CIDG gets new chief in latest PNP reshuffle
May 2, 2024
Some 71 million people have faced poverty due to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, according to the UN Development Program (UNDP). The impact of the war on food and energy prices is expected to increase the number of poor in the world. According to the UNDP report on the effects of the Russia-Ukraine war, approximately 51 million people fell below the poverty line in the first three months of the war which started on Feb. 24. Increasing the number of the poor in the world to 9 percent, the war has also caused the daily income of around
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said it will hold a dialogue with media organizations to thresh out security concerns aimed at protecting them from various threats. DILG Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. made this remark as he allayed the fears and concerns of media groups following reports of uncoordinated visits by the police to the residences of some journalists. “Ipapapakita namin ang proseso, ipapakita namin ang tao, kung ano ang hotline namin, kung ano ang dapat gawan at kung talagang may threat sumulat lang kayo at kung kailangan niyo ng mga police security ibibigay po
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) heeded the call to reduce spending as much as possible, decreasing its proposed budget for 2023 to PHP4 billion from the original PHP10 billion. However, the budget does not include the proposed increase in the honoraria of poll workers. “Alam po ng Comelec ang problema po natin sa kasalukuyan sa pera. At dahil diyan, nakiki-isa po tayo sa pagtitipid. Kung kinakailangang magtipid at magagawan naman ng paraan, gagawin po ng Comelec (The Comelec knows our current problem with money. And because of that, we join [the government] in saving. If saving money is
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Monday announced that its personnel and mobility assets have joined national and local social welfare development offices in distributing relief goods and assisting residents in Northern Luzon affected by Typhoon Neneng. This included the distribution of 370 Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) food packs by the Philippine Army’s 77th Infantry Battalion and other government agencies to the typhoon-affected families in the villages of Alba, San Miguel and Taytay in Baggao town in the province of Cagayan on Sunday. “On the same day, the reservist volunteers of the 201st
Quezon City 5th District Rep. Patrick Michael Vargas on Monday pushed for a measure seeking to grant immediate compensation benefits to mental health service users under Republic Act 11036 or the Mental Health Act, as the country observes National Mental Health Week. In House Bill 2789, Vargas sought an amendment to RA 11036 by introducing a new provision on the rights of service users that mandates the immediate release of compensation benefits and other special financial assistance should they sustain temporary or permanent mental disability while in the performance of duty or by reason of their office or position. The
The three Samar provinces have started the drafting of the Samar Island Peace and Prosperity Roadmap for 2023 to 2028 in a bid to address the decades-old conflict in remote communities. After initial agreements among the governors of Samar, Eastern Samar and Northern Samar provinces, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) regional office here led the harmonization workshop on the roadmap. “The workshop aimed to foster island-wide collaboration to create sustainable peace and prosperity, identify and harmonize programs to stop negative peace in Samar Island, and to identify institutional arrangements, timelines and assessment indicators to
