Political aspirants handing out cash assistance to their constituents supposedly for vote buying purposes in the guise of ayuda (financial aid) during the campaign period will be subjected to legal actions, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año warned on...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año is pushing for the implementation of Alert Level 1 nationwide in a bid to boost the country’s economy. “Yes, 'yun ang ating adhikain d'yan. Dapat buong Pilipinas under Alert Level 1 para talagang halos ang ating...
Some index crimes were on the rise after many parts of the country were placed under Alert Level 1 as the Covid-19 situation improves tremendously, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said on Sunday, April 3. Año attributed the upswing in index criminal...
Another Covid-19 surge is feared to happen as health protocols are disregarded by the supporters of political bets in the May 2022 national and local elections. Even some concerned citizens said Covid surge is not farfetched, such as criminology student Paul Francisco who observed that some people...
Barangay officials who would be caught campaigning for any political candidate may be suspended, or in the worst scenario be removed from public office, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Undersecretary for Barangay Affairs Martin Diño said on Thursday, March 31. Diño...
Close to 8,000 local chief executives (LCE) and local disaster managers will undergo the ‘latest hazard information systems and corresponding warning messages’ training to ensure the preparedness of the local government units (LGUs) during natural or man-made emergency cases, the Department of...
Former Duterte Cabinet member Ismael "Mike" Sueno has endorsed the vice presidential bid of Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan, saying "no one comes close" to him in terms of experience in agriculture. Vice Presidential candidate Senator Francis 'Kiko' Pangilinan at Palo People's Rally in Palo,...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said on Tuesday, March 29, that seminars, conferences, educational tours and other similar activities of the Liga ng Barangay (LnB) are left to the discretion of the local government units (LGUs). This was the...
A total of 25 senior officers of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) and the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) were promoted to become one-star general, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said Monday, March 28. “Congratulations to the newly-promoted Chief...
President Duterte was enraged by the continuous drug problems in the country despite the recent accomplishments wherein some P13.2 billion worth of shabu and were seized from March 6-19. Duterte's outrage was due to the fact that the illegal drugs problems in the country is still serious despite...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) reminded all incumbent local chief executives (LCE) on Friday, March 25, to form their respective Local Governance Transition Teams (LGTT) at the soonest time possible before the May 2022 polls. DILG Undersecretary Epimaco Densing III...
A virtual signing of the tripartite Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) was conducted by the Commission on Elections (Comelec), Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), on Thursday, March 24, in relation to the 2022 national and...