Robredo to LGUs: Make Full Disclosure of Local Budget, Finance
Aug 31, 2010
As part of the Department's efforts to raise the level of transparency and accountability in local government units, Secretary Jesse M. Robredo of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) today issued guidelines requiring provinces, cities and municipalities of the country to publicly disclose their financial transactions by posting them in conspicuous places within their localities, or published in newspapers of general circulation and in their websites. "This is part of our effort to aggressively scale up interventions to elevate the practice of good governance that values transparency, accountability, participation and performance," said Robredo during the signing of…