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...
Muntinlupa Mayor Jaime Fresnedi is supporting the proposal for the non-mandatory wearing of face shields. Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Chairman Benhur Abalos said on Monday, Nov. 8, that the official position of the 17 Metro Manila mayors during their meeting on Nov. 7 was to do away...
House Assistant Minority Leader Rep. Arlene Brosas of Gabriela partylist slammed the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) proposal to exclude unvaccinated Filipinos from the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) saying it is a "lousy scheme to cover up the Duterte administration's...
Damn if you do, damn if you don’t. This seemed to be the message of Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año as critics are apparently insinuating that the government is to blame if cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Metro Manila would go up after...
Senators on Sunday shot down a proposal of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to exclude beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or 4Ps who refuse to get vaccinated against COVID-19. In separate interviews on Radio DZBB, Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) should take the lead in defending the beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program against the Department of Interior and Local Government’s (DILG) “iron-fist” policies, Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said on Sunday....
A new strategy to ramp up the national vaccination program is in the offing. Authorities will bring the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) vaccines in the barangays as the country faces the herculean challenge of ramping up the program and enticing more people to get inoculated in the areas...
Members of the House of Representatives are urged by the University of the Philippines (UP) Board of Regents to declare as null and void the motion for reconsideration on the approval of House Bill No. 10171 which would institutionalize the abrogated University of the Philippines-Department of...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Sec. Eduardo Año reiterated Friday, Nov. 5, that the improving coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation in Metro Manila is enough proof to take risks and downgrade the National Capital Region (NCR) to Alert Level 2 although the government...
