The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) assured on Thursday, Dec. 7 that the agency follows the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) Act, which calls for rice cash subsidies rather than actual bags of rice. DSWD Spokesperson and...
Kim Kim Inde, a former monitored child of the Department of Social Welfare and Development's (DSWD) Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), emerged as one of the top notchers of the November 2023 Midwives Licensure Exam (MLE) result. Photo from Kim Kim Inde The DSWD shared in a statement on...
President Marcos claimed that the recently lifted mandatory price cap nationwide was able to stabilize rice prices, while allowing the government to make successful interventions. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. hands over a sack of rice to one of the 1,000 beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang...
The distribution of the smuggled rice seized by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to the qualified beneficiaries underwent the proper process, President Marcos assured on Tuesday, Sept. 26. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. hands over a sack of rice to one of the 1,000 beneficiaries of the Pantawid...
More than 1,000 sacks of seized smuggled rice were distributed to beneficiaries in General Trias, Cavite—the second community to receive rice seized by the Bureau of Customs (BOC). President Marcos leads the distribution of seized smuggled rice in General Trias, Cavite on Sept. 22,2023. (Noel B....
President Marcos has extended the moratorium on payments of amortizations on agrarian debt of farmer beneficiaries to another two years. Marcos signed Executive Order on Tuesday, Sept. 12, which extends the executive order he signed last year that gave farmers a one-year moratorium on...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said the national government will continue to support displaced, underemployed, and seasonal Filipino workers next year. Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said the DBM has proposed P12.919 billion in funding for the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating...
Twenty-six new lawyers who will be handling " vintage " agrarian cases has taken their oath of office. (Photo courtesy of DAR) The lawyers took their oath before Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III. According to Estrella, they will be assigned around the...
Social Welfare and Development Secretary Rex Gatchalian disclosed on Tuesday, Aug. 15, that some 1.4 million Filipino families who consider themselves poor after the pandemic are currently awaiting the results of the agency’s reassessment if they can be included in the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino...
Families affected by the Mayon volcanic eruption in Albay received cash aid from the Department of Social Welfare and Development-Field Office V (DSWD-Bicol Region). (Photo courtesy of DSWD) DSWD-Bicol Region said President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian directed the...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Friday, June 23 assured Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries that they will continue to receive support from local government units (LGUs), as well as various government agencies and the private sector, even after they...
LIGAO CITY, Albay – Beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) here have established a free vegetable pantry for Mayon Volcano evacuees at the Albay Campsite Evacuation Center in Barangay Basag, this city. BENEFICIARIES of the 4Ps program in Ligao City in Albay are offering...
