League of the Provinces of the Philippines National President Gov. Reynaldo S. Tamayo Jr. hit the ground running by hosting a productive 2nd General Assembly
The freshman senator was worried. The Hon. Victor M. Dooley was due to deliver his maiden speech on the Senate floor in a week, and he still hadn’t come up with a brilliant idea to wow the media with, to assure his many millions of voters that they had chosen the right fellow over a couple of dozen lawyers, economists, professors, and retired generals.
MANILA - The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is in the thick of preparations for the full transfer of responsibilities to local government units (LGUs) in compliance with Executive Order (EO) 138. Signed by President Rodrigo Duterte in June 2021, the EO went into effect this year in line with the implementation of the 2018 Mandanas-Garcia Supreme Court Ruling, granting LGUs a nearly 40 percent boost in their portion of the national government's annual tax collections. "Sa kasalukuyan, ang DSWD ay isinasaayos na iyong ating mga plano para sa pagpapasa o pag-devolve o paglipat ng kapangyarihan ng pagpapatupad ng mga social welfare service sa mga lokal na pamahalaan sa ilalim nga ng (Currently, the DSWD has come up with the plan for the passing or devolving or transfer of power of fulfilling social welfare services to local government units under) Executive Order 138 o iyong (or the) Full Devolution of Certain Functions of the Executive Branch to Local Governm