The United States will be providing the Philippines $7.5 million in assistance to help the country in countering illegal, unregulated, unreported and unsustainable fishing. This came as US Vice President Kamala Harris visited the fishing village of Tagburos in Puerto Princesa, Palawan, where she...
In response to the devastation from tropical cyclone ‘’Paeng,’’ the BDO Foundation immediately mounted relief operations for thousands of Filipinos affected by the storm. VICTIMS of tropical cyclone “Paeng” receive aid from the BDO Foundation. The corporate social responsibility arm of...
More than 1,700 residents of Quezon affected by tropical cyclone ‘’Paeng’’ have received financial assistance facilitated by two lawmakers from the province and the Department of Social Welfare and Development. QUEZON Rep. David C. Suarez, Provincial Board Member Ferdinand Talabong, and...
State-run Social Security System (SSS) has extended the financial assistance to its members and pensioners in areas affected by Severe Tropical Storm ‘Paeng’ until February next year. Michael G. Regino, SSS president and chief executive officer, said their calamity assistance package consists...
Another priority measure of the Marcos administration was approved at the committee level on Wednesday, Nov. 16. (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Approved "in principle" by the House Committees on Justice, on Public Order and Safety, and on National Defense and Security Wednesday was the...
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...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) said that an assistance fund to provide support for cancer patients is now available in 31 hospitals across the country. The Cancer Assistance Fund (CAF) “shall cover outpatient and inpatient services including but not limited to diagnostics, therapeutic...
BACOLOD CITY -- A total of P250,000 worth of cash and educational assistance were alloted by the local government of Himamaylan City in Negros Occidental to at least 25 members of the New People’s Army (NPA) who earlier surrendered to the Philippine Army’s 94th Infantry Battalion (IB). The 25...
A total of P4,336,400 assistance was released by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) to typhoon Odette victims in Negros Occidental on Nov. 11. Philippine Red Cross In an advisory, PRC said that 384 families from the Municipality of Sipalay received emergency shelter kits worth P9,600 each. Meanwhile,...
A total of 54 registered solo parents in Valenzuela City whose children are studying in the tertiary level received educational assistance from the city government on Tuesday, Nov. 8. The City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) held the distribution of the education assistance at the...
By DIANN IVY CALUCIN Some 100 relatives of deceased residents in Valenzuela City received financial aid for burial expenses from the office of District 1 Rep. Rexlon "Rex" Gatchalian at the REX Serbisyo Center, Valenzuela Trade Center in the city on Thursday, Sept. 29. According to the city...
Vice President and concurrent Education Secretary Sara Duterte has proposed a P2.292-billion budget for the fiscal year 2023, more than thrice the allocated budget for the Office of the Vice President (OVP) in 2022. Vice President and DepEd Secretary Sara Duterte leads the 2022 National “Brigada...
