Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Wednesday (October 23) affirmed that the agency is working double time to address the immediate needs of stranded passengers during disasters including those stranded due to Tropical Storm (TS) Kristine. Secretary Gatchalian said the ready-to-eat food (RTEF) will also be prepositioned in the DSWD’s regional offices so that the RTEF can also be distributed to families and individuals affected by fire incidents and other emergencies. “Right now we augment the hot meals pero we’re about to come up with DOST (Department of Science and Technology) ready to eat food […]

Ten trucks loaded with 16,800 family food packs (FFPs) were dispatched on Wednesday (October 23) from the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Visayas Disaster Resource Center (VDRC) in Cebu to deliver the relief supplies to the agency’s Field Office in Legazpi City in Albay province. The latest delivery is part of the DSWD’s ongoing efforts to strengthen relief operations in the Bicol region, ensuring that adequate resources are available for families affected by Severe Tropical Storm#KristinePH. The DSWD remains on high alert and continues to coordinate with other regional offices of the agency for the timely dispatch of […]

As part of its efforts to digitalize its programs and services, the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Field Office 3-Central Luzon conducted a hybrid-digital payout under the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) program in Sta. Rosa, Nueva Ecija on Tuesday (October 22). “The implementation of the hybrid digital payout system for the AICS will ensure secure, efficient, and faster provision of financial assistance to individuals experiencing crisis situations,” Asst. Secretary Irene Dumlao, who is also the DSWD spokesperson, said. Some 800 beneficiaries received Php2,000 each to help finance their medical, burial, and other financial needs. The […]

The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) holds a virtual meeting with regional directors from the agency’s Field Offices (FOs) to tackle the agency’s on-going response and future actions relative to the Tropical Depression (TD) “Kristine.” Led by DMRG Undersecretary Diana Cajipe, Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao, and Special Assistant to the Secretary (SAS) Leo Quintilla, the online meeting was called to ensure that the FOs are on alert for disaster response and has sufficient resources to mitigate the possible effects of TD Khristine, even more as it is projected to develop into a Super […]

Personnel of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Field Office (FO) 4-A – CALABARZON reach out on Tuesday (October 22) to the evacuees of a fire incident that engulfed a residential compound in Barangay Panapaan 4 in Bacoor, Cavite Monday night. A total of 138 families or 700 individuals have been reportedly affected, whose houses were destroyed by the fire. Most of them are currently taking temporary shelter in nearby evacuation centers in Barangay Panapaan 5 and Barangay Dulong Bayan. With the on-going validation and assessment, the FO CALABARZON is coordinating with the local government unit (LGU) of […]

A senior official of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) emphasized the need for a robust investment in anticipatory action as well as science and technology for disaster risk reduction. Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao made this statement during one of the panel discussions at the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (APMCDRR) held at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Pasay City last October 16. “Investments in anticipatory action in the Philippines have been considered using the social protection system. Recognizing anticipatory action as crucial for providing protection and mitigation, the […]

The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Field Offices (FOs) are in close coordination with all local government units (LGUs) that are along the track of Tropical Depression Kristine, an agency official said on Tuesday (October 22). “Yesterday , the DSWD’s Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) convened an online meeting with regional directors to update us on their preparations for TD Kristine. They assured us that they are consistently in touch with our LGU counterparts and that all disaster preparedness measures and activities are in place,” DRMG Asst. Secretary Irene Dumlao, who is also the DSWD spokesperson, said. Special […]

In its continuing efforts to streamline the process of beneficiary verification and authentication, the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Information and Communications Technology Management Service (ICTMS), launched the dxCLOUD or the Digital Exchange – Client’s Link of Unified Data. “The dx-CLOUD is designed to make managing beneficiary information simpler and more accurate. It is not a traditional database, instead, it is a tool that brings together or integrates data from various databases of DSWD programs into one reliable source,” ICTMS Director Christian Joseph Regunay said on Tuesday (October 22). Through this data integration mechanism, the DSWD program implementers […]

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian has instructed the agency’s Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) to be on alert status and ready to provide assistance and resource augmentation to all local government units (LGUs) along the track of Tropical Depression (TD) Kristine. “We have to make sure Field Offices  1 and 2 and CAR’s stockpiles are in full strength,” Secretary Gatchalian told the DRMG group on Sunday (October 20), emphasizing that TD Kristine has the same track as Super Typhoon Carina that severely battered Northern Luzon in July. Secretary Gatchalian also ordered the National Resource Operations […]