The local government units (LGUs) may conduct digital payment or tap financial service providers (FSPs) to distribute the financial assistance to residents affected by the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) from August 6 to 20, the Department of Social Welfare and Development...
More than one million individuals and families affected by the imposition of localized lockdowns in Visayas and Mindanao are expected to receive “special” cash assistance from the government, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) announced on Monday, July 26. Department of...
More families in the city of Manila have been evacuated after continuous heavy rains flooded many areas in the city on Saturday (July 24). (Manila Public Information Office photo / MANILA BULLETIN) The total number of families that have been evacuated climbed to 526 families, based on the data of...
About 432 families in Manila have been evacuated as heavy rains caused floods in several areas in the city over the weekend. (Manila Public Information Office photo / MANILA BULLETIN) The Manila Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) has evacuated a total of 129 families in District...
The Manila city government has given houses to more than 200 families through the Basecommunity Housing Project on Monday (July 5). (Manila Public Infomation Office photo / MANILA BULLETIN) Manila Mayor Francisco" Isko Moreno" Domagoso led the opening of the housing project and about 229 units will...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reported Saturday, July 3, that more than 860 families or almost 3,300 individuals have been displaced by Taal Volcano’s magmatic unrest. Residents in Laurel, Batangas take temporary shelter at Barangay Ticub Elementary School on July 1,...
Around 15 families were affected by a fire that razed a residential structure in Tondo, Manila on Friday (June 25) morning. (Photo courtesy of BFP/ MANILA BULLETIN) The fire started at 7:59 a.m. at 375 Maria Payo corner Asuncion Street in Tondo, Manila. According to authorities, the fire originated...
Detained Senator Leila de Lima on Friday called on the Senate to expedite the passage of the bill that seeks to grant rent subsidy to informal settler families (ISFs). De Lima made the call as she expressed elation that this particular measure has been approved by the Senate Committee on Urban...
Almost 200 household-beneficiaries have graduated from the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) after attaining the self-sufficient status, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said Wednesday, June 16. Zenitha Ocampo, a Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program beneficiary from...
Where there's a will, there's always a way. And that's what Filipinos have proven over and over again—that we can overcome any obstacle that come our way. This pandemic, for one, has limited our mobility, but it has never stopped us from finding happiness despite the circumstances. These Filipino...
The government has allowed the resumption of relocation of informal settlers affected by the construction of infrastructure projects. Department of Public Works and Highways (Manila Bulletin) According to Presidential spokesman Harry Roque, the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging...
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rolando Bautista said technology “greatly helped” bring families together despite the distance that separated them amid the ongoing global pandemic. DSWD Secretary Rolando Bautista (Screenshot from DSWD's online family forum) “Over...
