City of Manila officials pay courtesy call on Marcos

President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Wednesday underscored that without the local government units, there will be no national government.

This as local officials of the Manila City paid courtesy call on Marcos at the President’s Hall in Malacañang Palace.

Marcos said the meeting marks the cooperation between the local government and the national government to “find ways, in the future, to work more closely” as well as to address the problems at the grassroots level.

“And that’s why it is extremely important that the local government and the national government work very, very closely so that we maximize all our efforts to alleviate the problems that our people face – the rising cost of food, fuel,” the President said in his speech.

The two parties expressed their support and cooperation on government programs and projects that will provide more benefits for Manileños as well as for all Filipinos.

Marcos also said there would be less waste when it comes to resources if there is coordination between the national and local government units.

The President then called for more prudent use of government money and assets.

“So we have to be very careful [on] how we deploy what resources that we have. And again to maximize those resources we have to be in very close coordination, both the national government and local government such as the City of Manila,” Marcos said.

Among the officials present in the courtesy call were Mayor Ma. Sheilah Lacuna-Pangan, Vice Mayor John Marvin Nieto, Representatives Ernesto Dionisio Jr. (1st District), Rolando Valeriano (2nd District), Joel Chua (3rd District), Edward Maceda (4th District), Erwin Tieng (5th District), Bienvenido Abante Jr. (6th District), Liga ng mga Barangay — Manila Chapter President Leilani Marie Lacuna, Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Federation President Daniel Dave Tan and members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod. — Anna Felicia Bajo/RSJ, GMA Integrated News