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(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte announced on Wednesday (May 10) that Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief General Eduardo Año will be his next secretary for the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). Duterte presented Año during his pre-departure media conference at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) before he left for Cambodia to attend the World Economic Forum. “You really want to know, who’s the next? May I call upon the […]
PASIG CITY, Philippines July 29 — To ensure that drug surrenderees are provided with appropriate interventions, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) will mobilize its city and municipal field officers across the county in organizing barangay-based volunteers to take the lead role in the anti-illegal drug campaign. DILG Secretary Ismael Sueno said that the profiling of the drug dependents will be the first step towards the whole-of-government approach in the rehabilitation and […]
MANILA, Philippines — Secretary Mel Senen S. Sarmiento of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has assured the continuing support of the Department and its attached agencies to the National Anti-Drug Plan of Action (NADPA) 2015-2020 which President Benigno S. Aquino III ordered for implementation and institutionalization. NADPA is the blueprint that describes the strategies and programs to be undertaken by the government in achieving a drug-resistant and eventually a drug-free Philippines. […]
MANILA, Philippines — Secretary Mel Senen Sarmiento of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Wednesday, April 27 said that he is ready to face charges allegedly filed against him in connection with the confrontation between protesters and the police in Kidapawan City that led to hostility earlier this month. Sarmiento made the statement after concerned groups reportedly filed criminal charges against him, Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala, and ranking local, police […]
