The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has directed local government units (LGUs) in the National Capital Region (NCR) to ensure that the 60-day price ceiling on pork and chicken ordered by President Rodrigo Duterte is imposed in all markets within their jurisdiction.
DILG Officer-in-Charge Usec. Bernardo Florece, Jr said that President Duterte signed Executive Order (EO)...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) today said that they and the University of the Philippines will hold a meeting this week to review their 1992 agreement and that the DILG will not unilaterally abrogate the agreement without consulting UP officials.
“Contrary to a report that came out in a broadsheet, the DILG wants to hold a dialogue with UP officials to revisit...
In a move to avert the spread of African Swine Fever (ASF) while ensuring food security, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) urges all local government units (LGUs) to ensure that their executive orders imposing a ban on the entry of swine hogs and other related products are aligned and consistent with national policies and directives.
DILG Undersecretary and...
Amidst reports of continued pilferage of electric transmission lines, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has directed the Philippine National Police (PNP) to assist local government units (LGUs) and electric distribution utilities (EDUs) in inspecting electric facilities and in identifying and penalizing power thieves.
"We received reports on the theft of power cables...
USec. Bernardo C. Florece, Jr.
Officer-in-Charge
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) warmly welcomes Atty. Vitaliano Aguirre II to the DILG family and wishes him well as he assumes office as the new Vice-Chairman and Executive Officer (VCEO) of the National Police Commission (Napolcom).
VCEO Aguirre's vast experience as a lawyer and in government service will prove to be...
The Inter-Agency Task Force on Constitutional Reform (IATF-CORE) on Wednesday said Congress should vote separately on the proposed amendments to the economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution because of its bicameral nature.
“The bicameral nature of Congress makes separate voting logical, prudent, and reasonable,” said DILG Undersecretary and Spokesperson Jonathan Malaya. The DILG...
The Senate’s first public hearing on the proposed lifting of the protectionist provisions of the Constitution this Wednesday is a big leap to make the 1987 Constitution responsive to the current needs of the country, according to the Inter-Agency Task Force on Constitutional Reform (IATF-CORE) headed by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG).
The IATF-CORE lauded the...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) extended anew the deadline of the Road Clearing Operation 2.0 (RCO 2.0) to February 15 in consideration of the need of local government units’ (LGUs’) to immediately prepare their local vaccination plans against COVID-19.
The DILG recently issued Memorandum No. 2021-007 tasking LGUs to come up with a local vaccination plan...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) supports the recent act of the Department of National Defense (DND) abrogating the 1989 University of the Philippines (UP)-DND accord.
DILG Officer-in-Charge (OIC) Usec. Bernardo Florece said that “The agreement has become obsolete and no longer attuned to the times. It was signed way back in 1989, three years after the end of...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) urged all local government units (LGUs) to prepare a local vaccination plan as provided in the DOH guidelines on the National Vaccination Program and coordinate closely with their respective DOH-Centers for Health Development in preparing this plan.
DILG Undersecretary and Spokesperson Jonathan Malaya said that the DILG has issued...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) today dismissed apprehensions that the re-employment of only 15k contact tracers will weaken the Philippines' contact tracing capacity which remains to be strong, ten months since the start of the pandemic.
DILG Undersecretary and Spokesperson Jonathan E. Malaya said that the existing number of Contact Tracers (CTs) currently stands...
To ensure the continuity of the country's contact tracing efforts, the Department of the Interior Local Government (DILG) will re-hire some 15,000 contact tracers (CTs) nationwide for at least six months, following the approval by the Department of Budget and Management of a total of P1.9-billion for the hiring of CTs in 2021.
"While the country's COVID-19 response is significantly improving,...
This year’s first hearing of the House of Representatives showed an “overwhelming support” to the effort to lift certain restrictions in the economic provisions of the 34-year-old Constitution, according to a top official of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG).
“The support for economic constitutional reform during the first hearing of the House...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has granted a one-week extension of the deadline of the Department’s Road Clearing Operation 2.0 (RCO 2.0) following the requests by local government units (LGUs) to give them more time to clear roads of obstructions.
DILG Undersecretary and Spokesperson Jonathan Malaya said that upon the request of local chief executives, the...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) submitted to the House Committee on Constitutional Amendments today some 555,610 signatures and LGU resolutions in support of lifting the restrictive economic provisions of the Constitution.
“The DILG conducted roadshows all over the country in 2019 and last year pre-COVID and we can definitely say that there is growing public...
Inatasan ng Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) ang lahat ng mga local government unit (LGUs) na ipagpatuloy ang pambansang Road-Clearing Operations 2.0 (RCO 2.0) sa kani-kanilang lugar at pabilisin ang pagpapatupad dahil ang 60 araw na deadline ay magtatapos sa Enero 15, 2021.
"Ngayon na natapos na ang bakasyon, inaasahan namin na ang lahat ng LGUs ay sinisimulan na ang...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) enjoins all local government units (LGUs) to resume the nationwide Road-Clearing Operations 2.0 (RCO 2.0) in their respective areas and expedite implementation as the 60-day deadline ends on January 15, 2021.
“Now that the holidays are over, we expect all LGUs to pick up where they left off in their road clearing operations....
The Constitutional Reform (CORE) Movement on Friday parried criticisms on the new talks on constitutional amendments, saying oppositors to the move have misled the people on the nature of the amendments being sought.
“It’s not Cha-cha. It’s Constitutional Reform or CORE, which means amending only certain provisions in the 1987 Constitution,” said lawyer Vicente Homer...
It’s about time.
Thus said officials of the Department of the Interior and Local Government as they thanked Congress for its decision to resume deliberations on proposals to amend the restrictive economic provisions in the 1987 Constitution and to convene both Houses of Congress as a constituent assembly.
“The resumption of Congressional deliberations on Constitutional Reform (CORE)...
Amid the move of local government units’ (LGUs) to acquire additional COVID-19 vaccine, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) today clarified that the procurement and roll-out of COVID-19 vaccines must be coordinated with the national government, through the National Task Force Against COVID-19 (NTF) and the Department of Health (DOH), in a tripartite agreement...
GEN. EDUARDO M AÑO (Ret.)
Secretary
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) expresses its deepest condolences to the family of Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Danilo "Danny" Lim who joined our Creator this morning.
After the untimely demise of NAPOLCOM VCEO Rogelio Casurao, we are heartbroken to lose another fellow public servant with whom the DILG has...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) today said the five CPP-NPA-NDF members killed in a shootout in Rizal last month were part of the NPA death squads deployed in Southern Luzon to assassinate top national and local government leaders and police and military officers over “blood debts.”
“We can now confirm that the five NPA members killed in Barangay San...
The entire Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) family mourns the untimely passing of National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM) Vice Chairman and Executive Officer (VCEO) Atty. Rogelio T. Casurao who joined our Creator on January 2, 2021. He was 66.
In a public service career that spanned 16 and 1/2 years, Atty. Casurao was a man who left an indelible mark in government service...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) today said the country recorded zero firecracker-related fire incidents during the December holiday season, the first time that has happened since the establishment of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP).
Firecracker-related injuries to people were also down by 85% compared to the same period last year. Only 50 persons were injured by...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government has issued a Show Cause Order against Mayor Michael M. Keon of Laoag City after photos flooded social media of a Christmas gathering organized by the local chief executive.
DILG Undersecretary and Spokesperson Jonathan Malaya said that Secretary Eduardo M. Año has directed the issuance of a SCO against Mayor Keon for alleged violation of the...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has directed the filing of charges against a Quezon Provincial Board Member for allegedly coddling two suspected top members of the New People's Army (NPA) who were arrested inside her home in Atimonan, Quezon last December 26.
DILG Secretary Eduardo M. Año said Provincial Board Member Rhodora Tan of the Fourth District of Quezon...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) today said that joint elements of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) arrested some 35 suspects who identified themselves as members of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) in Rizal and were caught illegally discharging firearms and engaged in illegal paramilitary training.
DILG...
USec. Jonathan Malaya
DILG Spokesperson
The Department reiterates that Executive Order No. 28 s. 2017 issued by President Duterte which strictly regulates the use of Firecrackers and Pyrotechnics still stands.
The DILG has issued MC 2017-105 supplemented by MC 2017-168 to provide the implementing guidelines for EO No. 28. The Philippine National Police has likewise issued an Advisory to remind...
A total of 605 local government units (LGUs), civil society organizations (CSOs), regional focal persons (RFPs) and alternates have been conferred with the 2020 Anti-Drug Abuse Council (ADAC) Special Awards for their outstanding efforts against the proliferation of illegal-drugs in the country.
DILG Secretary Eduardo M. Año said that of the 605 awardees, 273 are LGUs that have cleared their...
The Department of the Interior of Local Government (DILG) today confirmed that P/MSgt. Jonel Nuezca, the policeman involved in the double murder of mother and son Sonya and Frank Anthony Gregorio over an altercation in Paniqui, Tarlac on Sunday, was demoted by the NAPOLCOM for a grave misconduct complaint filed in 2014.
DILG Undersecretary and Spokesperson Jonathan Malaya said that the National...
