The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reaffirmed that “guarantee letters” under the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situations (AICS) are accepted by select funeral parlors and memorial service providers nationwide to provide burial assistance to families facing financial...
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano urged the government to implement a more efficient approach in distributing financial assistance noting how administrative costs are eating up on the funds instead of benefitting Filipinos in need. Cayetano said with the government agencies’...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Tuesday, July 9, warned the public anew regarding online scams on platforms like TikTok, which falsely promises of educational assistance supposedly from the agency. DSWD Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao, also the agency’s spokesperson,...
A Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) official said on Friday, June 28, that the agency will investigate another reported case of aid deduction, this time in Cagayan de Oro City. In the latest case, a coordinator allegedly deducted P9,300 from a P10,000 financial assistance intended...
Manila 1st district Rep. Ernesto Dionisio Jr. (3rd from right) touches base with the Tondo fire victims (Speaker's office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez's office has facilitated the release of P2.5 million in cash assistance from the Department of Social...
ILOILO CITY – Barangay kagawads (village councilors), barangay secretaries, and former barangay captains in this city have received cash aid via the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS), a program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). BARANGAY kagawads...
BACOLOD CITY – A total of 3,000 individuals in Negros Occidental received P9-million worth of financial assistance under the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development. Sen. Imee Marcos led the distribution of the AICS in La Carlota...
GENERAL LUNA, Quezon – Alona party-list Rep. Anna Marie Villaraza-Suarez said on Wednesday, May 8, that sectoral groups such as the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transsexual, and Queer (LGBTQ) community should be prioritized as beneficiaries for government aid. ALONA party-list Rep. Anna V. Suarez...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – One-thousand, seven-hundred residents of Barangay Dalahican here benefited from financial assistance under the Aid to Individuals in Crisis Situation totaling P5.2 million facilitated by House Deputy Speaker Quezon Rep. David C. Suarez over the weekend. HOUSE Deputy Speaker...
A total of 2,044 farmers from San Miguel, Leyte benefit from the Farmers’ Assistance for Recovery and Modernization (FARM) program. (Speaker’s office) The offices of Speaker Martin Romualdez and Tingog Party-list facilitated on Friday,...
An official of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Wednesday, April 24 assured the public that the agency’s programs and services are “insulated from politics” and delivered with the utmost professionalism. DSWD’s response came after agency officials, led by Secretary...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Tuesday, April 23 reprimanded officials of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for seemingly being “selective” in the implementation of its cash aid programs. Go particularly directed his concern towards DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian and...
