CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – Local government units (LGUs) in Central Luzon are strengthening their efforts in dealing with communist insurgents toward local peace engagements. The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) regional office, in collaboration with the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace Process, spearheaded on January 21 a consultation-meeting with… Read More C. Luzon LGUs gear toward local peace engagements vs. insurgency

BOTOLAN, Zambales —The local arm of various government agencies and local government units have organized an inter-agency collaborative project to bring essential government services closer to the people in remote areas here. Spearheaded by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and in collaboration with the Municipal Task Force to End Local Communist Armed… Read More ‘Serbisyo Caravan’ set for remote areas in Botolan

IBA, Zambales — The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) in Zambales headed by Provincial Director Armi V. Bactad initiated the conduct of an online orientation  to revitalize Project Monitoring Committees of local government units (LGUs) in the province. The zoom meeting on “Strengthening of Project Monitoring Committees (PMCs) in Local Government Units”… Read More DILG revitalizes Zambales PMCs

IBA, Zambales — The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)-Zambales has urged government units to play an active community role in the fight against Covid-19 by enacting health safety regulations in the community. DILG-Zambales promoted the Disiplina Muna advocacy campaign as one of the strategies to contain COVID-19 and uphold peace and order… Read More DILG Zambales intensifies Disiplina Muna’s BIDA Advocacy

IBA, Zambales — Local government officials received a heads up on rules and guidelines governing the implementation of locally-funded projects which qualify for government subsidy. The provincial office of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) spearheaded the conduct of orientation on the FY 2020 Policy Guidelines of the Assistance to Municipalities (AM)… Read More Zambales DILG, LGUs team up for locally-funded projects

PALAUIG, Zambales — Agrarian Reform Secretary John R. Castriciones took one step further when he delivered Thursday, July 2, a land title to a farmer-beneficiary right in the middle of his farm in Barangay Pangolingan here. Castriciones drove all the way from his office in Quezon City up to here to hand to the Delos… Read More Agrarian reform chief delivers land titles to Palauig farmers

By CARRIE T. ASPA | Iba, Zambales AFTER ensuring the health and safety of his constituents against the Covid-19 threat during the enhanced quarantine period (ECQ), Gov. Hermogenes E. Ebdane Jr. is now focusing on an equally pressing concern: the health of the local economy as Zambales eases down to general community quarantine (GCQ) this… Read More Ebdane bares economic recovery plan as Zambales shifts to GCQ

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Jan. 23 (PIA) — National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) is optimistic that Central Luzon will sustain its momentum in terms of poverty reduction until 2022. NEDA Regional Director Leon Dacanay Jr. said data from Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) revealed that the region’s poverty incidence among population dropped to 6.9 percent… Read More NEDA eyes sustained poverty reduction in Central Luzon

IBA, Zambales — Governor Hermogenes Ebdane Jr., who has been appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte as the new chairman of the Regional Peace and Order Council III (RPOC), will set a new approach to the operations of the consultative body. In his message during the fourth quarter joint meeting of the Provincial Peace and Order… Read More Ebdane eyes new approach to Region 3 peace and order plan