Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian sought the support of the members of the Senate Finance Committee, chaired by Senator Imee Marcos, for the retention of the Ayuda Para sa Kapos ang Kita (AKAP) program in the line item of the agency’s budget for 2025. “Madam Chair, we have gladly lobbied and we will continue to lobby na sana huwag matanggal yung AKAP sa line item ng incoming budget. Because it is helping our people,” Secretary Gatchalian told the committee members during the September 16 budget deliberation. Secretary Gatchalian said the Department has published the guidelines […]

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is now in the process of partnering with the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) in facilitating the distribution of cash assistance to program beneficiaries in all the agency’s regional offices. DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian reported this development to the members of the Senate Finance Committee, chaired by Senator Imee Marcos, during the agency’s 2025 budget deliberation on Monday (September 16) where the agency head explained that the lack of vehicles in some DSWD Field Offices puts the personnel carrying cash to payout sites at high risk. “We are working with the […]

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian assured the members of the Senate Committee on Finance that the agency will continue pushing for more plantilla positions for the job security of its employees, especially those who are under contracts of service (COS) and job orders (JOs) and have been with the Department for a long time. “We do extend assistance to them regularly. But what we will do is we will keep on lobbying. Sinubmit na namin ‘yan and every time nag pro-propose kami ng budget, nilalagyan talaga namin ng allocation. We’ll keep on pushing for more […]

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has deployed 219 personnel in 166 Malasakit Centers located in government-run hospitals across the country. Secretary Rex Gatchalian reported the data during the Senate Committee on Finance’s deliberation on the DSWD’s proposed 2025 budget on Monday (September 16). The finance committee is chaired by Senator Imee Marcos. The DSWD chief said the presence of agency personnel in Malasakit Centers will ensure that indigent and financially-incapacitated patients are immediately attended to and help them avail of the Department’s cash and medical assistance. “Madam chair, for the latest data, we have done full deployment… […]

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) remains keen on further improving the agency’s implementation of social protection programs and services that will benefit more disadvantaged and marginalized Filipinos under the Marcos administration. Asst. Secretary Irene Dumlao, the agency’s spokesperson, said the DSWD is one of the national government agencies that has contributed to the positive ratings in the four performance subjects through its various programs and services  as well as  the agency’s efficient coordination with local government units (LGUs). “The achievement of a ‘good’ +40 net satisfaction rating of the Marcos administration in the second quarter Social Weather […]

A senior official of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said on Monday (September 16) the agency has so far provided more than Php48.14 million humanitarian aid to families affected by Tropical Storm (TS) Ferdie and the increasing unrest of Mt. Kanlaon. “The Php48,149,794.64 aid provided to the affected individuals includes food and non-food items (FNIs) and cash assistance,” DSWD Assistant Secretary for Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) Irene Dumlao, who is also the agency spokesperson, said. Based on the September 16 report of the DSWD’s Disaster Response Operations Management, Information and Communication (DROMIC), the agency has distributed […]

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has prepositioned thousands of family food packs (FFPs) in the northern Luzon area following the entry of Tropical Depression (TD) Gener in the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), an agency official said on Monday (September 16). “Based on the directive of Secretary Rex Gatchalian, the DSWD Field Office 2- Cagayan Valley has prepositioned 6,198 boxes of FFPs in the province of Batanes to prepare for the possible impacts of TD Gener,” DSWD Asst. Secretary for Disaster Response Management Group (DMRG) Irene Dumlao, who is also the agency’s spokesperson, said. Through the logistical […]

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Monday (September 16) told senators that the agency will be able to extend more responsive programs and services to the poor, marginalized and disadvantaged sectors with the proposed budget of over Php229 billion for 2025. “Around 50 percent of our budget actually is in the 4Ps, as it is the biggest conditional development investment the government is making to uplift the lives of the poor to break into generational poverty,” the DSWD chief said before the Senate Committee on Finance chaired by Senator Imee Marcos. The DSWD is proposing […]

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will work with the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) in ensuring sufficient funding for its social protection programs in Sulu in the wake of the Supreme Court’s (SC) ruling that excludes the province from the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian made this assurance on Monday (September 16) before the Senate Committee on Finance which was deliberating the agency’s proposed 2025 budget. The committee is chaired by Senator Imee Marcos. “We took cognizance of the Supreme Court ruling carving out Sulu from the BARMM area…what we […]