Anticorruption mayors' group seeks a dialogue with Finance Secretary Ralph Recto because cities and municipalities seem to be getting only a 31-percent share in government revenues ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
| | | | | | | | YEAR OPENER President Marcos presides over a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday—the 18th since he took office and the first for 2025. It comes after a week of two major presidential actions: his signing of the contentious 2025 national budget and the revamp of the National Security Council. —MARIANNE BERMUDEZ |
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Hi there. Mayors say LGUs "shortchanged" in tax share despite Mandanas ruling
Per the group Mayors for Good Governance, cities and municipalities are receiving "only 31 percent instead of [the full] 40 percent" local government share from national taxes under the Supreme Court's Mandanas-Garcia ruling.
"Well-studied" increase? That's the view of the Palace in refusing to postpone the hike in SSS premiums, reasoning that meddling in the state-run pension fund's affairs might cause a "negative impact" on its members.
"No moral authority": Malacanang hit back at Duterte lieutenant Salvador Panelo's criticism of VP Sara Duterte's removal from the National Security Council, reminding him how he had moved to exclude then VP Leni Robredo from the same body.
A 6.8 earthquake that rocked the northern foothills of the Himalayas near one of Tibet's holiest cities on Tuesday killed at least 95 people, left some 130 injured, and shook buildings in neighboring Nepal, Bhutan, and India.
Instead of cash aid programs like AKAP that are prone to corruption, "the government should exert more effort in nurturing an environment where Filipinos will be able to find decent jobs or have adequate livelihood," urges today's editorial.
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The party list mutation
Whatever is left of our political creativity is being expressed—and wasted—in the party list. It is expressed in two forms: in the invasion of the party list by political families who are otherwise too plentiful or too uncompetitive in territorial districts, or the creation of new constituencies identified and courted on the basis of their ability to be mobilized to produce enough votes to meet the quotas for success imposed by the Commission on Elections.
By Manuel Luis Quezon III
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New high: Gov't debt topped P16T in Nov
Total outstanding debt of the government rose to a new record high in November, no thanks to a weak peso that bloated the state's foreign currency-denominated liabilities. Latest data from the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) showed the government's debt load had risen by 0.4 percent or P70.7 billion month-on-month to P16.09 trillion in November.
By Ian Nicolas P. Cigaral
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Baguio traffic jams boost bus ridership
Bumper-to-bumper traffic in Baguio City, particularly during holidays and weekends, appeared to have influenced travel behavior, with more tourists now opting to reach the summer capital by bus. Mayor Benjamin Magalong said bus company records showed a rise in daily round trips between Manila and Baguio during the ho
By Vincent Cabreza
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Why Beauty Gonzalez doesn't like 'pretty art'
As an art collector, Beauty Gonzalez rarely goes for the conventionally beautiful. "I like something that has some darkness to it. I don't like pretty art, or stuff that looks like they just popped out of Pinterest. They can be nice to look at, but I quickly grow tired of them," she told Lifestyle.
By Allan Policarpio
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