Vice President Sara Duterte announced on Wednesday, Nov. 16, the planned opening of three more satellite offices of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) next year to make its services and programs more accessible to the people. Vice President Sara Duterte delivers her message after the Office of...
Like nothing happened. Barbie Imperial has returned to social media weeks after she made headlines following an alleged bar scuffle with Debbie Garcia. No, she didn't say anything related to the issue. She simply posted several snaps of her having fun at a beach somewhere. Barbie also posted a...
The additional face-to-face oathtaking ceremonies for new Social Workers will be on Nov. 23 and Nov. 29, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced. Professional Regulation Commission Last Nov. 3, PRC initially released an in-person oathtaking date for those in Manila . The ceremony on...
BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has released P80,775,550 in social pension to 53,851 senior citizens in Negros Occidental in the past nine months. Atty. May Rago-Castillo, public information officer of the DSWD-Western Visayas, said P4,654,500 was...
The national government would have to cough up between P92 billion and P230 billion annually if and when Congress institutionalizes a proposal to provide all senior citizens in the Philippines a universal social pension. (Danie Franco/ Unsplash) There are seven such measures pending before House...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and local government units in Northern Luzon and the National Capital Region (NCR) so far released P1,113,000,466 worth of assistance for families affected by severe tropical storm Florita. (DSWD / Manila Bulletin) In a press briefing on...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares We congratulate the Department of Education (DepEd) and its leadership, as well as the administrators and faculty of both public and private schools. Congratulations are in order because, finally, in most of the country, our schools are back to in-person,...
House Deputy Speaker and Batangas 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto has identified the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) as the agency that has the “the lowest regular staff-to-clientele ratio in the entire bureaucracy". Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto (Facebook) Figures cited by Recto...
Photo by Pixabay from Pexels. As the world adapts to the worsening effects of climate change, the agriculture sector is exposed as one of the most vulnerable sectors, if not the most. According to data from the Philippine Statistics Authority, damages incurred due to natural disasters totaled P463...
More funds should be allocated to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in order to help more indigent students, said Gabriela Partylist on Saturday, Aug. 20. Hundreds of people trooped to the head office of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Quezon City,...
The Social Security System (SSS) announced that it is now accepting applications for the Calamity Assistance Package from earthquake-stricken members and pensioners in Abra and Mountain Province. (SSS Main Office / File Photo) The application for the package, which consists of Calamity Loan...
Members and pensioners affected by the July 27 magnitude 7.0 northwestern Luzon earthquake may now avail of the Calamity Assistance Package, state-run Social Security System (SSS) announced. The Calamity Loan Assistance Program (CLAP) for members and three-month advance pension for retirees may be...
