MPIO Photo The City of Manila and Microsoft forged a partnership on Oct. 27, 2021 to digitally transform the capital and empower over two million citizens. “Manila has taken on an enormous challenge in their ambition to become a smart city and we're supporting their transformation efforts," says...
For working tirelessly as they confronted the danger and the adverse economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the over 5,000 employees of the Quezon City government deserve a year-end incentive equivalent to one-month salary. Rep. Michael Defensor Anakalusugan Rep. Mike Defensor called on the...
The Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) and the Local Government Academy (LGA) signed a three-year partnership agreement that aims to elevate gender responsiveness in local governance. (Photo from PCW) PCW and LGA expressed commitment to work together in amplifying advocacy for gender equality and...
Government agencies have until Oct. 31 to submit their Public Service Continuity Plan (PSCP), an all-hazard plan that aims to ensure continuous delivery of services to the public amid any disruption. (CSC/ Manila Bulletin File) Acting as the lead convenor of the Sub-Task Group on Public Service...
A total of 72 minors aged 12 to 17 with comorbidities were vaccinated in Muntinlupa on the first day of the rollout by the national and city governments. The vaccination of minors, classified by the Department of Health (DOH) as Pediatric A3, was held on Oct. 25 at the city-run Ospital ng...
"Either you follow us, or you have to answer to Secretary Año ng (of the) DILG (Department of the Interior and Local Government)." President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang file photo) This was President Duterte's message to local chief executives as he worried that the Philippines may not meet...
The Muntinlupa City government on Monday started the vaccination of minors aged 12 to 17 with comorbidities. The vaccination of minors, classified as Pediatric A3 group, kicked off at the city-run Ospital ng Muntinlupa (OsMun), the sole venue in Muntinlupa designated by the Department of Health...
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...
Benchmark interest rates move sideways By CHINO S. LEYCO The short-term benchmark interest rates move sideways. At Monday's auction of Treasury bills on Oct. 25, the bellwether 91-day T-bill rate, which banks use in pricing their loans, slightly rose to 1.119 percent from 1.113 percent previously....
The national government’s budget deficit breached the P1 trillion mark in the first three quarters of the year, but cuts in expenditures allowed the Duterte administration to keep the funding gap below the ceiling. The Bureau of the Treasury reported Monday, Oct. 25, that the national...
Communications Secretary Martin Andanar lauded how government media has "come a long way" in communicating with the public, saying its operations have definitely improved under the Duterte administration. Communications Secretary Martin Andanar and other key officials of the Presidential...
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...
