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Nosy Tarsee has heard that the garbage business in local government had just gotten a lot dirtier — and not from the actual garbage.
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Nosy Tarsee has heard that the garbage business in local government had just gotten a lot dirtier — and not from the actual garbage.
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The zarzuela, which is meant to lift the profile of the administration while getting back at political foes, has the overall effect of rewarding grand-scale…
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Mayor Francisco “Isko” Moreno Domagoso told 2026 graduates Friday that the Manila government would continue focusing on housing, education, health care and…
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Philippine exporters of consumer goods to the United States may face shipment delays and added compliance costs as a new US safety regulation requires…
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It makes no sense for the Philippines to negotiate with China over terms that would allow the Philippines to enter its own waters.
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In a single decade, the confidential and intelligence funds of one office grew more than thirteenfold, without any corresponding national threat serious enough…
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Ilocos Norte Second District Representative Angelo Marcos Barba is preparing to file legislation that would raise the National Tax Allotment for local…
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Indonesia never laughed at us. Didn’t have to. Their action was the slap: ‘You won. But what did you build on top of it?’
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The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Tuesday said it has stepped up real-time monitoring of government-funded local projects to…
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The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) is urging local government units (LGUs) to support the rollout of an AI-powered…
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The Department of Finance (DOF) is proposing higher excise taxes on sweetened beverages, e-cigarettes, alcohol, plastics and vehicles to offset revenue losses…
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Continuous learning, adapting to customer needs and embracing digital tools are critical to sustaining growth for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs)…
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The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) urged the public to immediately dial the Unified 911 hotline during life-threatening emergencies,…
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The most significant shift in the NGPA is that sustainability is written directly into the law rather than treated as a bonus consideration.
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If the Pasig teaches us that even a neglected river may flow again, Quezon reminds us that a Republic may also renew itself.
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The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) is accelerating digital transformation across local government units (LGUs) to create a more…
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By accurately pinning down some of our reprehensible political leaders as kleptocrats we’ll be better off. Calling them merely corrupt is too kind and cuddly.
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