Tag: DILG

DILG, hiling ang mas mabigat na parusa sa mga abusadong pulis

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Nais ni Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) officer-in-charge Eduardo Año ang mas mabigat na parusa sa mga pulis na masangkot sa iligal na droga. Giit ni Año, nararapat lamang ang magpataw ng kaparusahan dahil sa paglabag sa kanilang sinumpaang tungkulin. Kaugnay nito, hinikayat niya ang180,000 pulis na nahaharap sa kaso na magbago. Aminado ito na talagang mahihirapan ang Philippine National Police (PNP) para tuluyang mabawi ang kanilang […]

Año thanks President Duterte for his “trust, confidence” in him; tells DILG employees to “perform tasks honestly, diligently”

(Eagle News)- The newly appointed officer in charge of the Department of the Interior and Local Government thanked the President for the “trust and confidence” he said was given to him. In a statement on Saturday, retired Armed Forces chief Eduardo Año also enjoined “all members of Team DILG to perform their tasks honestly and diligently towards improving the quality of the services to attain DILG’s programs for the good of our country and our countrymen.” […]

DILG warns public to be wary of scammers, conmen, pretending to be “RevGov” supporters

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) advised the public to be wary of scammers and con people pretending to be supporters of federalism and allegedly pushing a revolutionary form of government. DILG Officer-In-Charge Catalino Cuy said that he received reports on groups that are offering supporters of federalism and revolutionary government, positions in exchange for cash. Cuy said that he had already given directives to the DILG’s […]

Five mayors with alleged drug links stripped of control over police

(Eagle News) — The National Police Commission has stripped five mayors of their supervision and control over the Philippine National Police in their respective areas of jurisdiction. In an Oct. 30 order, Catalino Cuy, officer in charge of the Department of the Interior and Local Government, said the removal of the powers of Teresa, Rizal Mayor Raul Palino; Lemery, Batangas Mayor Eulalio Alilio; Rodriguez, Rizal Mayor Cecilio Hernandez; Tanauan, Batangas Mayor Antonio Halili;  and San Pablo […]

DILG, nagbabala laban sa mga nanghihingi ng donasyon para sa Marawi evacuees

(Eagle News) – Muling nagbabala ang Department of the Interior and Local Government laban sa mga nanghihingi ng donasyon para umano sa mga evacuee ng Marawi City. Ginawa ni DILG officer-in-charge Catalino Cuy ang pahayag matapos makarating sa kanila na nagpapatuloy pa rin ang mga ganitong ilegal na gawain. Babala ni Cuy sa mga ito, kumikilos na ang mga IT expert ng Philippine National Police (PNP) para matukoy kung sinu-sino ang mga ito. Batay sa […]

Pitong umano’y kotong cops sa Navotas, arestado

(Eagle News) — Inaresto ng Philippine National Police-Counter-Intelligence Task Force  (PNP-CITF) ang pitong pulis Navotas dahil sa tangkang pangingikil sa isang drug suspect na kanilang inaresto. Kinilala ang mga suspect na sina, PO1 Emmanuel Benedict Alojacin, PO1 Mark Ryan Mones, PO2 Jonnel Barocaboc, PO3 Kenneth Loria, PO1 Christian Paul Bondoc, PO1 Jack Rennert Etcubañas at PO2 Jessrald Pacinio na pawang mga nakatalaga sa Intelligence Unit ng Navotas Police. Base sa reklamo ng magulang ng biktima […]

Summer youth camp laban sa iligal na droga, isinagawa sa Zamboanga del Norte

POLANCO, Zamboanga del Norte (Eagle News) – Umabot sa mahigit 700 na kabataan ang nakilahok sa isinagawang Summer Youth Camp 2017 sa Zamboanga del Norte. Ginanap ito sa Polanco Gym, Polanco noong Hunyo 2 at 3 na may temang “Kabataang ayaw sa iligal na droga.” Pinangunahan ito ng mga kinatawan ng lokal na pamahalaan, ang Department of the Interior and Local Government, Philippine National Police at Department of Social Welfare and Development. Ipinahayag ni Atty. Clemente Carollo, Jr. kung paano niya […]

Gen. Año itinalaga bilang Martial Law Administrator sa Mindanao

(Eagle News) – Pinalawig ng anim na buwan ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang termino ni Armed Forces Chief of Staff Eduardo Año. Sa Hunyo 2 nakatakdang bumaba sa kaniyang pwesto ang opisyal upang maging bagong kalihim sa Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). Ipinaliwanag ng Pangulo na mahalaga ang papel na gagampanan ni Año sa pagpapanumbalik ng katahimikan sa Marawi City at Mindanao bilang administrador ng martial law.

Senator Cayetano appointed new Foreign Affairs Secretary; General Año named the next DILG chief

  (Eagle News) — Senator Alan Peter Cayetano is the new Foreign Affairs secretary, and General Eduardo Año, the next Department of the Interior and Local Government chief. President Rodrigo Duterte made the announcement in a speech prior to his departure to Cambodia on Wednesday.   “Come forward and be counted as one of the Filipinos…You are now facing the next DILG secretary. Kailangan ko kasi I have a problem with the police and a military man, halos parehong pareho din […]

Duterte: “I could never be misinformed”

(Eagle News) — “I could never be misinformed.” This was the response of President Rodrigo Duterte to dismissed Interior Secretary Mike Sueno’s statement the chief executive had been fed wrong information that led to his dismissal on Monday. “I could never be misinformed. Kaabugado ko misinformed ako,” he told reporters in an ambush interview  in Camp General Artemio Ricarte in Puerto Princesa, Palawan, which he visited on Thursday. “When I make a move, when I […]

Sotto: Duterte talked about sacking Sueno as early as two weeks ago

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte had already talked about firing Interior Secretary Ismael Sueno days before he officially sacked him at the end of a Cabinet meeting. This is according to Senator Tito Sotto, majority floor leader, who said he “already overheard” this during their trip to Myanmar and Thailand two weeks ago. “As I told one of you and I told you off the record then, I knew the (Department of the Interior and […]

Sueno retires from politics; Insists he is “willing victim” in President Duterte’s drive vs corruption

(Eagle News) — Dismissed Interior Secretary Mike Sueno on Thursday said he was retiring from politics for good, even as he reiterated he had done nothing wrong and that he was only “a willing victim” in President Rodrigo Duterte’s drive against corruption. “Ayoko na. Out na talaga ako… Malaki kris ni misis ko. Baka mamaya gamitin niya. Promise ko sa kanya di na ako babalik sa pulitika,” Sueno said when asked if he had plans of running for governor in Mindanao […]