| Kagawaran ng Interyor at Pamahalaang Lokal | |
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 DILG headquarters | |
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| Formed | March 22, 1897; 128 years ago (1897-03-22) |
| Jurisdiction | Government of the Philippines |
| Headquarters | DILG-NAPOLCOM Center,EDSA cor.Quezon Avenue, West Triangle,Quezon City 14°38′39.9″N121°2′12.3″E / 14.644417°N 121.036750°E /14.644417; 121.036750 |
| Employees | 4,352 (2024)[1] |
| Annual budget | ₱253.1 billion (2023) [2] |
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| Website | dilg |
TheDepartment of the Interior and Local Government (DILG;Filipino:Kagawaran ng Interyor at Pamahalaang Lokal) is theexecutive department of thePhilippine government responsible for promoting peace and order, ensuring public safety and strengthening local government capability aimed towards the effective delivery of basic services to the citizenry.[3]
The department is currently led by thesecretary of the interior and local government, nominated by thepresident of the Philippines and confirmed by theCommission on Appointments. The secretary is a member of theCabinet. The current secretary of the interior and local government isJonvic Remulla.
The Department of the Interior and Local Government traces its roots to thePhilippine Revolution against theSpanish Empire, specifically theTejeros Convention of March 22, 1897. Initially the Department of the Interior, it was among the first Cabinet positions of the proposed revolutionary government, wherein GeneralEmilio Aguinaldo was electedPresident. The leader ofKatipunan'sMagdiwang faction,Andrés Bonifacio, was elected last as Director of the Interior, but a controversial objection led to theMagdiwangwalkout and Bonifacio declining the position. Gen.Pascual Álvarez would be appointed as secretary by Aguinaldo on April 17, 1897, during the Naic Assembly.
The Department of the Interior was officially enshrined on November 1, 1897, upon the promulgation of theBiak-na-Bato Republic, with Isabelo Artacho as secretary. Article XV of theBiak-na-Bato Constitution defined the powers and functions of the department that included statistics, roads and bridges, agriculture, public information and posts, and public order.[4]
Following theAmerican Occupation, the Department of the Interior was among four departments under theInsular Government created by virtue ofPhilippine Commission Act No. 222.[5] Americans headed the department until 1917, whenRafael Palma was appointed byGovernor-GeneralFrancis Harrison following the passage of theJones Law. The Interior Department was tasked with various functions ranging from supervision over local units, forest conservation, public instructions, control and supervision over the police, counter-insurgency, rehabilitation, community development and cooperatives development programs.[4]
At the outbreak ofWorld War II, PresidentManuel L. Quezon abolished the department via Executive Order 390. It was recreated as part of thePhilippine Executive Commission in 1942 under theJapanese Occupation, but again abolished the following year with the establishment of Japanese-controlledSecond Philippine Republic. Its secretary before the abolition,José P. Laurel, was elected President by theNational Assembly.
The department was reinstated by PresidentSergio Osmeña months after the country's liberation from Japanese forces in December 1944. It was then merged with the Department of National Defense in July 1945 until PresidentManuel Roxas' Executive Order No. 94 in 1947, which split the two, and tasked the reorganized Interior Department to administer thePhilippine Constabulary and all local political subdivisions, among others.[6]
A 1950 reorganization via Executive Order No. 383[7] (in pursuance of Republic Act No. 422) by PresidentElipidio Querido abolished the Interior Department once again.[8] Its functions were transferred to the Office of Local Government (later the Local Government and Civil Affairs Office) under theOffice of the President.
On January 6, 1956, under PresidentRamón Magsaysay, the Presidential Assistant on Community Development (PACD) office was created via Executive Order No. 156, with functions resembling that of the Interior Department sans supervision over the police force. It was renamed the Presidential Arm on Community Development in 1966.
The department was restored on November 7, 1972 underdictator PresidentFerdinand Marcos, Sr with the creation of the Department of Local Government and Community Development (DLGCD). The DLGCD was reorganized as a ministry in the parliamentaryBatasang Pambansa in 1978, renamed the Ministry of Local Government in 1982,[9] and became the Department of Local Government (DLG) in 1987 under PresidentCorazon Aquino.
On December 13, 1990, Republic Act No. 6975 placed thePhilippine National Police, Bureau of Fire Protection, Bureau of Jail Management and Penology and the Philippine Public Safety College under the reorganized Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG).[3] The new DILG merged theNational Police Commission (NAPOLCOM), and all the bureaus, offices, and operating units of the former DLG under Executive Order No. 262.[10] RA No. 6975 paved the way for the union of local governments and the police force after nearly four decades of separation.
On its website, the department provides it powers and functions as:[11]
At present, the department is headed by thesecretary of the interior and local government, with the following undersecretaries and assistant secretaries:[12]
Under the Office of the Secretary are the following offices and services:
A regional director is assigned to each of the 18regions of the Philippines. A DILG Officer is assigned to every Province, Municipality, City, and Barangay.
The DILG is composed of four bureaus, namely:
Recognized Leagues under the DILG:
The following are attached to the DILG:
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