Closing the year amid the Covid-19 crisis, the Bureau of Local Government Finance (BLGF), an attached agency of the Department of Finance (DOF), has passed anew a third-party review of its compliance with international standards in quality management under ISO 9001:2015. TÜV Rheinland, an independent certifying body, reported that its first surveillance audit of the […]

The Bureau of Local Government Finance (BLGF) has been recognized by the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) in the 2020 Freedom of Information (FOI) Awards for government agencies contributing to the development and progress of the FOI Program. Announced in the awarding ceremony on 25 November 2020 and livestreamed via Facebook, the BLGF shared the […]

After 18 years of vacancy, the BLGF welcomes the appointment of Mr. JESSIE B. DOCTOLERO as Director II of the BLGF Regional Office No. VII, Cebu City. His appointment letter was signed by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte dated 04 September 2020. Starting his career as a Revenue Officer of the Bureau of Internal Revenue – […]

The Bureau of Local Government Finance (BLGF), through Director Ma. Pamela Quizon joined discussions on improving utilization of Special Education Fund (SEF) and tapping credit financing to facilitate local recovery programs given the Coronavirus Disease (Covid-19). In the Webinar on the Utilization of SEF hosted by E-Net Philippines, Director Quizon advised LGUs to maximize SEF’s […]

The BLGF welcomes the appointment of its two new Regional Directors, namely Gerardo A. Avorque of BLGF Region VIII and Geriebeth G. Dela Torre of BLGF Region IV-A (Calabarzon). President Rodrigo Roa Duterte issued the appointment letters of Mr. Avorque and Ms Dela Torre, both as Director II of the BLGF, on 15 May 2020 […]

The Bureau of Local Government Finance and Rare, Inc., organized an online seminar entitled “Accessing Financing Opportunities for COVID-19 LGU Recovery” last June 23, 2020. Attended by local officers and officials from partner LGUs of Rare on coastal fisheries and resource management, the webinar tackled the available financing windows for LGUs to address the effects […]

As part of its mandate to assist in the formulation and implementation of policies on local government revenue and fund management and to exercise administrative and technical supervision and coordination over the treasury and assessment operations of Local Government Units (LGUs), the Local Treasury Operations Division (LTOD) conducted an FGD on MELTO on 19 to […]

The Bureau of Local Government Finance (BLGF) and the Land Registration Authority (LRA) signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the exchange of proprietary information, pertinent to real estate valuation, transactions and corresponding taxation thereto. BLGF Executive Director Niño Raymond B. Alvina and his LRA counterpart Atty. Ethel B. Regadio, signed the MOU at the […]

The Bureau of Local Government Finance (BLGF), together with the Department of Finance (DOF), signed on 12 December 2019 a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with eight (8) government and private domestic banks on the exchange of information on indebtedness, payments and balances of local government units (LGUs). The agreement seeks to establish mechanisms for a […]