The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is set to hold a national consultative meeting with local chief executives on Nov. 8 to strengthen the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS). DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian will...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez speaks to the crowd in Biñan City, Laguna during the launch of the CARD program on Nov. 5, 2023. (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez led on Sunday, Nov. 5 the launch of the Cash and Rice Distribution (CARD)...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) urged all sectors to work together in order to enhance children’s health and nutrition as the country celebrates the 31st National Children’s Month (NCM) this November. Secretary Rex Gatchalian called for collaboration among stakeholders...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), in collaboration with the Information and Communications Technology Management Service (ICTMS), conducted a software quality assurance (SQA) workshop to strengthen its digital transformation efforts in improving the user experience for online...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reiterated its commitment to ensure that all Filipinos are “free from hunger and poverty.” (ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement issued Thursday, Nov. 2, DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian said that the agency’s vision...
Government agencies are still required to secure permits for solicitations from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), the Department of Justice (DOJ) said. In a legal opinion dated Oct. 19, 2023 and addressed to DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian, DOJ Undersecretary Raul T. Vasquez...
A senior official of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said 761,150 households will remain on the list of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries after reassessment in accordance with the directive of Secretary Rex Gatchalian. These family-beneficiaries...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has recognized and rewarded over 12,000 centenarians across the country since 2017. DSWD Assistant Secretary and Spokesperson Romel Lopez on Tuesday, Oct. 31 said, from 2017 to September 2023, the DSWD has acknowledged 12,186 Filipinos who...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said the release of P2.3 billion for the social pension of indigent senior citizens in Western Visayas is almost complete. INDIGENT senior citizens receive social pension in Western Visayas. (DSWD-6) Gretchen Taleon,...
BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development said 25,224 beneficiaries will be delisted from the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, also known as 4Ps, in Western Visayas. BELEN Gebusion, head of 4Ps of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Western Visayas,...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Thursday, Oct. 26 assured that the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) cannot in any way be used for electioneering or other partisan political activities “Sa atin pong mga kababayan, kahit sino pong mangako sa inyo na kayo’y...
Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Rex Gatchalian (Photo courtesy of DSWD) The 1.1 million household-recipients of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) that had been initially delisted are now back in the program, said Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)...
