The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) strongly condemns the ambush on former Pangasinan Governor and Representative Amado Espino, Jr. yesterday in San Carlos City as DILG Secretary Eduardo M. Año ordered the creation of a special police investigation team to go after the perpetrators.

“We vehemently denounce this villainous act as this incident undermines the...

Pinuri ni Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo M. Año ang Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) sa “katapatan nito sa pagtupad ng kasunduang pangkapayaan sa pagitan ng pamahalaang Pilipinas” na ipinamalas sa ikalawang bahagi ng pagdekomisyon sa mga mandirigma ng MILF at mga sandata nito noong Sabado sa Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao sa pagdiriwang...

Ganap ang suporta ng Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) sa panukala ni Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon na isama na ang lahat ng provincial jail sa bansa sa Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) upang “maging standardized at professionalized ang pamamahala sa lahat ng piitan sa local level.”

“Lubos ang ating suporta sa panukala ni Senador...

Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo M. Año today said that exiled Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) leader Joma Sison must be hallucinating when he claimed that he is absolutely protected in his self-imposed exile in the Netherlands as a so-called political refugee because “a criminal and a terrorist like him can never be considered a...

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) fully supports the proposal of Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon to integrate all provincial jails to the Bureau of Jail Management Penology (BJMP) as this will “professionalize and standardize the management of jails at the local level.”

“We fully support Senator Drilon’s proposal to bring all provincial...

Now that the country is at the peak of the typhoon season, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) is reiterating its call to local government units (LGUs) to ensure that their communities are alert or “listo” as it launched the updated version of the Operation L!sto Manual, a checklist on the “things-to-do” before, during, and after a disaster...

Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo M. Año lauds the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) for being “sincere in the peace agreements with the Philippine government” as shown in the second phase of the decommissioning of MILF combatants and weapons on Saturday in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao this National Peace Consciousness Month.

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We are pleased with the growing number of heinous crime convicts who have heeded the President’s directive to voluntarily surrender to authorities for a re-evaluation and recomputation of their Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA) by the Department of Justice (DOJ).

We urge all those who were released under the GCTA to voluntarily surrender to the nearest Philippine National Police (PNP)...

Statement of the Department of the Interior and Local Government
USec. Jonathan E. Malaya
Official Spokesperson
September 5, 2019


In compliance with the directive of the President, DILG Secretary Eduardo M. Año is urging all those who have been convicted of heinous crimes and released because of the Good Conduct Time Allowance to surrender themselves immediately to the nearest police station or...

With succeeding typhoons entering the country recently, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) is reminding all local government units (LGUs) to do their early preparedness actions now and “not to wait for the eleventh hour before taking action to safeguard their communities and people from typhoon and other hazards.”

“Sunod-sunod na naman ang mga bagyo...

Less than a month before the deadline set for all local government units (LGUs) to clear roads, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo M. Año says he is satisfied with the performance of Metro Manila mayors in complying with the directive of President Rodrigo Duterte to clear roads from illegal structures and constructions but he says that “more needs...

Sinuspinde ng Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) at Department of Justice (DOJ) ang pagpapairal ng Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA) Law sa loob ng 10 araw upang bigyang daan ang masinsinang pagsusuri sa implementing rules and regulations ng batas.

Ipinahayag ni DILG Undersecretary at Spokesperson Jonathan Malaya na matapos ang mungkahi ng DOJ, bumuo ng Joint Committee...

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have suspended the implementation of the Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA) Law for a period of 10 days to give way to a thorough joint review of the law’s implementing rules and regulations.

DILG Undersecretary and Spokesperson Jonathan Malaya said that upon the recommendation of the DOJ,...

Pinuri ni Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo M. Año ang Philippine National Police (PNP) at Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) para sa pagkakadakip sa Regional Party Secretary ng Communist Party of the Philippines-New Peoples Army (CPP-NPA) sa Metro Manila at inilarawan ang nasabing pag-aresto bilang isang "malaking tagumpay laban sa communist...

Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo M. Año lauds the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for the arrest of the Regional Party Secretary of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New Peoples Army (CPP-NPA) in Metro Manila, describing the arrest as “a major accomplishment against communist terrorism.”

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The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) supports the Department of Justice's (DOJ) position that former Calauan mayor Antonio Sanchez is ineligible to avail of Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA) because "he is categorically excluded to benefit under the law's coverage."

Initial reports floated that Sanchez will walk free as one of the thousands to benefit under the...

Pinuri ng Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) ang Marikina City matapos nitong isabatas ang dalawang ordinansa bilang suporta sa kautusan ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na linisin at paluwagin ang mga kalsada, at hinihikayat ang mga pamahalaang lokal na magpasa din ng mga katulad na batas.

Ipinahayag ni DILG Secretary Eduardo M. Año na ang pagpasa ng Marikina City ng...

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) commends Marikina City for passing two ordinances supporting President Rodrigo Duterte's directive to clear the roads of obstruction and encourages other local government units (LGUs) to also enact similar ordinances.

DILG Secretary Eduardo M. Año says that Marikina City's passage of an ordinance that allows motorists to use...

Sa paggigiit na ang mga kolehiyo at pamantasan ay off-limits sa mga pulis, hinahadlangan ng mga militant student organization ang karapatan ng bawat mag-aaral na marinig ang magkabilang panig ng isyu, ayon sa Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG).

"Sinasabi ng mga militant student organization na ang kanilang ideolohiya o pananaw lamang ang katanggap-tanggap at ang anumang...

By claiming that colleges and universities as off-limits to the police, militant student organizations are, in fact, curtailing the right of every student to hear both sides of the issue, according to the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG).

“The militant student organizations are, in fact, saying that only their ideology or point of view is welcome here and any attempt...

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said that militant student organizations in UP are missing the point when they claim that the government is planning the “militarization” of the university when in fact all they wish to address is the issue of Communist recruitment in schools.

DILG Undersecretary and Spokesperson Jonathan Malaya assured this on Wednesday,...

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) supports the proposed amendment of the Human Security Act (HSA) of 2007, particularly the longer wiretapping and detention period “to improve the government’s capacity to fight terrorism and ensure the safety and security of the entire country.

DILG Secretary Eduardo M. Año says that terrorism is a coordinated crime...

Ipinahayag ni Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo M. Año na walang pulitikal na konsiderasyon sa hakbang na pagpapaluwag at paglilinis ng mga kalsada, na ito ay mahigpit na ipatutupad sa lahat ng pamahalaang lokal, maging sa mga pribado o pampamahalaang gusali.

Sa kanyang pangunguna ngayong araw sa demolisyon ng isang barangay hall at police traffic...

Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo M. Año says that there is no political consideration in the road clearing operation, it will be strictly implemented in all local government units (LGUs), and will apply to all whether government or private entities.

Leading the demolition of a barangay hall and police traffic station in Quezon City today, Año says...

Hinihimok ni DILG Secretary Eduardo M. Año ang mga dating miyembro ng New People’s Army (NPA) na sumuko at manumbalik sa lipunan habang tinitiyak na "hindi sila pababayaan ng pamahalaam gaya ng ginawa sa kanila ng mga komunista."

"Ito ang masakit ng katotohanan. Walang pakialam ang NPA sa kapakanan ng kanilang mga miyembro. Ginagawa lamang silang mga peon ng CPP-NPA-NDF sa mga walang...

Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo M. Año urges disillusioned members of the New People's Army (NPA) to rejoin mainstream society ensuring them that "the government will never abandon you as they [communists] did."

"That is the harsh truth. Walang pakialam ang NPA sa kapakanan ng kanilang mga miyembro. They are just mere dispensable pawns in the...

Nanindigan si Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo M. Año sa kanyang mungkahi na buhayin ang Anti-Subversion Law at binigyang-diin na ang Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), ang armado nitong grupo na New People’s Army (NPA) at mga front organization nito, sa loob ng 50 taon, ay patuloy sa pag-organisa ng armed conspiracy upang patumbahin ang...

Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo M. Año is standing by the proposal to revive the Anti-Subversion Law, emphasizing that the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), its armed wing, the New People’s Army (NPA) and its front organizations have been -- for the past 50 years -- in an organized armed conspiracy to overthrow the duly-elected government...

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) believes in the sanctity of the government bureaucracy as an institution for the selfless delivery of service to the people because public service is a reward in itself.

Therefore, as a matter of policy, employees under the DILG, including police officers, will be held criminally and administratively liable if they receive or solicit...