Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian meets with United Kingdom (UK) Secretary David Lammy of the UK\’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs on Saturday (March 8) at the British Embassy Manila in Taguig City. The two officials discussed the importance of sustainable reforms on child care system and creating a more nurturing environment for children through deinstitutionalization from care facilities and institutions. Joining the DSWD chief in the meeting were Assistant Secretary Elaine Fallacurna of the DSWD\’s International Affairs and Attached Supervised Agencies (IASAs); and National Authority for Child Care (NACC) Assistant Secretary Rowena Macalintal. The […]

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Director Megan Therese Manahan of the Standards Bureau (SB) briefs members of the media on the agency\’s newly-launched digital platform, the Harmonized Electronic License and Permit System (HELPS), during the Saturday News Forum on March 8 at the Dapo Restaurant in Quezon City. The HELPS serves as a virtual one-stop-shop for the agency’s regulatory services for social welfare and development agencies (SWDAs).

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., accompanied by Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary (DSWD) Rex Gatchalian and other Cabinet members, congratulated the 14 hired-on-the-spot beneficiaries of the Trabaho sa Bagong Pilipinas job fair on Friday (March 7) at the Fuerte CamSur Sports Complex in Pili, Camarines Sur. The job fair is part of the whole-of-government initiative of the Marcos administration to ensure that members of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) will be able to secure employment to help them reach the level of self-sufficiency. Other government officials present at the event were Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) […]

More than 3,000 members of the DSWD\’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) continue to access job opportunities at the ‘Trabaho sa Bagong Pilipinas para sa 4Ps’ job fair at the Fuerte Sports Complex in Pili, Camarines Sur, on Friday (March 7). Simultaneously, the DSWD also conducted a payout activity for 1,500 families with partially damaged houses to help them repair their homes after Tropical Storm Kristine ravaged the area last October 2024. (AKDL)