In an effort to ensure the safety of evacuees amid Mayon Volcano’s unrest, DSWD Bicol Regional Director Norman Laurio made the rounds today (June 9) in two evacuation centers in the municipalities of Camalig and Guinobatan to personally check on their situation and ensure that they are properly provided with food and other basic needs. continue reading : DSWD Bicol Office remains on alert for Mayon evacuees
Evacuees from Oson, Tabaco City take temporary shelter at the San Antonio National High School evacuation center where they are assisted by an inter-agency team composed of a camp manager, nurse, and personnel of the Philippine National Police on Friday (June 9) amid Mayon Volcano’s unrest. The team conducts monitoring and assigning of rooms for continue reading : Evacuees take refuge at national high school amid Mayon unrest
“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest,” so goes the quote of Benjamin Franklin, an American writer and patriot. The essence of this quote demonstrates the education goal of the couple, Gloria and Antonio Equia, a beneficiary of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) from Barangay Sabang, Lipa City, for their 10 children. The 4Ps continue reading : 4Ps couple reaps investment on education; 4 of 10 children now college graduates
The Department of Social Welfare and Development is readying 3,000 family tents that will be used by possible evacuees coming from the 6-kilometer permanent danger zone designated by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS). On Friday (June 9), 26 families living in Sitio Nagsipit in Barangay Mariroc, Tabaco City were evacuated from their continue reading : DSWD readies 3,000 family tents as 26 families evacuate from 6-km danger zone; Albay gov thanks DSWD chief for aggressive preps
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Friday (June 9) assured the governor, congressmen and mayors of Albay province that the DSWD Bicol regional office has been “aggressively managing the situation” on the ground in preparation for the possible eruption of Mayon volcano. The DSWD chief personally called Albay Governor Edcel continue reading : Secretary Gatchalian assures Albay gov, mayors, congressmen DSWD Bicol Field Office ‘aggressively managing situation’
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Bicol Region is currently on high gear as the regional office prepares the possible evacuation centers after the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) raised Alert No. 3 on Thursday (June 8) as Mayon continues to exhibit “increased tendency towards a hazardous eruption.” In a continue reading : DSWD readies evacuation centers, big tents as PHIVOLCS raises Alert 3 on Mayon
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), represented by Disaster Response and Management Group Undersecretary Diana Rose Cajipe, joined the nation in the Second Quarter National Simultaneous Earthquake Drill (NSED) in Mandaluyong City on Thursday (June 8). As co-chair of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), the DSWD promotes the importance continue reading : DSWD joins nation in simultaneous earthquake drill
The Marcos administration’s Food Stamp Program, which will be implemented through the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), aims to change the eating habits of food-poor households by empowering them to choose the types of food they want from the available food basket. DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian said the food stamp program will require continue reading : Food Stamp Program aims to change eating habits of food-poor households
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), represented by Disaster Response and Management Group Undersecretary Diana Rose Cajipe, participates in the Second Quarter Nationwide Simultaneous Earthquake Drill in Mandaluyong City on Thursday (June 8). Undersecretary Cajipe is seen delivering the Department’s message of support on behalf of DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian. The drill intends continue reading : DSWD joins 2nd quarter nationwide simultaneous earthquake drill
The urgent call of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for the empowerment of adolescent mothers and prevention of teenage pregnancy was discussed during the Coffee Table Discussion and Advocacy Forum of its Project ProtecTEEN in Malaybalay, Bukidnon on June 6 (Tuesday). The Advocacy Forum held at Bukidnon National High School (BNHS) was continue reading : DSWD’s call to empower teenage moms echoed in forum
