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

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 03:37:19 +0000

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

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 you as they [communists] did,” Año said in a statement on Friday. “That is the harsh truth. Walang […]

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DILG strips 189 mayors, governors of authority over police

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2019 02:16:01 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – One hundred eighty-nine mayors and governors nationwide were stripped of their supervisory powers over the local police, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said on Wednesday.

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DILG: Moreno must sustain reform programs in Manila until his term ends

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2019 04:53:59 +0000

Newly-elected Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso should maintain his program of reforms in the nation’s capital until his term ends

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DILG exec warns: Vote-buying may peak 2 days before polls

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Thu, 09 May 2019 03:18:22 +0000

The last two days before the elections on Monday, May 13,  will be crucial as vote-buying may peak during this period, an official from…

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DILG chief: Jolo bombers used Jemaah Islamiya strategy

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 09:05:16 +0000

DILG chief: Jolo bombers used Jemaah Islamiya strategy

Interior Secretary Eduardo Año claimed on Tuesday that the strategy used in the bombing of a church in Jolo, Sulu, was similar to the work of international terrorist network Jemaah Islamiyah (JI).

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DILG lauds BJMP for decongesting jails in 2018

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2019 10:05:44 +0000

The BJMP on Monday received praises from DILG Secretary Eduardo Año for the 120 percent decrease in the congestion rate at jail facilities.

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