Continue giving cash grants to poor households and individuals who are heavily affected by the rising prices of goods, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. told the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Citizens gather in front of the Department of Social Welfare and Development...
Parañaque City Mayor Eric Olivarez distributed cash assistance and relief goods to 43 families who were victims of a fire in Sitio Cubic Side, Barangay Merville on Sunday, Jan. 15. Members of the 43 families or about 165 individuals are temporarily being sheltered at Merville Elementary School....
A total of P85 million worth of financial, food, and non-food assistance was released by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to flood-hit regions in Visayas and Mindanao caused by the shear line. (MB VISUAL CONTENT GROUP) DSWD spokesperson Assistant Secretary Romel Lopez said on...
CEBU CITY – Cash assistance was distributed to several barangays in Bohol province. AUMENTADO (FB) Gov. Aris Aumentado and Vice Gov. Dionisio Victor Balite led the distribution of financial aid in the recent “Meet and Greet” program of the provincial chief executive. Barangays that received...
Some 500 members of the Sama-Badjao community in Zamboanga City received cash assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Monday, Nov. 28. DSWD Secretary Erwin Tulfo addresses the Badjao community during the distribution of P10,000 cash assistance in Zamboanga City....
For most netizens, the P10,000 cash assistance or "ayuda" is a meme. For the Makabayan bloc, the P10,000 ayuda is necessary for the survival of poor Filipinos. (Mari Gimenez/ Unsplash) Militant party-list solons Rep. Arlene Brosas of Gabriela, Rep. France Castro of ACT Teachers, and Rep. Raoul...
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,...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin ‘Benhur’ Abalos Jr. clarified on Tuesday, Aug. 23, that the department’s main task is to provide logistic support to the Department of the Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in the education cash aid distribution. In...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has allocated funds for the rehabilitation, occupational therapy and livelihood to employees with work-related disabilities. Under DOLE’s Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC), any person or employee who was diagnosed with work-related sickness...
As a solo parent herself, Vice President Leni Robredo plans to provide cash assistance to solo parents who are minimum wage earners to help in raising their children. Vice President Leni Robredo poses for a photo with supporters in Nasugbu, Batangas during a mini rally on Saturday, April 30. (Photo...
President Duterte said he already ordered the Department of Finance (DOF) to increase the amount of monthly subsidy for poor families from P200 to P500 per household in lieu of suspending excise tax amid rising oil prices. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) During his speech in...