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(Eagle News) — Trece Martires, Cavite Vice Mayor Alexander Lubigan was killed a day after he announced his intention to run for mayor in the next polls. This is according to Interior Secretary Eduardo Año, who spoke in a television interview on Monday, July 9. According to Año, they were therefore looking at politics as a possible motive behind his killing. He said this was also one of the motives they were looking into in the killing […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government on Thursday, July 5, denied there was a “pattern” in the recent killings of two mayors. In a statement, DILG officer in charge Eduardo Año noted that “each case has its own facts.” He was referring to the killings of Tanauan, Batangas Mayor Antonio Halili on Monday, July 2, and General Tinio, Nueva Ecija Mayor Ferdinand Bote. Halili was shot as he was presiding over the […]
(Eagle News) — Probers say there are three possible motives behind the killing of Tanauan, Batangas Mayor Antonio Halili, Eduardo Año, officer in charge of the Department of the Interior and Local Government said on Wednesday, July 4. In a statement, Año said that based on the report of the special investigation task force, these three possible motives were “politics, the shame campaign that the mayor waged in his city, and his alleged involvement in illegal drugs.” “Sa […]
(Eagle News) — Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año has instructed the police to prioritize solving the killing of Tanauan, Batangas Mayor Antonio Halili on Monday, July 2. Año said he specifically directed the Calabarzon police director, Chief Supt. Edward Carranza, to do the same. “Maraming lumulutang na anggulo kaya trabaho ng Special Investigation Task Force na binuo ni P/Chief Supt.Carranza na pag-aralan at imbestigahan ang mga ito para agad na […]
By Alfred Acenas EBC Hawai‘i Bureau HONOLULU (Eagle News) — “Wild Wild West!” is how Department of Interior and Local Government Officer-in-Charge (DILG OIC) Eduardo Año described Boracay during a Town Hall Meeting hosted by the Philippine Consulate General in Honolulu on May 19, 2018. Año explained that the temporary closure was necessary to give Boracay Island the time to heal and recoup its original feature and ecosystem and that piecemeal rehabilitation was no longer […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service Several individuals have asked the Supreme Court to stop the closure of Boracay for its rehabilitation. In their petition for writ and mandamus filed on Wednesday, April 25, Mark Anthony Zabal, Thiting Escoso Jacosalem and Odon Bandiola asked the SC to issue a temporary restraining order or a writ of preliminary injunction “restraining and/or enjoining” President Rodrigo Duterte, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, Interior department officer in charge Eduardo Año […]
(Eagle News) — Those who are engaged in illegal drug activities should no longer file their certificates of candidacy for the upcoming barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections, the Department of the Interior and Local Government said on Friday, April 13. “Do your country a favor. Do not even consider the thought of filing your certificate of candidacy for any position..,” officer-in-charge Eduardo Año was quoted as saying in a statement. He said these individuals should […]
(Eagle News) — Interior Secretary Eduardo Año has ordered a review of all “traditions” of cadets in the Philippine National Police Academy following the mauling of six of its recent graduates, and stressed the need for more uniformed personnel who will supervise them. Año, a cum laude graduate of the Philippine Military Academy, ordered Philippine Public Safety College president Ricardo de Leon and PNPA director Chief Superintendent Joseph Adnol to “institute the necessary systematic reforms […]
(Eagle News) — Department of the Interior and Local Government officer in charge Eduardo Año assured the public on Thursday that the Philippine National Police will not abuse its newly restored power to subpoena. In a statement, Año said the DILG “will be on the lookout for any hint of abuse that may be committed by the PNP” in exercising such. “And we will see to it that this will be used only for the intention that […]
Task force that will look into possible liability of local officials since 2001 formed (Eagle News)— Charges will be filed against those responsible for what happened to Boracay, Department of the Interior and Local Government officer in charge Eduardo Año said. In an interview with reporters, Año said the charges will be filed “in the six months timeframe” he said was given by President Rodrigo Duterte for the DILG and other departments to clean up […]
Closure will facilitate island rehabilitation, Teo says (Eagle News) — Some Cabinet officials are pushing for the total closure of business establishments in Boracay for 60 days. Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo said she and Eduardo Año had discussed closing down the same from June 1 to July 31 to facilitate the rehabilitation of the island. President Rodrigo Duterte, who has called the island a “cesspool,” has given the two officials and Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu six […]
(Eagle News) — Retired Armed Forces of the Philippines chief Eduardo Año promised a “disciplined force” under his watch as the newly appointed officer in charge of the Department of the Interior and Local Government. In an interview with reporters on Tuesday, Año said the changes would not only be “cosmetic.” He said he would also ensure that the “service” of the police force would improve. As such, he said the values formation of the policemen would […]
