Council to sell empty homes for £1 to housing benefit tenants

Stoke-on-Trent City Council wants to offer loans of £30,000 to families hit by housing benefit cuts to refurbish empty homes which it will sell to them for a £1. The measure is part of a move by the council to...

Ibaan Barangay Tanod and Katarungang Pambarangay Trained

To arm Ibaan’s barangay officials, particularly the barangay tanod and members of katarungang pambarangay, with working knowledge on their functions, duties and responsibilities, and methods in performing the ...

Partnership for a Greener New Jersey

The Citizens Campaign is partnering with Sustainable Jersey in order to create opportunities for citizens to improve the quality of life in their own hometowns and to assist in improving New Jersey's environment.The Citizens Campaign will host three regional...

Mayor Danny Toreja At Brgy. Munting Tubig Barangay Assembly

By Ibaan Ito. True to his vision of establishing and strengthening effective working relationship with the constituents in the Municipality of Ibaan, Mayor Danny Toreja attended the Barangay Assembly at Brgy....

Highest property taxes in the country

Homeowners in the Northeast pay the highest property taxes in the nation, according to calculations of Census Bureau data made by The Tax Foundation, the organization that advocates for fair tax policy.

Cost shifting – local to state to federal –then complain

There are certain basic needs that society has for police and fire protection, for teachers and schools, healthcare and assistance for those in need, etc. Legislation at all levels of government defines the...

Reading East MP expresses concern over Council complaints rise

10 September 2008Rob Wilson, Member of Parliament for Reading East, has expressed his concern today at the findings of a Local Government Ombudsman’s report, revealing a 17 per cent rise in complaints against Reading Borough Council. The rise is significant as the LGO...

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