Roughly 30 percent of the local government units (LGUs) failed to consistently and expeditiously submit the required vaccination operation reports, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said in a news briefing aired on Wednesday, Nov. 3. In his report to...
Authorities are now conducting investigation the fire at the Zamboanga del Sur Provincial Health Office that destroyed more than 148,000 doses of vaccines for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), especially on the aspect of slow progress of the vaccination drive. Department of the Interior and Local...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) urged all of the country’s governors, mayors and barangay captains to prioritize the people’s access to potable water especially in waterless communities and isolated areas still largely dependent on well and spring water sources. DILG...
Anakalusugan partylist Representative Mike Defensor and three other members of the House of Representatives urged the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Monday to take over the Quezon City (QC) local government's fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Anakalusugan Party-List Rep....
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) urged the local government units (LGUs) on Monday, Nov. 1, to join the 442 cities worldwide in the “Making Resilient Cities 2030 (MCR2030)’’ initiative that was recently launched in the country. MCR2030 is a unique cross-stakeholder...
Ahead of the observation of All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day on Nov. 1 and 2, the four-day closure of all cemeteries, memorial parks, and columbaria nationwide beginning Friday, Oct. 29, did not sit well with some stakeholders who branded it as "incomprehensible." DILG Sec. Eduardo Año (Photo...
An official of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) branded as ‘unfair’ the Bloomberg report that highlighted the country as being the ‘worst to be’ in the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. “In the (COVID-19 response) recovery cluster, we talked about...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said on Thursday, Oct. 28, that it will not file charges against the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) over the breach of health protocols issue at the Manila Baywalk Dolomite Beach. In an interview in ANC, DILG...
With the improved coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) health situation in the country, the National Capital Region (NCR) may likely be downgraded from alert level 3 to alert level 2, in November, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya said on Thursday,...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) assured on Wednesday, Oct 27 , hat the Philippine National Police (PNP) will enforce strictly health protocol measures at the Manila Baywalk Dolomite Beach in the aftermath of the overcrowding incident in the area. The dolomite beach was...
People now feel safer with the lower crime rate and improved police crime busting efficiency, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año stressed Monday, night Oct. 25. In a briefing with the President, Año said that the crime rate is down by 34 percent...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has directed all the provincial government to distribute the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) vaccines to their localities within three days upon receipt of the doses in a bid to prevent them from expiring. DILG Undersecretary Epimaco...
