CFollowing the signing of Executive Order (EO) No. 138 by President Rodrigo R. Duterte, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) today said the full devolution of basic services and facilities from the national government to local government units (LGUs) will finally begin next year, including the increased share of LGUs in all continue reading : DILG: Full devolution will finally happen with issuance of EO 138

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) today commended the innovative efforts of some local government units (LGUs) in rolling out COVID-19 vaccines to their respective localities to encourage their constituents to register and get jabbed as well as increase vaccine confidence among the public. “We are pleased that LGUs are thinking of continue reading : DILG lauds LGUs’ strategies to increase vaccination

Contact tracing efforts in the country has improved as 94% of probable cases are traced daily and 91% are isolated within 24 hours by contact tracing teams nationwide, said the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). DILG Secretary Eduardo M. Año said that this fast turn-around time is achieved through the 110,378 contact continue reading : DILG: 94% of probable COVID-19 cases traced within 24 hours

Some 915 provincial road projects with an aggregate total of P39.192-billion and spanning 2,866.91 kilometers have been completed under the Conditional Matching Grant to Provinces (CMGP) since the project started in 2016, according to the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). DILG Secretary Eduardo M. Año expressed confidence that with better provincial roads, continue reading : DILG: 915 provincial road projects worth P39.192-B completed since 2016

The Department of the Interior and Local Government today hailed the approval by the House of Representatives on third and final reading the proposed amendments to the Constitution’s economic provisions, making good on its promise not to pass a measure with political provisions. DILG Undersecretary and Spokesperson Jonathan Malaya hailed the House of Representatives under continue reading : DILG hails Congress for passing politics-free charter-change

The ruling party PDP-Laban party’s uncompromising stand in support of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) and its programs is an indication that more and more local government officials are joining the ever-growing “bandwagon” and mounting calls to end the 53-year-old terrorist menace, agency officials said Tuesday. According to DILG continue reading : Ending communist terrorism an election issue: Officials laud ‘bandwagon’ of support for NTF-ELCAC

Lifting the economic restrictions in the Constitution is needed to accelerate economic growth and facilitate job creation which have been derailed by the Covid19 pandemic, proponents of economic reforms said on Friday. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said the Philippines has always been last in terms of foreign direct investments (FDIs), and one of the continue reading : DILG, DOLE SAY ECONOMIC CHA-CHA NEEDED FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH AND JOB CREATION

About 1.6 million new jobs for the country would be created and household income would be substantially increased by relaxing the economic restrictions in the 1987 Constitution. Leandro Tan of the University of the Philippines Public Administration Research and Extension Services Foundation-Regulatory Reform Support Program for National Development (UPPAF-RESPOND) said that economic reforms could reduce continue reading : 1.6M new jobs to be created if economic restrictions in Charter are lifted

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) welcomes the approval on Second Reading by the House of Representatives of Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) No. 2 on Wednesday, which aims to lift the restrictive economic provisions in the 1987 Constitution also known as “economic cha-cha.” “We would like to thank our lawmakers in continue reading : DILG welcomes 2nd reading approval of resolution lifting restrictive economic provisions of the Constitution

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) today said that punong barangays (PBs) will take on an intensified role to ensure compliance to minimum public health standards (MPHS) and to prevent mass gathering following violations in “super spreader events” which led to COVID-19 transmission. DILG Secretary Eduardo M. Año said that super spreader continue reading : DILG: Punong barangays to take on intensified role vs super spreader events