The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will work with the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) in ensuring sufficient funding for its social protection programs in Sulu in the wake of the Supreme Court’s (SC) ruling that excludes the province from the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian made this assurance on Monday (September 16) before the Senate Committee on Finance which was deliberating the agency’s proposed 2025 budget. The committee is chaired by Senator Imee Marcos. “We took cognizance of the Supreme Court ruling carving out Sulu from the BARMM area…what we […]

Personnel of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office 5-Bicol Region assist 241 families from six barangays in Jovellar, Albay who were preemptively evacuated due to heavy rainfall caused by Severe Tropical Ferdie and the southwest monsoon or habagat. More than Php300,000 in relief aid and modular tents were provided to the evacuees from Barangays Aurosa, Mercado, Mabini, Bagacacy, Magsaysay, and White Deer. The DSWD Bicol Field Office will continue coordinating with the local government unit (LGU) of Jovellar to determine other interventions that the evacuees may need while at the temporary shelter and when they return […]

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office (FO) 12 – Soccsksargen conducted a validation and assessment operations on Sunday (September 15) across flooded areas in the province of Maguindanao del Norte due to the heavy rainfall caused by the southwest monsoon and Tropical Storm “Ferdie.” The operation, facilitated by the FO’s Disaster Risk and Management Division (DRMD) was closely followed by the distribution of family food packs to identified families and communities affected by the weather disturbance. The FO 12 is actively coordinating with concerned local government units (LGUs) to provide more relief assistance to communities impacted […]

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office (FO) – National Capital Region (NCR), through its Disaster Response and Management Division (DRMD), on Sunday (September 15) conducted a Rapid Damage Assessment and Needs Analysis (RDANA) to the ground zero of the fire that recently engulfed a residential area in Barangay 105 in Tondo, Manila. Based on the assessment, some 1,737 families were affected by the September 14 fire and are now staying in evacuation centers set up in Barangay 105, Barangay 106 and the San Vicente Lim Elementary School. As a part of its disaster response efforts, the […]

Personnel of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office (FO) 6 – Western Visayas on Sunday (September 15) visited evacuation sites in Bago City and La Carlota City in Negros Occidental to monitor the status of displaced families affected by the southwest monsoon and Tropical Storm ”Ferdie.” To ensure the needs of the evacuees, the DSWD Western Visayas is closely coordinating with the local government unit (LGU) of Negros Occidental to assess and provide necessary support.

As one of the participating agencies in the government services caravan, “Handog ng Pangulo: Serbisyong Sapat Para sa Lahat,” the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), led by Secretary Rex Gatchalian, held simultaneous payout of financial assistance in almost 300 districts across the country on Friday (September 13). The DSWD chief, who personally presided over the Bataan leg of the caravan in Balanga City, said the agency has allotted over Php1.4 billion in aid to low income, minimum wage workers across the country. “Kami sa DSWD, naatasan naman tayo ng magbigay ng ating departamento ng ayuda o tulong pinansiyal […]

Officials and staff of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) met and briefed on  Tuesday (September 10) Senator Joel Villanueva on the agency’s climate change mitigation and adaptation program, the Project LAWA (Local Adaptation to Water Access) and BINHI (Breaking Insufficiency through Nutritious Harvest for the Impoverished). “Project LAWA and BINHI is a cash-for-training and -work program of the Department that aims to strengthen the adaptive capacities of poor, vulnerable, and disadvantaged families and communities to manage socio-environmental and disaster-related risks,” DSWD Special Assistant to the Secretary (SAS) Maria Isabel Lanada explained in the meeting. The meeting highlighted […]

As a part of the presidential caravan, “Handog ng Pangulo: Serbisyong Sapat Para sa Lahat,” Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian leads on Friday (September 13) the payout of Ayuda Para Sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP) at the Bataan’s People Center in Balanga City. Secretary Gatchalian, joined by Bataan 2nd District Rep. Jose Enrique Garcia III; Pusong Pinoy Partylist Representative Jett Nisay; and Orion Mayor Antonio Raymundo Jr. and DSWD Field Office (FO) 3 – Central Luzon Regional Director Venus Rebuldela, oversaw the distribution of Php5,000 cash assistance to some 1,829 AKAP beneficiaries in the […]

Officials of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) led by Secretary Rex Gatchalian met with executives of the Mercury Drugs Corporation to help more Filipinos in crisis situation to purchase medicines from the latter’s selected branches through agency-issued guarantee letters (GLs). A Guarantee Letter is a document issued by the DSWD in favor of the beneficiary addressed to service providers that guarantees the payment of the service on behalf of the client, including medicine. During the Thursday (September 12) meeting held at the Mercury Drugs Corporation head office in Quezon City, Secretary Gatchalian thanked Mercury Drug Corporation President […]