The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) ordered on Saturday, Jan. 29, all local government units (LGUs) to ensure that traditional cockfighting in the cockpit arenas in areas under Alert Level 2 or lower are compliant with the existing health protocols. DILG Secretary Eduardo M....
Doctors in the provinces have been sent sent to the barangays to explain the benefits of having the vaccine against the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19), a strategy seen to entice more unvaccinated individuals to get their jabs. Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP) president and...
The arrest of unvaccinated individuals going outdoors for non-essential purposes due to the current coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) upswing will only be enforced as a last resort by barangay officials, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said. He...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the League of Provinces of the Philippines (LPP) urged the Senate on Monday, Nov. 15, to restore the proposed P28.1 billion Support to the Barangay Development Program (SBDP) for New Peoples’ Army (NPA)-cleared barangays in the 2022...
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...
NIne barangays in Valencia City in Bukidnon will be receiving P20 million each in the form of upgrading of farm-to-market roads under the Support to Barangay Development Program (SBDP) of the national government, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said. They were Barangays...
Barangay officials are at the receiving end of numerous complaints of neglect and inaction over their supposed failure to lend their ambulances to their distressed constituents prompting calls for the intervention of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on the matter. Feeling...
In Quezon City, the ‘yellows’ have been saving thousands of lives as the country faced the deadly COVID-19 pandemic. Former Mayor Herbert Bautista inspecting ambulances Ironically, killer-typhoons Ondoy and Yolanda were the main triggers that gave birth to the 160 ‘yellows’ in 2018 and have...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) assured on Monday, Sept. 6, of its continued commitment to meet its June 2022 deadline of clearing as many barangays from the influence of illegal drugs. PDEA Director General Wilkins M Villanueva said the goal of clearing more barangays was reinforced...
Two barangays in San Rafael town in Bulacan have been placed under granular lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19. San Rafel, Bulacan Municipal Hall San Rafael Mayor Cipriano D. Violago Jr. said the Purok 3 and 4 in Barangay Capihan and the Paseo de San Roque Village of Brgy. San Roque have been...
As the stricter Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) enforcement in Metro Manila starts August 6, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año stressed Wednesday, August, 4 that only authorized persons outside residence (APOR) will be allowed cross border travels. In...
Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director General Wilkins Villanueva said on Wednesday, August 4, that the new Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) which focuses more on clearing of barangay from the influence of illegal drugs. Villanueva said the Barangay Drug Clearing Program (BDCP) is a holistic...
