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Returning Senator Chiz Escudero will bat for full local government autonomy, saying it needs to be addressed first before a shift to federalism is tackled. In an interview with a news channel, Escudero said he will initiate strengthening the Local Government Code during the 19th Congress. The veteran legislator said the national government interferes too […]
Camarines Sur Representative LRay Villafuerte called on senators to consider a measure that aims to further increase the fiscal autonomy of the local government units (LGUs), allow them to bankroll more development projects and rev up the delivery of frontline services in their respective localities. Villafuerte told senators that, “Strengthening local autonomy by increasing the IRA prepares […]
With Metro Manila accounting for close to 40 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) while having 12 percent of the Philippine population, it is time for the country to consider a “different approach” to ensure that the 88 percent of Filipinos living outside the National Capital Region (NCR) could also reap the benefits […]
Senator Sonny Angara is backing moves that would give more power and funds to local government units (LGUs), whether under a federal form of government being pushed by President Rodrigo Duterte or through changes to the 27-year-old Local Government Code (LGC). Speaking before local officials of Siquijor province, Angara said that as chairman of the […]
Now that “federalism is an uphill climb,” Senator Koko Pimentel III said Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte should seek a Senate seat in next year’s midterm elections for Mindanao to have a greater Senate representation. In asking Sara to run, Pimentel said the Senate presence of the daughter of President Rodrigo Duterte will give Mindanao […]
The Senate Committee on Economic Affairs led by Senator Win Gatchalian is set to take an in-depth look into the potential impact that the proposed shift to federalism would have on the Philippine economy. Gatchalian has filed Senate Resolution No. 823, which directs the appropriate Senate committee to look into the economic effects that a […]
“To care for our own soldiers is to care for our own country.” This is the firm belief of Special Assistant to the President Bong Go as he recently took time to visit wounded soldiers recovering at the Camp Lukban Station Hospital in Samar. Among those whom Go visited were Private First Class (PFC) Eric […]
With economic opportunities concentrated in Metro Manila and its surrounding provinces, Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III said that the adoption of federalism was necessary to ensure that the country’s economic development could be felt by the country’s population living far from the nation’s capital. “Philippine society has two faces. One is the face […]
More than shifting to federalism, in which the country would be divided into autonomous states, Senator Richard Gordon said what the country really needs is a cultural change. Gordon explained that even if the Philippines shifted to federalism, the country will remain the same if the government will still be run by the same […]