MANILA, (PIA) — The Department of Science and Technology-National Research Council of the Philippines (DOST-NRCP) is collaborating with the House of Representatives to review the Philippines’ Local ...

The Philippines is a country with a long-standing history of fiscal decentralization. Municipalities have been authorized, in principle, to access debt financing as far back as 1975. Despite ...

In a move to address the Philippines’ growing waste and water crisis, the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) of the ...

MANILA, JUNE 10, 2021 – Addressing inequality in financial resources among local government units (LGUs), improving the capacity of LGUs, and enhancing transparency and accountability are key to ...

Hong Kong’s Grenfell Tower Moment: When Grief Became Sedition Local government in the Philippines plays an important but infrequently discussed role in President Rodrigo Duterte’s so-called war on ...

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday urged local government leaders to work together in regaining public trust amid issues of corruption. Speaking at the oath-taking of ...

The rapid expansion of local colleges and universities (LUCs) since the passage of the Local Government Code of 1992 has been both a boom and a bane for higher education. While most Filipinos are ...

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has ordered the reduction of the real property taxes (RPT) imposed on independent power producers (IPP) for Calendar Year (CY) 2025 to prevent defaults and economic ...