President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., accompanied by Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian and other Cabinet members, takes the ‘Trabaho at Serbisyong Pangkalusugan sa Bagong Pilipinas’ job fair to Antipolo City in Rizal on Friday (April 4) to bring opportunities and government services closer to the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries in the province. More than 1,800 4Ps beneficiaries gathered at the Antipolo Educational Sports Hub to take part in the job fair and avail of various government services. As of press time, 59 jobseekers were hired-on-the-spot (HOTS), with 58 of them 4Ps beneficiaries. The […]

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian presides over the First Quarter Full Council Meeting of the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (NDRRMC) on Wednesday (April 2) at the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) in Quezon City. Gathering representatives from NDRRMC member-agencies and key partners from the private sector, the Full Council approved the related guidelines and guidebooks focused on enhancing Disaster Risk Reduction Management (DRRM) activities nationwide, implementing rules and regulations (IRR) for the Republic Act (RA) 12076 or the Ligtas Pinoy Centers Act, and the proposed inclusion of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) […]

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Friday (April 4) presides over the 11th regular meeting of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Zero Hunger (IATF-ZH) at the DSWD Central Office in Quezon City. The meeting focused on the government’s continuing initiatives to address hunger, food insecurity, and child stunting in the Philippines. Updates on the Philippine Multisectoral Nutrition Project (PMNP) were jointly presented by Director Bernadette Mapue-Joaquin, Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS) National Program Manager; and Deputy Team Leader Ana EpefaniaEscober of the Department of Health (DOH). Other DSWD officials […]

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian served as a resource speaker during the magisterial lecture on Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), held as part of the Archbishop’s/Bishop’s Executive Course on Wednesday (April 3) at the Caritas Philippines Development Center in Tagaytay City. The DSWD chief thanked Caritas Philippines Executive Director Father Carmelo “Tito” Caluag for the opportunity to share the agency’s programs and highlight the role of public-private partnerships in strengthening social welfare initiatives for the Filipinos’ holistic development. # (LSJ)

Elderly residents of the Golden Reception and Action Center for the Elderly and other Special Cases (GRACES) hold storytelling and playtime sessions with children enrolled in child development centers on Thursday (April 3) at the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Reception and Study Center for Children (RSCC) in Quezon City. The activity is part of the third session of the agency’s intergenerational project, “Apo Ko: Kwento ni Lolo’t Lola, Gabay ng Kabataan.” The project is designed to create a supportive and dynamic community where the wisdom of the elderly is shared with the younger generation, fostering mutual understanding, […]

Senior officials of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) discuss the agency’s new projects, the Kaagapay Donations Portal and the Panahon ng Pagkilos, at the Thursday Media Forum on April 3 at the DSWD Central Office’s New Press Center in Quezon City. Assistant Secretary Maria Paz Rafael of the Partnerships Building and Resource Mobilization Office (PBRMO) provided updates on the agency’s digital platform that allows individuals or organizations to send donations to social welfare and development agencies (SWADAs), DSWD-managed centers and residential care facilities, as well as to the Department’s relief efforts. Director Bernadette Mapue-Joaquin of the Kapit-Bisig […]