Department of Social Welfare and Development The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has started the rescue of indigenous peoples (IPs) roaming the streets of Metro Manila to beg for food or money, especially during the days leading up to the Christmas holidays. This was announced...
(DSWD-Disaster Response Operations Monitoring and Information Center / Facebook) The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has so far provided over P400 million worth of food and non-food items as resource augmentation to local government units (LGUs) that have been affected by severe...
The House Committee on Social Services has approved the consolidation of a measure, which seeks to institutionalize the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) Program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Distribution of DSWD’s Assistance to Individuals in...
The Marcos administration’s planned expansion of "ayuda" or subsidy programs is one way of furthering the country’s economic turnaround, Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo said Sunday, Nov. 13. Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) "We...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) have yet to "clean" the list of marginalized consumers who will enjoy the extended lifeline rate subsidy in their electric bills. According to ERC Chairperson Monalisa C. Dimalanta, an average of P408...
By DIANN IVY CALUCIN A total of 119 fire victims received livelihood assistance from the Valenzuela City local government and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) at the People's Park Amphitheater in Valenzuela City on Thursday, November 10. The program is part of the Livelihood...
BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has released P80,775,550 in social pension to 53,851 senior citizens in Negros Occidental in the past nine months. Atty. May Rago-Castillo, public information officer of the DSWD-Western Visayas, said P4,654,500 was...
BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Western Visayas and the city government of Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental have provided P16 million in aid to 5,444 families or 26,272 individuals displaced by series of clashes in Himamaylan City last month. The...
The national government would have to cough up between P92 billion and P230 billion annually if and when Congress institutionalizes a proposal to provide all senior citizens in the Philippines a universal social pension. (Danie Franco/ Unsplash) There are seven such measures pending before House...
By DIANN IVY CALUCIN The Malabon City local government announced on Tuesday, Nov. 8, that it has already distributed social pension to 12,605 registered senior citizens in the city since Oct. 11. The distribution is under the Social Pension Program for Indigent Senior Citizens (SPISC) of the...
(DSWD-Disaster Response Operations Monitoring and Information Center / Facebook) About 16,114 families or 66,988 individuals affected by severe tropical storm Paeng (international name: Nalgae) continue to seek temporary shelter in 246 evacuation centers nationwide, according to the latest report...
Department of Social Welfare and Development The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has ensured the “easiest and fastest” method of distributing cash aid to residents affected by severe tropical storm Paeng (international name: Nalgae) in accordance with existing auditing rules...
