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...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reported Thursday, July 22, that over 1,000 families affected by Taal Volcano’s unrest remained in evacuation centers. Residents in Laurel, Batangas take temporary shelter at Barangay Ticub Elementary School on July 1, 2021 after a...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said Thursday, July 22, it has already put in place operational innovations to improve the delivery of its programs and services. Second tranche distribution of Social Amelioration Program (SAP) aid (Photo from DSWD) The implementation of the...
The Civil Service Commission (CSC) is offering Gender, Diversity, and Social Inclusion course for government executives, and human resource management (HRM) officers next month. (Civil Service Facebook page) In a Facebook post, the CSC announced that the course will be conducted virtually and will...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Monday, July 19, asked its employees to be "extra vigilant" and not to fall prey to scammers posing as agency officials. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The DSWD issued the stern warning after one of its employees in Agusan del Sur reported to...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said Monday, July 19, that it is set to conduct information caravans on government’s programs and services that can be accessed by urban poor communities. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The DSWD bared its participation in the Presidential...
Those residents living in areas in Visayas and Mindanao that have been placed under lockdown can count on the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The DSWD said Monday, July 19, that it “is ready” to augment the resources of the local government...
The Department of Education (DepEd) earned praise from civil society groups for establishing a Child Protection Unit as the country faces the challenges brought by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Social Watch Philippines (SWP), a hundred-strong network of civil society groups...
