DILG chief advises families to wear face masks at home

Cathrine Gonzales - Reporter / @cgonzalesINQ 08/10/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Monday advised families to “best try” physical distancing or wear face masks even in their homes if they cannot prevent being physically close to other household members. In an…

Cebu village’s Sinulog defies quarantine rules

Philippine Daily Inquirer 06/30/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Interior Secretary Eduardo Año has directed police officials to investigate and file charges against organizers of a street dance and religious procession in a sitio (subvillage) here, where a surge in new coronavirus disease (COVID-19)…

Año denies reports entire Central Visayas on ECQ

Consuelo Marquez 06/19/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Friday clarified that the whole Central Visayas was not placed under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), saying that only Cebu City is on a strict coronavirus lockdown. “Hindi yan totoo.…

Placing Cebu City under ECQ not a punishment — Año

Consuelo Marquez - INQUIRER.net 06/17/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Returning Cebu City’s status to a strict enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) is not a punishment but to address the surge of coronavirus disease cases in the city, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said Wednesday. “Nagkausap…

LGUs that impose localized lockdowns told to organize quick response teams

Doris C. Bongcac 06/09/2020

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — While local government units (LGUs) were given the option to organize local lockdowns, they too would have be responsible for organizing their own quick response teams (QRTs)  “that should carry out the test-trace-treat…

Duterte orders Año: Dismiss rogue cops

Nestor Corrales - INQUIRER.net 10/29/2019

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte ordered Interior Secretary Eduardo Año to dismiss from service rogue policemen. “Ako, not all policemen are… Mind you. By and large, ang police mababait. May mga sahol lang talaga na especially…

DILG-7 urges failing LGUs: Continue road clearing efforts

Rosalie Abatayo 10/14/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Local government units (LGUs) whose road clearing efforts “failed” in the standards of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) must continue their efforts and prepare to explain their “non compliance.” In…

DILG Cebu starts LGU compliance audit on Año’s road clearing order

Rosalie Abatayo 10/02/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) already deployed validation teams to determine the compliance of the seven component cities and 44 towns in Cebu to Secretary Eduardo Año’s instruction to rid…

Año to rebels: Lay down arms, gov’t will not abandon you

08/16/2019

MANILA, Philippines – Interior Secretary Eduardo Año again called on members of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) to lay down their arms, saying government will not abandon them unlike the NPA. “The government will never abandon…

Caindec promises to clear national highways in CV of obstruction

Futch Anthony Inso 07/30/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Vehicle owners be warned. The Land Transportation Office in Central Visayas (LTO-7) will already start to impound illegally parked vehicles that are obstructing the flow of traffic on national highways. Victor Emmanuel Caindec,…

60 day countdown for LGUs to clear public roads starts Monday — Año

07/29/2019

MANILA, Philippines – The 60-day period given to local chief executives for the removal of street obstructions starts this Monday, Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said. Año revealed that this comes with…

Chan, Radaza call on Año to give legal opinion on City Hall office dispute

Rosalie O. Abatayo 07/15/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Both Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard Chan and lone district Representative Paz Radaza have asked Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año to give a legal opinion on their feud over the authority to…

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