The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will provide burial assistance to families of those who perished in the magnitude 6.9 earthquake that struck off Cebu on Sept. 30. DSWD-Disaster Response Management Group Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao said the agency’s Field Office 7 in...
Despite having limited budget, the Office of the Vice President (OVP) plans to revive past programs and projects from any excess funds on its yet-to-be-approved 2026 budget. Lawyer Ruth Castelo, the OVP’s spokesman, said in an interview on SMNI that their office put in plans to still be able to...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) will request for a P733-million budget for 2026, similar to its budget this year, since Congress will reject a higher proposal anyway, Vice President Sara Duterte said on Monday, June 16. During a press conference in Davao City, the official disclosed that...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development assured budget for medical and burial assistance in Western Visayas region. The agency made the assurance after reports claimed that the DSWD-6 has stopped Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS), particularly medical...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) will have to stop its medical and assistance program after the provision for it was scrapped under the approved 2025 General Appropriations Act (GAA). Vice President Sara Duterte (MB File Photo) “There is no approved budget for the Medical and...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reaffirmed that “guarantee letters” under the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situations (AICS) are accepted by select funeral parlors and memorial service providers nationwide to provide burial assistance to families facing financial...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development-6 has started signing medical and burial assistance agreements with hospitals, funeral companies, and other medical service providers in Western Visayas. SOME of the partner institutions of the DSWD-6 in the implementation of its...
Although thankful for the Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) private and public partners, Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday, June 5, underscored the need to “do more” in protecting children’s welfare, alleviating Filipinos from poverty, and working toward a sustainable future. Vice...
To make its services more accessible to Filipinos, the Office of the Vice President (OVP) on Monday, May 8, opened its second extension office in Tondo, Manila. (Photo from the Office of the Vice President) Vice President Sara Duterte was present to lead the opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony of...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) has a new satellite office; this time, in Cauayan City, Isabela. (Photo from Inday Sara Duterte via Facebook) This was the eighth satellite office formally opened by Vice President Sara Duterte’s office to bring medical assistance and social services closer...
Access to social and medical services provided by the Office of the Vice President (OVP) may now easily be reached by Filipinos in need from Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon (Calabarzon) region. OVP Public Assistance Division Extension Office in Lipa, Batangas. (OVP photo) This came after...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) has refuted reports that its application forms for social services are for sale. OVP satellite office in Cebu City (Photo from VP Sara Duterte’s Facebook page) In a statement, the OVP said the public assistance application forms are for “free” and must...
