Committee On Devolution News Today

THE passage of key tax reforms and harnessing local government units (LGUs) as engines of growth are among the factors that will sustain the country’s recent economic gains, according to the country’s Finance Secretary. Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said growth in 2023 is projected to be near the low…

Leader of the Tamil Makkal Thesiya Kootan (TMTK), CV Wigneswaran has written to the secretary of Sri Lanka’s president to explain that he would not attend the dialogue session due to the continued failure to implement the 13th amendment, which sets out grounds for devolution to the North and East.

Meru MCAs a few weeks ago said they would table a second impeachment motion against her.

Eldoret’s bid to become Kenya’s fifth city is edging closer after the Senate is set to consider a resolution by Uasin Gishu County to confer city status to the municipality.

Several government agencies involved in reexamining Executive Order No. 138 – which strengthens the autonomy and empowerment of local government units and directs the full devolution of certain functions of the Executive Branch to the LGUs – are confident they will finish the job in two month’s time. During the Saturday News Forum, Department of

Even though he tested positive for CoViD-19, Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama was able to lead other mayors who are officers of the League of Cities of the Philippines in their courtesy call on President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr. at the Malacañang yesterday.

Department of Budget and Management Secretary Amenah Pangandaman (File photo) MANILA - Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Amenah Pangandaman on Monday expressed support on the campaign of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. towards achieving prudent fiscal management and bureaucratic efficiency, as outlined in his first State of the Nation Address (SONA). "We, at the Department of Budget and Management, are one with the President and vow to contribute to the pursuit of econom...

(Screengrab from FOI Philippines Facebook page) MANILA - The Philippine Open Government Partnership (PH-OGP) emphasized the critical roles and capacities that civil society organization (CSO) plays in the implementation of fiscal decentralization. "Today as we talk among ourselves, we learn that we can work on equal footing with our government allies in the local government," PH-OGP Non-Government Non-Steering Committee co-chairperson Andrea Maria Patricia Sarenas said during the 3rd s...

Mayor Evelio Leonardia yesterday enjoined the countrys top city executives to work closely together to emerge triumphant in the continued battle against

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Wednesday, June 9, welcomed the new executive order on devolution noting that this will lead to more “accountable” delivery of immediate assistance to those who need it.