Erwin Tulfo may not get confirmed by the powerful bicameral Commission on Appointments (CA) as Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) secretary before it adjourns for the Christmas break. "Now, honestly I don’t think he will be confirmed before we adjourn,’’ Senator Jose...
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....
Days after the powerful Commission on Appointments (CA) grilled Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Erwin Tulfo over his American citizenship and a libel conviction, Benguet Lone District Rep. Eric Yap on Sunday, Nov. 27, lauded him as an “asset” to the Marcos...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III said he sees no reason for the Commission on Appointments (CA) to deny the confirmation of Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Erwin Tulfo despite questions regarding his supposed US citizenship and pending libel...
The social welfare committee of the powerful bicameral Commission on Appointments (CA) deferred on Tuesday, November 22, the public hearings on the fitness of Erwin Teshiba Tulfo to become the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) secretary because of citizenship issues and his libel...
Two officials of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) were temporarily relieved and transferred to another office after the department received complaints from Noveleta, Cavite Mayor Dino Reyes Chua. Mayor Chua, as disclosed by DSWD Secretary Erwin Tulfo in a press briefing on...
The distribution of cash assistance for tropical storm Paeng victims may start on Oct. 31 or Nov. 1, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Erwin Tulfo advised. RTVM Briefing on the Effects of Tropical Storm "Paeng" (Facebook live screenshot) "Ibibigay po namin yan siguro...
A total of 1,512,200,382.42 cash assistance is on standby and ready to be used for severe tropical storm Paeng relief operations nationwide, said Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Erwin Tulfo at a council meeting with President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on...
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Erwin Tulfo canceled the vacation leaves and long weekend plans of the agency's regional directors and staff to focus on tropical storm Paeng relief operations. Department of Social Welfare and Development's Coordination Meeting on...
BANGUED, Abra – The Department of Social Welfare and Development said Thursday, Oct. 27, that 22,066 families or 72,807 individuals have been affected by the magnitude-6.4 earthquake from 129 barangays in 13 municipalities in this province. SOCIAL Welfare and Development Secretary Erwin...
(MANNY LLANES / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE) The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will work with local government units (LGUs) to rescue children and indigenous peoples (IPs) roaming the streets to beg for food or money, especially during the days leading up to the Christmas holidays....
The Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of the Republic Act No. 11861 or the Expanded Solo Parents Welfare Act were formally signed on Thursday, Sept. 29. This photo taken on February 24, 2022 shows a woman pushing a child in a pushchair along a street on the Bund in Shanghai. A 2019 report by...
