Following the recent enactment of the anti-child marriage law in the Philippines, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) expressed gratitude to President Rodrigo Duterte, saying that the act of prohibiting child marriage in the country is another leap in ensuring that all children...
The proposed Domestic Administrative Adoption and Alternative Child Care Act is now a law after President Duterte signed Republic Act (RA) No.11642 last Jan. 6, 2022. (Charlein Gracia/ Unsplash) The full title of the new law reads, "An Act strengthening alternative child care by providing for an...
DSWD The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has assured the continuous provision of assistance to families and individuals affected by the stricter quarantine measures in Metro Manila and nearby provinces. As part of its mandate to augment resources, the DSWD continues to provide...
Kitchen kits (DSWD) As part of its continuing disaster relief operations, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has started distributing kitchen kits to internally displaced persons in areas affected by typhoon Odette (Rai). Each kitchen kit containing five sets of spoon and fork,...
As the government intensified its disaster relief operations in areas affected by typhoon Odette, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has reported that it has available stockpiles and standby funds amounting to more than P891 million. (DSWD Caraga Facebook page) Based on the...
More than 196,000 individuals or over 50,700 families affected by typhoon Odette remained in evacuation centers, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has disclosed. (DSWD-DROMIC) The DSWD’s Disaster Response Operations Monitoring and Information Center (DROMIC) said as of Jan....
The delivery of rolls of laminated sacks to the provinces in Visayas and Mindanao affected by typhoon Odette continues, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) assured the public Thursday, Jan. 6, even as it renewed its commitment to provide shelter materials to the displaced...
Employees of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) who were affected by the onslaught of typhoon Odette will not be left in the cold, as the government intensified its disaster response operations. DSWD Secretary Rolando Joselito Bautista (DSWD) DSWD Secretary Rolando Joselito...
More than P374.5-million worth of humanitarian assistance has been extended to the areas affected by typhoon Odette, the Department of Social Welfare and Development has disclosed. Food packs (DSWD Facebook page) As of 6 p.m., Jan. 5, the assistance given to the victims of “Odette” in 10...
Each family affected by typhoon "Odette" will receive a maximum amount of P5,000 from the national government as form of "ayuda" (assistance), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said. Año said the intended beneficiaries are low income families and those...
President Duterte on Tuesday, Jan. 4, blamed vice presidential candidate Senator Kiko Pangilinan for the heightened criminality in the country because of a particular law the latter authored. Senator Francis Pangilinan and President Rodrigo Duterte (Senate/Malacañang photos) According to Duterte,...
Over P300-million worth of humanitarian assistance has so far been provided by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and partner local government units (LGUs) to “Odette''-hit families in the country. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) In its latest report issued on Monday, Jan. 3,...
