Local Road Management Manual 45 relocation sites have been provided, in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution. 7.2 Role of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) is the main national government agency of the Republic of the Philippines vested with supervisory and oversight powers over LGUs on local governance and administration, consistent with the abovementioned provisions of the Local Government Code. The Charter of the DILG (Title XII, Book IV, E.O. 292 Administrative Code of 1987) in Section 3 thereof, provides its powers and functions as follows: a. Advise the President on the promulgation of policies, rules, regulations, and other issuances relative to the general supervision of local government units; b. Establish and prescribe rules, regulations and other issuances and implementing laws on the general supervision of local government units and on the promotion of local autonomy and monitor compliance thereof by said units; c. Provide assistance in the preparation of national legislation affecting local government units; d. Establish and prescribe plans, policies, programs and projects to strengthen the administrative, technical and ifscal capabilities of local government oiffces and personnel; e. Formulate and implement policies, plans, programs and projects to meet national and local emergencies arising from natural and man- made disasters and f. Perform such other functions as may be provided by law. The Administrative Code of 1987 in Section 38, Book IV thereof, deifned “supervision and control” to which “control” is “an authority to act directly whenever a speciifc function is entrusted by law or regulation to a subordinate; direct the performance of duty; restrain the commission of acts; review, approve, reverse or modify acts and decisions of subordinate oiffcials or units; determine priorities in the execution of plans and programs; and prescribe standards, guidelines, plans and programs. Unless a different meaning is explicitly provided in the speciifc law governing the relationship of particular agencies, the word “control” shall encompass supervision
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