Sorsogon Governor Francis “Chiz” Escudero has urged the national government to reconsider its plan to sanction local government units (LGUs) who are unable to expedite its vaccination rollout and reach their targets due to logistics and manpower issues. Escudero, who is seeking a fresh term in...
With the relaxed alert level system comes good news for the Christmas carolers. After being banned last year, the traditional Christmas caroling will now be allowed in areas under alert level 2 under certain conditions as the number of new coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) cases had declined, the...
Presidential aspirant Senator Manny Pacquiao on Wednesday, Nov. 10 criticized the conflicting statements of government officials over the policy mandating the use of face shields, urging them to harmonize their position on the issue. Pacquiao said he hopes the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) will...
The performance ratings of the provinces, cities and towns all over the country on coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination will be published next week as the government prepares for the “National Vaccination Day’’ said Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año....
The Muntinlupa City Council has enacted an ordinance scrapping the mandatory use of face shields in the city. Majority Floor Leader Raul Corro told Manila Bulletin that the City Council enacted the ordinance on Nov. 8. The ordinance, he said, lifted the mandatory use of face shields except in...
Presidential spokesman Harry Roque on Tuesday, November 9, admitted that he personally wants to scrap the face shield policy in the country but appealed to local government units (LGUs) to wait for the decision of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso said on Tuesday, Nov. 9, that the government cannot penalize the recipients of government aid if they do not want to get vaccinated. (IM media photo / File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) “The concept of ayuda and 4Ps is to alleviate yung buhay ng tao and...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) vowed on Tuesday, Nov. 9, that it will not remove beneficiaries of the government's conditional cash transfer, or the Pantawid Pamilyancg Pilipino Program (4Ps), even if they would not agree to be vaccinated. In a statement, the DILG said...
It is the responsibility of the local government units (LGUs) to strictly enforce all health protocols especially with the start of the ‘meet and greet’ ploys of the political bets and parties that attract huge crowds all over the country, Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP)...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) sees no problem with the decision of Manila Mayor and presidential candidate Isko Moreno to lift the strict use of face shield in Manila. DILG Secretary Eduardo Año explained that the use of face shields was strictly enforced at the time...
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo on Monday, November 8, thumbed down the proposal of an official from the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to withhold the cash subsidy of the beneficiaries of the government’s conditional cash transfer or Pantawid Pamilyang...
Bombarded by criticisms on its proposal to implement a "no vaccine, no subsidy" policy for the beneficiaries of the conditional cash transfer or Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries, an official of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) pointed to the local...
