A group of local shipping companies and operators has expressed gratitude to the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) for what it described as the agency’s quick response to assist their sector at the height the oil supply and price woes due to the Middle East conflict. In a letter sent to...
President Marcos said the government is correcting the misuse of the Local Government Support Fund (LGSF) by directing resources straight to local governments and communities under the “Bawat Barangay Makikinabang” program. In a speech on the program’s launch in General Trias, Cavite, on...
President Marcos has assured local officials that their budget will increase if they run the programs funded by the national government well. In his remarks during the turnover of financial assistance to barangays in Eastern Visayas on Thursday, April 30, Marcos told local officials the national...
President Marcos has declared special non-working days in 13 municipalities and cities in the country. Through separate proclamations, Marcos declared the holidays allowing residents to celebrate their local festivals and anniversaries. Under Proclamation No. 1224, signed on April 20, the President...
Police monitored a noticeable compliance with local ordinances in Metro Manila and other key urban areas across the country less than a month after the implementation of the Safer Cities initiative. Aside from the decline in crime volume, the Philippine National Police (PNP) reported a declining...
The shirtless man who was issued with a violation ticket while mixing cement in Mandaluyong City is now the poster of the reform in the implementation of local ordinances in Metro Manila under the Safer Cities Initiative. And he better prepare this early for an unexpected visitor in his house in...
Despite public backlash over what critics described as a harsh and illogical decision to run after topless men on the streets, a total of 526 residents of Metro Manila were apprehended on Saturday, April 11, in the continuing enforcement of local ordinances in the National Capital Region (NCR). The...
The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) on Tuesday, April 7, urged the government to strengthen local agricultural production, warning that heavy reliance on imports is worsening food insecurity amid the ongoing fuel crisis. In a statement, the group said the country’s long-standing...
Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), warned all policemen not to turn into the very people that they will run after in the enforcement of ordinances intended to strengthen peace and order in Metro Manila. The intensified law enforcement under the Safer...
The national government has streamlined the taxes and fees imposed by local government units (LGUs) on businesses enjoying tax incentives, a move aimed at addressing investor concerns about unfair tax policies. Under Joint Memorandum Circular (JMC) No. 1 dated March 23, the government affirmed that...
Local government units (LGUs) in the Philippines are spending far below what is needed to deliver basic primary health care (PHC) services, according to state-run policy think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS). A PIDS discussion paper t itled “Are Philippine Local...
Domestic travelers have kept Calabarzon as the country’s most visited region for 16 straight years, the Department of Tourism (DOT) reported on Saturday, Feb. 28. A sectoral review by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), using data from DOT and the Philippine Statistics...
