DILG to study sanctions vs local execs who skirted travel ban amid Uwan

Marcos: Don’t just chill during calamities

President Marcos doesn’t want his officials to just “chill” during natural calamities, Malacañang said yesterday as the Department of the Interior and Local Government is set to launch a probe on local executives who traveled abroad at the height of the devastation of Typhoon Tino and Super Typhoon Uwan.

Leyte town mayor says relief goods yet to reach some villages amid landslides

Relief goods have yet to reach some villages in Hinunangan town, Southern Leyte following the onslaught of Typhoon Uwan, with the mayor also appealing for addit

DILG to check local officials' absence amid Super Typhoon Uwan onslaught

The Department of the Interior and Local Government will look into the acceptability of the explanations of local chief executives who left the country despite the ban on foreign travel, while Super Typhoon Uwan battered the country.

DILG to study sanctions vs local execs who skirted travel ban amid Uwan

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) will be studying sanctions against local officials who traveled abroad despite a ban on foreign trips amid Typhoons Tino and Uwan (international names: Kalmaegi and Fung-wong). Around 20 local officials were out of the country despite the cancellation of leaves from around 40 of them as the successive cyclones battered parts of the nation, according to Interior Secr…

Isabela Gov. Rodolfo Albano defends Germany trip amid Typhoon Uwan backlash

Governor Rodolfo Albano III has defended his decision to travel to Germany ahead of Super Typhoon Uwan, saying the trip had long been scheduled for an international agricultural fair aimed at strengthening Isabela’s farming capabilities. In an interview with Bilyonaryo News Channel on Tuesday, November 11, Albano clarified that the visit to Hanover, Germany, was part of a planned effort to attract agricultural investors and introduce advanced fa…

DILG to review officials’ foreign trips during typhoon Uwan

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) will evaluate the explanations of local chief executives who traveled abroad despite a suspension on foreign trips while Super Typhoon Uwan was battering the country. Palace press officer and DILG Undersecretary Claire Castro said the department would first assess whether the reasons given by these officials …