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DAGUPAN CITY, Pangasinan--PROMDI Party presidential candidate Senator Manny Pacquiao on Thursday, March 3, vowed to pursue the regularization of non-elective barangay personnel and the implementation of salary standards for barangay workers throughout the country. (Photo from Manny Pacquiao's Ins

The Marikina City local government passed on Wednesday, Feb. 23, a city ordinance extending tax amnesty to businesses from Feb. 23 to June 30, 2022. Ordinance No. 006, Series of 2022, introduced by Councilors Romina Kate De Guzman and Cloyd Casimiro, grants an extended period for business owners to

BENEFITS FOR BARANGAY OFFICIALS. UniTeam presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. speaks before some 1,500 barangay captains who attended a meeting at the Iloilo Convention Center on Thursday (Feb. 24, 2022). In his message, he said barangay officials deserve to get the full benefits provided for them under the Local Government Code for their hard work during this time of a health crisis. (Photo courtesy of Leo Solinap) ILOILO CITY - UniTeam presidential candidate Ferdina...

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Sangguniang Bayan of Isabela in Negros Occidental has been strongly directed by Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson to comply with the

WORK SUSPENSION. The Tacloban City hall. The city government here has suspended on Wednesday (Feb. 23, 2022) afternoon work and classes due to heavy rains brought by the shear line.(PNA file photo) TACLOBAN CITY - Mayor Alfred Romualdez has suspended classes and work in the city government here on Wednesday afternoon due to heavy rains in some parts of Eastern Visayas region. In an Executive Order issued before noon on Wednesday, Romualdez canceled classes and work as "precautionary measure...

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Second Division has dismissed the petition seeking for the cancellation of the Certificate of Candidacy (COC) of senatorial candidate Raffy Tulfo as it was "bereft" of any merit. (Photo from Raffy Tulfo's Facebook page) In the 10-page resolution promulgated

MANILA - The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has affirmed a Makati court's decision turning down the local government's assessment worth PHP65.73 million against a holdings firm for alleged deficiency taxes and charges from 2011 to 2013. In its 18-page decision written by Associate Justice Ma. Belen M. Ringpis-Liban dated February 10 and published online Thursday, the tax court's Third Division denied for lack of merit the petition for review filed by the Makati City government against DM...

Vice President Leni Robredo on Wednesday, Feb. 16, reaffirmed her support for Boracay residents who opposed the creation of the Boracay Island Development Authority (BIDA), which will make the island a government-owned and controlled corporation (GOCC) with powers to lease and sell the real property

The Manila mayor reads comments on his Facebook page, slept in his office for three months during the pandemic, and does inspections at any time of the day

BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod is urging the management of Central Negros Electric Cooperative, Inc. (CENECO) to explain the