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“Local government units should also be given the power to propose instead of always passively accepting projects from the national government.” This was the call of Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines president and Quirino governor Dax Cua after Pres. Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. announced that he would order the return of the practice of […]
Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines president and Quirino Governor Dax Cua highlighted the role of local government units in reducing poverty in the country, as he called on the national government to treat LGUs as partners in development. During the Philippine Poverty Reduction Summit 2025 held recently, Cua said that LGUs should be […]
The Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP), in partnership with the Provincial Government of Aklan and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), successfully hosted the First Session of the Executive Bureau of the United Cities and Local Governments Asia-Pacific (UCLG ASPAC) from 9 to 12 June 2025 at Crimson Resort […]
To ensure a targeted approach at curbing human trafficking in the country, the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines suggested on Tuesday that the government identify pilot areas where it will establish help desks first. This, as the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Department of Justice’s Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (DOJ-IACAT) recently announced […]
Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP) president and Quirino Governor Dax Cua called on his fellow local leaders to take advantage of the cheaper rice stock from the National Food Authority (NFA) for their constituents. “This is an opportunity for us to provide immediate and much-needed relief to our constituents amid the high […]
The Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP) has officially entered into a Memorandum of Agreement with Takeda Healthcare Philippines, Inc. (Takeda Philippines) to intensify efforts in combating dengue through the Empowering Communities for a Dengue-Ready Philippines Project (Project E-CODE). The partnership was formalized during the ULAP 107th National Executive Board Meeting on January 31, […]
“Local governance is on the right track and better than ever,” as a record number of local government units have received the Department of Interior and Local Government’s (DILG) Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG), the president of the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP), Dax Cua said. The DILG conferred the SGLG […]
Quirino Governor Dakila Carlo Cua, as President of both the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP) and the United Cities and Local Governments Asia Pacific (UCLG ASPAC), represented local and regional governments of the Philippines and the Asia Pacific at the Fourth Meeting of the Board of the Fund for Responding to Loss […]
“Time to get serious about inter-government collaboration.” This was the call of Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP) president and Quirino Governor Dax Cua as he urged both the national and local government to embark on creating a collaborative system for disaster risk response, reduction, and mitigation. “We are facing unprecedented times and […]
The results of a recent survey showing that local government units are the most trusted sector in the country should remind leaders of “their enormous responsibility to the people they have sworn to serve,” Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines president and Quirino Governor Dax Cua said on Thursday. This, after the 2024 Philippine […]