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class="infobox-subheader"><i>Kagawaran ng Interyor at Pamahalaang Lokal</i></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Department_of_the_Interior_and_Local_Government_(DILG)_Seal_-_Logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Department_of_the_Interior_and_Local_Government_%28DILG%29_Seal_-_Logo.svg/220px-Department_of_the_Interior_and_Local_Government_%28DILG%29_Seal_-_Logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Department_of_the_Interior_and_Local_Government_%28DILG%29_Seal_-_Logo.svg/330px-Department_of_the_Interior_and_Local_Government_%28DILG%29_Seal_-_Logo.svg.png 1.5x, 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Center">DILG-NAPOLCOM Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/EDSA" title="EDSA">EDSA</a> cor. <a href="/wiki/Quezon_Avenue" title="Quezon Avenue">Quezon Avenue</a>, West Triangle, <a href="/wiki/Quezon_City" title="Quezon City">Quezon City</a><br /><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Department_of_the_Interior_and_Local_Government&params=14_38_39.9_N_121_2_12.3_E_type:landmark"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">14°38′39.9″N</span> <span 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id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Department executives</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Jonvic_Remulla" title="Jonvic Remulla">Jonvic Remulla</a>, <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_the_Interior_and_Local_Government" title="Secretary of the Interior and Local Government">Secretary</a></li><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;">Kevin R. Carpeso, Head Executive Assistant, Office of the Secretary</li><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;">Rhazy Flor B. Fang, Spokesperson and Undersecretary for Plans, Public Affairs and Communications</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Child agencies</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Fire_Protection" title="Bureau of Fire Protection">Bureau of Fire Protection</a></li><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Jail_Management_and_Penology" title="Bureau of Jail Management and Penology">Bureau of Jail Management and Penology</a></li><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;">Local Government Academy</li><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/National_Commission_on_Muslim_Filipinos" title="National Commission on Muslim Filipinos">National Commission on Muslim Filipinos</a></li><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/National_Police_Commission_(Philippines)" title="National Police Commission (Philippines)">National Police Commission</a></li><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/National_Youth_Commission_(Philippines)" title="National Youth Commission (Philippines)">National Youth Commission</a></li><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Commission_on_Women" title="Philippine Commission on Women">Philippine Commission on Women</a></li><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Philippine_National_Police" title="Philippine National Police">Philippine National Police</a></li><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Public_Safety_College" title="Philippine Public Safety College">Philippine Public Safety College</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dilg.gov.ph/">dilg<wbr />.gov<wbr />.ph</a></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3543505#P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Department of the Interior and Local Government</b> (<b>DILG</b>; <a href="/wiki/Filipino_language" title="Filipino language">Filipino</a>: <i lang="fil">Kagawaran ng Interyor at Pamahalaang Lokal</i>) is the <a href="/wiki/Executive_departments_of_the_Philippines" title="Executive departments of the Philippines">executive department</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Philippine_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Philippine government">Philippine government</a> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-RA6975_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RA6975-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:QuezonAvenue,SantaCruzjf9729_05.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/QuezonAvenue%2CSantaCruzjf9729_05.JPG/220px-QuezonAvenue%2CSantaCruzjf9729_05.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/QuezonAvenue%2CSantaCruzjf9729_05.JPG/330px-QuezonAvenue%2CSantaCruzjf9729_05.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/QuezonAvenue%2CSantaCruzjf9729_05.JPG/440px-QuezonAvenue%2CSantaCruzjf9729_05.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>The DILG-Napolcom Center (right) beside the yet to be completed <a href="/wiki/The_Skysuites_Tower" title="The Skysuites Tower">The Skysuites Tower</a> (left), Quezon Avenue, EDSA</figcaption></figure> <p>The department is currently led by the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_the_Interior_and_Local_Government" title="Secretary of the Interior and Local Government">secretary of the interior and local government</a>, nominated by the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Philippines" title="President of the Philippines">president of the Philippines</a> and confirmed by the <a href="/wiki/Commission_on_Appointments_(Philippines)" class="mw-redirect" title="Commission on Appointments (Philippines)">Commission on Appointments</a>. The secretary is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_Philippines" title="Cabinet of the Philippines">Cabinet</a>. The current secretary of the interior and local government is <a href="/wiki/Jonvic_Remulla" title="Jonvic Remulla">Jonvic Remulla</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_the_Interior_and_Local_Government&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Department of the Interior and Local Government traces its roots to the <a href="/wiki/Tejeros_Convention" title="Tejeros Convention">Tejeros Convention</a> of March 22, 1897. As the Department of the Interior, it was among the first Cabinet positions of the proposed revolutionary Philippine government, wherein Gen. <a href="/wiki/Emilio_Aguinaldo" title="Emilio Aguinaldo">Emilio Aguinaldo</a> was elected president. The leader of <a href="/wiki/Katipunan" title="Katipunan">Katipunan</a>'s Magdiwang faction, <a href="/wiki/Andres_Bonifacio" class="mw-redirect" title="Andres Bonifacio">Andres Bonifacio</a>, was originally elected director of the interior in the convention, but a controversial objection to his election led to the Magdiwang's walk-out and his refusal to accept the position. Gen. Pascual Alvarez would be appointed as secretary by Aguinaldo on April 17, 1897, during the Naic Assembly. </p><p>The Department of the Interior was officially enshrined on November 1, 1897, upon the promulgation of the <a href="/wiki/Biak-na-Bato_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="Biak-na-Bato Republic">Biak-na-Bato Republic</a>, with Isabelo Artacho as secretary. Article XV of the <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Provisional_Constitution_of_the_Philippines_(1897)" class="extiw" title="s:Provisional Constitution of the Philippines (1897)">Biak-na-Bato Constitution</a> defined the powers and functions of the department that included statistics, roads and bridges, agriculture, public information and posts, and public order.<sup id="cite_ref-dilg-history_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dilg-history-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the American occupation in 1901, the Department of the Interior was among the four departments created by virtue of <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Commission" title="Philippine Commission">Philippine Commission</a> Act No. 222.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Americans headed the department until 1917, when <a href="/wiki/Rafael_Palma" title="Rafael Palma">Rafael Palma</a> was appointed by Governor-General <a href="/wiki/Francis_Burton_Harrison" title="Francis Burton Harrison">Francis Harrison</a> following the passage of the <a href="/wiki/Jones_Law_(Philippines)" title="Jones Law (Philippines)">Jones Law</a>. 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.<sup id="cite_ref-dilg-history_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dilg-history-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the onset of World War II, President <a href="/wiki/Manuel_L._Quezon" title="Manuel L. Quezon">Manuel L. Quezon</a> abolished the department via Executive Order 390. It was resurrected as part of the <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Executive_Commission" title="Philippine Executive Commission">Philippine Executive Commission</a> in 1942 under the Japanese Occupation, but abolished once again the following year, upon the establishment of the <a href="/wiki/Second_Philippine_Republic" title="Second Philippine Republic">Second Philippine Republic</a>. Its secretary before the abolition, <a href="/wiki/Jose_P._Laurel" title="Jose P. Laurel">Jose P. Laurel</a>, was elected Philippine president by the National Assembly. </p><p>The department was reinstated by President <a href="/wiki/Sergio_Osme%C3%B1a" title="Sergio Osmeña">Sergio Osmeña</a> 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. President <a href="/wiki/Manuel_Roxas" title="Manuel Roxas">Manuel Roxas</a>' Executive Order No. 94 in 1947 split the Department of National Defense and the Interior, and tasked the newly reorganized Interior Department to supervise the administration of the Philippine Constabulary and all local political subdivisions, among others.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A 1950 reorganization via Executive Order No. 383<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (in pursuance of Republic Act No. 422) abolished the Interior Department once again.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its functions were transferred to the Office of Local Government (later the Local Government and Civil Affairs Office) under the Office of the President. </p><p>On January 6, 1956, under President <a href="/wiki/Ramon_Magsaysay" title="Ramon Magsaysay">Ramon Magsaysay</a>, 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. </p><p>The department was restored on November 7, 1972, with the creation of the Department of Local Government and Community Development (DLGCD). The DLGCD was reorganized as a ministry in the parliamentary <a href="/wiki/Batasang_Pambansa" class="mw-redirect" title="Batasang Pambansa">Batasang Pambansa</a> in 1978, renamed the Ministry of Local Government in 1982,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and became the Department of Local Government (DLG) in 1987. </p><p>On December 13, 1990, Republic Act No. 6975 placed the <a href="/wiki/Philippine_National_Police" title="Philippine National Police">Philippine National Police</a>, 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).<sup id="cite_ref-RA6975_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RA6975-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new DILG merged the National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM), and all the bureaus, offices, and operating units of the former DLG under Executive Order No. 262.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> RA No. 6975 paved the way for the union of the local governments and the police force after nearly four decades of separation. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_secretaries_of_the_interior_and_local_government">List of secretaries of the interior and local government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_the_Interior_and_Local_Government&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: List of secretaries of the interior and local government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_the_Interior_and_Local_Government" title="Secretary of the Interior and Local Government">Secretary of the Interior and Local Government</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:DILG_Seal.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/DILG_Seal.png/220px-DILG_Seal.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/DILG_Seal.png 1.5x" data-file-width="226" data-file-height="226" /></a><figcaption>Former seal.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organizational_structure">Organizational structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_the_Interior_and_Local_Government&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Organizational structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At present, the department is headed by the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_the_Interior_and_Local_Government" title="Secretary of the Interior and Local Government">secretary of the interior and local government</a>, with the following undersecretaries and assistant secretaries:<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Undersecretary for Barangay Affairs</li> <li>Undersecretary for Local Government</li> <li>Undersecretary for Mindanao Affairs and Special Concerns</li> <li>Undersecretary for Operations</li> <li>Undersecretary for Peace and Order</li> <li>Undersecretary for External, Legal and Legislative Affairs</li> <li>Undersecretary for Project Development Management</li> <li>Undersecretary for Plans, Public Affairs and Communications</li> <li>Undersecretary for Public Safety</li> <li>Assistant Secretary for Administration, Finance and Comptrollership</li> <li>Assistant Secretary for Community Participation</li> <li>Assistant Secretary for Human Resources Development</li> <li>Assistant Secretary for International Relations</li> <li>Assistant Secretary for Peace and Order</li> <li>Assistant Secretary for Plans and Programs</li> <li>Assistant Secretary for Public Safety</li></ul> <p>Under the Office of the Secretary are the following offices and services: </p> <ul><li>Administrative Service</li> <li>Central Office Disaster Information Coordinating Center (CODIX)</li> <li>Emergency 911 National Office</li> <li>Financial and Management Service</li> <li>Information Systems and Technology Management Service</li> <li>Internal Audit Service</li> <li>Legal and Legislative Liaison Service</li> <li>Planning Service</li> <li>Public Affairs and Communication Service</li> <li>Public Assistance and Complaint Center</li> <li>Local Government Academy</li></ul> <p>A regional director is assigned to each of the 18 <a href="/wiki/Regions_of_the_Philippines" title="Regions of the Philippines">regions of the Philippines</a>. A DILG Officer is assigned to every Province, Municipality, City, and Barangay. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bureaus">Bureaus</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_the_Interior_and_Local_Government&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Bureaus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The DILG is composed of four bureaus, namely: </p> <ul><li>Bureau of Local Government Development (BLGD)</li> <li>Bureau of Local Government Supervision (BLGS)</li> <li>National Barangay Operations Office (NBOO)</li> <li>Office of Project Development Services (OPDS)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Leagues">Leagues</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_the_Interior_and_Local_Government&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Leagues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Recognized Leagues under the DILG: </p> <ul><li>Barangay Councilors' League of the Philippines</li> <li>Lady Local Legislators' League of the Philippines</li> <li><a href="/wiki/League_of_Cities_of_the_Philippines" title="League of Cities of the Philippines">League of Cities of the Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/League_of_Municipalities_of_the_Philippines" title="League of Municipalities of the Philippines">League of Municipalities of the Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/League_of_Provinces_of_the_Philippines" title="League of Provinces of the Philippines">League of Provinces of the Philippines</a></li> <li>League of Vice Governors of the Philippines</li> <li><a href="/wiki/League_of_Barangays_in_the_Philippines" class="mw-redirect" title="League of Barangays in the Philippines">Liga ng mga Barangay sa Pilipinas</a>/Association of Barangay Captains</li> <li>Metro Manila Councilors' League</li> <li>National Movement of Young Legislators</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Councilors_League" title="Philippine Councilors League">Philippine Councilors' League</a></li> <li>Provincial Board Members' League of the Philippines</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sangguniang_Kabataan" title="Sangguniang Kabataan">Sangguniang Kabataan</a> National Federation</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_of_Local_Authorities_of_the_Philippines" title="Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines">Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines</a></li> <li>Vice Mayors' League of the Philippines</li> <li>Philippine League of Secretaries to the Sanggunian</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Attached_agencies">Attached agencies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_the_Interior_and_Local_Government&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Attached agencies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following are attached to the DILG: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Fire_Protection" title="Bureau of Fire Protection">Bureau of Fire Protection</a><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Jail_Management_and_Penology" title="Bureau of Jail Management and Penology">Bureau of Jail Management and Penology</a><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Local Government Academy <sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Commission_on_Muslim_Filipinos" title="National Commission on Muslim Filipinos">National Commission on Muslim Filipinos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Police_Commission_(Philippines)" title="National Police Commission (Philippines)">National Police Commission</a><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Youth_Commission_(Philippines)" title="National Youth Commission (Philippines)">National Youth Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Commission_on_Women" title="Philippine Commission on Women">Philippine Commission on Women</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippine_National_Police" title="Philippine National Police">Philippine National Police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Public_Safety_College" title="Philippine Public Safety College">Philippine Public Safety College</a><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div 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