Barangay Front articles
Belmonte orders barangay officials to properly distribute food packs
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte said punishment awaits barangay captains and other city officials who will fail to distribute food packs to residents affected by the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ). “We ask our barangay captains and city officials to set aside differences and distribute fo...
LGUs allowed to use 20% of dev’t fund for virus response
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said local government units (LGUs) can tap 20 percent of their development fund to undertake critical, urgent, and appropriate measures to contain the spread of coronavirus in their areas. DILG Secretary Eduardo M. Año said his ...
PNP prohibits barangay checkpoints at national roads
The Joint Task Force Corona Virus Shield (JTF CV Shield) reminded all police units to ensure that no barangay checkpoints would be set up along national highways and provincial roads across the country. JTF CV Shield commander Lt. Gen. Guillermo Eleazar said Department of the Interior and Local Gov...
Navotas eyes odd-even scheme for market hours
Navotas City plans to implement a number coding scheme for market hours. Holders of home quarantine passes with numbers ending in odd numbers — or 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 — will be allowed to go to the market between 5 a.m. to 11 a.m., the Navotas Public Information Office (PIO) s...
Shelter for Quezon City homeless shut down
A popsicle shop in Barangay East Kamias, Quezon City, which was converted into a homeless shelter, was shut down by barangay officials for allegedly violating quarantine rules. Barangay police officer Julio Sevilla said the Popburri cafe was ordered to close down because it was not able to imp...
DILG warns barangays charging fees for quarantine passes
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) vowed to go after abusive local government unit (LGU) and barangay officials who are taking advantage of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) to raise funds or for personal gain. DILG Secretary Eduardo M. Año said that if proven t...
Mandaluyong to deliver food aid to PUIs, PUMs
Persons under investigation (PUI) and persons under monitoring (PUM) will receive food assistance from Mandaluyong City. Mandaluyong Mayor Menchie Abalos made the assurance in a television interview. Abalos said they will be delivering the food packs to the houses of PUIs and PUMs in the cit...
Malabon releases budget to needy residents
Malabon City released financial to help its 21 barangays to ensure that all residents, especially those who do not temporarily have a job, will not go hungry during the period of the enhanced community quarantine that is imposed on mainland Luzon. Malabon City Public Information Office chief Bong P...
DILG asks barangay officials to tap resources to help residents
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) asked barangay officials to utilize all their available resources to alleviate the plight of their constituents. “Tinatawagan natin all barangays, lalo na mga kapitan, gamitin niyo ang resources niyo. Lahat ng mga sasakyan...
Manila to recognize ‘cleanest and greenest’ barangays
Manila has launched a search for the “cleanest and greenest” barangay in every district of the nation’s capital, according to Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso. According to the search mechanics Domagoso shared, the winning barangays will each be given a cash pr...
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