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(Eagle News) –Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Tuesday, March 10, said a Metro Manila lockdown was “not yet” needed. Año said this was because only a “few” of the confirmed 24 coronavirus disease cases had no travel history. This means, he said, that there was no proof of a sustained community transmission. The Department of Health said a sustained community transmission exists if there was an increase in the number of local COVID-19 with unestablished […]
(Eagle News)–Administrative charges have been filed against two municipal mayors for their failure to remove road obstructions. In a statement, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said charged for gross neglect of duty and grave misconduct were Boliney, Abra mayor Benido Balao-as and Motiong, Samar mayor Renato Cabael. The charges were filed before the Ombudsman. “We meant it when we said that cases will be filed against negligent local executives,” Año said. According to Año, the agency’s […]
(Eagle News) — The country’s firefighters will be armed soon. This is according to Interior Secretary Eduardo Año, who issued a statement on Wednesday, Feb. 12. According to Año, the country’s 29,286 firefighters will receive 9 mm pistols, noting that the Bureau of Fire Protection already requested funds from the Department of Budget and Management. He said this was timely in practical, as the firefighters could “help ensure public safety, as a support to the […]
(Eagle News)–Interior Secretary Eduardo Año has said the quarantine of repatriated Filipinos from China in Capas, Tarlac poses no risk to residents there. Wuhan, the seat of the novel coronavirus outbreak, is situated in China. “How could that be when they will not even see a glimpse or shadow of our OFWs in the Athletes’ Village,” Año said in a statement. Año added those with symptoms will not be allowed to board the plane for […]
(Eagle News)–Interior Secretary Eduardo Año has ordered all local government executives to adopt measures against the novel coronavirus. In a statement on Saturday, Feb. 1, Año said “our governors, city and municipal mayors and DILG regional directors must ensure that the coronavirus will not thrive in their backyards” following the announcement of the first confirmed case of 2019-nCoV in the country. “We need to be preventive now that there is a confirmed 2019 nCoV case […]
(Eagle News)-President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, Dec. 30, said he has asked Interior Secretary Eduardo Ano to lead the Philippine National Police. “Dito okay lang, sa mga probinsiya mahusay ang mga pulis. But in Manila… that’s why I did not appoint a PNP (chief), ” the President said in a speech in North Cotabato. As Interior Secretary, Año oversees the PNP. Año had recommended three police officials to the chief PNP post-Police Lieutenant General Camilo […]
(Eagle News)–Interior Secretary Eduardo Año has ordered the police to go after people who vandalize government properties. Año made the statement as he lauded the arrest of four members of Panday Sining, who had spray-painted messages against the government in posts in the Light Rail Transit in Recto during a protest on Bonifacio Day, Nov. 30. Earlier, Manila Mayor Isko Moreno expressed frustration after a wall at the Lagusnilad underpass was vandalized even after it […]
(Eagle News)–In these pictures provided by the Office of the Chief of the Philippine National Police, Oscar Albayalde is seen with Interior Secretary Eduardo Año and Lt. Gen. Archie Gamboa. Albayalde on Monday, Oct. 14, said that he was stepping down from the PNP chief post after “careful thought and deliberation” and following what he said was the opportunity to talk to Año over the weekend. Albayalde’s move came following allegations he had intervened in […]
Validation set quarterly, starting December (Eagle News)–The national clearing program will continue beyond the 60-day deadline imposed by the Department of the Interior and Local Government for the clearing of road obstructions. This is according to the Department of the Interior and Local Government, which issued a statement days after the lapse of the deadline imposed following President Rodrigo Duterte’s directive to “reclaim all public roads.” According to the DILG, 328 local government units got […]
Panel convenes for first time today (Eagle News)–The joint panel tasked to review the implementing rules and regulations of Republic Act 10592 has until September 12 to submit its recommendations to Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra and Interior Secretary Eduardo Año. This is according to Justice Undersecretary Markk Perete, who announced the panel, which is also tasked to review the guidelines for the computation and processing of inmates’ Good Conduct Time Allowances increased under RA 10592, […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of the Interior and Local Government believes former Calauan, Laguna Mayor Antonio Sanchez is not eligible for early release under Republic Act. No. 10592. In backing the stand of the Department of Justice, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año noted that the law, which increases the Good Conduct Time Allowance given to inmates, is “categorical in excluding recidivists, habitual delinquents, escapees, and persons charged with heinous crimes” from its coverage. Año said Sanchez “inarguably […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of the Interior and Local Government has floated the possibility of closing some areas in El Nido, Palawan for rehabilitation. Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said in letters to Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat and Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu that Bacuit Bay and Corong Corong Outfall “may be closed from water activities to preserve the area and prevent the tourists and locals from contracting diseases.” Año made the remark after a ground assessment from […]
