ILOILO CITY – Seventy-three children are up for adoption in Western Visayas, the Regional Alternative Child Care Office (RACCO)-6 said. THE Regional Alternative Child Care Office (RACCO)-6 conducts a forum on a new law that makes legal adoption easier in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) The RACCO-6 has...
1-Pacman Party-list Rep. Mikee Romero (Facebook) 1-Pacman Party-list Rep. Mikee Romero recently filed a measure institutionalizing a comprehensive food stamp program that involves the use of "tap cards". The measure, embodied in House Bill (HB) No.8532, aims to aid all poor households in the...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) have provided a total of P740,000 to some 37 families that have been affected by the oil spill in in Naujan town in Oriental Mindoro. Naujan, Oriental Mindoro residents receive financial assistance...
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian received the first batch of rice and food donations from Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian and Political Commissar of Dalian Naval Academy, Rear Admiral Su Yinsheng on June 15. Rice and other food...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) led the signing of the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) 11908, also known as the Parent Effectiveness Service (PES) Program Act of 2022, on Thursday, June 15. According to DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian, the signing...
As part of the 90-day relief assistance for Mayon-affected families in Albay, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian assured that approximately 153,000 food packs have been delivered to the province. The assurance came in response to President Ferdinand Marcos...
“Walang gutom” — no one hungry — is the name of this new food stamp program introduced by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) that aims to provide nutritious food access to one million food-poor Filipinos across the country. This program’s pilot and full...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Forty-eight former New People’s Army rebels from Sarangani received financial assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development in line with the social integration benefits program for former communist guerrillas. Sarangani Gov. Ruel Pacquiao and Social...
From left to right: Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman, 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda, and 3rd district Rep. Fernando Cabredo (Facebook) Congressmen from the first three districts of Albay have expressed their appreciation to government officials as the promised disaster and evacuation...
BUTUAN CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development said 1,494 senior citizens in Buenavista, Agusan del Norte received cash assistance totaling P5.3 million on Independence Day. THE DSWD-Caraga and Landbank of the Philippines distribute cash cards to senior citizens from Buenavista,...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said that food and non-food assistance worth P32.9 million was given to families affected by the ongoing unrest at Mayon Volcano. According to the DSWD-Disaster Response Operations Monitoring and Information Center report as of June 13, of the...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. does not want a duplication of government feeding programs, so he told his Cabinet members to implement these programs in a more cohesive manner. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Yummie Dingding/PPA Pool) In a sectoral meeting in...
