BACOLOD CITY: The announcement of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) that the national tax allotment (NTA) for local government units will increase to P871.38 billion was welcomed by Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson.

"An increase is always good!" Lacson told The Manila Times on Saturday, June 17.

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