Angeles City – On October 12, 2018 DILG Tarlac held a ceremonial Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) signing and awarding of check in Angeles City to the Municipalities of Anao, Ramos, and San Clemente witnessed by PLEB members of the different city and municipalities in Tarlac and DILG personnel.

In her message, DILG Provincial Director Belina T. Herman expressed her high hopes that the assistance to these LGUs will be of help in ensuring the functionality of their respective PLEB.

Under Sec. 69 of Republic Act No. 8551, the Department of the Interior and Local Government shall provide for the per diem and insurance coverage of PLEB members in certain low income municipalities.

To this end, three (3) municipalities in the province of Tarlac belonging to the 5th and 6th income classes were provided with a subsidy amounting to Php 110,000.00 to be utilized for the per diems and creation of dedicated PLEB office.

LGUs are directed to include in their annual budget an allocation for the maintenance and operation of their local PLEBs. However, due to limited resources, some LGUs may not be able to allocate such fund.

The People's Law Enforcement Board or PLEB is one of the many special bodies organized in a city/municipality that needs to be created to facilitate the hearing and adjudication of citizens' complaints against erring uniformed members of the Philippine National Police.