President Duterte tasked the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), the Department of National Defense (DND), and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to handle the cash aid distribution in some areas in Metro Manila because the mayors there “do not know...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has provided P8.25 million worth of emergency shelter assistance (ESA) to more than 800 families affected by typhoons in Bacnotan, La Union. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) DSWD Secretary Rolando Joselito D. Bautista led the distribution of ESA...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is seeking to provide free bus service to its Central Office personnel amid the threat of the more transmissible Delta variant. DSWD's two new service buses (Photos from DSWD) The DSWD has acquired two new service buses to ease the plight of...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) expressed confidence Monday, Aug. 9, that the local government units’ (LGUs) lists of beneficiaries have already been sanitized to ensure the smooth and expeditious distribution of the financial assistance to low-income individuals and...
The local government units (LGUs) may conduct digital payment or tap financial service providers (FSPs) to distribute the financial assistance to residents affected by the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) from August 6 to 20, the Department of Social Welfare and Development...
The upsurge of Delta variant cases of the coronavirus disease (COVD-19) in Metro Manila may slow down the distribution of the cash assistance to the residents who are severely affected by the implementation of the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ). Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya, spokesperson of...
The payouts for the cash assistance for affected individuals in the National Capital Region (NCR) are “yet to be set” by the Local Government Units (LGUs), the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) clarified on Saturday, Aug. 7. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) DSWD,...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said Friday, Aug. 6, that it will keep an eye on the distribution of more than P10.89-billion worth of financial assistance to low-income individuals and households affected by the reimposition of enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the...
Local government units (LGUs) should have the power to amend the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) list of Social Amelioration Program (SAP) beneficiaries in order to include more people in need of financial assistance during the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), Marikina City...
More than one million families living in areas placed under Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) in the provinces will receive P4,000 cash assistance each to help them battle the adverse effects of lockdown measures amid the threat of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). These areas include Iloilo...
Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Monday said senators are poised to scrutinize the programs and projects of at least four government agencies in the upcoming debates on the proposed 2022 national budget. Sotto identified the agencies as the Departments of Health (DOH), Public Works and...
The ECQ "ayuda" (aid) is forthcoming. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) President Duterte has not forgotten the people hit hard by the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) and would ensure they will get support from the government, Malacañang said Wednesday The ECQ recipients...
