June 30, 2025
“There are two kings in the DSWD: data and the social worker. You mix them together, you get the perfect targeting tool and the perfect intervention.” This was emphasized by Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian in a no-holds-barred interview last June 19 over the program ‘Long Take’ with Ces Drilon. Secretary Gatchalian said the Department values both statistics and the sentiments of the public in the conceptualization, implementation, and in the evaluation of the agency’s programs and services. This is in response to the misconception that the DSWD disregards self-rated polls, preferring the surveys conducted […]