Additional modes of payment will be utilized by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for a "more cost-effective and efficient distribution" of indigent senior citizens' social pension assistance. Senior citizens (MB File Photo) In an advisory on Friday, Oct. 14, the agency said...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) should put to a halt all the “yearly begging” activities of indigenous peoples in Manila’s busy streets and thoroughfares especially as the Christmas season nears. Senator Robin...
A bill seeking to provide a P60,000-per-academic-year allowance to Filipino families for them to have at least one college graduate has been filed in the House of Representatives. (MARK BALMORES / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) House Bill (HB) No. 4523 or the “One Family, One Graduate” bill was...
A total of 300 individuals each received P10,000 financial livelihood assistance in the city of San Juan as part of the government’s bid to help residents get through and recover from the adverse economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora, together with other...
TABUK CITY, Kalinga – Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Erwin Tulfo and Department of National Defense Senior Undersecretary and officer-in-charge Jose Faustino Jr. have been named adopted sons of Kalinga. DSWD Secretary Erwin Tulfo (left) and DND officer-in-charge Senior...
CEBU CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development-Central Visayas (DSWD 7) has started providing assistance to thousands of workers retrenched by several clothing factories at the Mactan Export Processing Zone (MEPZ) in Lapu-Lapu City. DSWD 7 Director Shalaine Marie Lucero said the...
(MANNY LLANES / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE) The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will work with local government units (LGUs) to rescue children and indigenous peoples (IPs) roaming the streets to beg for food or money, especially during the days leading up to the Christmas holidays....
Although Camarines Sur 3rd District Rep. Gabriel Bordado Jr. has expressed support for the P5.268-trillion 2023 national budget, he underscored the need to ensure this will benefit the underprivileged and marginalized as he asked for an increased budget for several government programs. Camarines...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) hailed an indigenous peoples (IPs) clan from Calinog, Iloilo as the most exemplary family in Western Visayas. THE Caballero family of Calinog, Iloilo. (DSWD 6) The Caballero family led by patriarch Romulo was awarded as the...
The Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of the Republic Act No. 11861 or the Expanded Solo Parents Welfare Act were formally signed on Thursday, Sept. 29. This photo taken on February 24, 2022 shows a woman pushing a child in a pushchair along a street on the Bund in Shanghai. A 2019 report by...
BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Western Visayas released P37,285,000 in educational assistance here and Negros Occidental to 13,292 distressed students. A DSWD personnel assists a student availing of educational assistance in Cadiz City, Negros...
(DSWD) The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has so far provided over P22.7 million worth of food and non-food items as resource augmentation to local government units (LGUs) that have been affected by typhoon Karding (international name: Noru). In a statement on Wednesday, Sept....
