The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) is encouraging its household-beneficiaries to actively participate in the midterm elections in May and exercise their right to suffrage. “Hinihikayat natin ang ating mga 4Ps beneficiaries na talagang sumali o makilahok sa eleksyon kasi iyan ay karapatan nila,” Director Gemma Gabuya, 4Ps National Program Manager, said during the DSWD’s online program, “4Ps Fastbreak,” on Wednesday (February 12). According to Director Gabuya, the 4Ps has incorporated voter’s education in the family development sessions (FDS) through the module on active citizenship. “Talagang dito [sa FDS] pinapaunawa naming kung ano […]

The outgoing chairperson of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Management Committee (MANCOM) Director Justin Caesar Anthony Batocabe of the Social Welfare Institutional Development Bureau (SWIDB) turns over the leadership of the committee to Assistant Secretary Baldr Bringas of the Innovations Group in a simple ceremony held at the DSWD Central Office in Quezon City on Tuesday (February 11). Asst. Secretary Bringas is also the officer-in-charge of the national program manager of the Enhanced Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty (EPAHP) and the Walang Gutom National Program Management Office (NPMO). In his acceptance message, Asst. Secretary Bringas expressed his […]

The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) continues to partner with other government agencies to help its household-beneficiaries gain access to other government programs. “Poverty alleviation is not the sole responsibility of one government agency. It must be a whole-of-nation approach. With this, the 4Ps continues its partnership with other government agencies to help its grantees avail of programs and services that are not within the mandate of the DSWD,” Asst. Secretary Irene Dumlao, the agency’s spokesperson, said on Tuesday (February 11). One of the partners of the program is the Commission on Higher […]

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) expects to replicate the groundbreaking success of Project LAWA (Local Adaptation to Water Access) and BINHI (Breaking Insufficiency through Nutritious Harvest for the Impoverished) as the agency brings this risk resiliency initiative to more communities nationwide that are most affected by drought and climate change. Asst. Secretary Irene Dumlao of the DSWD’s Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) said on Tuesday (February 11) efforts are underway to replicate the gains of the project in the previous year and ramp up the capacities of communities from 405 cities and municipalities in 72 provinces in […]

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has extended Php550,000 in initial aid to families affected by adverse weather due to a shear line that continues to prevail over the MIMAROPA Region, an agency official reported on Tuesday (February 11). “The DSWD has already sent Php550,129-worth of family food packs (FFPs) to augment the resources of local government units (LGUs) across MIMAROPA, particularly in areas where the heavy rainfalls brought heavy flooding, flashfloods, and landslides,” Asst. Secretary Irene Dumlao of the Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) said. Asst. Secretary Dumlao, who is also the DSWD spokesperson, said the Department immediately […]

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Assistant Secretary for External Assistance and Development Juan Carlo Marquez meets with partners from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) led by Jens Arnold, Division Head for Country Studies, Economics Department for the Kick-off Mission for the OECD Economic Survey of the Philippines on Tuesday (February 11). During the meeting held at the Department of Finance (DOF) in Manila, the OECD discussed the process of the forthcoming survey. This marks the Philippines’ first inclusion in an OECD Economic Survey, which aligns with similar efforts by other ASEAN countries such as Thailand, […]

In preparation for the third year implementation of the Tara, Basa! Tutoring Program this 2025, the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s  (DSWD) Field Offices (FOs) nationwide are now conducting their respective consultations and orientation sessions for partners and potential beneficiaries. “We are meeting with the local government units (LGUs) and state universities and colleges (SUCs) to orient them on the program design and execution because they are our partners in implementing the Tara, Basa! Tutoring Program in the different regions,” Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao, the DSWD spokesperson, said on Monday (February 10). The DSWD Field Office 5 – Bicol […]