Published May 11, 2021, 3:42 PM
The chairman of Barangay 171, Bagumbong in Caloocan City is now in hot water after higher officials from the local government filed a motion for preventive suspension against him over the unauthorized operation of a resort in his village on Mother’s Day.
(Kapitan Romeo “Romy” Rivera / Facebook / MANILA BULLETIN)
Romeo Rivera is facing gross neglect or dereliction of duty and conduct prejudicial to the best interest of the service complaints filed by city health officer Evelyn Cuevas and Business Permits and Licensing Office head Emmanuel Vergara for “failing to implement” the community quarantine guidelines.
This came after authorities discovered the operation of Gubat sa Ciudad Resort on Sunday in his area of jurisdiction.
DSWD Caraga expedites social pension payout for seniors
Philippine Information Agency
10 May 2021, 18:38 GMT+10
BUTUAN CITY, May 10 The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), in coordination with the Local Government Units (LGUs) of Caraga region, is currently conducting the Social Pension for Indigent Senior Citizens Program payout/distribution of the stipend grants for the First Semester of 2021.
As of April 26, 2021, DSWD Caraga has a total amount disbursed of Php239,775,000.00 distributed to the 23,134 senior beneficiaries in Agusan del Norte; 34, 808 in Agusan del Sur; and 21,983 beneficiaries in Surigao del Norte. This brings the total to 79,925, or 53 percent of the total 170,000 targeted beneficiaries for the region have received their grants.
Published May 9, 2021, 8:43 AM
Local chief executives (LCE) stand to face charges for dereliction of duty if they fail to enforce the prohibition or limitation on mass gatherings amid the coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic.
Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año made the warning on on Sunday, May 9, citing that the local government units (LGUs) have a critical role in enforcing mass gathering regulations as they are nearer to their constituencies compared to the national government.’
He said LCEs can adopt and implement guidelines and policies of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) and enact necessary local policies to support these regulations.
QUEZON CITY, May 9 Following President Rodrigo Duterte’s directive, the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) directed all local chief executives (LCEs) to strictly impose the prohibition or limitation of mass gatherings under the different community quarantine classifications to protect public health and safety or face sanctions for dereliction of duty.
“Local government units (LGUs) have a critical role in enforcing mass gathering regulations as they are nearer to their constituencies compared to the national government. What LCEs can do is to adopt and implement guidelines and policies of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) as well as enact necessary local policies to support these regulations,” said DILG Secretary Eduardo Año.
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In a statement, Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque, however, said that the Inter-agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases decided that no spectators will be allowed in the venue of the race.
“The IATF approved the conduct of horse-racing activities in areas under MECQ under a no-audience set up,” he said Friday.
Roque said only online and TeleBet activities in the National Capital Region-plus (NCR-plus) bubbe area may operate.
Off-tracking betting stations, on the other hand, may resume operations during the general community quarantine (GCQ) or modified GCQ (MGCQ).
It took six months before the IATF allowed the resumption of Philippine horse racing in September last year. Horse racing was one of the establishments forced to close down during the lockdown due to the threat of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.