The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said its cash assistance program for public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers has reached about 1.6 million beneficiaries nationwide, with nearly ₱8 billion already released as it completes final payouts scheduled across Metro Manila and nearby...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (Department of Social Welfare and Development) has provided initial relief assistance to families affected by the collapse of an under-construction building in Barangay Balibago, Angeles City, Pampanga on Sunday, May 24. A total of 34 affected...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) must overhaul its aid distribution system following heartbreaking reports of beneficiaries dying while waiting in line for "ayuda" or government assistance. Thus, said Senior Citizens Party-list Rep. Rodolfo “Ompong” Ordanes, senior vice...
Electricity subsidies remain necessary to help vulnerable households and remote communities access power, but the Philippine government needs to improve targeting mechanisms to reduce leakages and ensure long-term sustainability, according to experts at a recent webinar organized by state-run...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reiterated that its Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) program is not exclusively for the poor, saying middle-class Filipinos struggling with emergencies and unexpected financial burdens may also seek government assistance....
The Philippine government has asked the World Bank to restructure and partially cancel over $2.34 million in unused proceeds from a Duterte-era loan supporting the country’s flagship Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), even as the Washington-based multilateral lender cited the project’s...
Cash assistance distribution for public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers nationwide is continuing under the government’s ongoing support program for the transport sector, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said on Tuesday, May 19. “Ang atin pong nabigyan na ng tulong ay nasa...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development 's (DSWD) Pag-abot Program has provided initial intervention to the elderly man in Cebu City who recently went viral after being arrested for playing his harmonica on the streets to buy food for his hungry grandchild. The DSWD Field...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has released P227 million in cash assistance to over 45,000 transport network vehicle service (TNVS) drivers, motorcycle taxi riders, and delivery riders in Metro Manila under its ongoing special payout operations. Data from the DSWD’s...
BACOLOD CITY – At least 2,111 Public Utility Jeepney (PUJ) drivers in this highly urbanized city received cash relief assistance (CRA) from the Department of Social Welfare and Development-Negros Island Region (DSWD-NIR) starting Thursday. The three-day payout is being held at SM City Bacolod...
Former Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or 4Ps beneficiaries have consistently performed strongly in professional licensure examinations in recent years. In the 2026 Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET), 72 of them entered the Top 10, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)...
President Marcos has streamlined the accreditation process for social welfare and development agencies (SWDAs) by designating the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) as the sole accrediting entity for donee institutions. Under Executive Order (EO) No. 117, signed on May 7, the...
