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DILG to rehire 15,000 contact tracers for six months

Details: Written by Central Office; Published: 18 January 2021; Hits: 29

To ensure the continuity of the country's contact tracing efforts, the Department of the Interior Local Government (DILG) will re-hire some 15,000 contact tracers (CTs) nationwide for at least six months, following the approval by the Department of Budget and Management of a total of P1.9-billion for the hiring of CTs in 2021.

"While the country's COVID-19 response is significantly improving...

DILG: Rehiring of only 15k contact tracers will not weaken PH’s contact tracing capacity

Details: Written by Central Office; Published: 18 January 2021; Hits: 26

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) today dismissed apprehensions that the re-employment of only 15k contact tracers will weaken the Philippines' contact tracing capacity which remains to be strong, ten months since the start of the pandemic.

DILG Undersecretary and Spokesperson Jonathan E. Malaya said that the existing number of Contact Tracers (CTs) currently stands...

DILG grants one-week extension of road clearing ops deadline

Details: Written by Central Office; Published: 15 January 2021; Hits: 20

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has granted a one-week extension of the deadline of the Department’s Road Clearing Operation 2.0 (RCO 2.0) following the requests by local government units (LGUs) to give them more time to clear roads of obstructions.

DILG Undersecretary and Spokesperson Jonathan Malaya said that upon the request of local chief executives...

DILG submits more than .5 million signatures, LGU resolutions in support of lifting the restrictive economic provisions

Details: Written by Central Office; Published: 13 January 2021; Hits: 25

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) submitted to the House Committee on Constitutional Amendments today some 555,610 signatures and LGU resolutions in support of lifting the restrictive economic provisions of the Constitution.

“The DILG conducted roadshows all over the country in 2019 and last year pre-COVID and we can definitely say that there is growing public...