Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año has sought for a supplemental budget of P278 million to ensure that all qualified recipients in the National Capital Region (NCR) will receive the national government’s financial assistance (ayuda). In a briefing with the President, Año...
President Duterte has ordered the swift and orderly distribution of cash subsidy to poor residents affected by the hard lockdown in Metro Manila. As enhanced community quarantine took effect in the capital region, people line up at a vaccination site located at Justo Lukban elementary school in...
President Duterte tasked the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), the Department of National Defense (DND), and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to handle the cash aid distribution in some areas in Metro Manila because the mayors there “do not know...
The upsurge of Delta variant cases of the coronavirus disease (COVD-19) in Metro Manila may slow down the distribution of the cash assistance to the residents who are severely affected by the implementation of the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ). Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya, spokesperson of...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) commended the Congress on Monday, August 9 for the approval of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) Modernization Bill, saying it will significantly improve the country’s fire prevention and emergency medical and rescue services. The same...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) ordered on Monday, August 9, the police to investigate the death of an alleged mentally unstable man who was gunned down by a barangay tanod (village watchman) in Manila last Saturday, August 7. “Iniimbestigahan na po natin ang report na...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) opposed on Monday, August 9, the removal of checkpoints in entry points of Metro Manila, saying doing so will adversely affect the implementation of Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) protocols in the National Capital Region (NCR). In an...
The release of the ayuda (cash assistance) for the qualified recipients in the National Capital Region (NCR) placed under the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) will begin on August 11, Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Undersecretary and spokesperson Jonathan Malaya said Monday,...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said on Sunday, August 8, quarantine passes with two names listed on it are valid but stressed that there are strict conditions that must be followed. First, Año said that the two names listed in a quarantine pass must...
Three government agencies have approved the guidelines that would pave the way for the distribution of cash assistance for residents of Metro Manila that will be affected by the implementation of the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) from August 6 to 20. The Joint Memorandum Circular (JMC) No. 3,...
A Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) official said on Saturday, August 7, that the department may request for about P6.71 billion in the proposed Bayanihan 3 for the hiring of the additional 25,000 contact tracers as part of the government's coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19)...
The cash aid for qualified beneficiaries in the National Capital Region (NCR) placed under the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) from August 6 to 20 will be released mid-next week, DILG Undersecretary Epimaco Densing III said on Saturday, August 7. In an interview over GMA’s Dobol B TV, Densing...
