Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian meets with officials of the City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (CDRRMO) in San Pedro, Laguna on Tuesday (Sep. 3) where he received updates on the on-going disaster response operations in the province. The DSWD Chief, who was joined by Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) Undersecretary Diana Cajipe, checked on the status of affected families and evacuees in the municipality, as well as the number of Family Food Packs (FFPs) that were already distributed to communities severely impacted by the Tropical Storm Enteng. Also present in the meeting were DSWD […]

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office 5 – Bicol Region continues on Tuesday (Sep. 3) its relief operations for displaced families in Naga City, Camarines Sur. A total of 100 displaced families in Barangays Del Rosario, Dinaga, and Concepcion Grande received boxes of FFPs and 6 liters of bottled water. The FO-5 also provided hot meals to the eight remaining families stranded at the Pasacao Port in Camarines Sur.

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian said on Tuesday (September 3) the agency has so far released 130,000 family food packs (FFPs) to families and individuals affected by heavy rains and floods due to Tropical Storm Enteng compounded by the southwest monsoon or habagat. In a media interview during his visit to the evacuation center in San Pedro, Laguna, the DSWD chief said the boxes of FFPs were either prepositioned in DSWD Field Offices (FOs), released to local government units (LGUs); or currently being delivered or picked-up by LGUs. “Si Enteng medyo wide-scale siya. Tinamaan ang […]

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian personally visited displaced families staying in evacuation centers in Antipolo City and Cainta in Rizal province, and in San Pedro, Laguna on Tuesday (September 3). “Ipinadala po ako ng ating Pangulong Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. para kamustahin kayo. Alam ko naman na mahirap itong mga nakalipas na araw at gusto lang naming malaman ninyo na ang pamahalaang nasyunal, sa pamumuno ng ating Pangulo, ay nakatutok sa inyong sitwasyon,” Secretary Gatchalian told the evacuees who are presently staying in modular tents at the evacuation center in Jesus S. Cabarus Elementary School, […]

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will be holding a Humanitarian and Development Summit that aims to foster inclusiveness and coordination between the government and private sector on disaster response, risk reduction, and responsive social protection. The Summit, which will be on Wednesday (September 4) in Ortigas Center, Pasig City, will serve as a platform to explore new ways of collaboration through the convergence of existing programs, and create discussions that may lead to policy formulation for program development in disaster risk reduction and management. DSWD Asst. Secretary for Partnerships Building and Resource Mobilization Ana Maria Paz Rafael […]

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office-5 (Bicol Region) distributed hot meals to 618 stranded passengers in the ports of Masbate, Sorsogon, and Albay due to the cancellation of sea travel caused by Tropical Storm Enteng on Monday (September 2). As Typhoon Enteng intensifies and continues to affect the Bicol Region, the DSWD Field Office-5 remains on alert status as Bicol regional office personnel continue to coordinate with concerned local government units (LGUs) for the needed assistance to all affected families and individuals. As part of resource deployment preparation, the Field Office-5 has prepositioned 129,243 boxes of […]

As part of its disaster response and operations for Tropical Storm ‘Enteng’, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is continuously producing family food packs (FFPs) to ensure immediate replenishment and availability of food and non-food items (FNIs) for resource augmentation to its field offices and local government units (LGUs). “As instructed by Secretary Rex Gatchalian, we are ensuring that there are adequate FFPs and non-food items in the National Resource Operations Center (NROC) and the Visayas Disaster Resource Center (VDRC) which can readily be dispatched to areas hit by Enteng,” DSWD Asst. Secretary for Disaster Response Management Group […]

A total of 300 housing units were officially turned over by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Friday (August 30) to the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) former combatants and their families in the provinces of Zamboanga del Norte and Zamboanga Sibugay in Region 9 (Zamboanga Peninsula). During the turn over ceremony led by DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian, together with Undersecretary for Inclusive-Sustainable Peace and Special Concerns (ISPSC) Alan Tanjusay and Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) Secretary Carlito Galvez, Jr., 200 indigenous peoples of the Sama, Kalibugan and Subanen indigenous cultural […]

Personnel of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Field Office-7 (Central Visayas) joined a police operation on Saturday (August 31) aimed at rescuing local and foreign trafficking victims from an illegal Philippine offshore gaming operator (POGO) hub located at the Tourist Garden Hotel in Barangay Agus, Lapu-Lapu City in Cebu province. Operatives of the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC), along with agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), the Armed Forces’ Military Intelligence Group 7, Bureau of Immigration (BI), and the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT), which is co-chaired by the DSWD, conducted the joint operation based […]