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MANDATED price caps for public procurement of medicines must be reviewed as some pharmaceutical purchases made for public hospitals do not translate to lower medicine costs for the general public, according to the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS). In a discussion paper, PIDS Fellow Michael R.M. Abrigo, Research Analyst…
The national and local governments would have to strengthen their coordination to ensure efficient service delivery to the public once the Mandanas Ruling is finally implemented this year.
Duterte-Carpio pushes for stronger local autonomy
Davao City Mayor Inday Sara Duterte. (Davao CIO file photo) DAVAO CITY - Mayor Inday Sara Duterte is pushing for stronger local autonomy to boost the potential of local government units in responding to a crisis. In her recent talk during the 2021 Regional Planning of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP) at the SMX Convention Center, Lanang, Davao City, Mayor Sara said that a stronger local autonomy is a viable tool to harness the potential of the local government units in addressing situations such as the coronavirus pandemic. "I have personally seen the value and the be...
HE knew it was bad. Gerardo Santiago knew from experience that phone calls arriving at four in the morning—the shrill bouncing across and outside the house waking up roosters—are harbingers of bad news. “Patay na si kapitan (The captain is dead),” the voice, cracking, from the other end sent a…