Bicol region is the next destination where the Office of the Vice President (OVP) will open a new satellite office to make its social services and programs accessible. OVP satellite office in Cebu City (Photo from VP Sara Duterte’s Facebook page) In an recent interview with Pastor Apollo Quiboloy...
(SWS / FB) Thirty percent of Filipino adults believed that their quality of life has improved in the past 12 months, based on the latest survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS). The survey was done from Sept. 29 to Nov. 2 using face-to-face interviews. It involves 1,500 adults across...
The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) and Social Security System (SSS) have set aside P33 billion in Christmas cash gifts for pensioners. The two state-owned pension funds announced on Thursday, Dec. 1, that their respective yearend bonuses to about 3.7 million old-age and disability...
Filipinos were warned against clicking suspicious links and logging into unverified websites following unreliable claims that Friendster, a social networking site that ended its services in 2015, has finally returned. Is Friendster back? The Department of Information and Communications...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has tapped its unprogrammed appropriation to fund the one-month requirement of a government aid to the poorest households in the country. Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said the department approved the release of the Special Allotment Release...
Days after the powerful Commission on Appointments (CA) grilled Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Erwin Tulfo over his American citizenship and a libel conviction, Benguet Lone District Rep. Eric Yap on Sunday, Nov. 27, lauded him as an “asset” to the Marcos...
By DIANN IVY CALUCIN Over 700 individuals participated in the “Manileñas Unity Walk for a Safe and VAW-free City, Starts with Me” conducted by the Manila Department of Social Welfare (MDSW) as part of the country's annual 18-day campaign to end violence against women (VAW) and their children....
The social welfare committee of the powerful bicameral Commission on Appointments (CA) deferred on Tuesday, November 22, the public hearings on the fitness of Erwin Teshiba Tulfo to become the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) secretary because of citizenship issues and his libel...
Hundreds of small business owners on Saturday gathered at a mall in Quezon City for a free mentoring session organized by Go Negosyo to help them learn online brand promotion for their own products and services. No less than 700 micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) attended the event,...
The head of e-commerce giant Lazada will join a gathering of social media influencers on Saturday to encourage small business owners to be influencers on their own to promote their products and services in the internet. James Dong, Lazada’s chief executive officer, will be at Ayala Fairview...
State-run Social Security System (SSS) has extended the financial assistance to its members and pensioners in areas affected by Severe Tropical Storm ‘Paeng’ until February next year. Michael G. Regino, SSS president and chief executive officer, said their calamity assistance package consists...
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...
