The DILG National Capital Region (DILG-NCR), in partnership with the Department of Finance-Bureau of Local Government Finance (DOF-BLGF) held an Executive Briefing with key Local Government Units (LGUs) functionaries on August 18, 2021. The virtual meeting featured discussions on easing the cost of doing business though the Rationalization of Fees and Charges (RFC) and the continue reading : LGUs seek win-win solution in rationalization of fees and charges

Metro Manila local government units are now set to prepare their plans for full devolution following an online interfacing with government agency members of the Regional Committee on Devolution (ComDev) last September 2. The meeting with the local Devolution Transition Committees of the 16 cities and lone municipality of NCR provided a platform for local continue reading : With NCR ComDev’s help, LGUs prep plans for full devolution

The Regional Peace and Order Council of the National Capital Region (RPOC-NCR), through its Special Action Committee on Crime and Disorder and Violent Extremism and Insurgency (SAC CADVEI), held an inter-agency teleconference on the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 last August 31, 2021. Representatives from RPOC-NCR member agencies and from Local Peace and Order Councils continue reading : RPOC-NCR highlights cybercrime prevention gains, updates and practices

The Special Action Committee on Public Safety under the Regional Peace and Order Council – National Capital Region (RPOC-NCR) hosted last August 25, 2021 an orientation conference on the TsuperHero: Kasangga sa Resbakuna, a vaccination program initiated by the Department of Transportation (DOTr) for transport workers. City/Municipal Health Officials and DILG-NCR Field Office focal persons continue reading : TsuperHero Vaccination Program for transport workers to be adopted by all NCR-LGUs

In a joint meeting held August 26, 2021 via Zoom, the Regional Peace and Order Council Special Action Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (SAC AID) and the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs Advocacy Cluster (ICAD) zeroed in on winning strategies to achieve drug-free communities in the NCR. The joint meeting was co-presided by PDEA Assistant Regional continue reading : Anti-Illegal Drug Committees tackle campaign successes and ways forward

RPOC-NCR conducted a webinar on DDB Board Regulation No. 2. on August 20, 2021, via Zoom Platform. Present in the webinar were representatives from DILG-NCR, Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP), Bureau of Corrections (BuCor), Bureau of Immigration, PDEA-NCR, and members of the Drug-Free Workplace Program Committee covering 40 jails in BJMP-NCR. Undersecretary Ricojudge continue reading : RPOC-NCR, DDB recognize drug clearing program gains in controlled facilities

As a follow-on activity to the orientation webinar on the Omnibus Guidelines in the Monitoring and Evaluation of Projects held last June 17, 2021, the DILG-NCR organized a teleconference focused specifically on SubayBAYAN, an online, real-time monitoring system for projects funded under the Assistance to Local Government Units – Local Government Support Fund (ALGU-LGSF) that continue reading : DILG-NCR hosts refresher course on the SubayBAYAN Monitoring System

The DILG-NCR facilitated the conduct of the July 18, 2021 Special Civil Service Examinations at the Philippine Public Safety College (PPSC) in Quezon City. A total of forty-one examinees, whose test applications were sent to the Civil Service Commission (CSC) last June 15, took the exams, with nineteen coming from DILG-NCR, fifteen from DILG-CALABARZON and continue reading : DILG-NCR facilitates July 18 Special Civil Service exams

DILG-NCR convened on July 28 about 3,000 barangay officials and contact tracers from the 17 local government units of Metro Manila in a bid to prevent the spread of the contagious COVID-19 Delta variant. Dubbed as “Usapang Delta: Alamin, Unawain, at Labanan,” the special webinar streamed via Zoom and Facebook is one of the regional continue reading : Punong barangays, contact tracers convened to curb Delta’s spread

In line with the celebration of the National Disaster Resilience Month (NDRM) 2021, the DILG-NCR has started to finalize its Public Service Continuity Plan (PSCP) in partnership with the Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation (PDRF), Office of Civil Defense (OCD) and National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), among others. The formulation of the said continue reading : DILG-NCR Finalizes its Public Service Continuity Plan