Assistant Secretary Ada Colico of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Protective Programs explains to reporters the agency’s newly-launched Minors Traveling Abroad (MTA) system and the stricter guidelines on the issuance of travel permits to children during the Saturday News Forum on March 15 at the Dapo Restaurant in Quezon City. The issuance of the MTA permit is a service of the Department for minors travelling alone or those accompanied by individuals other than their parents and/or legal guardians. #

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian and International Organization for Migration (IOM) Chief of Mission for the Philippines Tristan Ashely Burnett sign on Monday (March 14) a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for enhanced disaster preparedness and response. The signing of the MOU, held at the DSWD’s National Resources Operations Center (NROC) in Pasay City, is an affirmation of the Department’s years of partnership with the IOM on disaster preparedness and response initiatives, especially on camp coordination and camp management (CCCM), protection of internally displaced persons (IDP), and capacity building. Also present in the activity were IOM […]

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian tours the executives of the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and the World Food Programme (WFP) around the agency’s National Resource Operations Center (NROC) in Pasay City on Friday (March 14). The tour showcased the warehouse management of the Department and it also highlighted the DSWD-DFAT-WFP partnership in enhancing the Philippines’ humanitarian supply chain and emergency management capacity. Leading the DFAT officials during the tour were Multilateral and Europe Group Deputy Secretary for Development Jamie Isbister and Australian Ambassador to the Philippines HK Yu. The WFP […]

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Program on Awards and Incentives for Service Excellence (PRAISE) and Loyalty Awardees expressed their gratitude to their co-workers and mentors during the Central Office recognition rites on Thursday (March 13) at the Landbank’s Diosdado Macapagal Hall in Malate, Manila. Division Chief Cynthia Lagasca of the Policy Development and Planning Bureau (PDPB), the 40-year Loyalty Awardee of the Department shared how she was able to overcome challenges as one of the “rose from the ranks” personnel of the agency. Director Karina Antonette Agudo of the Administrative Service, on the other hand, received the Best […]

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian and Mr. Rolly Laganga, President of the DSWD-Social Welfare Employees Association of the Philippines (SWEAP), received on Monday (March 10) the Certification of Registration of the agency’s Collective Negotiations Agreement (CNA) 2024-2028 from the Civil Service Commission (CSC). The CNA 2024-2028 captures the Management-Association progressive realization of the efforts, support, and initiatives geared toward ensuring the welfare and well-being of DSWD employees nationwide, including personnel under Contract of Service (COS) and Job Order who have contributed to the overall performance of the agency. The 4-year CNA is set to provide […]