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DILG says anti-communist posters covered by freedom of speech
By Fernan Angeles THE Department of Interior and Local Government doesn’t see anything wrong with the anti-communist billboards adding that such is guaranteed under the constitutional provision on the freedom of speech. Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said that the billboards and posters denouncing the Communist Party of the Philippines-National Democratic Front-New People’s Army are legally…
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55,000 applied as contact tracers, says DILG
By John Clifford Lintao OVER 55,000 individuals, mostly displaced workers, have applied as government contact tracers, according to the Department of Interior and Local Government. At the Senate budget hearing, DILG Undersecretary Bernardo Florece said that the number of applicants for contact tracer positions plummeted to 55,213, exceeding its target of 50,000. “We have already…
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Ombudsman suspends 89 barangay chiefs en masse
By Mar T. Supnad IN what appears to be the first since it was first established, the Office of the Ombudsman issued a mass suspension of barangay chairmen who were found to have been directly or indirectly involved in the anomalous distribution of emergency cash subsidies to their constituents. In receiving of copy of the…
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Not so fast, DILG tells Eleazar
By Fernan Angeles THE Department of Interior and Local Government doesn’t seem amenable to the idea fanned by a top police official who hinted at tracking down people who made a report or reported violating quarantine protocols. DILG Undersecretary Epimaco Densing said the police still needed to verify posts on social media regarding coronavirus disease…
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DILG reinstates discipline campaign amid COVID-19
By John Clifford Lintao CITING lack of discipline as among the factors that significantly contributed to the spread of the deadly virus, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) reinstated shelved advocacy campaign on discipline in an apparent bid to compel compliance on minimum health standards in the time of COVID-19. Interior Undersecretary…
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Search for new PNP chief now down to three
By Fernan Angeles THE search for the next national police chief has become a three-cornered tussle, said the Department of Interior and Local Government which issued a statement confirming the submission of the three names to President Rodrigo Duterte. DILG spokesperson Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya, however, declined to reveal the names of the police officials and…
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Metro Manila needs over 10,000 contact tracers
By John Clifford Lintao WITH an enormous task ahead, the Department of Interior and Local Government hinted at hiring more than 10,000 additional contact tracers for the National Capital Region, citing its large population. “Sa Metro Manila, may 13 million na tao. We have around 4,000 contact tracers so we would need to hire more…
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Duterte knew RevGov leaders, says DILG official
By John Clifford Lintao CONTRARY to what an exasperated President Rodrigo Duterte said in his taped national address on Tuesday, a top official of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) categorically said that Duterte actually knew the people and the group behind the call for a revolutionary government. In a radio interview on…
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Recruitment for contact tracers to resume in September
By Fernan Angeles WITH the Bayanihan to Recover as One bicameral bill just a hair-thin away from being a law, the government is expected to resume hiring of contact tracers in September or just in time for the release of the P5-billion appropriation allocating funds just for that purpose. In a statement, the designated spokesperson…
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49 barangay officials facing charges due to SAP
By Fernan Angeles The Department of Interior and Local Government said that 49 barangay officials have been slapped with complaints before the Office of the Ombudsman surrounding the national government’s Social Amelioration Program. Also charged were officials who have violated the community quarantine protocols. Some 20,000 complaints were filed to the DILG but only 49…