4Ps News - DSWD

June 2, 2025

DSWD chief says Php80k cash aid not Rose’s fault; appeals to public to stop making her center of ridicule, memes

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian has appealed to the public to stop making Rose the focus of ridicule by posting negative comments, jokes and memes in the “wild west” of social media. In an interview over Super Radyo DZBB on Tuesday, June 3, the DSWD Chief reminded the public, particularly netizens, that words can hurt and further cause harm to vulnerable people wanting to change their lives. “Nuong Sunday night naibulong sa akin ng (DSWD) case manager niya na nasasaktan na rin si Rose at iyong kanyang partner. Sabi nga nila hindi naman nila hiningi […]

May 30, 2025

4Ps members in remote villages reap benefits of digital technology – DSWD exec

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) continues to bring technology closer to the beneficiaries of the agency’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), particularly in Geographically Isolated Areas (GIDA), through its ‘e-Panalo ang Kinabukasan’ initiative. Undersecretary Vilma Cabrera of the DSWD’s Conditional Cash Transfer Group (CCTG) explained to reporters during the agency’s Thursday Media Forum on May 29 that the “e-Panalo ang Kinabukasan”is a financial digital initiative of the 4Ps that aims to educate, inform, and encourage beneficiaries to utilize digital applications for managing their finances, especially for the beneficiaries living in remote areas. “ Ang e-Panalo ang Kinabukasan […]

April 15, 2025

4Ps members’ increased economic productivity may have contributed to country’s improved job rate – DSWD spox

The increasing economic productivity among Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries may have contributed to the recent spike in the country’s employment rate, an official of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said on Monday (April 14). Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao, who is also the DSWD spokesperson, said the Department is pleased with the 4Ps beneficiaries’ gains over the years, and their willingness to avail of government’s initiatives aimed at realizing the program’s goal of poverty-alleviation and human capital investment. “Optimistic po tayo na mas mag-improve pa po yung ating condition in terms of reducing poverty incidents in […]

April 15, 2025

DSWD provides aid to parents of 2 Grade 8 students slain in Las Piñas City

The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Field Office-National Capital Region (FO-NCR) has provided financial assistance worth Php10,000 and family food packs (FFPs) to the families of the two Grade 8 students who were killed in a stabbing incident in Las Piñas City last April 11. DSWD spokesperson Asst. Secretary Irene Dumlao said on Tuesday (April 15) the FO-NCR will also provide burial aid in the coming days based on the directive of Secretary Rex Gatchalian to render all possible assistance to the families of the two junior high school students. “We are saddened by this incident as children […]

March 26, 2025

4Ps aims to break intergenerational cycle of poverty; program membership not ‘inherited’ by children

“Hindi po ito naipapamana at hindi ninyo rin po ito gugustuhin na ipamana sa inyong mga anak or sa inyong mga kamag-anak.” This was the main message of Division Chief (DC) Marie Grace Ponce of the Social Marketing Division (SMD) of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) during the March 26 episode of the DSWD’s online program, “4Ps Fastbreak,” when asked if membership in the program can be handed down to next generation in the family. DC Ponce explained that the 4Ps’ main purpose is to stop the intergenerational cycle of poverty among its household-beneficiaries. “Kung ikaw ay beneficiary ng […]

March 18, 2025

4Ps members from Navotas, Malabon receive mobile phones from DSWD, partners

Some 50 Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries from the Cities of Navotas and Malabon receive new mobile phone units from Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian and officials of Globe Telecom, GCash operator, and G-Xchange, Inc. (GXI) during the launching of the 4Ps Mobile Phone Distribution on Tuesday(March 18) at the Navotas Sports Complex. The mobile phone distribution is part of the “e-Panalo ang Kinabukasan” financial digital initiative of the 4Ps that aims to educate, inform, and encourage beneficiaries to utilize digital applications for managing their finances, especially for the beneficiaries living in remote areas. […]

March 18, 2025

DSWD to launch Mobile Phone Distribution to enhance digital financial literacy of 4Ps households

As part of its commitment to enhance digital financial literacy among beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is set to launch the 4Ps Mobile Phone Distribution on March 18 at the Navotas Sports Complex. Director Gemma Gabuya, 4Ps National Program Manager, said the kick-off ceremony will highlight the ceremonial distribution of mobile phones to some 51 members of 4Ps from the Cities of Malabon and Navotas. This will allow the beneficiaries to access financial services conveniently and securely through digital platforms and the actual receipt of their cash grants. “The […]

March 15, 2025

2k members of 4Ps from Samar join ‘Trabaho at Serbisyong Pangkalusugan sa Bagong Pilipinas’ job fair

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) joined President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and other government agencies in bringing the ‘Trabaho at Serbisyong Pangkalusugan sa Bagong Pilipinas’ job fair at the Old Manunca Elementary School in Sta. Rita, Samar on Friday (March 14). “Lahat po ng nagtatrabaho ay bibigyan natin ng pagkakataon na makapaghanap-buhay ng disente at ng mabuti para sa kanilang mga pamilya,” President Marcos told the beneficiaries during his message at the event. A total of 1,944 exiting 4Ps grantees explored job opportunities from 10 local employers and three recruitment agencies invited by the Department of Labor […]

March 12, 2025

DSWD’s 4Ps reiterates value of grantees’ attendance in family development sessions

The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) has reiterated the significance of attending family development sessions (FDS) which is one of the program’s conditionalities for its grantees. “Importante po ang pagdalo sa family development sessions dahil ito ay isa sa mga conditionality o itinakdang kundisyon ng programa natin…dito po natin ginagawa yung paghulma ng kamalayan ng bawat miyembro ng pamilya [na kabilang sa] Pantawid,” 4Ps Social Marketing Division (SMD) Chief (DC) Marie Grace Ponce said on Wednesday (March 12) in the DSWD’s online program, “4Ps Fastbreak”. DC Ponce said the FDS is one of […]

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