RMCC-7 convenes to discuss updates on E-CLIP, RCSP

The Regional Management and Coordinating Committee-7, chaired by DILG-7 Director Leocadio Trovela, convened to discuss updates on Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E-CLIP) program and the Retooled Community Support Program at the Top of Cebu, Cebu Tops Road in Cebu City today.

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Also discussed during the meeting were updates on the construction of Halfway House in Negros Oriental and Bohol and the Community-Based Drug Rehabilitation Program.
 
RMCC-7 passed its first resolution this year adopting Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and Task Group Cebu, Bohol, Siquijor of Philippine Army as members of the expanded committee.
 
It was attended by Director Jose Concepcion, Jr. of National Police Commission-7, PBGEN. Ronnie Montejo of Police Regional Office-7, FSSUPT. Manuel Golino of Bureau of Fire Protection-7, JCSUPT Efren Nemeño of Bureau of Jail Management and Penology-7, PLtCol Marlon Lomarda Quimno of Regional Training Center-7, Dir. Onasis Balt of National Commission on Muslim Filipinos-7, and Director Levi Ortiz of PDEA-7.
 
Staff of DILG-7 Local Government Monitoring and Evaluation Division headed by Atty. Ian Kenneth Lucero provided technical support and assistance during the meeting.

“Dambana ng Bayan” forum now on its 3rd series

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As the new expanded partner institution for the Kalayaan E-Newsletter, the Knights of Rizal, to be represented by Sir Edison A. Delos Angeles, KCR, will talk about the “Heroic Life of Rizal” and deliver a message of support to the digital newsletter. 

Committed to continue the advocacies of advocacies of KKK’s Kalayaan Newspaper, the Kalayaan E-News aims to advocate positive change through promoting real and inspiring stories on the ground that will help shape the public perception on relevant issues, thus stirring people into action.

We invite everyone to join us this historical event thru this link via Google Meet: https://bit.ly/Kalayaan3

For more updates, you may visit our website http://dilgregion7.net/kalayaan/, official Facebook page Kalayaan E-News, and Twitter account @KalayaanENews./GML

 

As the new expanded partner institution for the Kalayaan E-Newsletter, the Knights of Rizal, to be represented by Sir Edison A. Delos Angeles, KCR, will talk about the “Heroic Life of Rizal” and deliver a message of support to the digital newsletter. 

Committed to continue the advocacies of advocacies of KKK’s Kalayaan Newspaper, the Kalayaan E-News aims to advocate positive change through promoting real and inspiring stories on the ground that will help shape the public perception on relevant issues, thus stirring people into action.

We invite everyone to join us this historical event thru this link via Google Meet: https://bit.ly/Kalayaan3

For more updates, you may visit our website http://dilgregion7.net/kalayaan/, official Facebook page Kalayaan E-News, and Twitter account @KalayaanENews./GML

 

Kalayaan e-newsletter launched during 2nd “Dambana ng Bayan” forum

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Information officers of local government units in Central Visayas, DILG-7 city and provincial directors, DILG regional division chiefs and employees, field officers, and focal persons join the second “Heal As One For Pilipinas: Dambana ng Bayan” online forum on July 13, 2020.

The forum carried the theme “Advocating Positive Change through Effective Mass Communication and Community Engagement in the Digital Age”. 

Key speakers were Rizal – Blumentritt Pamathalaan Academy President Atty. Rafael A. Morales; DILG Assistant Secretary for Community Participation and Barangay Affairs Roosque B. Calacat; The Freeman Newspaper Online Editor Joeberth M. Ocao; Rizal – Blumentritt Pamathalaan Academy founding member Prof. Consolacion R. Alaras; and DILG-7 Director Leocadio T. Trovela.

Highlighting the forum was the official launch of the Kalayaan Digital Newsletter. It is a byproduct of the collaboration of partner institutions Rizal-Blumentritt Academy Pamathalaan, The Freeman, DILG-7, and Disiplina Muna-PMO.

Committed to continue the advocacies of advocacies of KKK’s Kalayaan Newspaper, the Kalayaan E-News aims to advocate positive change through promoting real and inspiring stories on the ground that will help shape the public perception on relevant issues, thus stirring people into action.

For more updates, please like our Facebook page (Kalayaan E-News) and Twitter account @KalayaanENews./GML

COORDINATION MEETING

         𝖣𝖨𝖫𝖦 𝖢𝖾𝖻𝗎 𝖢𝗂𝗍𝗒 𝖮𝖨𝖢 𝖢𝗂𝗍𝗒 𝖣𝗂𝗋𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗈𝗋 𝖠𝗍𝗍𝗒. 𝖨𝖺𝗇 𝖪𝖾𝗇𝗇𝖾𝗍𝗁 𝖡. 𝖫𝗎𝖼𝖾𝗋𝗈 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖢𝖾𝖻𝗎 𝖢𝗂𝗍𝗒 𝖦𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗇𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖯𝖭𝖯 𝗈𝖿𝖿𝗂𝖼𝗂𝖺𝗅𝗌, 𝗆𝖾𝖾𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝖽𝗂𝗌𝖼𝗎𝗌𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖱𝖾𝗌𝗎𝗆𝗉𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖯𝗋𝗈𝖼𝖾𝗌𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝖿 𝖳𝗋𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗅 𝖣𝗈𝖼𝗎𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖫𝖲𝖨𝗌 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝖢𝖾𝖻𝗎 𝖢𝗂𝗍𝗒 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝖾𝗇𝗌𝗎𝗋𝖾 𝖺 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗌𝗒𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗆𝖺𝗍𝗂𝖼 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖾𝖿𝖿𝗂𝖼𝗂𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝖼𝗈𝗈𝗋𝖽𝗂𝗇𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗈𝖿 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝖼𝖾𝗋𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝖿𝖿𝗂𝖼𝖾𝗌 𝗈𝗋 𝖺𝗀𝖾𝗇𝖼𝗂𝖾𝗌. 𝖮𝖿𝖿𝗂𝖼𝖾𝗌 𝗋𝖾𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗌𝖾𝗇𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝖾𝖾𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝖫𝗂𝗀𝖺 𝗇𝗀 𝗆𝗀𝖺 𝖡𝖺𝗋𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖺𝗒, 𝖣𝖾𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝖲𝗈𝖼𝗂𝖺𝗅 𝖶𝖾𝗅𝖿𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖲𝖾𝗋𝗏𝗂𝖼𝖾𝗌, 𝖢𝗂𝗍𝗒 𝖬𝖺𝗒𝗈𝗋’𝗌 𝖮𝖿𝖿𝗂𝖼𝖾, 𝖢𝗂𝗍𝗒 𝖧𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗍𝗁 𝖣𝖾𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖢𝖾𝖻𝗎 𝖢𝗂𝗍𝗒 𝖯𝗈𝗅𝗂𝖼𝖾 𝖮𝖿𝖿𝗂𝖼𝖾.

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Goals and Objectives

Goals and Objectives

Our Goals

  • Peaceful, safe, self-reliant and development-dominated communities;
  • Improve performance of local governments in governance, administration, social and economic development and environmental management;
  • Sustain peace and order condition and ensure public safety.

Our Objectives

  • Reduce crime incidents and improve crime solution efficiency
  • Reduce crime incidents and improve crime solution efficiency
  • Improve fire protection services
  • Continue professionalization of PNP, BFP and BJMP personnel and services
  • Enhance LGU capacities to improve their performance and enable them to effectively and efficiently deliver services to their constituents
  • Continue to initiate policy reforms in support of local autonomy

Vision and Mission

Mission, Vision & Shared Values

Mission

The Department shall ensure peace and order, public safety and security, uphold excellence in local governance and enable resilient and inclusive communities

Vision

A highly trusted Department and Partner in nurturing local governments and sustaining peaceful, safe, progressive, resilient, and inclusive communities towards a comfortable and secure life for Filipinos by 2040

The Regional Director

The Regional Director

LEOCADIO T. TROVELA, CESO III
Regional Director
Department of the Interior and Local Government Region 7

Regional Director Leocadio T. Trovela, CESO III

 

Director Leocadio T. Trovela is a career executive service official with a rank of CESO III.
He has an extensive 34-year experience in government service starting from 1989. He
has witnessed the evolution of the department to what is now as the DILG brought about
by the passage of the local government code that gave rise to decentralization and
community empowerment.
Prior to his assignment in DILG Region 7 effective last August 22, 2018, he was the
director of the National Barangay Operations Office (NBOO), a Bureau of DILG that
handles various programs on social protection for vulnerable sectors, women and children
issues, anti-trafficking, transnational crime, anti-illegal drugs, human rights, community
empowerment, and reintegration program for former rebels, among others.
He is deeply involved in the preparation of the country report on the Convention against
torture and was a member of the Philippine Delegation during the Revalida in Geneva.
And a member of the Philippine delegation as well for the Universal Periodic Review in
Geneva. He was the former Imprest Administrator of a project funded by the European
Union involving several agencies on access to justice such as the Supreme Court,
Department of Justice, Commission of Human Rights and others in a program called EU
Philippines Justice Support Program or EPJUST II.
Director Trovela started his stint in the Department as barangay government operations
officer in 1989. He then became the assistant regional director (ARD) of DILG Regional
Office 3, which he held for 4 years. Before that, he was the Assistant Director of the
Bureau of Local Government Development (BLGD) at the DILG Central Office. He’s now
the Regional Director of DILG Central Visayas for the last five years.
As he rose from the ranks, he attended numerous trainings and seminars and schooling
to hone his skills as public servant. Notable of which, he had his Master in Public
Administration (MPA) from the University of the Philippines, Diliman as a government
scholar of the Local Scholarship Program of the Civil Service Commission (CSC). He was
a United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Fellow, a graduate of Certificate Course
on Environmental Management at the University of Adelaide in Adelaide, South Australia.
He is a fellow of Daniel K. Inouye Asia Pacific Center on Security Studies (APCSS) ,
Hawaii, USA where he completed the course on Advanced Security Cooperation (ASC
16-2).

SIQUIJOR REMAINS COVID-FREE

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Siquijor sets the record in Central Visayas for remaining COVID-free since the start of the pandemic.

 

This can be attributed to the strong sense of discipline of the Siquijodnons and the continued strict implementation of community quarantine protocols in the province, among other reasons.

 

Department of the Interior and Local Government-7 Director Leocadio Trovela commended the elected officials and the entire community who observe the #DisiplinaMuna advocacy despite the challenges and limitations posed by the quarantine guidelines.

 

The #DisiplinaMuna advocacy campaign is the brainchild of DILG that aims to rebuild the culture of discipline among Filipinos as a means of fostering people’s participation towards sustainable development and maintenance of peace and order.

 

In response to the ongoing pandemic, local government units (LGUs) created their respective local Inter-Agency Task Forces with technical working group that will help ensure compliance and observance to national directives and policies against COVID-19.

 

BEST PRACTICES

 

PROPER MANAGEMENT AND ACCEPTANCE OF LSIs and ROFs

 

All LGUs in Siquijor implemented health protocols in handling the Returning Overseas Filipino and Locally Stranded Individuals (LSIs) upon their arrival at the port until the completion of the 14-day quarantine at the identified quarantine facilities.

 

Personnel from the Rural Health Unit of the Municipality of San Juan conduct Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) among LSIs and OFWs who have finished the 14-day quarantine period.

 

In Larena, three Sub-Task Group Forces adopting the Triangle Defense composed of the Health Team, LGU OFW Desk, and Disaster Risk Reduction Management Team were formed to streamline the management of ROFs and LSIs as well as outgoing patients.

 

Each team is tasked to ensure that these persons are properly facilitated, monitored and profiled based on local health protocols and existing guidelines of the Inter-Agency Task Force and DILG.

 

 

MASSIVE CONTACT TRACING

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Discipline keeps 6 barangays in Cebu City free from virus

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In a city considered as a COVID-19 “hotspot,” six mountain barangays in Cebu City remain to be uninfected by the dreadful virus since the start of the pandemic.  

Cebu City, which has 80 barangays, is the only city placed under enhanced community quarantine in the country from July 1 to 15 due to its rising number of confirmed cases.

According to the Cebu City Health Department, the virus-free barangays are Agsungot, Buot, Mabini, Sinsin, Sudlon 1, and Tagbao as of July 11.

Maintaining the untarnished record of these barangays is a shared responsibility of the government and its people, said Sudlon 1 Punong Barangay Dante Tabucal.

PB Tabucal cited some of the efforts of the barangay which include proper information dissemination, strict implementation of quarantine community protocols, random roving of barangay tanods, strict implementation of border control, and the laudable practice of discipline of the residents.

 

“We are doing our best to implement national and local protocols. My constituents are well-informed about these protocols,” he said.

Buot Punong Barangay Richard Bacayan agreed with the sentiments of PB Tabucal.

 

Barangay Buot has implemented stricter border control to keep non-residents from entering its borders.

It also strongly enforced the mandatory wearing of face masks and other health protocols.

Tabucal attributed the zero COVID case in his barangay to the remarkable cooperation and discipline of the people amid the limitations posed by the quarantine protocols.

DILG Cebu City Officer-in-Charge Atty. Ian Kenneth Lucero lauded the efforts of these COVID-free barangays for protecting themselves from the virus.

 

He said their attitude and discipline towards responding to this pandemic should be replicated in other areas of the city. 

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DILG-7 Ties Up with The Freeman, Rizal-Blumentritt Pamathalaan Academy, and Disiplina Muna PMO

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Inspired by the commitment to continue the advocacies of Katipunan’s Kalayaan Newspaper in this day and age, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)-7 decided to come up with the Kalayaan digital newsletter aiming to uphold the very purpose of the publication that once stood for liberty and democracy amid the colonial rule. 

It seeks to provide a powerful channel towards achieving positive change through accurate reporting and promoting real stories on the ground that will help shape the public perception on relevant issues, thus stirring people into action similar to how Kalayaan Newspaper impelled our forefathers to free themselves from colonial exploitation. 

DILG-7 believes that a collaboration with trusted partner institutions namely The Freeman, Rizal-Blumentritt Pamathalaan Academy, and Disiplina Muna Project Management Office bearing the same thrusts and principles will help attain these objectives. 

The Freeman has been the longest running newspaper in the Visayas and Mindanao and the third oldest in the country. Since its humble beginnings in 1919 and despite the challenges of the digital age, it remains to be a champion of press freedom and purveyor of truth, whether in print or online. The paper continues to be independent and free from any influence, thus gaining the unrelenting trust of the public for 100 years and counting. 

Rizal-Blumentritt Academy, on the other hand, is aimed to fulfill the vision of Dr. Jose Rizal and Czech Republic Patriot Dr. Ferdinand Blumentritt towards an international order based on moral sacred foundations. It also lives up to Rizal’s aspiration for the country to gain freedom from its oppressors. It likewise espouses the principle of God-centered governance, with the hope to unite all Filipinos in prayer. 

Meanwhile, Displina Muna is a nationwide advocacy campaign of DILG that aims to revive the culture of discipline among Filipinos as a key for sustainable development and maintenance of peace and order. Its pillars are road clearing; disaster preparedness and resilience; anti-smoking; ease of doing business; liquor ban; environmental or tourist spots cleanup; and functionality of Barangay Anti-Drug Abuse Councils. 

 

DILG-7 and its partner institutions will formally ink their collaboration through a covenant signing during the official virtual launch of Kalayaan digital newsletter on July 13, 2020./GML

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