Approximately 17,000 mall employees are expected to receive financial assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) through the Ayuda Para sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP). On Tuesday (November 12), personnel of the DSWD Field Office-National Capital Region (NCR) distributed Php5,000 cash aid to each of the beneficiaries under the AKAP program at the Music Hall of SM Mall of Asia (MOA). The beneficiaries are security guards, salespersons, and housekeepers working in MOA. Tenant employees will also receive cash assistance from the DSWD. House Speaker and Leyte 1st District Representative Martin Romualdez supervised the AKAP payout along […]

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian led the traditional Christmas Tree lighting ceremony at the DSWD Central Office compound in Quezon City on Monday (November 11). The event marks the start of the agency’s celebration for this year’s Christmas season. During the ceremony, the DSWD chief said the lighting event, although held slightly earlier than usual, was the ‘perfect time’ to reflect on the year and reaffirm the commitment to continue providing dedicated service to the Filipinos. “We couldn’t have picked a better timing. Itong Christmas tree lighting ngayon kasi, it’s been a month of super […]

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is always ready to provide family food packs (FFPs) and non-food relief items to concerned local government units (LGUs) which were severely affected by the series of typhoons that hit the country recently. DSWD Secretary Gatchalian said on Tuesday (November 12) the agency’s Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) has been in a state of readiness even before the onslaught of Severe Tropical Storm Kristine, the first in a series of four storms that severely affected the Bicol Region, CALABARZON, Cagayan Valley, Cordillera Administrative Region and the Ilocos Region. “The DSWD has always […]

Over 53,000 low-income and minimum-wage earners employed at the four major malls in Metro Manila received cash assistance through the Ayuda para sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP) from the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Field Office-National Capital Region (NCR). The DSWD-NCR distributed the AKAP financial aid at the SM Mall of Asia, SM North, SM Megamall, and SM Fairview on Tuesday (November 12). “Through our AKAP, we are providing a safety net to low-income to minimum wage earners that are severely affected by inflation, as well as the consecutive weather disturbances we experienced in the past weeks,” […]

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has activated an inter-field office human resource augmentation program in response to the recent series of typhoons that hit the country. This measure underscores the DSWD’s commitment to the well-being of its frontline personnel, ensuring their continuous and effective disaster response,  according to Disaster Response  Management Group (DRMG) Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao. In an interview over Radyo Pilipinas on Monday (November 11), Asst. Secretary Dumlao said the agency started deploying personnel from its select field offices last week to help the DSWD Field Office (FO) 5—Bicol Region’s response efforts for Kristine-battered communities […]

First Lady Louise Araneta-Marcos is joined by Department of Welfare and Development (DSWD) Undersecretary for Operations Monina Josefina Romualdez, Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) Undersecretary Diana Rose Cajipe, Asst. Secretary for Regional Operations Paul Ledesma, and DSWD-CALABARZON Regional Director Barry Chua in the distribution of assistance to bereaved families of the 61 persons who perished during the onslaught of Severe Tropical Storm Kristine in Talisay, Batangas on Sunday (November 10). Aside from the national government, the DigiPlus Interactive, led by their by Chairperson Eusebio Tangco, will also donate financial aid to the grieving families to help them start over with […]

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian was among the Cabinet officials who joined President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Sunday (November 10) in the distribution of government assistance to Marce-hit families held at Buguey town in Cagayan province. During the aid-giving, President Marcos led the turn over of Php10 million to each of the eight municipalities in Cagayan that bore the brunt of Marce, including the towns of Santa Ana and Sanchez Mira where the typhoon made its consecutive landfalls as it passed the province. Secretary Gatchalian personally oversaw the distribution of 1,500 family food packs […]

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian joined President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr as the Chief Executive flew north to distribute government aid through the Presidential Assistance to Farmers, Fisherfolk and their Families (PAFFF) who were affected by Typhoon Marce. In his speech during the aid-giving in the Municipality of Buguey, Cagayan province on Sunday (November 10), President Marcos emphasized that the government will continue providing interventions to the affected families, especially those taking temporary shelter in the evacuation centers and those staying with their relatives or friends. “Hangga’t maaari, hangga’t kaya namin, hangga’t kaya naming gawin […]

The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD)Field Offices (FOs) will continue their disaster operations for the families and individuals affected by Typhoon Marce while at the same time preparing their response efforts for Tropical Cyclone Nika. “To ensure immediate delivery of relief aid particularly to our affected kababayans in the Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley, and the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), we are continuously tapping our regional warehouses to dispatch relief resources and support regional relief operations at the earliest time possible,” Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) Asst. Secretary Irene Dumlao, who is also the DSWD spokesperson, said on Sunday […]