More than three decades after the country embarked on a devolution agenda, a new Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) study raised critical issues in local government spending, particularly in light of the 2019 Mandanas ruling.According to PIDS, the Madanas ruling, which substantially...
President Marcos has approved the creation of the Universal Health Care Coordinating Council to oversee the implementation of the Universal Health Care (UHC) Act nationwide.President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (Photo from the Presidential Communications Office)This was announced by Department of Health...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (left), and President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Facebook, MANILA BULLETIN)
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte has bared his expectations on Malacañang's plan to issue an executive order (EO) on even greater local...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said he will issue a new executive order on the implementation of the Mandanas ruling to further strengthen the coordination and partnership between the local and the national governments.
*President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (PPA...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has called on local government units (LGUs) to help boost the partnership between the national and local governments to advance the administration's development...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said that his order to review the previous administration's Executive Order (EO) No. 138 was not an alternative to the proposed Charter change still pending in Congress, but was an effort to ensure that the devolution of national government functions would...
Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Amenah Pangandaman assured that the national government has enough revenues to shoulder the additional budget to be given to local government units (LGUs) for the implementation of the Supreme Court's Mandanas ruling.
During a Palace briefing, the...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has ordered his development committee to further study the previous administration's order in the implementation of the Supreme Court's 2018 ruling on the correct share of local governments in national taxes.
Department of Budget and Management (DBM)...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has assured local government units that the current administration is taking "very seriously" the issues arising from the Mandanas ruling.
President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate)
Speaking during the 2023 General Assembly of the...
Should he win in the upcoming May 2022 senatorial race, Sorsogon Governor Francis "Chiz" Escudero said he will pursue amendments to the Local Government Code of 1991 to give local government units (LGUs) more power and autonomy.
The law, which has been substantially unchanged for 31 years,...
There should be a moratorium on the creation of new cities and provinces if the existing local government units (LGUs) are to maximize the increased financial resources that they will receive starting this year.
(Photo from LRay Villafuerte's Facebook)
Camarines Sur 2nd district congressman...
Presidential candidate Vice President Leni Robredo on Thursday, March 17, promised Zamboangueños that she would personally address the power interruption problems in the region.
Vice President Leni Robredo (VPLR Media Bureau)
"Ang akin pong pangako, ako mismo ang tututok para masolusyunan...
