The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) joined First Lady Marie Louise “Liza” Araneta Marcos as she distributed aid on Sunday (November 10) to families whose loved ones perished from the onslaught of Severe Tropical Storm Kristine in Talisay, Batangas. In the message of DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian delivered by Undersecretary for Operations Monina Josefina Romualdez, the agency chief said that the government will continue to help citizens affected by recent calamities until their full recovery. “Katulad po ng laging binabanggit ng ating mahal na Pangulong Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr., ang ating pamahalaan ay handang tumulong hanggang kayo po […]

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), as the lead of the Philippine delegation inthe first Global Ministerial Conference (GMC) on Ending Violence Against Children (VAC), pledged to adopt a whole-of-nation approach to put and end to VAC. “The Philippines is committed to put in place a more robust child protection systems strategy in its legal and policy frameworks, with specific attention to government coordination structures,” DSWD Asst. Secretary for International Affairs, Attached and Supervised Agencies (IAASA) Atty. Elaine Fallarcuna said during her speech at the global conference held in Bogota, Colombia on November 8. On the pledge topic […]

Following the onslaught of Typhoon ‘Marce’, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) deployed its Field Offices’ (FOs) Mobile Command Centers (MCC) in Regions 1 (Ilocos Region), 2 (Cagayan Valley), and the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) to boost the agency’s post-disaster operations, particularly in severely-affected communities. “Our Field Offices in the Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley, and CAR have deployed their command centers particularly in areas that sustained most of the damage of Typhoon Marce,”  Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) Asst. Secretary Irene Dumlao, who is also the DSWD spokesperson, said on Saturday (November 9). The mobile communications centers, manned […]