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The P4.12-billion budget of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for direct food purchase for its feeding programs will help Filipino farmers and fisherfolk and help combat hunger, said vice-presidential aspirant Senator Kiko Pangilinan. “Ako ay lubos na natutuwa na ang DSWD ay naglaan ng budget para sa direktang pagbili ng mga produktong […]
Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda wants more funding for the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for 2022 to support its Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) which empowers the country’s vulnerable and marginalized communities. Legarda said DSWD’s budget for SLP should be increased to ensure that poor Filipino households, especially those transitioning under the Pantawid Pamilyang […]
A House of Representatives’ panel adopted a resolution urging the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to release the monthly social pension of senior citizens every three months instead of the current schedule of every six months. The Special Committee on Senior Citizens, chaired by Senior Citizens Party-list Rep. Rodolfo Ordanes, adopted House Resolution […]
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has named the city government of Mabalacat in Pampanga as a model local government unit (LGU) in the implementation of day care services. Mabalacat bested other cities and municipalities in the country after being adjudged as the national winner of the Gawad Paglilingkod sa Sambayanan (GAPAS) award. […]
Senator Grace Poe said thousands of abandoned children could find new families with secure yet less stringent domestic adoption process in place. In the sponsorship speech of her measure, Senate Bill No. 1070 or the Domestic Administrative Adoption bill, Poe said it’s high time to do away with the judicial phase of the adoption process, […]
A woman who recently turned 100 years old received a total of P200,000 in cash assistance from the local government of Tacurong City and the Department of Social welfare and Development (DSWD).Tacurong Mayor Angelo Montilla personally handed over a P100,000 cash gift to Soledad Nono Libo-on during ceremonies honoring the centenarian at the city gymnasium. […]
Deputy Speaker LRay Villafuerte wants the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to check whether its financial service providers (FSPs) are overcharging beneficiaries of the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) amid complaints reaching the Camarines Sur solon that certain “abusive” FSPs have been exacting exorbitant convenience fees from the cash payouts of SAP grantee-households. During last week’s […]
Nine House leaders led by Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano have flagged four kinks in the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)’s implementation of the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) that were believed responsible for the inordinate delay in the release of emergency cash to the targeted 18 million household-beneficiaries of the country’s biggest social protection […]
Farmers, workers, and drivers are among the latest beneficiaries to receive financial assistance from the government as part of efforts to cushion the impact of the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) in Luzon. “Tinututukan pa rin po ng pamahalaan ang pagbigay ng tulong pinansyal sa mga manggagawa, magsasaka, at mga pamilyang nangangailangan,” said Inter-Agency Task Force […]
House Tourism Committee Chair Rep. Sol Aragones urged the government to expedite the roll-out of the National ID system, saying on Tuesday that its implementation would allow government to rapidly and efficiently distribute financial aid to its most vulnerable citizens. Aragones, one of the principal authors of the Republic Act No. 11055, or the Philippine […]