Almost 200 household-beneficiaries have graduated from the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) after attaining the self-sufficient status, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said Wednesday, June 16. Zenitha Ocampo, a Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program beneficiary from...
The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) is eyeing the distribution of government-owned lands in Central Luzon, including around 300 hectares (ha) of land in Pampanga, to agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs). (File photo courtesy of DAR) DAR Secretary Brother John Castriciones is set to meet with...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has launched its first Family Development Session TV (FDS TV) to promote financial literacy among the beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). (Screenshot from DSWD/Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program Facebook page)...
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rolando Joselito D. Bautista has drummed up support for the national government’s vaccination program as he encouraged more than 4.3 million household-beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), more than 3 million...
Over 1.35 million beneficiaries have so far received P4.87 billion worth of unconditional cash transfer (UCT) grants through cash cards, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said Thursday, June 3. DSWD (Manila Bulletin File photo) Citing the report from the UCT-National Program...
The government has decided to harmonize and hasten its aid and humanitarian assistance in times of disasters and other emergencies. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) In Executive Order No. 137, President Duterte has institutionalized the Aid and Humanitarian Operations Nationwide...
Facing rough seas, Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) officials led by Secretary Brother John Castriciones braved a boat ride to the remote Island of Lahuy in Caramoan, Camarines Sur just to distribute land titles to local agrarian reform beneficiaries. ROUGH DELIVERY--A team from the Department...
Penal facilities in Nueva Ecija have agreed to become direct buyers of the produce of local farmer organizations for the purpose of meeting their daily food requirements, the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) said on Wednesday, May 19. Department of Agrarian Reform Secretary Brother John...
Twenty-seven farmer groups from Western Visayas have vowed to provide a steady supply of food products in order to sustain a program that's designed to benefit pregnant women and malnourished children. (Keith Bacongco / File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) The agrarian reform beneficiaries’...
More than 1,300 farmers from Iloilo are expected to finally receive their own land titles from the government on Saturday, May 15, the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) announced. (Keith Bacongco / File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) Agrarian Secretary Brother John Castriciones said Friday, May 14,...
Forty-two agrarian reform beneficiaries in Cagayan now have their own farm lots after receiving land titles from the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) on Monday, May 10. LANDLESS TO LAND OWNERS -- Forty-two farmers in Cagayan were given their own farm lots by the Department of Agrarian Reform...
Close to a hundred clusters of agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in Nueva Ecija are going digital in handling their respective trading businesses thanks to gadgets given to them by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR). DIGITAL AGRI TRADING-- Farmer groups in Nueva Ecija are going digital in...