DILG to study sanctions vs local execs who skirted travel ban amid Uwan

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) will be studying sanctions against local officials who traveled abroad despite a ban on foreign trips amid Typhoons Tino and Uwan (international names: Kalmaegi and Fung-wong). Around 20 local officials were out of the country despite the cancellation of leaves from around 40 of them as the successive cyclones battered parts of the nation, according to Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla in an interview on ANC’s Headstart on Monday. “I called for a meeting with my undersecretaries in local government and external, legal, and legislative affairs now […]... Keep on reading: DILG to study sanctions vs local execs who skirted travel ban amid Uwan