Counting the Costs

Counting the Costs

With the pandemic forcing the government to incur more debt and possibly go into deficit spending, what are the prospects for the IRA that the national government still owes LGUs? With reduced resources, what happens to national programs for less financially capable LGUs? We will ask these questions and many more to our expert panel on the first of five Webinar-Talk Shows on Counting the Costs: Understanding the Legal and Fiscal Issues of the Mandanas Ruling. This podcast is an edited recording of the Center for Local and Regional Governance's webinar series as part of its public service to local governance stakeholders.

Episodes

July 14, 2021 83 mins
'Devolution should not be seen as a constraint but really as a platform to work together and undertake really what is provided by the local government code.'

In this episode, we bring over DENR Undersecretary, Analiza Rebuelta-Teh and DILG Director Anna Liza Bonagua to discuss the Mandanas-Garcia ruling implementation in greater detail, especially as it relates to transboundary sectors in governance such as the environment and disa...
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In our 2nd episode, DBM Assistant Secretary Rolando Toledo and DILG Director Anna Liza Bonagua clarify the process for scaling down on local programs and projects in national agencies and the parameters for selecting which ones to turn over to LGUs brought about by the full devolution mandate of the Supreme Court's ruling on the Mandanas-Garcia petition.
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March 2, 2021 92 mins
In the first episode, attorney Enrique 'Buko' Dela Cruz, Jr., Baliuag, Bulacan councilor, senior partner at Divina Law, and CLRG affiliate expert and Novel Bangsal, executive director of the SERB-Congressional Policy and Budget Research Department of the Philippines, discuss the possible implications and policy decisions that local and national governments have to consider in preparation for the implementation of the Supreme Court'...
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