Photo from Unsplash The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has released the guidelines for the nationwide rollout of the Psychosocial Support and Other Interventions for Adolescent Mothers and their Families Project, also known as “ProtecTEEN.” DSWD Assistant Secretary for...
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian led the launch of the reformatted educational assistance initiative called “Tara, Basa! Tutoring Program” in Samar province on April 19. Gatchalian said the reading tutorial program is important to help eradicate...
The Sandiganbayan has denied the motions filed by three former Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) officials to file a demurrer to evidence to challenge the alleged weakness of the prosecution's evidence on their graft and malversation of public funds cases. With the denial,...
As part of the ongoing initiative to make government services more accessible to Filipinos, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) officially kicked off the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) in Basco, Batanes on Monday, April 15. National Household Targeting System and...
(MANILA BULLETIN) “Rice is good, but cash is better." House Minority Leader 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino “Nonoy” Libanan had this to say as he prodded the government to keep on distributing the P600 monthly rice subsidy to Pantawid...
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Philippine Country Representative Oyunsaikhan Dendevnorov have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the implementation of a Standby Agreement on Emergency Cash...
Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos (Facebook) Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos happily posted on Facebook about the number of people that his office has helped under the Department of Social Welfare and Development's...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said on Thursday, April 11, that 25,904 families enrolled in the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) have achieved self-sufficiency and graduated from the program. The 4Ps graduates were honored at the “Pugay Tagumpay” graduation and...
Given the urgency of addressing the effects of El Niño, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is preparing for the nationwide implementation of the Local Adaptation to Water Access and Breaking Insufficiency through Nutritious Harvest for the Impoverished projects (Project LAWA...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), through its Field Office 10 (Northern Mindanao), held a comprehensive capability building session for 207 Mindanao State University (MSU) students as part of the implementation of the “Tara, Basa!” reading tutorial program. From April 1...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Saturday, April 6, extended the seed capital fund to 25 livelihood associations in Agusan del Norte. (Photo from DSWD) DSWD, in a statement, handed over the P7.6 million to be utilized as start-up capitalization of the local entrepreneurs...
About P50 billion was allotted for the government pension of four million indigent senior citizens throughout the country. The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) released a total of P49.807 billion to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to cover the senior citizens’...
