Pangasinan: The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) is requiring Pangasinan's local government units (LGUs) to provide an action plan for their anti-epal policy implementation. "We require our LGUs to prepare their compliance action plan so they may lay down their activities in the next two months. So they can also see how they would comply," DILG Pangasinan Local Government Operations Officer Gerald Gallardo said in an interview on Monday.

According to Philippines News Agency, LGUs are requested to create and organize a task force and to assign focal persons. "We requested our LGUs to prepare (an) inventory of their affected properties. The number of projects that needs to be cleaned, removed, fixed, or changed," Gallardo stated. Officials may opt to repaint or recall materials in violation of the anti-"epal" policy to ensure the absence of officials' images on projects funded by taxpayers.

In Pangasinan, DILG Memorandum Circular 2026-006 has been relayed to the cities down to the barangay level. Under the circular, no public official's name, photograph, logo, initials, color motif, slogan, or any identifying symbol should appear on signages, markers, tarpaulins, or similar materials paid for with public funds. The DILG ordered the strict nationwide enforcement of the policy.

Upon its monitoring, the DILG reported that some LGUs have started dismantling materials violating the policy. The LGUs are given two months to implement the circular. Vice Governor Mark Ronald Lambino, in a separate interview, expressed that the provincial government fully supports the campaign. He noted that there are no issues with the programs being developed, emphasizing that they do not use government funds for personal tags or labels.