Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian met with Ambassador of Finland to the Philippines Juha Markus Pyykkö and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Country Representative Oyunsaikhan Dendevnorov in separate courtesy calls on March 27 to discuss possible...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), local government units, and the private sector have so far provided over P76-million worth of food and non-food assistance to the victims of the oil spill in Oriental Mindoro on Feb. 28. Based on the report of the DSWD’s Disaster Response...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-6 (Western Visayas) has extended P42.78 million in aid to residents affected by the oil slick in an island town in Antique province. Claud Jan Marquez of the DSWD-6 Disaster Response Management Section said the assistance for...
Recognizing the need for a more consultative process in carrying out government programs, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Department of Health (DOH) held on March 28 a Mayor’s Forum with local chief executives and other local officials to enhance the implementation...
Some 505 families in Quezon City completed the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) “Pangtawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program” on Monday, March 27. Mayor Joy Belmonte (center) with the "graduates" of DSWD's 4Ps program (Photo from Quezon City Government Facebook page/ MANILA...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) provided cash-for-work assistance to some 19,000 residents affected by the oil spill from a fuel tanker that sank off Oriental Mindoro last Feb. 28. As of March 27, 19,895 individuals in Oriental Mindoro and Antique benefitted from the...
The office of House Speaker Martin Romualdez has donated a calamity fund worth P500,000 each to Oriental Mindoro's 1st district and Davao de Oro's 1st district. This was learned by the Manila Bulletin Sunday, March 26 even as the Speaker’s office also facilitated the distribution of targeted...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), local government units, and the private sector have so far provided P45.6-million worth of food and non-food items to individuals and families affected by the oil spill from the motor tanker that sank off Oriental Mindoro on Feb. 28. Based on...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) warned the public against a fraud website that uses the agency’s name to offer college scholarships. “The Department of Social Welfare and Development wishes to inform the public that ‘DSWD Financial Assistance’ is not an official DSWD...
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian met with New Zealand Ambassador to the Philippines Peter Kell to explore possible partnership opportunities to provide innovative ways to implement social welfare services and development interventions for the public....
The higher budget allocation of the Government Assistance to Students and Teachers in Private Education (GASTPE) program received praises from Albay 2nd District Rep. Joey Salceda, who underscored the program’s importance in saving the private education sector from collapse. Also the chair of the...
BUTUAN CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has distributed social pension to 61,431 senior citizens in the Caraga region. DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian (third from right) turns over financial assistance under the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) to...
