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March 15, 2025

DSWD’s PAMANA peace and dev’t projects boost Negros Occ town’s peace efforts

The Department of Social Welfare and Development continues to support the advancement of the peace and development agenda of the Provincial Government of Negros Occidental with the turnover of five completed sub-projects under the agency’s PAyapa at MAsaganang PamayaNAn (PAMANA) Peace and Development Program in the Municipality of Hinoba-an. These projects address critical community needs by providing essential infrastructure and services that foster sustainable development and stability, according to Undersecretary Alan Tanjusay of the DSWD’s Peace and Development Group (PDG). During the official turnover ceremony at the People’s Pagbana-ag Activity Center in Hinoba-an on March 11, beneficiaries shared testimonies on […]
March 14, 2025

DSWD’s ‘Panahon ng Pagkilos’ project gets NEDA-ICC CabCom nod

The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) community-driven resilience and sustainable development project, the Panahon ng Pagkilos: Philippine Community Resilience Project (PCRP), secured a crucial approval from the National Economic and Development Authority – Investment Coordination Committee Cabinet Committee (NEDA ICC-CabCom) on Thursday (March 13). Secretary Rex Gatchalian said the determining decision followed a rigorous review process by the NEDA-ICC Technical Board (TB), which deemed the project economically viable, justifiable, and yieldinghigh benefit results – a testament to its strategic investment in community resilience. “The ICC-CabCom’s approval signifies a strong endorsement of the Panahon ng Pagkilos: PCRP as a […]
March 14, 2025

DSWD chief to recognize agency’s ‘Angels in Red Vests’

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian is set to recognize and honor the agency’s personnel also known as ‘Angels in Red Vests’, who have shown exemplary performance in 2024 through the National Program on Awards and Incentives for Service Excellence (PRAISE) ceremonies to be held on Friday (March 14) at the Landbank’s Diosdado Macapagal Hall in Malate, Manila. Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao, the agency spokesperson, said the annual celebration aims to recognize and celebrate the exceptional contributions of DSWD personnel who implement programs and services that uplift the lives of Filipinos, especially those in vulnerable communities. […]
March 14, 2025

DSWD looks forward to working with IOM on enhanced humanitarian response

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian has renewed the agency’s partnership with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Philippines aimed at making disaster response more humanitarian in its focus. The DSWD and the IOM on Friday (March 14) forged an updated collaboration that focuses on strengthening and enhancing capacity building initiatives, undertake knowledge building and transfer of technology on camp coordination and camp management (CCCM), protection of internally displaced persons (IDPs), and accelerate efforts toward the digital service transformation in disaster management. “This partnership signals more learning for us and more learning for local government units […]
March 14, 2025

Real Life Stories – 4Ps eased away our worries about schooling, says former monitored child now criminology exam passer

The Molina couple of Sta. Cruz, Ilocos Sur never stopped making both ends meet for their three children. Pastor Molina was a farmer while his wife Venecia occasionally worked as a house helper and took laundry jobs. While exerting all efforts to make both ends meet, sending their children to school was still a struggle for the couple. In 2009, Venecia attended an interview conducted by the government in their area. She did not know what it was for, but she was looking forward to any help from the government. Later on, she found out that her family qualified for […]
March 14, 2025

DSWD expands Pag-Abot Program to Central Luzon, CALABARZON

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is expanding its Pag-abot Program to Region 3 (Central Luzon) and CALABARZON to reach out more children, individuals, and families in street situations. Undersecretary Edu Punay of the DSWD’s Innovations and Program DevelopmentGroup (IPDG) said on Friday (March 14) the expansion, as directed by SecretaryRex Gatchalian, reflects the agency’s full commitment in serving the most vulnerable sectors by addressing the circumstances of people in street situations. “With the institutionalization of the Pag-Abot Program under Executive Order No. 52, the program is now scaling up to provide wider and more sustainable support at […]
March 14, 2025

DSWD, IOM to work toward stronger disaster response

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian and International Organization for Migration (IOM) Chief of Mission for the Philippines Tristan Ashely Burnett sign on Monday (March 14) a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for enhanced disaster preparedness and response. The signing of the MOU, held at the DSWD’s National Resources Operations Center (NROC) in Pasay City, is an affirmation of the Department’s years of partnership with the IOM on disaster preparedness and response initiatives, especially on camp coordination and camp management (CCCM), protection of internally displaced persons (IDP), and capacity building. Also present in the activity were IOM […]
March 14, 2025

DSWD chief welcomes DFAT, WFP execs to agency’s national warehouse facility

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian tours the executives of the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and the World Food Programme (WFP) around the agency’s National Resource Operations Center (NROC) in Pasay City on Friday (March 14). The tour showcased the warehouse management of the Department and it also highlighted the DSWD-DFAT-WFP partnership in enhancing the Philippines’ humanitarian supply chain and emergency management capacity. Leading the DFAT officials during the tour were Multilateral and Europe Group Deputy Secretary for Development Jamie Isbister and Australian Ambassador to the Philippines HK Yu. The WFP […]
March 14, 2025

Exemplar employees, loyalty awardees give acceptance speeches at DSWD Central Office PRAISE awards

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Program on Awards and Incentives for Service Excellence (PRAISE) and Loyalty Awardees expressed their gratitude to their co-workers and mentors during the Central Office recognition rites on Thursday (March 13) at the Landbank’s Diosdado Macapagal Hall in Malate, Manila. Division Chief Cynthia Lagasca of the Policy Development and Planning Bureau (PDPB), the 40-year Loyalty Awardee of the Department shared how she was able to overcome challenges as one of the “rose from the ranks” personnel of the agency. Director Karina Antonette Agudo of the Administrative Service, on the other hand, received the Best […]
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