The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) today confirmed that the travel authority from the PNP and the medical certificate from the LGU health office are no longer required for travel after the IATF-MEID approved the harmonized national travel protocols for land, air, and sea recommended by the department.

DILG Undersecretary and Spokesperson Jonathan Malaya said that the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) issued Resolution No. 101 on Friday approving the streamlined travel protocols crafted by the DILG in coordination with the Philippine National Police, Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines, League of Provinces of the Philippines, League of...

Usec. Bernardo C. Florece, Jr.
DILG Officer-in-Charge

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), together with all of its attached agencies, joins the nation in commemorating the 35th Anniversary of EDSA People Power Revolution.

A significant milestone in our country's history, EDSA People Power is an indelible testament to the strength of the people’s concerted and united voice for freedom and justice. It is a reminder to us all that once the people come together, nothing is impossible.

As we commemorate the anniversary of the People Power Revolution anew, we are called once again to unite, with the same fervor and commitment, in addressing a global crisis that is COVID-19. In the...

Usec. Bernardo C. Florece, Jr.
DILG Officer-in-Charge

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) fully supports the position of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) opposing any move for the resumption of the failed peace talks with the CPP-NPA-NDF.

We believe that any back channel efforts to resume talks with the Communist Terrorist Groups is an exercise in futility as the leadership of the CPP-NPA-NDF has never showed sincerity and they have proven, time and again, that they are against peace.

The President has already shut the doors to any form of negotiation through Proclamation 360 which declared the termination of peace negotiations with them....

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) added its voice to the call of influential business groups to Congress for the swift passage of pending economic bills including economic constitutional reforms (Economic CORE) as the House of Representatives began plenary hearings on Resolution of Both Houses No. 2.

DILG Spokesperson and Undersecretary Jonathan E. Malaya said they join the call to the Senate and the House of Representatives of five (5) respected business groups who collectively expressed their strong support for the initiatives of the Duterte administration to open the Philippine economy as a means for economic recovery and sustainability.

"The affirmation given by these...

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) welcomes the signing of Memorandum Order No. 51 granting local government units (LGUs) authority to make advance payments exceeding 15% for the procurement of COVID-19 vaccines provided they are authorized to make the procurement by the National Task Force COVID-19.

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte recently signed MO 51 allowing LGUs to make advance payments that exceeds the 15 percent limit set under procurement laws. The Implementing Rules and Regulations of the Government Procurement Reform Act says that an advance payment “shall be made only after prior approval of the President, and shall not exceed 15 percent of the contract amount,...