Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian inks a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that formalizes data-sharing with the Department’s various partner-agencies for its newly-launched Minors Travelling Abroad (MTA) system on Tuesday (February 18). The other signatories were the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), National Authority for Child Care (NACC), Bureau of Immigration (BI), and the Philippine Center on Transnational Crime (PCTC). The MTA system, which now allows online processing and issuance of clearance for minors traveling abroad without their parents or guardians, is among the digital initiatives launched during the agency’s 74th anniversary […]

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian unveils on Tuesday (February 18)  the agency’s newest online systems, the  ‘Harmonized Electronic Licensing Permit System (HELPS) and  the ‘Minors Travelling Abroad (MTA)’ portal, during the DSWD’s 74th Anniversary celebration held at the SMX Convention, with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr as guest honor. In his message, the Chief Executive recognized the DSWD’s laudable initiatives to fortify the agency’s services amid the growing demand for digitalization to meet the evolving needs of the public.   Now officially launched, the HELPS shall serve as a digital one-stop-shop for the agency’s regulatory […]

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., accompanied by Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian, makes the rounds of the different booths featuring the agency’s programs and services during the DSWD’s 74th anniversary celebration on February 18 (Tuesday) at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City. During the President’s rounds, Undersecretary Monina Josefina Romualdez of the DSWD’s Operations Group (OG)  showed the features of the Minors Traveling Abroad (MTA) online system, while Undersecretary Denise Florence Bernos Bragas of the Regulatory Services and Institutional Development Group (RSIDG) explained the features of the Harmonized Electronic Licensing Permit System (HELPS). Undersecretary […]

As an expression of his support, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr signs the ‘Pamilya para sa Bagong Pilipinas’ Compendium, which was presented by Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian to the Chief Executive during the agency’s 74th anniversary celebration on Tuesday (February 18) at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City. The compendium serves as an information resource directory of the different programs and services of the DSWD that are responsive to the needs of Filipino families.   The President congratulated the DSWD for the agency’s seven decades of exceptional work in delivering government services to […]