The new chairperson of the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP) Meynardo Sabili pays a courtesy visit to Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Tuesday (September 25) at the DSWD Central Office in Quezon City. During the meeting, the PCUP chair, a former Lipa City mayor, enjoyed an afternoon banter with Secretary Gatchalian, himself a three-term mayor of Valenzuela City and a former colleague in the League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP). The PCUP is a supervised agency of the DSWD. It serves as a direct link of the urban poor to the […]

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) officials led by Secretary Rex Gatchalian meet with Director-General Jose Francisco Benitez of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) to discuss the possibility of giving preferential treatment for the senior high school graduates among the children-beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) for admission to TESDA. During the Monday (September 23) meeting, Secretary Gatchalian asked the TESDA chief to prioritize 4Ps senior high school graduates for skills training opportunities to enable them build a brighter future. Undersecretary for 4Ps Vilma Cabrera, together with Asst. Secretary Maritess Maristela of the National […]

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Monday (September 23) inspects the progress of the ongoing renovation of the Social Welfare and Development Center for Asia and the Pacific (SWADCAP), which is now called the DSWD Academy. Secretary Gatchalian was accompanied in the inspection by Undersecretary for Standards and Capacity Building Group (SCBG) Denise Florence Bernos-Bragas, Asst. Secretary for SCBG Janet Armas, and Asst. Secretary for Community Engagement Ulysses Hermogenes Casimiro Aguilar. Under the leadership of Secretary Gatchalian, the SWADCAP was rebranded as the DSWD Academy, which aims to provide globally competitive learning opportunities for professional […]

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) continues to conduct cash-for-work (CFW) payout for the beneficiaries of Tara, Basa! Tutoring program, the agency’s reformatted educational assistance. Personnel of the agency were in Valenzuela on Monday (September 23) to distribute cash aid to 500 college students from the Valenzuela City Polytechnic College and the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Valenzuela, who served as tutors and youth development workers (YDWs). The DSWD-trained tutors and YDWs conducted reading sessions for struggling or non-reader elementary students and Nanay-Tatay teacher sessions for parents and guardians of the student-beneficiaries, respectively. #

More than 3,000 college students from the National Capital Region (NCR) have received financial aid from the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Tara, Basa! Tutoring Program as of Monday (September 23). “These college students rendered work as tutors and youth development workers (YDWs). They conducted reading sessions to struggling or non-reader elementary students and Nanay-Tatay teacher sessions to parents and guardians of the elementary beneficiaries, respectively,” DSWD Asst. Secretary Irene Dumlao, who is also the agency spokesperson, said. In Monday’s cash payout at the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Valenzuela (PLV), a total of 500 college students received their […]

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)Undersecretary for Policy and Plans Group Adonis Sulit, who is also the Alternate Chairperson of the National Committee on the Filipino Family (NCFF), greets on Monday (September 23) agency personnel for the official start of the National Family Week celebration at the Department’s flag raising ceremony. The nation observes the 32nd National Family Week on September 23 to 27 pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No. 60 issued on September 28, 1992, which declared the 4th week of September every year as Family Week. The event aims to promote and strengthen family unity and relationship through […]

“As we celebrate National Family Week, let us take a moment to recognize the vital role families play in our society. Families are the foundation of our communities, nurturing values, culture, and resilience.” This is the main message of Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Undersecretary for Policy and Plans Group Adonis Sulit, who is also the Alternate Chairperson of the National Committee on the Filipino Family (NCFF), as he greeted Filipino families on behalf of DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian on the eve of Family Week. The nation is set to observe the 32nd National Family Week on September […]

Some 1,495 disaster-affected families from Bacoor City, Cavite receive their emergency cash transfer (ECT) assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) during a payout activity at the University of Perpetual Help System DALTA-Molino Campus on Friday (September 20). DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian and Bacoor City Mayor Strike Revilla supervised the distribution of the cash aid. Joining the DSWD chief in the payout were Undersecretary for Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) Diana Rose Cajipe, Field Office CALABARZON Director Barry Chua, and Assistant Regional Director for Operations Mylah Gatchalian. The ECT is a DSWD program that provides additional assistance […]

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian was in the City of Bacoor in Cavite on Friday (September 20) to oversee the distribution of the emergency cash transfer (ECT) assistance to families displaced by Super Typhoon Carina and the recent fire incident in Barangay Zapote 3. “Kaya nga ako nandito dahil pinapunta ako ng ating mahal na Pangulong Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. Kasi nung malaman nya na sunud-sunod yung sunog dito sa Bacoor, sabi nya tawagan mo si Mayor Strike at gusto kong malaman ng mga taga-Bacoor na ang pamahalaang nasyunal…walang maliit na trahedya, walang malaking trahedya, […]