President Duterte has approved the distribution of cash aid to residents in need in areas under the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) as some areas moved to the strictest risk classification due to the spike in coronavirus (COVID-19) cases. AFP file photo Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has begun augmenting the resources of the local government units (LGUs) to assist the tens of thousands of families from the country’s six regions affected by the southwest monsoon rains enhanced by typhoon "Fabian." Personnel of the...
Senator Grace Poe was apparently not satisfed with President Duterte's sixth and final State of the Nation Address (SONA), saying it failed to specifically spell out plans to help pandemic-hit families and workers, health frontliners, as well as children who endure challenges in learning amid the...
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...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) vowed Saturday, July 24, that more relief assistance will be extended to families living in areas affected by the imposition of enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Visayas and Mindanao. DSWD Field Office VI distributes family food packs to...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said Thursday, July 22, it has already put in place operational innovations to improve the delivery of its programs and services. Second tranche distribution of Social Amelioration Program (SAP) aid (Photo from DSWD) The implementation of the...
The ECQ "ayuda" (aid) is forthcoming. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) President Duterte has not forgotten the people hit hard by the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) and would ensure they will get support from the government, Malacañang said Wednesday The ECQ recipients...
Those residents living in areas in Visayas and Mindanao that have been placed under lockdown can count on the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The DSWD said Monday, July 19, that it “is ready” to augment the resources of the local government...
House deputy speaker and Cagayan de Oro City Representative Rufus Rodriguez on Saturday, July 17, asked President Duterte to extend financial assistance of ₱6,000 to his constituents. House deputy speaker and Cayagan de Oro Representative Rufus Rodriguez Rodriguez wrote a letter to the Chief...
The government intends to extend assistance to families affected by the most restrictive lockdown in four places in the country this month. President Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) Presidential spokesman Harry Roque announced Friday the national government's "augmentation support" for local...
Even after the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the country’s vulnerable sectors can expect the government’s continued implementation of its social protection services, such as the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS). (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Department of Social...
The distribution of financial assistance in the National Capital Region (NCR)-plus showed that the local chief executives and the local government units (LGUs) can be trusted with the delivery of government’s aid to vulnerable sectors amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the...
