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...
ILOILO CITY – The Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS), the communal development program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), has poured more than P55.6 million for 33 projects in Pavia town, Iloilo province...
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian issued a directive to all regional directors in Luzon to coordinate with Local Government Units (LGUs) officials for the distribution of relief goods on Sunday, July 16, The directive is a response to the impacts of...
Come July 18, the Department of Social and Welfare Development (DSWD) will roll out the Marcos administration’s “Walang Gutom 2027” program, which would provide P3,000 a month to an initial 50 families in Tondo, Manila. (Noel Pabalate/Manila Bulletin File Photo) A statement from the...
Families affected by the continued restiveness of Mayon Volcano will get cash assistance from the government until next month or until the President says so, a Cabinet member said. Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian announced that the emergency cash transfer...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Bicol Regional Office has sent P574,437 worth of food and non-food items to Polangui, Albay in preparation for "Dodong". This is based on the July 14, 6 p.m. report of its Disaster Response Operations and Monitoring Center. These items will be...
The pilot run for the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)'s WALANG GUTOM 2027: Food Provision through Strategic Transfer and Alternative Measures Program (Food STAMP Program) will begin on July 18. The beneficiaries of the pilot testing will be indigents from Tondo, Manila. "We...
Families affected by the Mayon volcanic eruption in Albay received cash aid from the Department of Social Welfare and Development-Field Office V (DSWD-Bicol Region). (Photo courtesy of DSWD) DSWD-Bicol Region said President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian directed the...
The Regional offices of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) are on "high alert" as it prepares for the onslaught of Tropical Depression "Dodong."Â In a statement released on July 14, DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian has directed all regional offices to be "extra ready" to...
ILOILO CITY – Department of Social Welfare and Development-6 (Western Visayas) Director Carmelo Nochete has warned fixers to cease and desist from their nefarious activities or face arrest and criminal cases. “Wala sang lugar ang mga fixers sa DSWD. Ang maghimo sang amo sini nga pang biktima sa...
Families in Camalig, Albay, who are struggling financially due to the ongoing Mayon unrest received food packs on Wednesday, July 5, from the Department of Social Welfare and Development-Field Office V (DSWD-Bicol Region). Those who live within the seven-kilometer to eight-kilometer extended danger...
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Wednesday, July 5 defended the agency’s decision to release a cease and desist order (CDO) against Gentle Hands Inc., citing the failure of the orphanage to comply with the minimum standards for residential facilities...
