Typhoon Uwan: DILG to sanction execs who left PH amid Uwan

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) will study possible criminal and administrative sanctions against 20 local government officials who still left the country despite a ban on foreign trips imposed from Nov. 9 to Nov. 15 to ensure their presence on the ground during the onslaught of Typhoon “Uwan” (international name: Fung-wong). “There were about 40 local government officials who were part of a delegation going to South Korea. I was able to stop some of them,” Interior Secretary Juanito Victor “Jonvic” Remulla told ANC’s Headstart on Monday. “I called for a meeting with my undersecretaries in […]... Keep on reading: Typhoon Uwan: DILG to sanction execs who left PH amid Uwan