July 24, 2001 LPP NEWS RELEASE GMA TO RELEASE P6.25 B MORE FOR LGUs In the pursuit of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's commitment to speed up countryside development, Malacanang will release starting the end of this month P6.25 billion representing the Internal Revenue Allotments (IRA) share which were not released by the past administrations to various local government units (LGUs) nationwide, Interior and Local Government Secretary Jose D. Lina Jr. announced today. July 16, 2001 President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has given local government units a package of benefits including the automatic release of their internal revenue allotment (IRA) that has been a source of perennial conflict between LGUs and Congress.
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