Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Assistant Secretary Baldr Bringas of the Innovations and Program Development Group (IPDG), who is also the current chairperson of the agency’s management committee (MANCOM), presides over the body’s 7th regular meeting for 2025 on Tuesday (April 8) at the DSWD Central Office in Quezon City. The meeting focused on the review of proposed amendments to the existing and new guidelines for the agency’s key programs and services. The DSWD MANCOM, composed of the assistant secretaries and directors, serves as an independent body representing middle management of the agency which also undertakes the complete […]

Executives of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) attached and supervised agencies present on Tuesday (April 8) their planned activities and budget proposals for fiscal year 2026 to DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian. Present at the meeting were Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC) Executive Director Undersecretary Angelo Tapales; National Authority for Child Care (NACC) Assistant Secretary for Administration and Finance Erickson Luz; Juvenile Justice and Welfare Council (JJWC) Executive Director Tricia Clare Oco; National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA) Executive Director Glenda Relova;Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP) Commissioner Emmanuel Gison, Jr; and, National Anti-Poverty Commission […]

Executives of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) discuss the agency’s digital initiatives at the National Press Club’s (NPC) Meet the Press on Tuesday (April 8) in Intramuros, City of Manila. Assistant Secretary Marie Paz Rafael of the DSWD’s Partnership Building and Resource Mobilization Office (PBRMO) tackled the Kaagapay Donations Portal which gives donors a simple and easy way to extend their donations for disaster response like the ongoing Mt. Kanlaon disaster operations. Director Megan Therese Manahan of the DSWD’s Standard Bureau (SB) explained the Harmonized Electronic License and Permit System (HELPS), which is the agency’s digital platform […]

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian provides updates on the agency’s programs and services during the second episode of the ‘Serbisyong DSWD for Every Juan’ on Saturday (April 5). The DSWD chief explained the difference between the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) and the Ayuda sa Kapos Ang Kita Program (AKAP), updates on the agency’s digitalization initiatives, the strengthening of adoption and alternative child care services in the country, and programs for vulnerable sectors such as senior citizens. The ‘Serbisyong DSWD for Every Juan’ is anchored by veteran anchor Alvin Elchico together with Information […]

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian updates reporters on the programs and services of the agency during the Saturday News Forum on April 5 at the Dapo Restaurant in Quezon City. The DSWD chief tackled the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), Harmonized Electronic License Permit System (HELPS), Minors Traveling Abroad (MTA) system, and the Kaagapay Donations Portal. Secretary Gatchalian emphasized that beyond social welfare, which plays an important role in improving the well-being of individuals, the agency also focuses on human capital investment. (YADP)

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., accompanied by Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian and other Cabinet members, takes the ‘Trabaho at Serbisyong Pangkalusugan sa Bagong Pilipinas’ job fair to Antipolo City in Rizal on Friday (April 4) to bring opportunities and government services closer to the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries in the province. More than 1,800 4Ps beneficiaries gathered at the Antipolo Educational Sports Hub to take part in the job fair and avail of various government services. As of press time, 59 jobseekers were hired-on-the-spot (HOTS), with 58 of them 4Ps beneficiaries. The […]

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian presides over the First Quarter Full Council Meeting of the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (NDRRMC) on Wednesday (April 2) at the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) in Quezon City. Gathering representatives from NDRRMC member-agencies and key partners from the private sector, the Full Council approved the related guidelines and guidebooks focused on enhancing Disaster Risk Reduction Management (DRRM) activities nationwide, implementing rules and regulations (IRR) for the Republic Act (RA) 12076 or the Ligtas Pinoy Centers Act, and the proposed inclusion of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) […]

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Friday (April 4) presides over the 11th regular meeting of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Zero Hunger (IATF-ZH) at the DSWD Central Office in Quezon City. The meeting focused on the government’s continuing initiatives to address hunger, food insecurity, and child stunting in the Philippines. Updates on the Philippine Multisectoral Nutrition Project (PMNP) were jointly presented by Director Bernadette Mapue-Joaquin, Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS) National Program Manager; and Deputy Team Leader Ana EpefaniaEscober of the Department of Health (DOH). Other DSWD officials […]

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian served as a resource speaker during the magisterial lecture on Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), held as part of the Archbishop’s/Bishop’s Executive Course on Wednesday (April 3) at the Caritas Philippines Development Center in Tagaytay City. The DSWD chief thanked Caritas Philippines Executive Director Father Carmelo “Tito” Caluag for the opportunity to share the agency’s programs and highlight the role of public-private partnerships in strengthening social welfare initiatives for the Filipinos’ holistic development. # (LSJ)