Tag: LGUs

DILG to LGUs: Ensure non-essential establishments remain closed during ECQ

(Eagle News)–The Department of the Interior and Local Government on Wednesday, April 15, reminded local government units to ensure non-essential establishments remain closed amid the enhanced community quarantine. Año issued the statement after receiving reports some establishments that were not exempted from operating under the guidelines issued by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases have resumed operations. According to Memorandum Circular 2020-062, LGUs should ensure only those providing or manufacturing […]

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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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DOH to LGUs: Pass ordinances vs the discrimination of health workers, other frontliners

(Eagle News)–The Department of Health on Saturday, April 4, urged local government units to pass ordinances against the discrimination of medical workers and other frontliners. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire cited in particular Manila City’s Ordinance No. 8624 or the Anti-COVID-19 Discrimination Ordinance of 2020, which also bans the discrimination against COVID-19  patients, patients under probe and patients under monitoring. Under the ordinance, violators will be fined P5,000 fine or be meted out a maximum […]

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DILG releases list of hotlines for concerns, complaints vs implementation of enhanced community quarantine in LGUs

(Eagle News)–The Department of the Interior and Local Government has released hotlines the public can call for any concerns or complaints about the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine in local government units. The following are the numbers: President Rodrigo Duterte has placed the entire Luzon under an enhanced community quarantine in order to arrest the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019. Other areas also imposed the same measure to restrict the movement of people. […]

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Pres. Duterte tells LGUs “abide by directives of nat’l gov’t” on quarantine; warns officials who barred cargo entry

  (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte warned all local government units to follow all directives from the national government regarding the coronavirus disease, and not do extreme actions that are beyond what  Malacanang had ordered. Duterte said this after the Palace learned of actions by some local government units which have barred essential cargoes from passing through their areas. The President also warned the LGUs not to make the quarantine more difficult for the […]

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List of LGUs with announced curfews

(Eagle News)–Several local government units have  announced curfews in their respective areas as a precaution against the 2019 coronavirus disease. The following cities said the curfew would be from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m.: -Caloocan -Cebu City – Las Piñas – Makati -Pasig -Manila -Muntinlupa -Navotas -Pasay -Parañaque -Pasig -Quezon City -San Juan City -Taguig Earlier, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority said Metro Manila would have a curfew. The Department of the Interior and Local […]

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Año to LGUs: Adopt measures vs novel coronavirus

(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 […]

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DILG: Calamity funds almost depleted for most LGUs affected by Taal eruption

  (Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) admitted it is running short of budget for calamity funds, particularly for many local government units affected by the Taal Volcano eruption as these LGUs already reported either “depleted” or nearly depleted risk reduction funds. “We have received information on the ground that many of the local government units have now a depleted risk reduction and management fund,” said Interior Undersecretary Epimaco […]

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Meat processing industry hurting from total ban on pork, processed meat products imposed by some LGUs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB96KSEeW-o (Eagle News) – Members of the meat processing industry are now hurting from the total ban imposed by some local government units on processed meat products from Luzon due to the African Swine Fever (ASF) scare. In this report by Eagle News Service reporter Eden Santos, representatives of the Philippine Association of Meat Processors, Inc. (PAMPI) aired their worries on the total ban on their meat products by some LGUs especially from the Visayas […]

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DILG directs LGUs to clear gov’t facilities, vehicles of political campaign ads

(Eagle News) — Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año has directed all local government units (LGUs) to clear all government facilities, properties, and vehicles of political campaign materials, stressing that all LGUs which failed to do so will immediately be reported to the poll body. “We will not allow candidates to use government properties as a platform for their election campaign. It’s clearly prohibited. Government buildings, properties, vehicles, and equipment […]

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Dominguez to LGUs: Tap DOF programs to build climate-resilient communities, development projects

  (Eagle News) – Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has urged local government units (LGUs) to tap funds to build climate-resilient communities and implement development projects. In a statement on Monday, March 19, the finance chief advised LGUs  to take advantage of the two funding programs administered by the Department of Finance’s Municipal Development Fund Office (MDFO)—the People’s Survival Fund (PSF) and the Municipal Development Fund (MDF). According to Dominguez, LGUs can avail of the […]

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Honda Bay sa Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, positibo pa rin sa red tide toxin

Ni Rox Montallana Eagle News Correspondent PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan (Eagle News) – Muling naglabas ng babala ang Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) na ang mga shellfish na nakuha mula sa Honda Bay, Puerto Princesa City ay nanatiling positibo sa paralytic shellfish poison. Ito ay base na rin sa latest laboratory results ng BFAR at Local Government Units (LGUs). Ang ilang bahagi ng Irong-Irong, Maqueda at Villareal Bays sa Western Samar; Matarinao Bay ng Eastern Samar; […]

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