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DILG backs calls to suspend classes in Metro Manila for SEA Games

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Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 11:20:51 +0000

THE Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) supported calls to suspend classes in Metro Manila during the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, its spokesman said on Wednesday. “On our part we support the calls na magdeclare na lang ng (to just declare) class suspension,” Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya told reporters in a press briefing. Malaya […]

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LOOK: MMDA, DILG, QC gov’t clear roads of obstructions

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Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 04:00:49 +0000

LOOK: MMDA, DILG, QC gov’t clear roads of obstructions

MANILA, Philippines — The national and local government joined forces on Friday morning to clear roads of various obstructions in Quezon City (QC). Personnel of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), QC government, and the Philippine National Police (PNP) went hand in hand in clearing roads along […]

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Año to rebels: Lay down arms, gov’t will not abandon you

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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 03:37:19 +0000

Año to rebels: Lay down arms, gov’t will not abandon you

MANILA, Philippines – Interior Secretary Eduardo Año again called on members of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) to lay down their arms, saying government will not abandon them unlike the NPA. “The government will never abandon you as they [communists] did,” Año said in a statement on Friday. “That is the harsh truth. Walang […]

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DILG chief backs ban on new buildings, tree cutting in Baguio

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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 21:33:54 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Monday backed a proposed yearlong moratorium on the construction of high-rise buildings in Baguio City to afford the summer capital “a breather from overdevelopment.”

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DILG backs moratorium on high-rise buildings in Baguio

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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 07:44:11 +0000

DILG backs moratorium on high-rise buildings in Baguio

MANILA, Philippines — “Let us save Baguio City while we still can.” This was the call of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo M. Año on Monday as he backed the proposal seeking to set at least a one-year moratorium on the construction of high-rise buildings in Baguio City.  READ: […]

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Año cites EO to support police presence in schools

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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2019 23:22:56 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — Interior Secretary Eduardo Año in a statement on Sunday cited an executive order that he said could be invoked to increase police visibility in schools “infiltrated” by communist rebels.

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DILG advises LGUs: Convert vacant lots into pay parking areas

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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2019 11:40:08 +0000

DILG advises LGUs: Convert vacant lots into pay parking areas

The DILG has encouraged the conversion of vacant lots into pay parking spaces and terminals to help decongest public roads.

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Año agrees fire officers should be armed for self-defense

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Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2019 12:30:48 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said Friday that he favors personnel of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) to bear arms “at least for self-defense” since, as public safety officers, they could also be targeted by terrorists and criminals. “Yes, I agree. At least for self-defense being public safety officers,” he told INQUIRER.net […]

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Pasig, Pateros mayors call for, welcome public initiative on road clearing

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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2019 05:09:25 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto and municipality of Pateros counterpart Juan Miguel Ponce appealed to their constituents on Thursday to have the initiative to help clean and clear roads of obstructions and eyesores.

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DILG seeks three-month closure of parts of El Nido

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Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2019 13:35:39 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) sought on Friday the three-month closure of portions of El Nido in Palawan to rehabilitate the tourist spot. DILG Undersecretary Epimaco Densing III said in a text message that four outfalls — including three in Bacuit Bay and one in Corong-Corong — were […]

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