filipino heritage through cultural mapping. Legarda, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Culture and the Arts, stressed the significance of...
The headline above is not complete as any effort to “cleanse” the police membership of scalawags must be supported by all Filipinos, as there is no place at any time or in any administration for rogue cops. Any personnel in uniform must not, in any way or form, be involved in the illegal drugs...
At least P52,417,028 worth of cash assistance was dispensed by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), local government units, and other groups to various regions nationwide affected by heavy rains and flooding caused by the shear line. Courtesy of DSWD Region X (Facebook) This was...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has rewarded 17 local government units (LGUs) in Caraga region with a minimum of P5 million financial incentives as part of the deal for bagging the Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) award. DILG Caraga Regional Director Lilibeth Famacion...
AUTHORITIES conduct a rescue operation in a flooded area in Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental on Christmas Day. (FB) CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (PNA) – Christmas did not come easy to some local government units in Northern Mindanao as they welcomed the supposed most joyous event of the year by...
The outdated representation and transportation allowance (RATA) and per diem rates of local government unit (LGUs) officials need to be revised. Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (Facebook) Thus, said Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda, who directed the request to the Department of Budget and...
