DILG CALABARZON

DILG gives special awards to 600 outstanding LGUs, CSOs for their anti-illegal drug initiatives

Details: Written by Central Office; Published: 28 December 2020; Hits: 231

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...

Statement of the DILG On the Use of Firecrackers and Pyrotechnics

Details: Written by Central Office; Published: 28 December 2020; Hits: 124

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...

DILG: 16 Ligtas Covid centers to get assistance under GSIS' Adopt a LIGTAS COVID Center program

Details: Written by Central Office; Published: 19 December 2020; Hits: 178

Sixteen local isolation and treatment areas in select local government units (LGUs) and jail facilities nationwide will receive a total of P8million under GSIS' Adopt a Ligtas COVID Center program to beef up their facilities against COVID-19, according to the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG).

This is after the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) recently signed a...

OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF THE DILG ON THE ICC-OTP 2020 REPORT

Details: Written by Central Office; Published: 18 December 2020; Hits: 166

December 17, 2020

EDUARDO M. AÑO
Secretary, DILG

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) denounces the report of Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, for being false, biased, and without factual and legal basis.

As the Report itself admits, Ms. Bensouda is still conducting a preliminary investigation, and no criminal investigation or proceeding...