DILG CALABARZON

DILG urges provinces to create own task forces against insurgency Año to brgy execs: Report significant accomplishments, plans in your Barangay Assembly this March 2019

Details: Written by Central Office; Category: News; Published: 12 March 2019; Hits: 1118

Following the creation of a National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) is urging the country’s 81 provinces “to do their share in bringing localinsurgency to its conclusion” by organizing their respective task force against insurgency.

“With no less than President Rodrigo R. Duterte...

DILG welcomes appointment of its Spokesperson as new Undersecretary

Details: Written by Central Office; Category: News; Published: 02 March 2019; Hits: 127

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) welcomes the appointment of former DILG Assistant Secretary and Spokesperson Jonathan E. Malaya as the new Undersecretary of the Department.

DILG Secretary Eduardo M. Año says that Malaya's promotion to DILG Undersecretary comes as no surprise as he exemplifies "the youthful yet decisive" leadership that the Department needs at this....

DILG directs LGUs to clear all government properties of campaign materials, encourages public to report violations

Details: Written by Central Office; Category: News; Published: 18 February 2019; Hits: 260

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has directed all local government units (LGUs) to clear all government facilities, properties, and vehicles of political campaign materials.

“We will not allow candidates to use government properties as a platform for their election campaign. It’s clearly prohibited. Government buildings, properties, vehicles, and equipment are for official use only and may not be used as venues or tools for partisan political activity,” says DILG Secretary Eduardo M. Año.

DILG: More than half of LGUs in Manila Bay watershed failed in complying with environmental laws, 16 to be prioritized with assistance

Details: Written by Central Office; Category: News; Published: 14 February 2019; Hits: 218

Ninety-five local government units (LGUs) or 53 percent of the 178 LGUs from Metro Manila, Regions III and IV-A within the Manila Bay Watershed Area have failed in complying with environmental laws, according to an assessment conducted by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG).

DILG Secretary Eduardo Año says that based on the 2018 Regional Inter-Agency Committee table assessments and on-site inspections, these LGUs failed to hit the indicators gauging their compliance to existing environmental laws and 16 of these with the worst problems will be prioritized by the Department.