The Social Security System (SSS) released over P1.71 billion in unemployment benefits to 135,814 qualified members in 2020. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) Preliminary data from SSS showed that the unemployment benefit releases in 2020 increased nine-fold from P177.86 million in 2019. The number...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Tuesday, June 22 said that it was able to send a total of 55 families to their respective home provinces under the Philippine government’s "Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-Asa (BP2)" Program so far. DSWD / MANILA BULLETIN DSWD said that on...
As the nation commemorated the second Philippine Social Workers’ Day, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rolando Joselito D. Bautista thanked the country’s social work practitioners for dedicating their lives to empower poor, marginalized and vulnerable communities....
The House Committee on Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) on Wednesday, June 16 approved in principle the distribution of P750 monthly health grant to all PWDs to augment their daily subsistence as they face the devastating effects of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID 19) crisis. Approval came...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will hold a virtual conference on Saturday, June 19, to gather country’s social work practitioners to strengthen solidarity and inter-connectedness among them. DSWD (Manila Bulletin File Photo) The DSWD announced on Wednesday, June 16, that...
The World Bank has hailed the “exceptional performance” of Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan - Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS) National Community-Driven Development Program (NCDDP) in providing...
The Social Security System (SSS) has released over P1.3 billion in sickness reimbursement benefits. Social Security System (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) SSS said it approved a total of 186,444 sickness benefit reimbursement applications (SBRA) submitted by 22,237 employers online through My.SSS from...
State-run Social Security System (SSS) said more employers are now using the pension fund’s online facility to submit sickness benefit reimbursement applications (SBRA). Aurora C. Ignacio, SSS president and chief executive officer said on Friday, June 11, that they have approved 186,444 SBRAs...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) expressed optimism that the gains of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) will be sustained in the years to come. (DSWD / MANILA BULLETIN) DSWD on Thursday, June 10, said that the 4Ps - the national poverty reduction strategy and...
The Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) now have a partnership for the implementation of programs benefitting teenage mothers and their children. DSWD Secretary Rolando Joselito D. Bautista and POPCOM Undersecretary Juan...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Commission on Population and Development (Popcom) signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) on Thursday, June 10, creating the Social Protection Program for Teenaged Mothers and Their Children (SPPTMC). (Pixabay) SPPTMC is mandated under...
ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma “Poverty is a question of the heart. Only with a changed heart can you free people from poverty. Only God can change the human heart.” These are the three basic principles that guide the work of the Center for Community Transformation (CCT) founded and headed by Ruth...
