DSWD Secretary Erwin Tulfo and DILG Secretary Benhur Abalos Jr. led the signing of a memorandum of agreement on the implementation of the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situations (AICS) program’s educational assistance payout at the DSWD Central Office in Quezon on August 24, 2022. (MARK...
BAGUIO CITY – Severe tropical storm “Florita” affected 3,440 individuals from 1,051 families in five provinces in the Cordillera region. The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Cordillera said as of 6 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 24, Abra was the most affected by Florita with 650...
Department of Social Welfare and Development The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Tuesday, Aug. 23, said it maintains standby funds amounting to P1.7 billion to ensure the quick provision of augmentation assistance to local government units (LGUs) that have been affected by...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin ‘Benhur’ Abalos Jr. clarified on Tuesday, Aug. 23, that the department’s main task is to provide logistic support to the Department of the Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in the education cash aid distribution. In...
House Deputy Speaker and Batangas 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto has identified the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) as the agency that has the “the lowest regular staff-to-clientele ratio in the entire bureaucracy". Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto (Facebook) Figures cited by Recto...
On Saturday, Aug. 20, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) began the distribution of cash aid to eligible recipients of its Educational Assistance Payout to Students-in-Crisis, which is a part of the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situations (AICS) program. The distribution...
The proposed budget for the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) for 2023 has been increased by P7.9 billion to P115.6 billion. (Mari Gimenez/ Unsplash) This was learned Monday, Aug. 22 following the Department of Budget and Management's (DBM) submission of the 2023 National Expenditure...
Following the messy distribution of educational financial assistance across the country, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin ‘Benhur’ Abalos Jr. urged local government units to provide ample assistance to the Department of Social Welfare and Development...
(DSWD / FACEBOOK) More than 53,000 “students-in-crisis” have received a one-time cash aid from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on the first day of the agency’s Educational Assistance Payout on Aug. 20. Based on the data posted on DSWD’s Facebook on Monday, Aug. 22,...
The Pasig City local government said on Sunday, Aug. 21, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) - National Office has not yet given them the guidelines regarding the local distribution of the agency’s educational assistance. “Wala pa rin pong pondo na ibinababa sa mga LGUs...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – The Department of Social Welfare and Development Region 2 assured it has enough food and non-food items to deliver in the event Tropical Depression 'Florita' makes a landfall in Cagayan and Isabela. Photo from DSWD Region 2 via Liezle Inigo The agency has available...
BAGUIO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development-Cordillera distributed P4,445,00 to 1,425 beneficiaries on Saturday (Aug. 20) and Sunday (Aug. 21) under the agency’s educational assistance in the Cordillera region. Photo from DSWD CAR Applicants for educational assistance are...
