If Bagong Henerasyon (BH) Party-list Rep. Bernadette Herrera would have her way, indigent patients would be able to obtain free medicines from private drug stores through the use of guarantee letters. (Christine Sandu/ Unsplash) In this regard, Herrera, a House deputy minority leader, is prodding...
Over P1.6 billion worth of funds are on standby and ready to be allocated for super typhoon Karding victims, said the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Sunday, Sept. 25. Department of Social Welfare and Development (Facebook) "As of 6 a.m. today, the DSWD CO (Central Office),...
One thousand six hundred food packs were transported by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Region IV-A to Real, Quezon as "standby goods" for families affected by super typhoon Karding. Department of Social Welfare and Development (Facebook) These relief goods will be...
The educational assistance for students in crisis ended on Saturday, Sept. 24 but a "possible" extension is yet to be discussed and announced, according to Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) spokesperson Assistant Secretary Romel Lopez. DSWD personnel process cash distribution for...
By DIANN IVY CALUCIN Over 260 families received financial aid under the Livelihood Assistance Grant (LAG) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) at the Atis Covered Court, Barangay Potrero in Malabon City on Thursday, Sept. 22. The distribution of the livelihood assistance is...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-6 has allotted P19 million for the final payout of educational assistance in Western Visayas on Saturday, September 24. Atty. May Rago-Castillo, DSWD-6 information officer, said 7,105 indigent students will receive cash...
Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin has called on Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Erwin Tulfo to assist 338 students who are being required to return P4.4 million in disallowed funds to the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette...
STA. CRUZ, Laguna – Graduates of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) were recognized in Pugay-Tagumpay Ceremony at Laguna Sports Complex on Wednesday, Sept. 21. Laguna Provincial Information Office / MANILA BULLETIN During the ceremony led by Social Welfare Secretary Erwin Tulfo, Gov....
DSWD Secretary Erwin Tulfo and PAO chief Persida Acosta (ERWIN TULFO FACEBOOK PAGE) The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has collaborated with the Public Attorney's Office (PAO) to help single mothers get sustainment from fathers who do not provide child support. DSWD Secretary...
Former vice president Leni Robredo did not think it would be easy to head a non-government organization coming off a polarizing campaign season, but she said on Monday, Sept. 19, that government offices have been cooperative to her Angat Buhay Foundation as she avoided questions about a possible...
An individual, who used fake identification cards and falsified documents to avail of medical assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), was caught in an entrapment operation on Sept. 16 at the DSWD Central Office in Quezon City. Manila Bulletin (File Photo) The...
BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Western Visayas released P2,311,000 in educational assistance to 839 students here and in Negros Occidental during the fifth payout on Saturday, Sept. 17. THE fifth payout of the DSWD educational assistance for...
