Typhoon Egay victims in Ilocos Norte were assured of the implementation of cash-for-work program to provide them with alternative means of livelihood, said Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Friday, July 28. “We expect that cash-for-work program to be...
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Thursday, July 27 ordered the immediate delivery of 20,000 family food packs (FFPs) to the typhoon-affected communities in Ilocos Region. (Photo courtesy of DSWD/Facebook) Gatchalian directed the Disaster Response and...
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian assured that the department has taken all necessary measures to ensure that the beneficiaries of the food stamp program are data-driven and free from political intervention. (Photo from DSWD/Facebook) In the post-State of...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) delivered 17,000 food packs to four warehouses in Cagayan Valley on Wednesday, July 26, as augmentation assistance to local government units (LGUs) in the region ravaged by typhoon Egay (international name: Doksuri). According to DSWD-Disaster...
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian directed all regional directors on Saturday, July 22, to be on high alert for the possible effects of tropical storm Egay. This is after the state weather bureau warned that Egay could intensify into a super typhoon by...
Discounted electricity rates are being offered to the country’s 4.2 million marginalized or lifeline consumers within the power usage bracket zero to 100 kilowatt-hours (kWhs). Energy Undersecretary Rowena Cristina L. Guevara announced that the registration for the discounted rates to the...
More than 400 families affected by Mayon Volcano's restiveness received financial assistance from the government, the Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) said. Beneficiaries of cash assistance in Albay amid Mayon Volcano unrest (Photo courtesy of OVP) Over P10-million cash aid was distributed...
The Silang, Cavite municipal government was assessed by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Region 4-A on Thursday, July 20, as part of its Service Delivery Capacity Assessment (SDCA) that ensures the town's Local Social Welfare and Development Office is up to par with the...
(Tingog Party-list) The office of House Speaker Martin Romualdez and Tingog Party-list has facilitated the release of P10,000 in cash assistance each to 31 cancer patients at the Philippine Children’s Medical Center (PCMC) in Quezon City. The beneficiaries were the same patients that took part in...
ISABEL, Leyte – Sen. Imee Marcos led the distribution of P3-million worth of assistance to at least 1,000 individuals here on Wednesday, July 19. The Department of Social Welfare and Development released P3,000 under the assistance to each individual in crisis situations (AICS) program to persons...
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian ordered the re-assessment of beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) who were tagged as "non-poor" under Listahanan 3—a standardized poor household targeting system. The DSWD said on Tuesday, July...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) began the pilot implementation of the food stamp program, with the distribution of electronic benefit transfer cards loaded with “food credits” on Tuesday, July 18. The program will have its pilot run in Metro Manila, Cagayan Valley, Bicol...
