Discounted electricity rates are being offered to the country’s 4.2 million marginalized or lifeline consumers within the power usage bracket zero to 100 kilowatt-hours (kWhs). Energy Undersecretary Rowena Cristina L. Guevara announced that the registration for the discounted rates to the...
More than 400 families affected by Mayon Volcano's restiveness received financial assistance from the government, the Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) said. Beneficiaries of cash assistance in Albay amid Mayon Volcano unrest (Photo courtesy of OVP) Over P10-million cash aid was distributed...
The Silang, Cavite municipal government was assessed by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Region 4-A on Thursday, July 20, as part of its Service Delivery Capacity Assessment (SDCA) that ensures the town's Local Social Welfare and Development Office is up to par with the...
(Tingog Party-list) The office of House Speaker Martin Romualdez and Tingog Party-list has facilitated the release of P10,000 in cash assistance each to 31 cancer patients at the Philippine Children’s Medical Center (PCMC) in Quezon City. The beneficiaries were the same patients that took part in...
ISABEL, Leyte – Sen. Imee Marcos led the distribution of P3-million worth of assistance to at least 1,000 individuals here on Wednesday, July 19. The Department of Social Welfare and Development released P3,000 under the assistance to each individual in crisis situations (AICS) program to persons...
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian ordered the re-assessment of beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) who were tagged as "non-poor" under Listahanan 3—a standardized poor household targeting system. The DSWD said on Tuesday, July...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) began the pilot implementation of the food stamp program, with the distribution of electronic benefit transfer cards loaded with “food credits” on Tuesday, July 18. The program will have its pilot run in Metro Manila, Cagayan Valley, Bicol...
ILOILO CITY – The Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS), the communal development program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), has poured more than P55.6 million for 33 projects in Pavia town, Iloilo province...
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian issued a directive to all regional directors in Luzon to coordinate with Local Government Units (LGUs) officials for the distribution of relief goods on Sunday, July 16, The directive is a response to the impacts of...
Come July 18, the Department of Social and Welfare Development (DSWD) will roll out the Marcos administration’s “Walang Gutom 2027” program, which would provide P3,000 a month to an initial 50 families in Tondo, Manila. (Noel Pabalate/Manila Bulletin File Photo) A statement from the...
Families affected by the continued restiveness of Mayon Volcano will get cash assistance from the government until next month or until the President says so, a Cabinet member said. Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian announced that the emergency cash transfer...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Bicol Regional Office has sent P574,437 worth of food and non-food items to Polangui, Albay in preparation for "Dodong". This is based on the July 14, 6 p.m. report of its Disaster Response Operations and Monitoring Center. These items will be...
