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March 14, 2025
March 14, 2025

DSWD, IOM to work toward stronger disaster response

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian and International Organization for Migration (IOM) Chief of Mission for the Philippines Tristan Ashely Burnett sign on Monday (March 14) a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for enhanced disaster preparedness and response. The signing of the MOU, held at the DSWD’s National Resources Operations Center (NROC) in Pasay City, is an affirmation of the Department’s years of partnership with the IOM on disaster preparedness and response initiatives, especially on camp coordination and camp management (CCCM), protection of internally displaced persons (IDP), and capacity building. Also present in the activity were IOM […]
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March 14, 2025
March 14, 2025

DSWD chief welcomes DFAT, WFP execs to agency’s national warehouse facility

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian tours the executives of the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and the World Food Programme (WFP) around the agency’s National Resource Operations Center (NROC) in Pasay City on Friday (March 14). The tour showcased the warehouse management of the Department and it also highlighted the DSWD-DFAT-WFP partnership in enhancing the Philippines’ humanitarian supply chain and emergency management capacity. Leading the DFAT officials during the tour were Multilateral and Europe Group Deputy Secretary for Development Jamie Isbister and Australian Ambassador to the Philippines HK Yu. The WFP […]
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March 14, 2025
March 14, 2025

Exemplar employees, loyalty awardees give acceptance speeches at DSWD Central Office PRAISE awards

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Program on Awards and Incentives for Service Excellence (PRAISE) and Loyalty Awardees expressed their gratitude to their co-workers and mentors during the Central Office recognition rites on Thursday (March 13) at the Landbank’s Diosdado Macapagal Hall in Malate, Manila. Division Chief Cynthia Lagasca of the Policy Development and Planning Bureau (PDPB), the 40-year Loyalty Awardee of the Department shared how she was able to overcome challenges as one of the “rose from the ranks” personnel of the agency. Director Karina Antonette Agudo of the Administrative Service, on the other hand, received the Best […]
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March 13, 2025
March 13, 2025

DSWD Central Office exemplars, loyal employees honored in PRAISE Awards

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Central Office honored its dedicated officials and staff for their 10 to 40 years of loyal service, along with outstanding employees, during the Program on Awards and Incentives for Service Excellence (PRAISE) and Loyalty Awards held on Thursday (March 13) at the Landbank’s Diosdado Macapagal Hall in Malate, Manila. In the message of Secretary Rex Gatchalian, which was delivered by Undersecretary Vilma Cabrera, the PRAISE Central Office Committee Chairperson, the agency chief thanked the awardees for their notable contributions to the Department. \”In over seven decades of service, the DSWD is often […]
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March 13, 2025
March 13, 2025

DSWD receives overwhelming response to new online portal for travel clearance for minors

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has already processed 1,773 applications for travel permit for minors via the online Minors Travelling Abroad (MTA) permit system since it was launched last February 18. Assistant Secretary Ada Colico of the agency’s Protective Programs told reporters at the DSWD Thursday Media Forum on March 13 that the Department receives around 127 online applications a day and agency personnel are being complemented based on the demands of the public. “Yung original, nasa around 26 kami, but now we are adding up to 70 sa staff complement. Kasi we never anticipated na magiging […]
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March 13, 2025
March 13, 2025

DSWD Employees Participate in 1st Quarter Nationwide Simultaneous Earthquake Drill (NSED) 2025

Employees of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) take part in the 1st Quarter Nationwide Simultaneous Earthquake Drill (NSED) 2025 held on Thursday (March 13). The employees practiced the \”duck, cover, and hold\” method and wearing hard hat as part of a simulation in the event of an earthquake. The NSED 2025 is conducted under Memorandum No. 73, s. 2025 from the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) that aims to prepare both the employees and their clients on what to do when an earthquake strikes.
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March 13, 2025
March 13, 2025

DSWD exec reminds public to apply online for travel permit for minors

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Assistant Secretary Ada Colico of the DSWD’s Protective Programs told the Thursday Media Forum on March 13 that manual application for clearance or permit for Minors Travelling Abroad (MTA) has been phased out with the operationalization of the online system. With the digitalization of this important service, the issuance of the MTA permit has become centralized which helps ensure that the assessment and processing of applications follow the same standard. As of March 11, the Department has already processed 1,773 MTA applications using the newly-launched system since it was launched last February 18. […]
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March 13, 2025
March 13, 2025

DSWD’s automation of travel permit system closes doors for middlemen, ‘fixers’

For the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), the automated processing of travel clearance for minors travelling abroad is a vital tool in expediting transactions and doing away with the interventions of ‘fixers’ and ‘middlemen’ in the process of obtaining government-issued permits. Assistant Secretary Ada Colico of the DSWD’s Protective Programs, the oversight office for Minors Traveling Abroad (MTA), told reporters that the newly-launched system only allows parents or guardians to apply for minors’ travel clearance. “Ang pwede lang pong gumawa ng account para sa ating MTA is una, the parents, the accompanying adult o guardian, other than that […]
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March 13, 2025
March 13, 2025

DSWD, IOM to seal partnership on stronger disaster response measures

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) will be signing a Memorandumof Understanding (MOU) for a stronger emergency preparedness and response capacities on Friday (March 14) at the National Resource Operations Center (NROC) in Pasay City. “As part of the agency’s commitment as the Vice-Chair of the Disaster Response Pillar under the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), the DSWD ensures that the government is ready to respond to any disaster. In pursuing this, the Department forges partnerships with stakeholders as part of the government\’s whole of nation approach topublic […]
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