A total of 92 Mercury Drug outlets in various regions will start accepting on June 2 the Guarantee Letters (GLs) issued to clients under the agency’s Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) and the Ayuda para sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP), the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) announced on Wednesday (May 28). “We are very pleased to share this good news to our kababayans. This is part of our continuing efforts to help our clients in availing their medicine requirements, in partnership with the Mercury Drug Corporation. Pwede po nilang gamitin itong GL sa pagbili ng […]

Only the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) can identify eligible beneficiaries of the agency’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) based on the criteria set under the law. This was emphasized by Director Gemma Gabuya of the 4Ps National Program Management Office (4Ps-NPMO) following a question from a netizen at the Wednesday (May 28) episode of the 4Ps Fastbreak on whether they can become part of 4Ps now that the candidate they voted for had won in the elections. “ Hindi-hindi po. Unang-una ang DSWD po ang nagpapalakad ng programa at naka-base ito sa batas [Republic Act No. 11310]. […]

In response to the intense rains and floodings in Mindanao, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian ordered the agency’s Field Office (FO) 12 – SOCCSKSARGEN to immediately deliver 30,000 boxes of family food packs (FFPs) to Maguindanao province in Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). The DSWD chief’s move was based on the directive of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr to ensure that the government’s disaster response is immediately felt by the affected families. “Make necessary coordination so we can process the full deployment of 30,000 FFPs for Maguindanao by tomorrow,” Secretary Gatchalian told FO-12 […]

Beneficiaries of the government’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) have once again proven that poverty is no barrier to success as five former 4Ps monitored children topped the March 2025 Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET). “We commend these five former 4Ps monitored children for their success. Their accomplishments are living proofs that the program continues to fulfill its mission of breaking the intergenerational cycle of poverty through education,” Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) spokesperson Asst. Secretary Irene Dumlao said on Tuesday (May 27). Leading the 4Ps achievers is Jeanlyn Guinita Colipano from Carmen, Cebu, who secured the top […]

Helping people in need does not always have to be costly or come from a place of fame, luxury or power. Sometimes, all it takes is a heart that humbly listens, eyes that see beyond the present and hands that are always ready to help. Director Edwin Morata of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Protective Services Bureau (PSB) has dedicated his 20 years to public service and has lived by these values. Growing up in the coastal town of Bulan in Sorsogon, the young Edwin witnessed early on how her mother moved through the community with quiet, […]

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has so far provided Php2,286,285 million-worth of relief items to families affected by the intense rainfall in Mindanao due to the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), an agency official reported on Sunday (May 25). “Alinsunod na nga rin po sa utos ng ating Pangulong Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., tuloy-tuloy po ang pakikipag-ugnayan natin sa mga local government units (LGUs) para makapag-abot tayo ng agarang tulong at kapanatagan sa mga apektadong pamilya,” Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao, the DSWD spokesperson, said. From May 15 to 18, the effects of ITCZ have impacted families from Regions […]

The Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC), an attached agency of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), has officially launched a revised “Guide for Media Practitioners on the Reporting and Coverage of Children”, aimed at preventing retraumatization as well as protecting the rights and dignity of children in media coverage. “When you report, create article or content, pag hindi po isinaalang-alang best interest of the child—-kung nag iinterview ka ng biktima—-maaaring magkaroon ng retraumatization. Kung nag interview ka naman ng children involved in armed conflict, maaaring mapahamak sya at ma-trace ng mga terorista o armed groups,” CWC […]