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Malacañang to Magalong: What ‘election funds’?

1 month ago | inquirer.net | Julie M. Aurelio |Kathleen de Villa |Vincent Cabreza

MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang on Thursday dared Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong to show evidence to prove his claim that the P6.236-trillion national budget for 2025 was passed by lawmakers as an “election fund.”Presidential Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro, the Palace press officer, challenged Magalong to prove his allegations.
Malacañang to Magalong: What ‘election funds’?

1 month ago | plus.inquirer.net | Julie M. Aurelio |Kathleen de Villa |Vincent Cabreza

To Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong’s claim that the 2025 P6.236T national budget was passed by Congress as an “election fund,” Malacanang clapped back with a dare: Prove it — show evidence. The mayor, a retired chief of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group of the Philippine National Police, made the allegation in an interview with reporters in Baguio earlier this week.
BCDA claims 'sabotage' during John Hay Golf Club takeover

Jan 18, 2025 | plus.inquirer.net | Vincent Cabreza

BAGUIO CITY—The road to the Jan. 6 takeover of the Camp John Hay Golf Club Inc. and Golf Course was allegedly littered with acts of sabotage and disinformation aimed at obstructing a Supreme Court order that removed all hindrances for the takeover by the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA), the authority claimed in a statement Friday. The BCDA, in a three-page narrative statement from its public information office, claimed that golf course managers of Camp John Hay Development Corp.
Ex-Baguio mayor not dropping suit vs BCDA

Jan 16, 2025 | newsinfo.inquirer.net | Vincent Cabreza

BAGUIO CITY — Former Baguio Mayor Mauricio Domogan on Wednesday said he was proceeding with a lawsuit challenging the takeover of the Camp John Hay Golf Club by the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) to ensure the “security” of its membership shares. Lawyer Federico Mandapat Jr., an official of the golf club’s board of governors, made the same declaration to the Inquirer on Tuesday after he, Domogan, and an engineer, Marciano Garcia, were banned from the golf course by the BCDA.
Ex-Baguio mayor not dropping suit vs BCDA

Jan 16, 2025 | plus.inquirer.net | Vincent Cabreza

BAGUIO CITY—Former Baguio Mayor Mauricio Domogan on Wednesday said he was proceeding with a lawsuit challenging the takeover of the Camp John Hay Golf Club by the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) to ensure the “security” of its membership shares. Lawyer Federico Mandapat Jr., an official of the golf club’s board of governors, made the same declaration to the Inquirer on Tuesday after he, Domogan, and an engineer, Marciano Garcia, were banned from the golf course by the BCDA.
NCIP, Baguio agree to repeal Ipra exclusion of Ibaloys

Jan 15, 2025 | newsinfo.inquirer.net | Vincent Cabreza

BAGUIO CITY, Philippines — Baguio officials and the agency promoting indigenous Filipino rights have agreed in principle to remove restrictions in the 1997 Indigenous Peoples Rights Act (Ipra, or Republic Act No. 8371) that excludes the city’s Ibaloys from securing ancestral land titles.
Camp John Hay businesses asked to get permits from Baguio gov’t

Jan 14, 2025 | newsinfo.inquirer.net | Vincent Cabreza

BAGUIO CITY, Philippines — All businesses operating inside Camp John Hay, which has now been taken over by the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA), are expected to secure their business permits and pay other regulatory fees of Baguio City beginning this month.
Camp John Hay businesses asked to get permits from Baguio gov’t

Jan 14, 2025 | plus.inquirer.net | Vincent Cabreza

BAGUIO CITY—All businesses operating inside Camp John Hay, which has now been taken over by the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA), are expected to secure their business permits and pay other regulatory fees of Baguio City beginning this month.
League of Cities backs scrutiny of tax shares

Jan 10, 2025 | newsinfo.inquirer.net | Vincent Cabreza

BAGUIO CITY—The League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP) is backing a group of mayors that is seeking to determine how much they are actually getting as their legal share of the national revenue. The Mayors for Good Governance (M4GG) suspects that local government units (LGUs) were being “shortchanged” by the national government of the 40 percent they were entitled to from the annual revenue collection, instead of the 31 percent that they have been receiving, according to their calculations.
League of Cities backs scrutiny of tax shares - Philippine Daily Inquirer

Jan 10, 2025 | plus.inquirer.net | Vincent Cabreza

BAGUIO CITY—The League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP) is backing a group of mayors that is seeking to determine how much they are actually getting as their legal share of the national revenue. The Mayors for Good Governance (M4GG) suspects that local government units (LGUs) were being “shortchanged” by the national government of the 40 percent they were entitled to from the annual revenue collection, instead of the 31 percent that they have been receiving, according to their calculations.