ILOILO CITY – Lawyer Carmelo Nochete resigned as regional director of the Department of Social Welfare and Development-6 (Western Visayas) to run for vice mayor of Miag-ao town in southern Iloilo province. Atty. May Rago-Castillo, DSWD-6 chief information officer, said Nochete resigned effective...
Photo from Pixabay In preparation for the rollout of the “First 1000 Days” (F1KD) conditional cash grant in 2025, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is calling on Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) household-beneficiaries with pregnant members or children up to two...
The national government prepositioned food and other essential supplies for individuals who will be affected by typhoon “Julian”. In a situational report on Sunday, Sept. 29, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said a total of 1.9 million family food packs worth...
A Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) senior official said 32 children from the Children's Joy Foundation, Inc. (CJFI), a residential center affiliated with the Kingdom of Jesus Christ, are now in DSWD residential care facilities or have been reintegrated into their families due to...
A proud former beneficiary of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), Sheena Mae Magdato Obispo, topped the September 2024 Social Worker Licensure Exam with a score of 87 percent. (Photo courtesy of Department of Social Welfare and Development/Facebook) Another former beneficiary of the...
Officials from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), led by Secretary Rex Gatchalian, met with Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Director-General Jose Francisco Benitez to discuss “preferential treatment” for senior high school graduates among the...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has incorporated measures to “disaster-proof” its programs and services by implementing adaptive and shock-responsive social protection systems, said spokesperson Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao. To achieve this, she highlighted the need...
A Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) official on Wednesday, Sept. 18 urged household-beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) to utilize the grants to support their children’s education and health. “I hope our 4Ps beneficiaries take care of the grants. I...
Clients seeking assistance with their maintenance medicines can use guarantee letters (GLs) issued by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) at select pharmacies nationwide, said the agency’s spokesperson on Wednesday, Sept. 11. “Under the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis...
A Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) senior official reiterated on Monday, Sept. 9 that accessing services from the agency’s centers and residential care facilities (CRCFs) should be considered only as a last resort. In a statement, DSWD Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao, the...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – One-thousand, two-hundred farmers and fisherfolk from the 70 barangays here received cash assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development's Ayuda sa Kapos ang Kita Program on Thursday, September 5. AKO Bicol party-list Executive Director Alfredo Garbin...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Thursday, Sept. 5 reiterated the requirements that centenarians or their families must fulfill to receive the P100,000 cash gift provided under Republic Act (RA) 10868 or the Centenarians Act of 2016. DSWD Assistant Secretary and...
