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(Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government on Wednesday, May 11, urged candidates and local government units to remove all campaign materials within the next three days. In a statement, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said the responsibility should also fall on the organizers of these political activities. He urged the public to also help in cleanup drives in their respective barangays and local government units. All waste, he said, should be […]
(Eagle News) — Interior Secretary Eduardo Año has tested positive for COVID-19 anew. According to Año, the results were based on the COVID-19 RT-PCR test he took after several of his close contacts tested positive for the virus. So far, he said he was asymptomatic. He said he will continue working while in quarantine. “I encourage everyone to get vaccinated and boostered as soon as possible, and to continue following health protocols,” he said. This […]
(Eagle News) — Over 11 million people in Metro Manila benefited from the government’s financial assistance distributed to vulnerable households following the imposition of COVID-19 lockdowns last month. Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said the government spent P11.226 billion, benefiting 11,226,946 individuals, as authorities rounded up the distribution of the cash aid. The government had a budget of P11.256 billion for the cash aid distribution. According to Año, the money left unclaimed will be returned to […]
(Eagle News) — Interior Secretary Eduardo Año is returning to work on Friday, April 16, following his extended leave after contracting COVID-19. Interior Spokesperson Jonathan Malaya said in an interview that Año’s doctor has already given him the clearance to work. He is scheduled to lead a meeting on Friday. Año first tested positive for COVID-19 in March 2020 and recovered soon after. He, however, again tested positive in August of the same year. He […]
(Eagle News) — Interior Secretary Eduardo Año has extended his leave until the end of February. Interior Spokesperson Jonathan Malaya said the extension was “upon doctors’ advice for him to fully recuperate, regain his strength, and prioritize his health above all else.” Año contracted the COVID-19 virus twice–in March last year and then a few months later, in August. He was supposed to get back to work this month after he took a one-month leave […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government on Friday, Aug. 21, welcomed Congress’ approval of a budget that would allow for the hiring of contact tracers under the proposed Bayanihan law 2. In a statement, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said with the P5 billion from the P165.5-billion budget under the approved final version, a maximum of 50,000 more contact tracers can be hired by the government, allowing for compliance with the […]
(Eagle News)–Interior Undersecretary Epimaco Densing III on Saturday, July 4, said he tested positive for COVID-19. According to Densing, he was now being taken care of at a hospital of his choice “and my body is responding positively.” He said his immune system could have been weakened “at natsambahan sa isang maikling pagkaktaon na dumaan ang virus sa pangagatawan ko.” He said he would overcome the challenge, as he urged the public to take care […]
(Eagle News)–Interior Secretary Eduardo Año has ordered the policemen involved in the fatal “encounter” with four soldiers in a Jolo town disarmed. Año also ordered Philippine National Police Chief Archie Gamboa to restrict the policemen who, according to an initial report from the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao police, gunned down the soldiers in Barangay Walled on Monday, June 29. The report said the policemen were conducting patrol operations when they saw the four armed […]
(Eagle News)–A total of 155 barangay officials has been referred to the Office of the Ombudsman over cash aid irregularities, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said. Año gave the report to President Rodrigo Duterte in a briefing aired on Friday, June 5. “Maganda po rito, marami na ang nagsasalita kasi po lahat ng mga nakatanggap ay ipinaposte namin ‘yung kanilang pangalan sa mga barangay halls para makita noong mga mamamayan kung sino talaga ‘yung mga nakatanggap,” […]
(Eagle News)–The number of barangay officials facing criminal charges for alleged irregularities in the distribution of cash aid under the Social Amelioration Program has reached 134. In a statement, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said the number represents a 320% increase from last week when 42 barangay officials were charged by the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group. Año said the police would file nine more cases in the next few days, and that 318 […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of the Interior and Local Government on Sunday, May 17, warned malls would be closed if physical distancing measures were not implemented. In a statement, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said the Philippine National Police could also charge the mall owners with violation of the Bayanihan to Heal As One Act if the malls are unable to meet the minimum standards. “All Chiefs of Police and PCP Commanders should make rounds of all […]
Four of 43 mayors from NCR, DILG says (Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government has said it would issue show-cause orders against 43 mayors for what it said was the slow distribution of cash aid to their constituents under the Social Amelioration Program. Interior Secretary Eduardo Año did not specify who the mayors were, but said 11 of them were in Western Visayas, eight in MIMAROPA, five in Central Visayas, […]
