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A citizen welfare advocacy group, CitizenWatch Philippines recently urged local government units to rationalize fees for telcos’ digital infrastructure projects, stressing that its current practices undermine the objectives of an executive order streamlining the permitting process for establishing connectivity infrastructure. “We have to know who ultimately suffers in the end,”…
Senator Cynthia Villar was elated with the recognition given by the World Bank to the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) or Republic Act No. 11203 as a "strategic policy reform." The WB lauded the RTL, which was passed into law in 2019, as "indicative of the true spirit of this strategic shift." Villar's…
Results of the World Bank’s (WB) policy review of the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) indicate that the RTL, or Republic Act (RA) 11203, is serving its purpose as a “strategic policy reform,” according to Senator Cynthia Villar, who chairs the Senate’s Committee on Agriculture. In a statement on Monday, the…
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said Friday that he would come up with a new and “good” executive order about the implementation of the Mandanas ruling. Marcos said he is aiming to strengthen the coordination and partnership between the local and the national government.
Concerns raised by local government units (LGU) to implement the soon-to-be devolved functions of the national government (NG) prompted President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to order the conduct of a new study to determine possible amendments to Executive Order (EO) 138. The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said the…