The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will continue to be a watchdog to protect the poor, marginalized and vulnerable sectors against any forms of abuse and exploitation. This was emphasized by Secretary Rex Gatchalian during the Saturday News Forum at the Dapo Restaurant in Quezon City on April 5, following several incidents affecting the sectors of solo parents, the elderly, and persons with disabilities. “Every day, kahit hindi election period, maninilbihang watchdog at taga pagtanggol ang DSWD ng ating mga naaapi o bulnerable, at kami mismo, we will take the initiative of filing cases laban sa mga mang-aabuso, […]

On instructions of Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian, the agency’s Field Office CALABARZON has conducted on Friday (April 4) a home visit in Antipolo City and provided appropriate services to the family of the elderly person with disability who was seen being mocked by four men in a video that went viral. In a report to Secretary Gatchalian, DSWD Field Office CALABARZON said it has provided Php10,000 cash relief assistance, under the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS), to the family of the elderly. “The cash assistance will be used to augment expenses for […]

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian emphasized on Friday (April 4) that the agency’s mandate is to protect the rights and welfare of members of vulnerable sectors including solo parents, against any form of abuse. “Ang mandato ng DSWD ay laging pangalagaan mula sa anumang pang-aabuso—-verbal, physical man yan—-ang mga marginalized, mahirap, o bulnerable. Para sa amin, ang anguish nyan ay napakabigat,” Secretary Gatchalian told reporters on the sidelines of the job fair in Antipolo City. The DSWD chief made this statement following a viral video showing a local candidate using solo parents as the subject […]

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian has directed concerned agency officials to coordinate with the Antipolo City’s local government unit (LGU) in filing a criminal case against a group of men who made fun of a female senior citizen as shown in a video that has since gone viral. “We will work with the Antipolo City LGU in filing a case against the group of four men who made fun of the senior citizen who is also a person with disability. This is a very cruel act and those responsible should be charged in court,” Secretary […]

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) highlighted the accomplishments of the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS) in its over two decades of implementation during the DSWD Thursday Media Forum on April 3 at the agency’s New Press Center in Quezon City. “Ang Panahon ng Pagkilos ay naka-anchor doon sa success ng Kalahi-CIDSS at ang Kalahi-CIDSS po, 22 years na po kami, isa sa mga pinakamahabang programa ng DSWD,” Director Bernadette Mapue-Joaquin, KALAHI-CIDSS National Program Manager (NPM), told reporters during the weekly media forum. The KALAHI-CIDSS NPM shared that the community-driven […]

Strengthening the ties between government-led hunger-alleviation initiatives and private sector efforts is one of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) strategic approaches to help address hunger and malnutrition in the country, a senior agency official said on Thursday (April 3). DSWD spokesperson Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao told Malacanang reporters in a press briefing led by the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) that the DSWD continues to ramp up anti-hunger efforts amid recent survey results showing an increase in hunger incidence among Filipino families. “Alinsunod po sa vision ng ating Pangulong Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. na dapat wala pong Pilipino […]

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is set to launch a new program after the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Board, chaired by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., approved the Panahon ng Pagkilos: Philippine Community Resilience Project (PCRP) with a Php56.706 billion budget. Director Bernadette Mapue-Joaquin of the DSWD’s Kapit-Bisig Laban Sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services National Program Management Office (KALAHI-CIDSS-NPMO) said the Panahon ng Pagkilos project targets to serve 4.13 million households across the country. “We will be covering 500 municipalities based on key criteria at maco-cover po natin ang 4 million household […]

One month after the launching of the Kaagapay Donations Portal, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has already received Php1.4 million from donors for the agency’s disaster response operations and clients of DSWD-managed centers and residential care facilities (CRCFs). “In a few weeks’ time, may donations na tayong na-receive para sa DSWD at para na rin po sa ating mga foundations, non-government organizations (NGO), at mga non-profit corporations na naka-publish sa ating Kaagapay Donations Portal,” Assistant Secretary Maria Paz Rafael of the Partnerships Building and Resource Mobilization (PBRMO) told reporters at the DSWD Thursday Media Forum on April […]

Revisiting and enhancing the Philippine government’s disaster response plan ensures the country’s response system is capable of addressing multiple types of calamities and weather conditions which are exacerbated by climate change. This was emphasized by Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian before member-agencies of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) during the launching of the National Disaster Response Plan (NRDP) 2024 on Wednesday (April 3) at the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) in Quezon City. The NDRP 2024 marks the third version of the Philippines’ multi-hazard response and early recovery framework that focuses […]