CATARMAN, Northern Samar – Interior and Local Government Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. and Major Gen. Camilo Ligayo, commander of the 8th Infantry Division, announced that Northern Samar is now under a state of Stable Internal Peace and Security after no active NPA guerilla fronts were found...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin “Benhur” Abalos Jr. reiterated on Tuesday, April 30, that there were no irregularities during the multi-billion peso drug bust conducted by authorities in Alitagtag, Batangas. In a presentation during the hearing of the...
ILOILO CITY – Interior and Local Government Secretary Benjamin "Benhur" Abalos Jr. said this city is far from being a “shabulized” – a word created by then President Rodrigo Duterte referring to shabu. INTERIOR and Local Government Secretary Benhur Abalos joins the Buhay Ingatan,...
DILG Secretary Benjamin "Benhur" Abalos Jr. (File photo courtesy of MANILA BULLETIN) Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin "Benhur" Abalos Jr. said on Friday, April 12, that there shall be no sacred cow in the government's fight against illegal activities after...
CAVITE – Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo’s 155th birth anniversary was commemorated in his hometown, Kawit, on Friday, March 22. Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo’s 155th birth anniversary was commemorated in Kawit, Cavite, on March 22 (Photo from Mayor Angelo G. Aguinaldo's Facebook page/MANILA BULLETIN)...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin "Benhur" Abalos jr. said an investigation will be carried out to determine if local government units (LGUs) are accountable for the establishment of a pool resort in the protected area of Chocolate Hills in Bohol. Abalos...
4PS Party-list Rep. JC Abalos (left), Senator Imee Marcos (Facebook, Senate PRIB) 4PS party-list Rep. JC Abalos II is pleading to Senator Imee Marcos not to cut the budget of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) again. ...
Senator Imee Marcos believes that the current administration should strengthen the implementation of former president Rodrigo Duterte's Executive Order (EO) No. 28, which sought to regulate and control the use of firecrackers and other pyrotechnic devices. Marcos made the remark on...
MANGALDAN, Pangasinan – Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin “Benhur’’ Abalos Jr. has offered a P500,000 reward for information on the gunmen of Barangay Captain Melinda Morillo here. Abalos revealed the bounty on Friday night, December 8, while visiting...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) have joined forces to empower local government units (LGUs) in tackling investment scams and promoting financial literacy across the country. The SEC and the DILG signed a memorandum of...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin ‘Benhur’ Abalos Jr. has sought the guidance of the Office of the President in connection with the promotion of senior officers of the Philippine National Police (PNP). Abalos was reacting to the reports of the...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin Abalos, Jr. has donated 10 motorcycles to the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) as the agency prepares for the opening of its motorcycle-riding academy on Sept. 27. The MMDA has so far received at least 30 new...