Parañaque City Mayor Eric Olivarez and Department of Social Welfare and Development-National Capital Region (DSWD-NCR) acting director Atty. Michael Joseph Lorico met on Tuesday, May 9, to discuss plans to build a warehouse for immediate distribution of assistance in the city. Mayor Eric Olivarez...
Together with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is stepping up efforts to institutionalize the Anticipatory Action (AA) approach in the country’s social assistance programs. At the 6th National Dialogue Platform on Anticipatory...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will send samples of canned tuna that have been recalled due to “foul odor” complaints to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for testing. The FDA will act as an independent third-party certification body to determine whether the canned...
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian has ordered the recall and replacement of a specific canned tuna brand included in the family food packs distributed in Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro due to numerous complaints about its "foul odor." (Photo: Facebook) "It...
The Muntinlupa City government and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-National Capital Region will sign agreements on the distribution of social pension to indigent senior citizens and the implementation of the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP). Two resolutions were...
Starting Wednesday, May 3, the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) satellite office in San Jose Del Monte (SJDM) City, Bulacan is ready to accept applicants from the city and nearby municipalities. Courtesy of DSWD The newly opened AICS center in Starmall Government Center will...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) announced on Wednesday, May 3 the acceptance of applications for the Government Internship Program (GIP) this year. College students between the ages of 19 and 25 who are preferably in their third or fourth year are eligible to apply for the...
BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) turned over P100,000 in financial assistance to 10 former members of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, May 2. TEN former NPA rebels receive P100,00 financial assistance from the...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said on Saturday, April 29, that it is ready to assist eight Filipinos returning from conflict-torn Sudan. Courtesy of DFA "If there is a requirement for temporary shelter we will bring them to the Mandaluyong office of the Inter-Agency Council...
A beneficiary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development's (DSWD) Pantawid sa Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) has topped the April 2023 Civil Engineers Licensure Examination. Courtesy of DSWD Alexis Castillo Alegado, who graduated cum laude from Mariano Marcos State University in Batac,...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will open new satellite offices for the processing of its Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) program, mainly to serve residents of Metro Manila and neighboring provinces. “This initiative is one way to decongest our...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) assured the public that the agency has sufficient funds and food and non-food items that are ready to be distributed to those who will be adversely affected by dry conditions due to the looming El Niño phenomenon. The Social Welfare and...
