Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian and United Nations World Food Programme (UN-WFP) Country Director Regis Chapman sign the transfer of property formally handing over the ownership of a mobile kitchen unit to the DSWD. During a simple ceremony on Tuesday (April 22) at the DSWD’s Disaster Response Command Center (DRCC), Secretary Gatchalian expressed his gratitude to the UN WFP for their generous donation. The new mobile kitchen will be immediately sent to the DSWD Field Office 5-Bicol Region to help in their disaster response operations. Other officials present in the turnover ceremony were Undersecretary Diana […]

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)Secretary Rex Gatchalian meets with a team from the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) led by Focal Commissioner for Children and Older Persons Beda Angeles Epres on Monday (April 21) to explore areas of collaboration on promoting the rights of the two sectors. Secretary Gatchalian was joined by Undersecretary Adonis Sulit of the DSWD’s Policy and Plans Group (PPG) in the meeting with CHR officials held at Central Office in Quezon City. Commissioner Epres was joined by Executive Assistant Graciela Ann Awkit-Dhami, OIC-Director Jerrick Gerard Go, OIC-Chief Rezalyn Ylagan, OIC-Chief Ma. Victoria Diaz, and […]

Some 3,000 beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) join the ‘Trabaho sa Bagong Pilipinas’ job fair in San Fernando City, Pampanga on Monday (April 21). The job fair was organized by the DSWD, in partnership with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and other key government agencies, to help 4Ps beneficiaries obtain employment opportunities and other services necessary for pre-employment processing. Present to oversee the activity were DSWD Undersecretary Vilma Cabrera of the DSWD’s Conditional Cash Transfer Group (CCTG); Assistant Secretary Marites Maristela of the CCTG; Assistant Secretary for Community Engagement Ulysses Hermogenes Aguilar; Director Gemma Gabuya […]