DILG CALABARZON

DILG: Aggressive Contact Tracing is “game changer” to defeat COVID

Details: Written by Central Office; Published: 17 August 2020; Hits: 133

The Department of the Interior and Local Government said that aggressive contact tracing is the key to the success of the COVID-19 response in Metropolitan Cebu and Baguio City and it will be a “game changer” to the entire country if Congress will allocate funds for the hiring and deployment of additional contact tracers under Bayanihan 2.

NTF Vice-Chairperson and DILG Secretary....

DILG, DOH launch ‘BIDA ang may Disiplina’ campaign; urge LGUs to organize Barangay Disiplina Brigades

Details: Written by Central Office; Published: 14 August 2020; Hits: 330

In a bid to change the behaviour and encourage discipline among Filipinos to combat the global pandemic, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Department of Health (DOH) today jointly launched the “BIDA ang may Disiplina: Solusyon sa COVID-19” national advocacy campaign in Barangay Jesus Dela Peña, City of Marikina.

DILG Secretary Eduardo M. Año....

DILG appeals to Congress for funds to hire 50K contact tracers under Bayanihan II

Details: Written by Central Office; Published: 13 August 2020; Hits: 144

With the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in the country, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) today appealed to Congress to allocate P5-billion out of the P162 Billion fund to be created under the Bayanihan to Recover as One bill to hire and train 50,000 contact tracers to boost the country’s contact tracing capability and prevent the onward transmission of the virus.

In a letter to....

DILG to investigate alleged reduction of hazard pay of health worker by Cainta Municipal Hospital

Details: Written by Central Office; Published: 13 August 2020; Hits: 134

The Department of the Interior and Local Government will investigate the alleged reduction of the hazard pay of a frontline health worker who recently died from COVID-19 who was a nurse at the Cainta Municipal Hospital.

DILG Spokesperson and Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya said that they will ask the Cainta Local Government Unit to explain why it reduced the Hazard Pay of nurse Ms. Ma. Theresa....