Local government
The Philippines has faced a barrage of destructive floods due to successive typhoons, leaving at least 73 people dead and causing widespread devastation, including damage to agriculture and infrastructure worth P12.8 billion. In response, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has launched a nationwide crackdown on
Local government
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has launched a crackdown on illegal loggers and miners in the wake of the recent massive floods that submerged parts of Luzon due to typhoons. Interior Secretary Eduardo Ano has ordered the Philippine National Police (PNP) to go after those responsible
Local government
Marikina City Mayor Marcelino Teodoro announced that a total of 34 evacuees displaced by Typhoon Ulysses have tested reactive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the local government's rapid antibody testing. The evacuees were immediately placed under quarantine and subjected to confirmatory polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing. This comes
Local government
The Philippines is in dire need of a rational and holistic land use policy to mitigate the effects of natural calamities, according to Rep. Lawrence Fortun of Agusan del Norte. The lawmaker has called on lawmakers to pass a bill that seeks to institute a national land use and management
Local government
As hundreds of thousands of children huddle in evacuation centers following the most powerful typhoon in the Philippines for seven years, Save the Children is sounding the alarm on the potential spread of COVID-19. Typhoon Goni, which made landfall on Sunday, brought catastrophic winds, storm surges, and widespread floods, leaving
Youth
The Governor of Kebbi State, Senator Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, has expressed his gratitude to the youths in the state for choosing to engage in farming instead of participating in violent protests. During his visit to a cassava farm in Maiyama local government area, Bagudu commended the youths for their diligence
Youth
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has taken a firm stance against the Indigenous Peoples Organisation of Biafra (IPOB) in the state, charging council chairmen and youths to identify and fish out members of the proscribed group. Governor Wike warned that any council chairman who allows IPOB to hold processions
Local government
The Joint Task Force Covid Shield has instructed police commanders to coordinate with local government units (LGUs) on travel protocols as the country gradually reopens its economy. While the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) has eased movement restrictions, local quarantine rules remain in place.
Local government
The Hong Kong SAR Government recently clarified a quarantine arrangement concerning the 5,217th confirmed case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). A 25-year-old man had arrived in Hong Kong from India on October 15, with a negative result to a COVID-19 nucleic acid test done prior to boarding the flight.
Local government
The Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) has appealed to Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State to establish a special fund to cater for the plight of victims of devastating flooding in seven local governments of the state. Mr. Vincent Ezekwueme, the Chairman of Anambra State branch of CLO, made the appeal
Local government
The federal government, through the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, has donated relief materials to victims of the flood disaster in Kogi State. The relief items, valued at several millions of naira, were approved to complement the efforts of the state government in providing succour to
Local government
Governor Phil Murphy, Congressman Andy Kim, and Congressman Donald Norcross announced $60 million in Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) dollars to aid counties and municipalities in New Jersey that were excluded from the federal government's direct CRF allocation plan. The funds will help address necessary and unexpected expenditures necessitated
