The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) assured the public that its Central Office, Field Offices, and National Resource Operations Center have over P1.4 billion worth of standby funds and stockpiles in preparation for tropical depression Rosal. Courtesy of Department of Social...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has tapped its unprogrammed appropriation to fund the one-month requirement of a government aid to the poorest households in the country. Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said the department approved the release of the Special Allotment Release...
The social welfare committee of the powerful bicameral Commission on Appointments (CA) deferred on Tuesday, November 22, the public hearings on the fitness of Erwin Teshiba Tulfo to become the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) secretary because of citizenship issues and his libel...
The House Committee on Social Services has approved the consolidation of a measure, which seeks to institutionalize the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) Program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Distribution of DSWD’s Assistance to Individuals in...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and local government units in Northern Luzon and the National Capital Region (NCR) so far released P1,113,000,466 worth of assistance for families affected by severe tropical storm Florita. (DSWD / Manila Bulletin) In a press briefing on...
House Deputy Speaker and Batangas 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto has identified the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) as the agency that has the “the lowest regular staff-to-clientele ratio in the entire bureaucracy". Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto (Facebook) Figures cited by Recto...
More funds should be allocated to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in order to help more indigent students, said Gabriela Partylist on Saturday, Aug. 20. Hundreds of people trooped to the head office of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Quezon City,...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will begin a cash assistance program to help indigent Filipino students for the upcoming School Year (SY) 2022-2023, said DSWD Secretary Erwin Tulfo on Thursday, Aug. 18. (DSWD / Manila Bulletin) This educational assistance is under the...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) released the funding to support the emergency shelter assistance to households affected by Typhoon Odette in December last year. In a statement on Wednesday, Aug. 10, Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said over 153,410 households affected by...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) approved the release of additional funding for the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) financial assistance to individuals and families in “crisis situation.” In a statement on Tuesday, Aug. 9, Budget Secretary Amenah F....
The public was strongly warned against entertaining calls from individuals posing to be employees of the Department of Social Welfare and Development and claiming to be distributing “unclaimed” Covid-19 aid. (Unsplash) “A report from a concerned citizen was received by the Department that...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has extended cash assistance amounting to P6,168,299.35 to victims of the recent flash flood in Ifugao Province. Family food packs are unloaded at a warehouse of the Department of Social Welfare and Development-Cordillera to be distributed to...
