Over 3.2 million indigent senior citizens have received their social pension, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE) DSWD Secretary Rolando Joselito D. Bautista said the number of beneficiaries of the agency’s Social Pension (SocPen) Program increased...
The Paranaque City government has started the distribution of birthday and Christmas gifts to about of 65,000 senior citizens from the city's 16 barangays on Tuesday, Nov. 16. Mar Jimenez, Public Information Office chief, said senior citizens aged 60 to 70 years old will receive P1,000 cash as a...
Congressional aspirant (2nd District, Caloocan) and PANDAYAN Kalookan's Jacob Cabochan announced on Wednesday, Nov. 17, that Caloocan City residents who were wait-listed for the second tranche of the Department of Social Welfare and Development's (DSWD) Social Amelioration Program (SAP) will now be...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said Monday, Nov. 15, it will officially roll out the “Social Work Case Management Guide for Insurgent Returnees” next month. DSWD (Screengrab from DSWD website) The DSWD said in preparation for the rollout, training will be conducted for...
The Social Security System (SSS) settled a total of 7,158 online funeral claim applications from January to June 2021, amounting to P166.31 million, higher by 313.7 percent from the second semester of 2020. SSS In a statement released Monday, Nov. 15, SSS President and Chief Executive Officer...
Are Vice Ganda and Billy Crawford at odds? This is the question of many with some netizens insinuating that the two are no longer following each other's Instagram accounts. Recall that early this year when news about Vice allegedly throwing shade at Billy surfaced, after the latter left ABS-CBN and...
State-run Social Security System (SSS) said that funeral claims increased more than threefold in the first semester of the year driven by various online service facilities introduced by the pension fund. In a statement, Aurora C. Ignacio, SSS president and chief executive officer said the company...
Enchong Dee is in hot water. Congresswoman Claudine Diana Bautista-Lim, party-list representative of Drivers United for Mass Progress and Equal Rights or DUMPER, has filed a cyber libel case at the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor in Davao Occidental against him. This was allegedly due to...
Just like other celebrities, young star Belle Mariano has her fair share of bashers on social media. Though at 19, she already knows how to handle naysayers. During her recent live stream, where she sang several popular hits like "12:51," "I Knew You Were Trouble," and "Maybe This Time," several...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) conducted a “Knowledge Fair” for the local social welfare and development officers (LSWDOs) in preparation for the devolution of DSWD programs and services starting next year. The Department of Social Welfare and Development's Social...
The social pension of indigent senior citizens will not be released every three months, instead of the current schedule of every six months starting in 2022, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) announced Tuesday, Nov. 9. (DSWD / MANILA BULLETIN) Pursuant to the DSWD Memorandum...
The increase in members' monthly contribution is set to take place in 2025, Social Security System President Aurora Ignacio announced Tuesday, Nov. 9. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) "Ang susunod nating pagtaas ng contribution na nakasaad sa batas ay sa taong 2025. Di tayo basta-basta makakagawa ng...
