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DELA ROSA: LET DSWD DISTRIBUTE AKAP AYUDA

Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa has expressed the importance of giving the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) sole discretion to distribute AKAP (Ayuda sa Kapos ang Kita Program) and other social aid programs of the government. While he explained that he is not opposed to the distribution of aid to the poorest of […]

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DEPED, DSWD RENEW ‘TARA, BASA!’ PARTNERSHIP

To support learners’ literacy development, the Department of Education (DepEd) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) have renewed their partnership on implementing the Tara, Basa! Tutoring Program (TBTP). DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara and DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian signed the memorandum of agreement (MOA) on at the DepEd Central Office in Pasig City. […]

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CAYETANO TO GOV’T: GIVE ORPHANS CASH AID

Senator Alan Peter Cayetano urged the administration to provide conditional cash support for orphans, citing the state’s constitutional duty to act as a second parent to abandoned children. Cayetano made the call during the Senate plenary debate on the proposed budget for the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for next year. “If we’re […]

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DA TO BOC: GIVE SEIZED P178M MACKEREL TO DSWD

Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel, Jr. formally requested the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to release 580 metric tons of seized frozen mackerel to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). The shipment, confiscated for lacking an import permit, is intended to aid relief operations and bolster food security efforts. “BFAR Laboratory tests confirmed that […]

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EL NIÑO-HIT BULACAN COMMUNITIES GET DSWD AID

To address the effects of El Niño phenomenon to impoverished and vulnerable sectors in the community, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and Municipal Government of Doña Remedios Trinidad (DRT) and Ceremonial Launching of Project Local Adaptation to Water Access (LAWA) at Breaking Insufficiency through Nutritious […]

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5,500 SARANGANI EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS GET CASH AID

Governor Rogelio Pacquiao, together with Department of Social Welfare and Development XII Regional Director Loreto Jr Cabaya, led the turnover of Emergency Cash Assistance to families who were affected by the 6.8 magnitude earthquake in Sarangani.More than 5,000 families with partially damaged and totally damaged houses from the municipalities of Alabel, Malapatan, and Glan benefitted […]

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761,140 FAMILIES TO GET RETROACTIVE 4Ps CASH AID

The 23-member minority bloc in the House of Representatives has lauded the decision of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to renew the payout of cash aid to 761,140 “reassessed” households under the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), including their withheld subsidies from January to September. “We are grateful to DSWD Secretary Rex […]

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DSWD TO CONTINUE BALIK PROBINSYA PROGRAM

Senator Bong Go expressed his support for the continuation and expansion of the Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-Asa (BP2) program.  Go reminded the Department of Social Welfare and Development during the Senate plenary deliberations for their proposed 2024 budget to ensure that BP2 beneficiaries receive all the support and assistance due to them in accordance with […]

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LEE TO DSWD: GIVE UNFAIRLY DELISTED 4PS CASH AID

AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee urged the immediate distribution of the cash grants for compliant Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries that were put on hold since last year by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) due to their questionable delisting process. During the plenary deliberation of the 2024 proposed budget of […]

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BONG GO TO DSWD: SUPPORT BALIK PROBINSYA PROGRAM

During a public hearing on the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) budget, Senator Bong Go expressed his strong support for the department’s financial allocation and took the opportunity to seek crucial updates on two major welfare programs: the Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-asa (BP2) program and the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). Go acknowledged […]