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"Kung hindi nagbayad ang gobyerno, para na rin po itong pagnanakaw." Pasig reelectionist Mayor Vico Sotto disclosed that they have discovered past city

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. &qu...

Sen. Bong Go has renewed his call to intensify and properly implement the needed safety and health protocols in schools as more educational institutions are set to join the progressive expansion phase of face-to-face classes across the country.

Senator Christopher ‘’Bong’’ Go on Thursday, April 7 reiterated his call for government to intensify and properly implement the needed safety and health protocols in schools as more educational institutions were reported set to join the progressive expansion phase of face-to-face classes across the

A senior administration lawmaker from Mindanao yesterday revealed that provinces, cities, municipalities and barangays that host mining operations would get an extra P5.6 billion in fresh development funding from the national government this year.

MANDANAS RULING. Twenty-four LGUs in Negros Oriental have submitted their respective devolution transition plans in relation to the Mandanas ruling. A 'Kapihan sa PIA' forum was held Thursday (March 31, 2022) in Dumaguete City with guests Engr. Gemylene Espina, DILG-Negros Oriental focal person on full devolution, Dr. Michelle Naranjo of Silliman University, and lawyer Doram Dumalagan, Dumaguete City Administrator (left to right) as speakers on the Mandanas ruling.(Video screengrab from ...

Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto responded to a public administration student who asked him his thoughts about citizens' participation in the planning

TOL VIEWS Through the system of decentralization, local government units are given more power, authority, responsibilities, and resources to deliver basic services and facilities to citizens under its jurisdiction and exercise certain regulatory powers. Accordingly, this transfer of powers from t

Independent presidential candidate and Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson said he will reform the controversial pork barrel system as well as the ugly culture of patronage politics in the Philippines should he win the presidency in the May 2022 elections. To do this, Lacson sought the cooperation of his

Back in the days of Kennedy & Nixon, when there was a very strong anti-war movement in the United States, one of the most iconic protest slogans was “Make love not war.”