Local government units (LGUs) and stakeholders in Western Visayas are encouraged to conduct collapsed structure search and ...

A measure has been filed in Congress seeking to overhaul the country’s construction standards, in an effort to guarantee better internet access for the public by requiring all new government buildings ...

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 ...

ONE month after typhoon Tino caused unprecedented flash floods, residents of Barangay Tamiao in Compostela are appealing for ...

To further strengthen emergency medical response at the local level, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) on ...

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 ...

Fifteen Philippine local government units (LGUs) have halted sending seasonal workers to Korea over illegal brokers. This is because cases of human trafficking, such as unpaid wages, have repeatedly ...

The Philippine military said Thursday it has discovered illegally built structures on features in the Union Banks, a series of reefs in the South China Sea near where Manila says Chinese maritime ...

On Sept. 15, local officials in the southern Philippine municipality of Tampakan revoked the business permit for mining firm Sagittarius Mines, Inc. (SMI), which is seeking to develop a massive copper ...