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Monday 26th of November 2012
QUEZON CITY, Nob 26 (PIA) - - Sa National Ecosavers Program (NEP), kabataan ang pangunahing kikilos para sa malinis na kapaligiran. Ang NEP ay magkatuwang na programa ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Department of Education (DepEd), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), at ng Galing Pook Foundation na naglalayong turuan ang mga kabataan na mapangalagaan ang kanilang kapaligiran. Dahil na rin sa lumalalang problema ng basura sa Metro Manila kaya unang ipatutupad ang NEP sa abot sa 763 na pampublikong elementarya at sekondaryang paaralan dito. Sa...
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LGRRC-DILG Caraga initiates Regional Knowledge Management Audit
BUTUAN CITY, Oct 31 (PIA) -- The Local Governance Regional Resource Center (LGRRC) through the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Caraga region in partnership with the Local Government Academy (LGA) has conducted the Knowledge Management Audit for External Stakeholders in the region held at the Goat2geder Hotel and Restaurant, this city. The Knowledge Management (KM) Audit has determined the level of organizational KM readiness of the different sectors in the region through ...
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DILG leads celebration of the 21st anniversary of the Local Government Code
BANGUED, Abra, Oct 20 (PIA) -- The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) here has started the celebration of the 21st anniversary of the Local Government Code (LGC) with a team building and family day celebration. Republic Act 7160, otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991 enacted on October 10, 1991 is the landmark on local autonomy and decentralization. With the theme, “Do, inspire, lead and grow! Together, everyone achieves more!”, the event is an opportunity ...
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  • Synchronized barangay assembly in Quirino province successful - DILG

    CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Oct 18 (PIA) -- The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) here reported that the synchronized barangay assembly (SBA) day last October 14 in the province was successful wherein 118 out of the 132 barangays were able to conduct assemblies as scheduled. Provincial Director Ruperto B. Maribbay said four municipalities, namely Diffun, Maddela, Nagtipunan, and Saguday posted 100 percent barangay participation while 10 barangays of Aglipay and four in Cabarrogu...
  • Makati bags DILG 2012 'Gawad Pamana ng Lahi' award

    MAKATI CITY, Oct 18 (PIA) -- The local government has won the 2012 "Gawad Pamana ng Lahi" award for the City Category after obtaining an overall performance rating of 85.50 points. The award, given by the Department of the Interior and Local Government at the regional level, comes with a P2 million cash incentive and a glass trophy for Makati, and elevates the city to a higher level of performance with its scaled-up criteria more stringent than that of the 2011 Silver Seal of Good Housekeeping ...
  • Roxas leads PPSC’s 19th year anniversary

    MANILA, Oct 2 (PIA) -- Interior and Local Government Secretary Manuel “Mar” A. Roxas II will lead guests, other key officials of the DILG, police, fire and jail bureaus including officials and employees of the Philippine Public Safety College (PPSC) in celebrating the college’s 19th founding anniversary to be held Wednesday, Oct 3 at the National Police College in Quezon City. Roxas, who is also chairman of the Board of Trustees of the PPSC, will deliver the keynote speech, the first sinc...
  • Inauguration of new DILG-AgNor Provincial Office Building held

    BUTUAN CITY, Sept 25 (PIA) -- The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Agusan del Norte has conducted the inauguration and blessing of its new provincial office building in Capitol Compound, this City. The construction of the new office amounting to P 1.5 million was sponsored by the provincial government of Agusan del Norte, headed by Governor Erlpe John M. Amante. DILG-Caraga Regional Director Lilibeth A. Famacion, DILG Agusan del Norte Provincial Director Romeo A. Solis, ...
  • DILG provides water system in Veruela, AgSur under SALINTUBIG Program

    BUTUAN CITY, Sept 21 (PIA) -- The groundbreaking ceremony of the Water Supply System project under the 2012 Sagana at Ligtas na Tubig sa Lahat (SALINTUBIG) Program of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Caraga was held in Barangay Poblacion, Veruela, Agusan del Sur. The SALINTUBIG program is designed to provide water supply systems for waterless municipalities. It is also intended to enhance capacities of local government units (LGUs) and water service providers in pla...
  • Blessing & inauguration of New DILG-Agusan del Norte Prov’l Office conducted

    BUTUAN CITY, Sept 17 (PIA) -- The ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Agusan del Norte Provincial Office Building was held on Monday at the Capitol Compound, this city. DILG Agusan del Norte Provincial Dir. Romeo Solis, together with DILG-Caraga Regional Dir. Lilibeth Famacion, Agusan del Norte Vice Gov. Enrico Corvera and Provincial Administrator Percianita Racho led the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the new DILG provincial office situated be...
  • KBP, DILG to Launch BroadcasTREEing Project 2012

    BUTUAN CITY, Aug. 31 (PIA) -- The Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP) and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) will launch the 2012 BroadcasTREEing Project, which is slated on September 15, 2012 in 30 KBP chapters in the country. The Tree Planting activity is pursuant to a memorandum of agreement executed between KBP and DILG last April 27, 2012 during KBP’s 38th Founding Anniversary at the Crown Regency Hotel in Makati. The agreement is to continue the tree-p...
  • South Cotabato No. 5 in list of best performing prov'l LGUs

    KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Aug 30 (PIA) -- South Cotabato is the fifth best performing provincial local government in the country, results of the latest Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) evaluation said. DILG's Local Governance Performance Management System (LGPMS) evaluation in 2011 also listed Surallah town as seventh of the top 10 municipal local government units (LGUs). A statement from DILG indicated that South Cotabato garnered an average point of 4.864 to surp...
  • Ecolink Phils, DILG, PNP join the nation in mourning the late Sec. Robredo

    PAGADIAN CITY, Aug 28 (PIA) -- The Ecolink Philippines, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) conducted a candle lighting ceremony in front of the Jose Rizal monument, city complex here on Thursday evening. Ecolink Philippines is a civil society organization in Mindanao that promotes good governance, social accountability, and campaigns for anticorruption. The ceremony started at 6 p.m. and was attended by members of Ecolink Phils, ...
  • PCUP mourns death of Robredo

    QUEZON CITY, Aug. 24 (PIA) -- The Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP) joins the nation in mourning the death of Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jesse M. Robredo. In a statement, PCUP Chairman Hernani B. Panganiban said that never in history has there been a closer tie between PCUP & DILG than during his watch. He said Robredo's concern for the urban poor was so pronounced when he issued an order making the conduct of a Pre-Demolition Conference ...
  • Ilocos town receives seal of good housekeeping

    NARVACAN, Ilocos Sur, August 24 (PIA) -- This town has received the Seal of Good Housekeeping award from last month during the "Tapatan on Disaster Preparedness and Climate Change Adaption" held at Oasis County Resort in San Fernando City, La Union. Narvacan Town Mayor Zuriel S. Zaragoza told Wednesday that he received the award from Secretary Jesse Robredo. Officials from the Department of the Interior and Local Government, Office of Civil Defense, National Institute of Geological Science of...
  • Bishops urge vigilance in selection of new DILG chief

    MANILA, Aug 23 (PIA) -- Two Catholic bishops stressed the need for vigilance among Filipinos as the government is set to appoint the next chief of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). In a statement by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), retired Archbishop Oscar Cruz and Manila Auxiliary Bishop Broderick Pabillo believe the position left by the late DILG Secretary Jesse Robredo is crucial to the government, thus the need for serious public atten...
  • Robredo, an icon of good governance, faithful stewardship says DepEd, academe

    QUEZON CITY, Aug. 22 (PIA) -- Officials of the Department of Education and the Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) on Tuesday said the late Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Manalastas Robredo was an icon of good governance and faithful stewardship. In a statement, Education Secretary Bro. Armin Luistro said, “We in the cabinet mourn Secretary Robredo’s passing as an icon of good governance and faithful stewardship.” “As a fellow Lasallian, I mourn an outstanding alumnus who...
  • EU Delegation condoles with Robredo family

    QUEZON CITY, Aug. 23 (PIA) -- The Delegation of the European Union (EU) to the Philippines said Wednesday it conveys its sincerest condolences to the family of the late Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo, as well as to the government and the people of the Republic of the Philippines. In a statement, Lubomir Frebort, Charges d' Affaires of the EU Delegation, said: "Let me share our sentiments of loss and sorrow at the passing away of this champion of good governance...
  • Ochoa to review DILG programs, vows continuity in agency operations

    MANILA, Aug. 22 (PIA) -- Executive Secretary Paquito N. Ochoa on Wednesday sought a comprehensive review of all the pending programs and projects in the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) with the untimely demise of Secretary Jesse Robredo. In a statement, the DILG said Ochoa's move is to ensure that reforms are implemented and agency operations are unhampered. Robredo was in a plane crash, together with his aide and two pilots, last Saturday. Designated as DILG officer-i...
  • DILG names 13 consistent top performing LGUs in Phl

    MANILA, Aug. 15 (PIA) -- Thirteen cities and municipalities in the country have emerged as consistent top performers in the local government state of performance report for the last three years, according to the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). In a statement, DILG Secretary Jesse M. Robredo identified the consistent top performing local government units (LGUs) as the provinces of La Union, Cavite, Albay and Ilocos Norte; and the cities of Valenzuela, Makati, Angeles, Ta...
  • DILG partners with OCD in disaster reduction activities in Caraga

    BUTUAN CITY, Aug. 12 (PIA) -- With the end view of increasing people’s resilience and enhancing their capacities from threats and impacts of disasters brought climate change, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Region 13 and the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) have conducted activities to mark National Disaster Consciousness Celebration last July. These activities included a coastal clean-up at Barangay Masao, Butuan City with the participation of the Regional Disaster R...
  • More disaster-resilient LGUs seen in recent downpours

    QUEZON CITY, Aug. 9 (PIA) -- Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said the minimal death toll in the two-week continuous monsoon rains in Metro Manila and nearby provinces indicated that local government units (LGUs) and their constituents are now more prepared and resilient in confronting such life-threatening situations. “I think that disaster-preparedness should not be just a slogan; it should be a way of life for all LGUs and their constituents. Saving lives is more imp...
  • DILG taps Girl Scouts for disaster preparedness

    MANILA, Aug. 7 (PIA) -- The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has tapped the Girl Scouts of the Philippines (GSP) to support the agency's disaster risk reduction and management and environmental programs. In a statement, DILG said that DILG Secretary Jesse Robredo and GSP National President Dr. Salud Bagalso has signed the memorandum of agreement that aims to encourage municipalities and barangays to organize girl scouts community-based troops that can help the government...
  • Residents, officials join hands to cleanup Zapote River

    MANILA, July 31 (PIA) -- Some 500 local government and barangay officials as well as residents of Las Pinas and Bacoor cities converged recently at Barangay Pulang Lupa Uno to start the regular synchronized cleanup of the once-pristine 18.3-kilometer (km) Zapote River. In a statement by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), the joint clean-up activity is the result of a dialogue of the punong barangays or village heads of Las Pinas and Bacoor, where representatives of th...
  • Robredo relieves 5 cops for failure to stop jueteng

    MANILA, July 25 (PIA) -- Local Government Secretary Jesse M. Robredo has ordered the relief from their posts two chiefs of police (COPs) in Camarines Norte, two in Sorsogon, and one in Pangasinan for their failure to stop jueteng or illegal numbers game operations in their areas of jurisdiction. The DILG chief said his directive was part of DILG-PNP’s one-strike policy campaign and recommendations made by Senior Superintendent Frank Penaflor Jr., senior police assistant, following the succes...
  • Allocate 1% of your IRA for local councils for children, DILG tells LGUs

    MANILA, July 21 (PIA) -- Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo urges all local chief executives to put children’s concerns on top of their agenda by allocating one percent of their Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) for programs and projects of local councils for the protection of children (LCPC). In a statement, Robredo said the law, section 15 of Republic Act 9344 or the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006, does not only mandate local government units (LGUs) to establish their LCPCs ...
  • Calamity funds not for salaries of LGU personnel, DILG warns

    MANILA, July 19 (PIA) -- The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Tuesday advised all local government units (LGUs), including barangays, to use 70 percent of their 5 percent disaster funds to acquire basic rescue and response equipment and not for the salaries of local government personnel. In a statement, DILG Undersecretary Austere Panadero pointed out that local disaster risk reduction and management (LDRRM) funds of LGUs, and even barangays, should not be used to pay ...
  • DILG says 80% of LGUs are prepared for disaster

    MANILA, July 17 (PIA) -- Around 80 percent of local government units (LGUs) in the country are prepared for typhoons and other disasters that may strike their communities, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said in a statement. Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse M. Robredo’s pronouncement was part of the report he rendered to President Benigno S. Aquino III during the National Capital Region's (NCR) “Tapatan Roadshow on Disaster Preparedness and Climate Ch...
  • DILG holds Tapatan to launch disaster preparedness seal

    A “Tapatan” or dialogue was held by Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) to launch the Seal of Disaster Preparedness (SDP) and to test the readiness of every local government units (LGU) in the region in combating the various disasters affecting the region DILG Secretary Jesse M. Robredo said to measure the preparedness of an LGU is to determine its operational and institutional parameters, if it has a functioning and functional local disaster risk reduction and management...
  • DILG creates fact-finding team to dig into official’s HR violation case

    MANILA, July 16 (PIA) -- Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse M. Robredo created over the weekend a fact-finding team to investigate former mayor and now Davao City Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s alleged human rights violations by forcing a detained suspect last Tuesday to eat and swallow a fake land title he allegedly used in duping informal settlers in the city, purportedly to grant lots for just P250 each. “I have ordered the creation of a fact-finding team which will include DILG...
  • DILG warns local execs, pulis violating total log ban

    MANILA, July 11 (PIA) -- The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) will sanction any local chief executive - whether governor, city and municipal mayor, including barangay chairmen--if they defy or fail to comply with President Benigno Aquino III’s directive for a total log ban in all natural and residual forests of the country. “It is the local chief executives’ (LCEs) statutory duty to enforce all laws and ordinances relative to the governance of the LGU and the exercise of...
  • DILG, Comelec, NCIP ink MOA on indigenous peoples' rights to vote

    QUEZON CITY, July 10 (PIA) -- The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) to ensure the participation of country’s indigenous peoples in electoral processes particularly in next year’s May 13 national and local elections. DILG Secretary Jesse M. Robredo, Comelec chairman Sixto S. Brillantes Jr., and NCIP chairperson Brigida H. Pawid forged...
  • News feature: PAMANA – DILG fund covers 34 LGUs in Caraga Region

    BUTUAN CITY, July 9 (PIA) -- The PAMANA – “Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan” - Program was launched to complement government’s peace negotiation efforts. This is to strengthen peace building, reconstruction, and development in conflict-affected areas, and is embodied in the Philippine Development Plan for 2011 to 2016. For the year 2012, P958 million has been appropriated under the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) budget, to be provided to local government units (LG...
  • DILG reminds local execs on cancellation of classes, work in gov't offices

    MANILA, July 6 (PIA) -- The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has reminded local government officials units to declare the cancellation of classes and work in government offices due to weather disturbances not later than 4:30 a.m. for morning suspensions and not later than 11 a.m. for afternoon cancellations. In a statement, DILG Undersecretary for Local Government Austere Panadero said students and government workers "must be informed ahead and not when they are in their s...
  • DILG launches Local Governance Watch

    MANILA, June 29 (PIA) -- The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has announced the launching of the Local Governance Watch or LG Watch, a social accountability mechanism that will encourage greater civil society participation in local governance. In a statement posted on its website, DILG Secretary Jesse Robredo said LG Watch primarily aims to facilitate the systematic and sustained engagement of civil society organizations (CSOs) in local public administration to ensure tran...
  • Water soon to flow in waterless taps in Surigao del Norte

    SURIGAO DEL NORTE, June 28 (PIA) -- No more dry taps anymore. Governor Sol Matugas announced that the province received a water supply grant intended for waterless municipalities and barangays here. Dubbed 2012 Sagana at Ligtas na Tubig sa Lahat (SALINTUBIG) Program, the project will provide safe and potable water for waterless municipalities and poorest barangays with high level of waterborne diseases, resettlement areas, and rural health units/birthing clinics with no access to safe water. ...
  • Caraga LGUs receive Performance Challenge Fund, Salintubig projects

    BUTUAN CITY, June 26 (PIA) -- A total of 28 local government units in the Caraga Region received today the Performance Challenge Fund (PCF) from Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo during the conduct of the region-wide Tapatan on Disaster Preparedness. In the provincial level, the Surigao del Norte and Agusan del Norte qualified for the Seal of Good Housekeeping and received the PCF amounting to P7 million each. Also, five local government units (LGU) from the city level, Cab...
  • Gov’t is serious in curbing illegal logging, mining activities in Caraga – Robredo

    BUTUAN CITY, June 26 (PIA) -- Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo today said the government is serious in curbing illegal logging and mining activities in Caraga Region. In today's press conference held in one of the local convention centers here, Robredo emphasized that in order for these illegal activities to stop, the government has been coordinating with the security forces such as the Philippine National Police (PNP). The DILG chief also pointed out that those who are in...
  • Sec. Robredo to launch ‘Seal of Disaster Preparedness” on Caraga’s Tapatan day

    BUTUAN CITY, June 25 (PIA) -- Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse M. Robredo will launch on June 26, 2012 the Seal of Disaster Preparedness during the region-wide TAPATAN on Disaster Preparedness at Almont Hotel’s Inland Resort here. The Seal of Disaster Preparedness recognizes and gives incentive to local government performance in institutionalizing disaster preparedness and to assess performance gaps to policies of program interventions as well as monitor improvements on disaster ...
  • DILG stamps Seal of Good Housekeeping on 83 more EV LGUs

    TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, June 23 (PIA) -- The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said that at least 83 more local government units (LGUs) in Eastern Visayas have qualified to receive the agency’s Seal of Good Housekeeping. DILG Region 8 Director Pedro Noval informed that the said LGUs have been added in the first semester of this year in the list of recipients of the Seal of Good Housekeeping award from the DILG. This makes a total of 118 LGUs in the region that are fully ...
  • Search for Outstanding Barangay set in Surigao Norte

    SURIGAO CITY, June 14 (PIA) -- The Provincial Government of Surigao del Norte will launch the Search for Outstanding Barangay of the Province as a system of recognizing and granting of awards and incentives to outstanding barangays. Governor Sol Matugas said the search aims to ensure the smooth implementation of the provincial government's Health, Education & Environment, Agri-Aquaculture, Livelihood, Spiritual and Senior Citizen (HEALS) Agenda. Specifically, it aims to strengthen barangay gov...
  • Muntinlupa Fire Bureau to conduct water rescue training

    MANILA, June 14 (PIA) -- The Muntinlupa Central Fire Station of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) will conduct water rescue training for its personnel and barangay volunteers in preparation for the coming rainy season in support of the Disaster Preparedness Program of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). In a statement posted on the DILG website, Muntinlupa City Fire Marshal C/Insp. Rodrick Aguto said this training will be conducted in the eight flood-prone barangays of...
  • Albay gets highest number of Good Housekeeping Awards in Bicol

    LEGAZPI CITY, Albay, June 11 (PIA) -- Albay has topped the list of provinces in the Bicol region with the highest number of good housekeeping awards. Out of 34 local government units (LGUs) in Bicol region, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has conferred the “Seal of Good Housekeeping” to 11 local governments in Albay. Local governments in Albay that notched the award and will receive P1 million monetary incentives included Legazpi City and the towns of Malinao, Ba...
  • DILG Sec lauds Zambo chief for promoting good governance

    ZAMBOANGA CITY, June 6 (PIA) -- Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo yesterday commended Mayor Celso Lobregat for being a partner of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the national government in promoting good governance, as he explained the basis of conferring the Gawad Pamana ng Lahi Award to City Government of Zamboanga. Sec. Robredo, together with Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Secretary Teresita Deles, graced the occasion where 60 computers were ...
  • DILG gathers 65 CSOs for consultation in ARMM

    PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, May 24 (PIA) -- The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has gathered 65 civil society organization (CSO) representatives from all over Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) for the Regional Stakeholders Consultation held at Ocean View Hotel in Pagadian on May 22 to 23. The consultation aims to increase awareness of key stakeholders, particularly CSOs, on the ARMM Roadmap and Transition Support Plan, generate consensus from CSOs on their...
  • Iloilo gets assistance for search and rescue equipment

    ILOILO CITY, April 28 (PIA6) -- The province of Iloilo received a check worth P414,700 from the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) for the procurement of life-saving search and rescue equipment. DILG Secretary Jesse Robredo gave the check during the launching of the Tapatan on Disaster Preparedness road show at Sarabia Manor here, April 26. Iloilo Governor Arthur Defensor, Sr. said the province was given the financial assistance as one of the pilot local government units ...
  • DILG conducts ADB survey on Siquijor local gov’t capacity

    SIQUIJOR, April 3 (PIA) -- The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) recently conducted a Survey on Local Government Capacity in Project Management in three local government units (LGUs) in the province. The survey was conducted in the towns of Siquijor and Larena, and the provincial government of Siquijor. The survey collected data from the local governments on their capacity constraints and other factors that affect their project management at the local level, said DILG-Siqu...
  • Samar LGUs rate poorly in operational readiness to address disaster

    CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, Feb. 9 (PIA) -- Samar local government units (LGUs) rated poorly in terms of operational readiness to address disaster.   In a rating sheet prepared by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and distributed to members, Samar LGUs lag behind in many indicators particularly in contingency plans for tsunami, and other calamities when it did not even reach 50%.   The data stemmed from a survey on operational readiness of local governments to ...
  • DILG suspends 5 Navotas City jail officers for recent jailbreak

    MANILA, Feb. 02 (PIA) -- The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has ordered the suspension for 90 days the five jail officers assigned at the Navotas City Jail after five detained suspects facing various criminal charges escaped from their custody at dawn of January 23 this year.   DILG Secretary Jesse M. Robredo identified the suspended jail officers as Senior Inspector Manuel V. Serquina; Senior Jail Officer 3 Sencino Abrazaldo; Senior Jail Officer 1 Adan S. De Loza;...
  • South Cotabato implements version of seal of good housekeeping for barangays

    KORONADAL CITY, Nov. 28 (PIA) -- Some 100 barangays in South Cotabato will be given seal of good housekeeping in 2012 in line with the provincial government's implementation of a local version of the Department of the Interior and Local Government's program.   Josephine Leysa, interior and local government provincial director, said "100 out of the 199 barangays of South Cotabato will receive awards and cash prizes from the provincial government if they pass the standards set...
  • P131.66-M road projects in Mindanao to be bidded out

    OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental, Nov. 23 (PIA) -- Some P131.66 million worth of provincial road projects will be bidded out by the Provincial Roads Management Facility (PRMF) in the provinces of Misamis Occidental and Bukidnon, Region 10, as well, as in Agusan del Sur, Region 13. This will cover 84.48 kilometers of roads. To be funded by the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) and the concerned Provincial Governments, the projects will involve earthworks, prepa...
  • Youth leaders network initiates activities for peace

    BUTUAN CITY, Sept. 14 (PIA) -- The Caraga Youth Leaders’ Network is now initiating activities in support of the celebration of the United Nations’ (UN) International Day of Peace on September 21, 2011.   Dubbed “Kalinaw Alang sa Tanan” (Peace for All), the initiative supports the worldwide call for a sustainable peace and development.   It also seeks to inculcate the essence of peace and the true meaning of a shared community. It is a synchronize celeb...
  • 97 WV LGUs eligible for Performance Challenge Fund in 2011

    ILOILO CITY, Sept. 14 (PIA) -- A total of 97 local government units in Western Visayas has been awarded with the Seal of Good Housekeeping by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and is thus eligible to avail of the Performance Challenge Fund (PCF) incentive for LGUs this year.   This was announced by DILG Regional Director Evelyn A. Trompeta during the recent meeting of the Development Administration Committee of the Regional Development Council at the Nation...
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