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EXPLAINER: Mayor Mike Ramas rep Jerone Castillo argues the huge realty tax increase wont exceed legal limit. But bulky tax burden all at once can be like sledgehammer on some taxpayers. Ramas mission to make the city Singapore-like is the excuse. Hinay-hinay lang, councilors caution.

BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod is requesting Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez to convene the Local Water Supply and Quality

A rookie congressman wants to include the area of municipal waters as an additional factor in determining the share of each local government unit (LGU) in the National Taxes Allocation (NTA), which is also known as Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA). (Unsplash) For this purpose, Agusan del N

Texas Republicans this week pre-filed a slate of bills to pursue at the next state legislative session in ...

The House Committee on Local Government on Thursday, Nov. 17, approved the measure seeking to institutionalize the automatic income classification of provinces, cities and municipalities to boost the capacities of local government units (LGUs) in providing socio-economic benefits to LGU personnel.

EXPLAINER: Councilor de los Santos changes word punish to charge in proposed grant of contempt power to City Council. But ordinance seeks to punish disobedience to Sanggunian subpoenas, which Supreme Court ruling says local legislatures cannot do.

The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has finally declared "null and void" the decision of the Taguig City government to seize and auction the 50-hectare land of the Veterans Federation of the Philippines (VFP) in Western Bicutan for non-payment of real property tax (RPT) amounting to almost P99 million fr

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The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has come up with the guidelines to fill-up the vacancies at the barangay, Sangguniang Kabataan (SK), Liga ng mga Barangay and SK Federation levels. DILG Secretary Benjamin “Benhur’’ Abalos Jr. issued Memorandum Circular (MC) 2022-130 to er

Sandiganbayan The Sandiganbayan has affirmed the graft conviction of former Mayor Arnold B. Abalos of San Sebastian town in Samar. In a resolution, the court denied Abalos’ motion to reconsider the July 18, 2022 decision which sentenced him to a prison term ranging from six to eight years wi