Tag: DILG

DILG to governors: Use P6.197-billion Bayanihan grant with “dispatch, transparency, accountability”

(Eagle News)–The Department of the Interior and Local Government on Sunday, April 19, directed governors to use the P6.197 billion “Bayanihan Grant to Provinces” to help them address the COVID-19 crisis with “dispatch, transparency, and accountability.” According to Interior Secretary Eduardo Año, the grant to each of the country’s 81 provinces “is a one-time financial assistance to provinces.” He said the BGP should “augment and not duplicate” the funds given for national government agencies such […]

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DILG now in charge of gov’t contact tracing efforts: IATF

(Eagle News)–The Department of the Interior and Local Government will now take the lead in the government’s contact tracing efforts as the country continues in its fight against the coronavirus disease 2019. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles made the announcement in a press briefing on Saturday, April 18. According to Nograles, the decision was made by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases in a meeting on Friday. “Ang DILG ay inatasan […]

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Pres. Duterte orders DILG, LGUs to identify people who are gambling, drinking: no more aid for them

  (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte directed the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and local government units to identify and investigate people who have been using their money at this time of crisis to gamble and drink, warning that these citizens would not be given financial aid by the government. Duterte again addressed the nation on Thursday night, April 16, expressing dismay that some Filipinos gambled off and wasted the little money […]

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DILG issues show-cause orders vs 4 barangay officials for allegedly violating ECQ guidelines

(Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government has issued show-cause orders against barangay officials for allegedly violating enhanced community quarantine guidelines. In a statement on Tuesday, April 14, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said the DILG has asked Barangay Libis, Quezon City chairperson Leny Leticia Glivano; and  Caloocan City, Barangay 129 chairman Brix John Reyes and councilmen Romualdo Reyes and John Cris Domingo to explain in 72 hours why they should not […]

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Año now negative for COVID-19

(Eagle News)–Interior Secretary Eduardo Año has now tested negative for the coronavirus disease 2019. Año made the revelation himself in a message to reporters on Monday, April 13. He said the result was based on a test he took on April 8, days after he quarantined himself after testing positive for COVID-19. Earlier in the day, Education Secretary Leonor Briones announced she tested negative for COVID-19 after testing positive for the virus on April 9. The […]

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DILG, nagbabala ukol sa mga barangay checkpoint

  Ni Jaime David Eagle News Service (Eagle News) – Sa kabila ng pasya ng Department of Interior and Local Government na alisin na ang mga barangay tanod sa mga checkpoint, national highway man o sa mga barangay, may ilang mga barangay sa bayan ng Bongabon, Nueva Ecija na natagpuang hindi pa nagtanggal ng kanilang barikada nitong Abril 1. May ilan pang barangay tanod ang nakaduty na ayon sa kanila ay pinagluto raw sila ng […]

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DILG to LGUs: Establish COVID-19 isolation facilities

(Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government on Wednesday, April 8, ordered local government units to establish their own isolation facilities, as the government prepares to conduct more coronavirus disease 2019 tests. Interior Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya said the order was made by Interior Secretary Eduardo Año himself, noting that the isolation facilities could help decongest hospitals. Malaya said the isolation facility could be charged against the P30.824-billion Bayanihan grant to cities […]

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DILG chief Año condemns attack on health workers; directs PNP, LGUs to protect them

  (Eagle News) – Interior Secretary Eduardo Año condemned the recent attack on a health worker in Sultan Kudarat over fears about the coronavirus, and warned those who threaten or attack health workers that they would face the full force of the law. Año said that he had already asked the police to look for the suspects in the case in Tacurong City where a health worker of St. Louis Hospital had been attacked by […]

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DILG to LGUs: Fast-track distribution of social amelioration cards

(Eagle News)–The Department of the Interior and Local Government has urged local government units to fast-track the distribution of social amelioration cards that will serve as the basis for the distribution of the monthly assistance for low-income families. In a statement, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año also urged LGUs to  complete  the list of beneficiaries of the emergency subsidy program consisting of cash and non-cash monthly assistance amounting to P5,000 to 8,000 for two months. “We must […]

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DILG senior officials, including Malaya, self-quarantine after Año tests positive for COVID-19

(Eagle News)–Senior officials of the Department of the Interior and Local Government have gone in self-quarantine after Interior Secretary Eduardo Año tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019. In a statement, Interior spokesperson Jonathan Malaya said he and the other officials will “observe symptoms in accordance with DOH (Department of Health) protocols” after coming in close contact with Año. He gave the assurance Año “is fully in charge and that the operations of the entire […]

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WATCH: Ilang mga residente, ‘di na tinanggap ang relief goods; Ibinigay sa mas nangangailangan

The Department of the Interior and Local Government has lauded the “White Ribbon initiative” of Barangay Malis in Guiguinto, Bulacan which prioritizes the less fortunate families of the community in the distribution of relief goods. In the said initiative, residents tie a white ribbon on their doors or gates signifying that they want to waive or pass on their relief packages to poor families who could not afford to buy their own food at this […]

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DILG to stranded workers trying to go home to provinces: Stay where you are

(Eagle News)–Stay where you are. This was the appeal of the Department of the Interior and Local Government to workers trying to return to their provinces, amid the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon and other areas. “Huwag nang magmatigas na umuwi sa probinsiya. Any person is a potential carrier. Gugustuhin mo ba na magdala ng sakit sa inyong lugar?” Interior Spokesperson Jonathan Malaya said in a radio interview on Saturday, March 28. He said the […]

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