Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Monday said senators are poised to scrutinize the programs and projects of at least four government agencies in the upcoming debates on the proposed 2022 national budget. Sotto identified the agencies as the Departments of Health (DOH), Public Works and...
More than one million individuals and families affected by the imposition of localized lockdowns in Visayas and Mindanao are expected to receive “special” cash assistance from the government, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) announced on Monday, July 26. Department of...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the local government units (LGus) have so far provided more than P3.87-million worth of relief assistance to the families affected by flooding caused by monsoon rains and enhanced by typhoon “Fabian”. (DSWD-DROMIC Facebook page) The...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-National Capital Region (NCR) reported Sunday, July 25, that more than 4,894 families or more than 20,000 individuals have been affected by monsoon rains that caused flooding in many areas in Metro Manila. The flood at Zapote Alabang Road on...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has vowed to “constantly develop and re-engineer” its current mechanisms in providing social protection services to Filipinos, especially the vulnerable and poor sectors. (Photo from DSWD) DSWD Secretary Rolando Joselito D. Bautista made...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said Saturday, July 23, that more than 4,500 families or more than 19,400 individuals displaced by typhoon “Fabian" are currently taking temporary shelter in evacuation centers. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Citing the report of its Disaster...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has already provided more than P1 million worth of relief assistance to flood victims in Oriental Mindoro. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The DSWD reported this on Saturday, July 24, as it expressed readiness to augment the resources of the...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) vowed Saturday, July 24, that more relief assistance will be extended to families living in areas affected by the imposition of enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Visayas and Mindanao. DSWD Field Office VI distributes family food packs to...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz Many migrant Filipino workers and Filipino immigrants are familiar with pandemic-related aid. I’m not talking about paltry sums of Social Amelioration Program (SAP). I’m talking about adequate aid. The US government sent $2,000 checks to Americans. That’s on top of social...
State-owned Social Security System (SSS) said its educational loans increased by more than half in the first semester of the year due to additional expenses incurred by students for flexible learning amid the pandemic. In a statement on Friday, July 23, Aurora C. Ignacio, SSS president and chief...
World Bank’s investment-arm International Finance Corp. (IFC) is investing in Union Bank of the Philippines’ “social bond” that aims to finance loans to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). In a statement, Alfonso Garcia Mora, IFC Asia and Pacific vice president, said Friday,...
As typhoon “Fabian” brought monsoon rains that caused flooding in Metro Manila, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reported Thursday, July 22, that it has standby funds and available stockpiles amounting to more than P1.72 billion. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The...
