A total of 154 Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) nurses were deployed in the country’s 27 private hospitals to augment the shortage in hospital personnel as more health workers have been getting infected by the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). DILG Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya explained...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) urged Friday, Sept. 24 all local government units (LGUs) to prepare for the La Niña phenomenon amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic as weather forecasters predict of a 70 to 80 percent chance of heavy rains in the last quarter...
Local government units (LGUs) should not require the public to present their voter’s identification cards (ID) before providing essential services like medical assistance or cash aid nor is it needed to register for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination program, the Department of the...
The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) has provided three options that persons with close contact to people with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) could do. First, DILG Secretary Eduardo Año said they could submit themselves to swab tests. The problem, however, is that in most cases,...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) is now conducting an investigation into the incident where a teenager was ran over by a truck in a popular food hub in Tondo, Manila, Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año on Tuesday night, Sept. 21. Reports disclosed that the...
Local chief executives in the provinces have been showing interest in adapting the quarantine alert level system after its successful implementation in Metro Manila, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año Monday night, Sept. 20. In a briefing with President...
The 14-day quarantine lockdowns in the Metro Manila granular areas is just being enforced as a measure to contain the transmission of the dreaded coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) Delta variant, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año insisted on Monday,...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año remained mum on Vice-President Leni Robredo's criticism that the department is more focused on scare tactics on individuals who refused to undergo coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) swab test than convincing them to do...
The enforcement of the Alert Level System in Metro Manila has been orderly so far and has been receiving good feedback, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said Sunday, Sept. 19. “Maganda ang feedback at maayos naman ang pagpapatupad ng Alert Level System...
The Alert Level System, which is now being implemented in Metro Manila as the pilot area, may be implemented nationwide by Oct. 1, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said. Año said the decision now lies with President Duterte. Should that happen, he said...
In a bid to contain the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) transmission, a total of ‘171 small areas’ in the National Capital Region (NCR) were placed under granular lockdown, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said Sunday, Sept. 19. “Sa tala ng PNP...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) called on Saturday, Sept. 18 all local government units (LGUs) to employ at least one contact tracer per barangay “with population not exceeding 5,000’’ in a bid to enhance the case findings and contact tracing efforts with the pilot...
