The Department of Finance-Bureau of Local Government Finance (DOF-BLGF) cited Parañaque as the sixth richest city nationwide in terms of locally sourced revenues (LSR) during the fiscal year 2021. BLGF executive director Niño Raymond Alvina said Parañaque earned P6.2 billion in local revenue...
Quezon City, Makati, Manila, Cainta, Limay and Carmona emerged as the top cities and municipalities in the Philippines with the highest locally sourced revenues (LSRs) in 2021. The Department of Finance’s Bureau of Local Government Finance (BLGF) revealed the country’s top performing provinces,...
The Muntinlupa City government took eighth place among cities in the Philippines in collection efficiency of local revenues in 2021. The Bureau of Local Government Finance (BLGF) under the Department of Finance (DOF) announced the top performing provinces, cities, and municipalities based on...
DOH The Philippines has been logging more than 3,000 Covid-19 cases per day, the Department of Health (DOH) reported on Tuesday, August 2. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said an average of 3,541 cases have been recorded daily in the recent week. "All areas are still at continuous...
The rehabilitation and reconstruction of the schools damaged by the 7.0-magnitude earthquake will cost P1.706 billion, said the Department of Education (DepEd). (Photo courtesy of Dugong Elementary School) DepEd’s data as of Aug. 1 showed that there were 495 schools affected by the destructive...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) said there is no need to establish another task force specifically for monkeypox. DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said there is already an Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID), "which is not just...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The Department of Health (DOH) urged the local government units and its other partners to ramp up Covid-19 vaccination efforts to reach their target of vaccinating...
Senator Chiz Escudero on Tuesday, August 2, called for the creation of a new department or an agency dedicated for ensuring timely and immediate government response, which is also free of red-tape, during times of disasters and natural calamities. Escudero made the call following appeals from...
The domestic electronics industry has urged for a review of the effectiveness of the incentives rationalization program of the government stating the country could potentially lose $400 million worth of investments to other countries, on top of the earlier $3.25 billion losses, should there be no...
The Department of Education’s (DepEd) immediate solution for the urgent need to provide a "safe space for teachers and students" following the destructive magnitude 7.0 northwestern Luzon quake is by building and looking for temporary learning spaces. Aftermath of the magnitude 7.0 earthquake...
17DENGUE The Department of Health (DOH) said that the number of dengue cases in the country has already reached more than 82,000 since the start of this year. DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said that a total of 82,597 dengue cases were recorded from Jan. 1 to July 16. "Cases this year...
DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire speaks to members of the media during the first face-to-face press briefing after two years at the DOH Central Office in Manila on Wednesday, July 20. (MB Photo: Noel Pabalate) The Department of Health (DOH) said that there is no reason to delay the...
