(Eagle News) — Former Metropolitan Manila Development Authority chair Benhur Abalos will be the next Department of the Interior and Local Government chief. Vic Rodriguez, the spokesperson for the camp of former Senator Bongbong Marcos, who is expected to win the presidency by a landslide, made the announcement in a press briefing on Friday, May 13. Abalos, who was Marcos’ campaign manager for the May 9 elections, served as mayor of Mandaluyong City prior to […]
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Año designates DILG officer-in-charge as he goes on leave upon doctors’ advice
(Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government now has an officer-in-charge with Interior Secretary Eduardo Año going on leave for one month. In a radio interview, Interior spokesperson Jonathan Malaya said Año has designated Undersecretary Bernardo Florece at the helm of the agency during his absence. Año’s one-month leave started on Monday. Malaya had said the doctors of Año, a COVID-19 survivor, had advised him to get plenty of rest. He […]
Año sworn in as DILG chief
(Eagle News) — Retired General Eduardo Año on Monday, November 5 took his oath as the Secretary of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) before President Rodrigo Duterte, after serving for 10 months as its officer-in-charge of the department. According to Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo, President Duterte administered the oath taking of Año during a ceremony at the Malago Clubhouse in Malacañang. Año, a former department undersecretary, was appointed by the President […]





