The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), in partnership with the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD), is exploring the provision of temporary shelter for individuals rescued from street situations, particularly those with no families or permanent homes to...
Through its "Pag-Abot Program," the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reaches out to families, children, and individuals who are homeless and offers them vital interventions and support. (DSWD photo) Do you ever come across someone living on the streets in Metro Manila? Here's how...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has lauded as "proactive measure" to address poverty President Marcos' recent directive to boost aid for street children and homeless individuals or families in need of urgent help. It cited the implementation of the "Pag-abot Program" which aims to evacuate...
CAVITE – A homeless man yet to be identified was found dead on a road in the municipality of Silang on Sunday, June 4. Cavite Police Provincial Office (PPO) says Silang Municipal Police Station (MPS) got a call from roving barangay officials who found the body near a footbridge in Barangay Biga 1,...
“An investment in housing is an investment in family stability, children’s success, and the economic health of our entire state.” Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont once stated this to underscore the importance of investing in his state’s shelter program. So when Department of Human...
Melanie Dubos, the homeless who went viral early this year after being caught on camera hugging an ABS-CBN reporter doing a live on-scene reportage, has passed away. Muntinlupa Social Services Department's Peachy Lacabo confirmed it as published in an article on ABS-CBN. Recall that after her clip...
charlie gorayeb By Charlie Gorayeb Charlie Gorayeb The country’s real estate industry has good reasons to hope that the country’s housing backlog now affecting some 6.7 million poor families will receive higher priority in the next six years under the administration of President-elect Ferdinand...
The Manila Cathedral in Intramuros will mark on Wednesday, April 27, its 41st anniversary as minor basilica. Photo Manila Cathedral FB To celebrate the occasion, the Cathedral will unveil a special marker. "As we celebrate this year the 41st anniversary of the declaration of the Manila Cathedral as...
Manila Archbishop Jose Cardinal Advincula on Sunday, April 10, blessed the image of the "Homeless Jesus" outside the Manila Cathedral in Intramuros. Photo Manila Cathedral FB The cardinal blessed the image before presiding the Palm Sunday Mass. In his homily, Advincula expressed hope that the image...
Senatorial candidate and Sorsogon Governor Francis “Chiz” Escudero said he would pursue the establishment of a shelter for the elderly and abandoned members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community in every local government unit (LGU) across the country should he win a...
The Manila Cathedral in Intramuros will soon have the image of the “Homeless Jesus," the famous sculpture of Timothy P. Schmalz. Photo Manila Cathedral FB Manila Archbishop Jose F. Cardinal Advincula will unveil and bless the image on April 10, Palm Sunday, before the 10 a.m. Holy Mass at the...
President Duterte has instructed the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) to tap idle government lands in the effort to relocate Filipinos who were displaced by typhoon "Odette". RELOCATION PLAN--President Rodrigo Duterte (left) relays...
