Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co believes that the increase in the budget of the Department of Social Welfare and Development's (DSWD) flagship assistance program next year will help lift the country’s poorest of the poor out of poverty, malnutrition, and lack of opportunity and education. Ako...
Some 30 to 40 percent of the 1.3 million alleged "non-poor" beneficiaries of government’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) shouldn't be delisted yet, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Erwin Tulfo told the House Committee on Appropriations Tuesday, Sept. 6....
There are 662 centenarians–or Filipinos over the age of 100–who have been waitlisted from receiving their P100,000 cash gift under the Centenarians Act or Republic Act (RA) 10868, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) told the House Committee on Appropriations. Senior citizens...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY —- Several non-full scholars in college in this city expressed their disappointment after the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) included students who are grantees in any type of scholarship to the list of non-eligible beneficiaries to the educational...
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reported Monday, Sept. 5, that 18,590 distressed students in Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon area) have received educational cash assistance as of Saturday, Sept. 3. The DSWD Region 4-A said...
BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Western Visayas released P8,477,000 in educational assistance to 2,793 distressed students in Negros Occidental during its third payout on Saturday, Sept. 3. DSWD personnel assess student-beneficiaries during the third...
ILOILO CITY – With more distribution sites across Western Visayas, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-6 was able to distribute cash aid to 11,248 indigent students on Saturday, Sept. 3. DSWD personnel process cash distribution for indigent students in San Jose de Buenavista,...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) conducts an educational assistance payout in Victoria, Tarlac on September 3, 2022. (DSWD) Nearly 90,000 students in crisis situation have received a one-time cash assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on the...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) conducts an educational assistance payout in General Trias, Cavite on September 3, 2022. (DSWD) The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) conducted on Saturday, Sept. 3 offsite payout of cash aid to students-in-crisis in Southern...
Former vice president Leni Robredo on Tuesday, Aug. 30, set the record straight on Twitter over an issue that she visited the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) without an appointment and even brought a photographer with her. (Photo from DSWD Secretary Erwin Tulfo via Facebook) She...
DSWD Secretary Erwin Tulfo (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Secretary Erwin T. Tulfo said the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will open its offices, even on Saturdays and Sundays, if necessary, to give way to individuals and families who seek to be part of the Pantawid...
BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said Monday, Aug. 29, that 1,687 students in crisis in Negros Occidental received educational assistance totaling P5,306,000 during the second payout Saturday, Aug. 27. pullquote QUALIFIED students receive educational...
