Photo from Pixabay Through the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) “Yakap Bayan Program” (YBP), 8,390 Recovering Persons Who Used Drugs (RPWUDs) have been reintegrated into their families and communities since 2021, an agency official said on Thursday, April 25. DSWD...
An official of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Wednesday, April 24 assured the public that the agency’s programs and services are “insulated from politics” and delivered with the utmost professionalism. DSWD’s response came after agency officials, led by Secretary...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Tuesday, April 23 reprimanded officials of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for seemingly being “selective” in the implementation of its cash aid programs. Go particularly directed his concern towards DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian and...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Tuesday, April 23 welcomed the latest results of the OCTA Research “Tugon ng Masa” survey, which showed a decline in self-rated poverty and hunger in the first quarter of 2024. DSWD Assistant Secretary for Disaster Response Management...
Photo from Unsplash The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has released the guidelines for the nationwide rollout of the Psychosocial Support and Other Interventions for Adolescent Mothers and their Families Project, also known as “ProtecTEEN.” DSWD Assistant Secretary for...
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian led the launch of the reformatted educational assistance initiative called “Tara, Basa! Tutoring Program” in Samar province on April 19. Gatchalian said the reading tutorial program is important to help eradicate...
The Sandiganbayan has denied the motions filed by three former Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) officials to file a demurrer to evidence to challenge the alleged weakness of the prosecution's evidence on their graft and malversation of public funds cases. With the denial,...
As part of the ongoing initiative to make government services more accessible to Filipinos, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) officially kicked off the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) in Basco, Batanes on Monday, April 15. National Household Targeting System and...
(MANILA BULLETIN) “Rice is good, but cash is better." House Minority Leader 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino “Nonoy” Libanan had this to say as he prodded the government to keep on distributing the P600 monthly rice subsidy to Pantawid...
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Philippine Country Representative Oyunsaikhan Dendevnorov have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the implementation of a Standby Agreement on Emergency Cash...
Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos (Facebook) Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos happily posted on Facebook about the number of people that his office has helped under the Department of Social Welfare and Development's...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said on Thursday, April 11, that 25,904 families enrolled in the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) have achieved self-sufficiency and graduated from the program. The 4Ps graduates were honored at the “Pugay Tagumpay” graduation and...
