The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said the government is assessing whether another round of fuel assistance will be needed for the transport sector after more than 1.6 million public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers and transport workers nationwide received cash aid. As of June...
Authorities busted an online exploitation ring during an entrapment operation at a Novaliches resort in Quezon City, arresting two 14-year-old girls and rescuing 11 minors and a 19-year-old. The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)-Special Action Unit (SAU) said the operation stemmed from a...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is planning to expand its network of residential care facilities as increasing demand for services places pressure on existing centers nationwide. Currently, 77 center and residential care facilities (CRCFs) cater to children in conflict with...
BACOLOD CITY – More than 2,500 transportation network vehicle service (TNVS) and delivery service company drivers in Bacolod City and neighboring local government units started receiving P5,000 cash relief assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development-Negros Island Region...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said its cash assistance program for public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers has reached about 1.6 million beneficiaries nationwide, with nearly ₱8 billion already released as it completes final payouts scheduled across Metro Manila and nearby...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (Department of Social Welfare and Development) has provided initial relief assistance to families affected by the collapse of an under-construction building in Barangay Balibago, Angeles City, Pampanga on Sunday, May 24. A total of 34 affected...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) must overhaul its aid distribution system following heartbreaking reports of beneficiaries dying while waiting in line for "ayuda" or government assistance. Thus, said Senior Citizens Party-list Rep. Rodolfo “Ompong” Ordanes, senior vice...
Electricity subsidies remain necessary to help vulnerable households and remote communities access power, but the Philippine government needs to improve targeting mechanisms to reduce leakages and ensure long-term sustainability, according to experts at a recent webinar organized by state-run...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reiterated that its Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) program is not exclusively for the poor, saying middle-class Filipinos struggling with emergencies and unexpected financial burdens may also seek government assistance....
The Philippine government has asked the World Bank to restructure and partially cancel over $2.34 million in unused proceeds from a Duterte-era loan supporting the country’s flagship Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), even as the Washington-based multilateral lender cited the project’s...
Cash assistance distribution for public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers nationwide is continuing under the government’s ongoing support program for the transport sector, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said on Tuesday, May 19. “Ang atin pong nabigyan na ng tulong ay nasa...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development 's (DSWD) Pag-abot Program has provided initial intervention to the elderly man in Cebu City who recently went viral after being arrested for playing his harmonica on the streets to buy food for his hungry grandchild. The DSWD Field...