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DILG Orders Ban of Products Containing DMF

Jul 01, 2009

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) today called on all local chief executives to ban products containing biocide Dimethyl Fumarate (DMF) which are usually found in furniture, shoes and other leather products.

DILG Secretary Ronnie Puno made the move after the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), through its Bureau of Trade Regulation and Consumer Protection, sought the Department's assistance to ensure that products containing DMF are not placed or made available in the market.

Puno said the DTI's request is in support of the decision of the European Union, communicated through the Ambassador and Head of the Delegation to the European Commission to the Philippines , to immediately ban all products containing DMF after a number of cases of health risk relating to...

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What We Do?
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The DILG has three major concerns, namely: local governance, peace and order, and public safety. To address these concerns, DILG performs the following roles:

• Provide policies, standards, and rules on local governance, peace and order, and public safety and evaluator of their compliance;

• Monitor of compliance to national laws, policies, rules and regulations;

• Provide strategic technical assistance to provinces, cities and municipalities, to help them in strengthening their institutional capacities to plan and manage the local socio-economic development process within the context of autonomy and participatory as well as rights-based governance;

• Implement long-term devolution process; and

• Act as Coordinator of national oversight policies, functions...


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Nutrition Month
Nutrition Month

Jul 01 - 31, 2009

July is Nutrition Month. It is the time of the year when the public's attention on nutrition is being focused. It is mandated under Section 7 of Presidential Decree No. 491 (Nutrition Act of the Philippines, June 25, 1974) which states that "the month...

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Welcome Message

Embracing the Technology



Relevant. Accurate. Up-to-date. Interactive. Fast. These qualities of service are what we aim to provide you as we launch the new and upgraded DILG Website.

With the DILG mandate of empowering LGUs deliver effective and efficient public service, we couldn't do no less as we constantly strive to give you access to information and services responsive to the fast-changing times.

We are a dynamic organization that thrives on change. We embrace changes to make things better, more orderly and safer for Filipinos.

Our dedicated and conscientious Team developed this website...

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