Seventy-three residents of Parañaque City received livelihood assistance from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the city government to help them start or expand small businesses. Mayor Edwin Olivarez led the turnover ceremony on July 1 at the Parañaque Sports Complex in Barangay...
Climbing to upper-middle-income-country (UMIC) status comes with a trade-off: the Philippines faces a looming decline in access to concessional official development assistance (ODA), or low-interest loans extended by the country’s multilateral and bilateral development partners. However, for...
DAVAO CITY – The Davao City Council approved on Tuesday, June 30, a P3-million financial aid for local government units in Davao Occidental and Sarangani affected by the recent magnitude-7.8 earthquake. During the City Council 's regular session at Sangguniang Panglungsod, councilors passed...
Malacañang announced that President Marcos has extended more than P1 million in financial assistance to the families of students killed and injured in the deadly shooting at a public high school in Tacloban City, saying the tragedy had left the President "heartbroken." In a press briefing on...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The local government of El Salvador City in Misamis Oriental will continue expanding its healthcare services this year after providing P35.17 million in medical assistance to residents in 2025. Mayor Edgar Lignes said the local government funded most of the medical aid,...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will prioritize guarantee letters over cash assistance for medical needs after observing that some beneficiaries spent aid intended for medicines and treatment on other needs, including food and transportation. Speaking during the DSWD Media...
Families affected by the magnitude 7.8 earthquake in parts of Mindanao will begin receiving government cash assistance on Tuesday, June 23. The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said at least 139,000 families in Davao Region and Soccsksargen are expected to receive assistance...
The Quezon City government has extended P4.5 million in financial aid and deployed humanitarian assistance to several areas in Mindanao affected by the magnitude 7.8 earthquake on June 8, 2026, to support relief and recovery operations. General Santos City received P1.5 million, while Jose Abad...
COTABATO CITY – The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) government continues to provide assistance to students from internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Marawi City during the 2017 siege, raising hopes that it will introduce additional mechanisms to support the city 's...
Senator Erwin Tulfo remained firm that no politician should be distributing financial assistance (ayuda) because that is the people 's money. Tulfo, who chairs the Senate Committee on Social Justice, Welfare, and Rural Development, on Wednesday, June 17, condemned the move by some congressmen...
UNIQLO extends its sincerest sympathies to all individuals, families, and communities affected by the recent earthquake that impacted parts of Southern Philippines, including General Santos and certain areas across Mindanao. In response, UNIQLO is working with humanitarian partners to provide...
The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) on Sunday, June 14, said it has reached out to the family of a deceased member and is coordinating with the hospitals involved after a viral social media post claimed that the patient was denied benefits because his confinement reportedly...
