The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) issued today the guidelines for the distribution of financial assistance of P1,000 per individual, with a maximum of P4,000 per family, to residents affected by the Enhanced Community Quarantine in NCR, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal or continue reading : DILG, DSWD issue guidelines on the distribution of ayuda to 22.9M individuals in NCR Plus

The Department of the Interior and Local Government today warned against the use of a politician’s name, photo, or image in the distribution of the “ayuda” or financial assistance to be given by the National Government to NCR Plus areas covered by Enhanced Community Quarantine. The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and continue reading : DILG: Use of politician’s name, photo or image in distribution of “ayuda” strictly prohibited

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) enjoins all local government units (LGUs) of the National Capital Region (NCR), Regions 3, 4-A, and 6 to submit and update their LGU Vaccination Masterlist, specifically the senior citizens, indigents, and informal settlers (IS), through the Vaccine Management System-Immunization Registry (VIMS-IR) for proper verification. VIMS-IR is continue reading : DILG to LGUs: Submit, update LGU Vaccination Masterlist via VIMS-IR

To boost the country’s contact tracing program amid the rising number of COVID-19 cases, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) renewed its call to all local government units (LGUs) and the general public to use and patronize the StaySafe.Ph application for digital contact tracing. DILG Officer-In-Charge Bernardo Florece Jr. said that the continue reading : DILG to LGUs, public: Use StaySafe.PH app to boost contact tracing

USEC. JONATHAN E. MALAYA Official Spokesperson The Department welcomes the decision of the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) to allow the holding of religious services/masses of up to 10% of church capacity as requested by the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines. The decision of the IATF shows that continue reading : Statement of the Department of the Interior and Local Government

Usec. Bernardo Florece, Jr. Officer-in-Charge The President has directed this Department to investigate the local chief executives who were inoculated ahead of some medical frontliners. We have issued Show Cause Orders to them and we await their response as part of the due process. We will act on the basis of their responses to the continue reading : Statement of the Department of the Interior and Local Government

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) today urged residents of the National Capital Region, Bulacan, Laguna, Cavite, and Rizal to defer non-essential travel to the rest of the country and even within the bubble area to contain the surge of COVID cases in the country. “All non-essential travel within and outside of continue reading : DILG: Residents of Metro Manila, Bulacan, Laguna, Rizal, Cavite should forego non-essential travel to contain spread of COVID-19

To enhance operational readiness in responding to disasters even amidst a pandemic, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) urges all barangays to use the Geohazard Threat Advisories issued by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Mines and Geosciences Bureau (DENR-MGB) as bases in formulating and updating their contingency plans. “Hindi mamaya na continue reading : DILG to brgys: Use DENR-MGB geohazard threat advisories to prepare for disasters

Following the surge of COVID-19 cases in the Greater Metro Manila area, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) called on the Philippine National Police and concerned local government units (LGUs) and barangays to strictly impose the prohibition on any form of mass gathering in the National Capital Region (NCR) and nearby areas continue reading : DILG to PNP, LGUs, and Barangays: Strictly impose prohibition against mass gatherings in NCR, neighboring provinces

A year after the government declared a state of public health emergency placing the country in lockdown and community quarantine due to the COVID-19 pandemic, access to adequate and safe water remains scarce. Currently, some millions of Filipinos still rely on unsafe and unsustainable water sources and lack access to proper sanitation facilities, with only continue reading : A total of 7,460 projects have been completed under DILG’s water supply and sanitation programs, giving 3.9 million households access to safe and sufficient water and sanitation