A total of 3,680 families in Butuan City who were heavily affected by flooding last January received cash assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Saturday, March 18. The financial assistance payout was spearheaded by DSWD Field Office CARAGA under its Assistance to...
The Philippine government is set to send $200,000 in financial donations to the Syrian Arab Republic following the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Türkiye and Syria and killed over 55,000 people last month. In a Facebook post, the Presidential Communications Office said the donation would be...
ILOILO CITY – Jeepney drivers and operators here received cash aid from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) through Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano. A total of 500 jeepney drivers and operators belonging to the Western Visayas Transport Cooperative (WVTC) from various districts here...
Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri on Monday, February 20, announced that the Senate is increasing this year’s inflationary adjustment aid to its employees. From P12,000, the Senate increased the amount to P50,000, which the employees will receive in August 2023. “(This is) to help...
There is, so far, no discussion on whether or not the government would duplicate the Senate's inflation relief aid to its employees in the executive department and to the public. Citizens gather in front of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) along Legarda Street, Manila, after...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The ad hoc committee of the city council chaired by Councilor James Judith II has finished the committee report on the reinvestigation of the special Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) “ayuda” (assistance) in this city after almost six months of investigation. JUDITH...
COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh -- Looming cuts to food aid will have a "devastating" effect on the estimated million Rohingya living in sprawling Bangladeshi refugee camps, community leaders from the stateless minority said Saturday. The UN World Food Programme announced Friday it would cut back its...
DAMASCUS, Syria -- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday thanked his "Arab brothers" for aid supplied following last week's deadly earthquake, that saw countries in the region break with years of diplomatic silence. The 7.8-magnitude quake hit Turkey and Syria on February 6, leaving a...
BACOLOD CITY -- Twenty-five former members of the New People’s Army (NPA) received P250,000 cash assistance from the Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (TF-ELCAC) in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, Feb. 14. According to the Army, the former rebels received P10,000...
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), an emergency procedure performed when a patient’s heart stops beating, may sound intimidating and intricate, but an expert from the Philippine College of Physicians (PCP) shared ways on how this life-saving procedure may be conducted even by the untrained. PCP...
ISTANBUL, Türkiye -- A border crossing between Armenia and Türkiye opened for the first time in 35 years on Saturday, to allow humanitarian aid through after a massive earthquake hit the region, an official said. Five trucks with aid including food and water arrived in Türkiye from the...
UNITED NATIONS, United States -- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday urged the Security Council to authorize the opening of new cross-border humanitarian aid points between Turkey and Syria to deliver UN aid to earthquake victims. Some 4 million people living in the...
