The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) confirmed Wednesday, July 7, that 99 percent of the Barangay Development Program (BDP) funds intended for 822 barangays cleared of communist terrorist groups (CTG) has been released to the localities as of June 30, 2021. DILG Secretary...
BATANG MAYNILA Manila Mayor Isko Moreno The past week saw the recognition of loyal city employees and outstanding barangay chairs in Manila, who all deserve to be publicly commended for the help they have been extending to ensure the success of all our programs. In simple rites at the Manila City...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) commended on Wednesday, June 23, the signing of Executive Order (EO) 139 which grants death and burial benefits to Indigenous Peoples Mandatory Representatives (IPMRs) in the barangays. With the Executive Order, DILG Secretary Eduardo Año...
The government will offer death benefits to indigenous peoples mandatory representatives in barangays based on a latest order of President Duterte. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) The President signed Executive Order No. 139 authorizing the payment of death and burial benefits...
A total of 19 barangays in Metro Manilave have been declared as drug-free based on the parameters set by the government in its campaign on community-clearing of illegal drugs influence, the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) said on Wednesday, June 16. NCRPO director Maj. Gen. Vicente...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Monday called on community leaders to avoid engaging in partisan politics. Drilon made the call after a supposed letter of a barangay chairman in a village in Bulacan made the rounds in social media. The letter supposedly asked residents of Barangay Pagala...
The barangays are the ‘weakest link’’ in the strict enforcement of mass gathering regulations amid the threat of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), an official of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) admitted Tuesday night, May 25. In an interview over CNN Philippines, DILG...
Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) Undersecretary Antonio Perez III is pushing the concerned agencies to use its in-house demographic vulnerabilities tool (DVT) to help them in their coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccinations. (Mark Balmores/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN)...
The Pasay City local government unit (LGU) has declared 120 barangays in the city as COVID-19-free after recording zero case on Sunday, May 9. Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano said the city has a total of 201 barangays and only Barangay 183 remains with 18 COVID-19. Rubiano had earlier placed under...
Operating hours should be set aside for the community pantries in barangays to avoid large crowds during the coronavirus pandemic, President Duterte proposed Wednesday. (Mark Balmores / File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) According to the President, implementing a schedule should be put in place to...
