The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) expressed confidence Monday, Aug. 9, that the local government units’ (LGUs) lists of beneficiaries have already been sanitized to ensure the smooth and expeditious distribution of the financial assistance to low-income individuals and...
Following the gallant run of Margielyn Didal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Skate Pilipinas looks to invest more in its grassroots program in the hopes of bringing the sport of skateboarding into the limelight. Team Skate Pilipinas with national team head coach Dani Bautista (second from left) and...
Fresh from her Olympic debut in Tokyo, Japan, Margielyn Didal will soon gear up for the Street League Skateboarding (SLS) Championship Tour in the United States late this month. Margielyn Didal (AFP) Skate Pilipinas head coach Dani Bautista bared that Didal plans to go back to Cebu first for...
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rolando Joselito Bautista took time to personally visit the families displaced by Taal Volcano’s unrest in Batangas to check on their condition. DSWD Secretary Rolando Bautista (middle), together with Field Office IV-A Regional...
More than one million families living in areas placed under Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) in the provinces will receive P4,000 cash assistance each to help them battle the adverse effects of lockdown measures amid the threat of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). These areas include Iloilo...
Leren Mae Bautista Former Binibini Leren Mae Bautista has opened up about joining Miss Universe Philippines 2021 pageant. On Instagram, Leren Mae confirmed that she will vie for the title of Miss Universe Philippines 2021 in September. Leren Mae is one of 100 girls who made it as official...
The U.S. Peace Corps volunteers may soon be deployed to the Philippines to help build better lives for poor communities in the country. (Screenshot from DSWD website) The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said Monday, July 19, that U.S. Peace Corps-Philippines, led by newly...
All the six financial service providers (FSPs) that were tapped in 2020 to undertake digital electronic disbursement of second tranche of emergency cash subsidies under Social Amelioration Program (SAP) through restricted transactional accounts hurdled the Bangko Sentral ng PIlipinas’ (BSP)...
Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Rolando Joselito D. Bautista has personally visited some evacuation centers in the municipalties of Laurel and Agoncillo in Batangas province to personally look into situation of the evacuee-families. DSWD Secretary Rolando Joselito D. Bautista...
Celebrate and discuss the importance of diversity in the Philippines with this campaign that allows the LGBTQIA+ heroes’ voices to be heard RAINBOW LIGHTS In Munich, the Allianz Arena stadium was lit in the colors of the Pride flag January, earlier this year. (Photo by Alexandra Beier for Getty)...
Olympic-bound skateboarder Margielyn Didal is ready to unleash all the tricks up her sleeves when she competes in the 2021 Tokyo Games next month. Margielyn Didal (Handout) National team coach Dani Bautista said they have been working on Didal's late flip-outs and 360 flip-outs, to name a few, to...
KIDS swim at the famous beach front in Boracay Island when the country’s most famous beach destination reopened to local tourists last October. (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY – To stop the spread of COVID-19, swimming and any other water-related activities in Boracay Island and the rest of the coastal...