The provincial launch of the MASA-MASID Program was conducted through the collaborative efforts of DILG Zambales headed by Provincial Director Armi V. Bactad and the Zambales Provincial Government under the leadership of Governor Amor D. Deloso on November 4, 2016 at the Zambales Training and Conference Center, Iba, Zambales.
Read more: DILG Zambales Launches MASA-MASID
The recognition and awarding of 306 local government units (LGUs) that have passed the test of good local governance will highlight the culminating activity of the 25th anniversary celebration of the Local Government Code (LGC) today (October 27, 2016) at the Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila.
Read more: DILG fetes 306 LGU good performers on 25th Local Government Code anniversary
The launching of Sitio Electrification Program (SEP) on October 25, 2016 at Sitio Makabilog, Las Piñas, Peñaranda, Nueva Ecija marked another milestone in the continuous development of Filipino communities in the far flung areas.
Read more: SEP launching at Peñaranda, N.E.
One of the fundamental state policies enshrined in the Constitution is the autonomy of local government units (Const., Art. II, Sec. 25). In this regard, the Constitution mandated Congress to "enact a local government code which shall provide for a more responsive and accountable local government structure instituted through a system of decentralization with effective mechanisms of recall, initiative, and referendum, allocate among the different local government units their powers, responsibilities, and resources, and provide for the qualifications, election, appointment and removal, term, salaries, powers and functions and duties of local officials, and all other matters relating to the organization and operation of the local units." (Const., Art. X, Sec. 1)
Read more: LGC @ 25: PAGSULONG, PROGRESO, PAGBABAGO
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Ismael D. Sueno today lauded the Philippine National Police (PNP) Internal Affairs Service (PNP-IAS) for remaining true to its mandate of cleansing the police organization of misfits and scalawags.
Read more: Sueno commends PNP-IAS for helping ‘cleanse’ police organization of rogues and scalawags
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