In a move to decongest overcrowded jails amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said a total of 21,858 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) have now been released from March 17 to July 13 in the 470 jail facilities managed by the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) nationwide…
Local chief executives have agreed to come up with a uniform policy aimed at imposing tougher sanctions against those who violate health protocols as part of response efforts to the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, Interior Secretary Eduardo said today…
Senator Joel Villanueva has asked the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to clarify Labor Advisory No. 17, which it…
Amid the country’s fight against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, President Rodrigo Duterte emphasized the need to continue the crackdown on quarantine violators to teach them a lesson…
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said fears that the newly-enacted Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 (Republic Act 11479) is unconstitutional and could trample on people’s rights are unfounded…
The payout of P6,000 cash assistance for additional family-beneficiaries in Western Visayas is expected to be completed by the end…
This is to dispel any doubts regarding the death of Sebastian and the eight others, who were drug convicts. The DOJ chief met with Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Gerald Bantag on Monday…
Malacañang is holding on to the assurance made by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to finish the…
I wish to clarify that some of my statements in my interview of July 18 on Radyo 5 was misquoted…
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Undersecretary and Spokesperson Jonathan Malaya stressed today that the public appreciates the results of good performance by government officials better than their background in reaction to Rep. Edcel Lagman’s call for the President to dismantle the alleged “military oligarchy” in government…