August 12, 2010. With the need to institutionalize feedback mechanism, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jesse Robredo on Thursday directed the posting of every draft memorandum circular in the DILG website for a period of one week before its issuance. In his directive, Robredo urged provincial governors, city and municipal mayors, the ARMM governor and the DILG regional directors to send in their views, insights and comments through dilgmail@dilg.gov.ph. Robredo said he was encouraging local government and DILG officials to visit regularly the DILG website and send in appreciation or reservation on a directive. “In the…

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Bourne is once again brought out of hiding, this time inadvertently by London-based reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar–an upgrade to Project Treadstone–in a series of newspaper columns. Bourne sets up a meeting with Ross and realizes instantly they’re being scanned. Information from the reporter stirs a new set of memories, and Bourne must finally, ultimately, uncover his dark past whilst dodging The Company’s best efforts in trying to eradicate him. Bourne is once again brought out of hiding, this time inadvertently by London-based reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar–an upgrade to…

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Secretary Jesse M. Robredo of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Friday issued a directive setting up  the election of officers for  the Liga ng mga Barangay (LnB) chapters at the municipal, city, provincial, regional and national levels. In his directive,  Robredo noted that  the election for the city and municipal LnB  chapters  shall be held on December 7, 2010; for the provincial on December 17, 2010, and for the regional and national chapters on January 13 and 14, 2011, respectively. Robredo said the election of officers is in compliance with  the Local Government Code of…

Secretary Jesse M. Robredo of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Friday issued a directive setting up  the election of officers for  the Liga ng mga Barangay (LnB) chapters at the municipal, city, provincial, regional and national levels. In his directive,  Robredo noted that  the election for the city and municipal LnB  chapters  shall be held on December 7, 2010; for the provincial on December 17, 2010, and for the regional and national chapters on January 13 and 14, 2011, respectively. Robredo said the election of officers is in compliance with  the Local Government Code of…

In order to enhance regional cooperation on human trafficking cases, senior officials of ASEAN member countries launched Wednesday a comprehensive handbook that will help fight people trafficking in the Asian region. The ASEAN Handbook on International Legal Cooperation in Trafficking in Persons Cases, which was launched during the week-long 10th ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Transnational Crime (SOMTC) in Makati City, was developed with the support of the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) through the Asia Regional Trafficking in Persons Project (ARTIP), and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.  Interior and Local Government Undersecretary and SOMTC chair…

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) through its Local Government Academy (LGA) yesterday launched a program that would enlist the active participation of civil society organizations (CSOs) and non-government organizations (NGOs) in local governance. Dubbed as “Vigilance to Volunteerism: A Program Intensifying People’s Engagement in Local Governance (V2V PIPELOG)”, the program was launched with the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with program partners Caucus of Development NGO Networks (Code-NGO) and Philippine Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Areas (PhilDHRRA) at the SEAMEO Innotech in Quezon City. DILG Undersecretary for Local Government Austere…

Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse M. Robredo today called on local chief executives in the National Capital Region (NCR) to assist stranded commuters by providing them rides in going home amid the bus strike staged by bus operators this morning. Robredo directed Undersecretary for Local Government Austere Panadero to immediately coordinate with local governments of Metro Manila as a remedial measure to lessen the adverse effects caused by the strike on the people. Panadero said coordination has already been undertaken with LGUs in the Metropolis like Las Piñas, Manila, Marikina, Mandaluyong, Quezon City, Taguig and Valenzuela whose officials have…

To efficiently plan and manage local development, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Monday called on all local government chief executives to prepare and update their comprehensive development plan (CDP) and comprehensive land use plan (CLUP) to include the current policies of the Aquino administration. Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse M. Robredo said there was a need for all provincial governors, and city and municipal mayors to formulate or revisit their respective CLUPs and CDPs to consider the continuing changes in the physical framework of local government units and the present thrusts of President Benigno…