Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian emphasizes the power of children’s voices in shaping a more open, inclusive, and transparent government as he actively answers questions from children-participants during an Open Government session held at Luxent Hotel in Quezon City on Thursday (May 22). Carrying the theme, “Making Spaces: Children Driving Change for Open Governments,” the session featured a panel discussion where over 30 children from different sectors were able to connect and raise their queries to various officials from the government and the private sector. The event is part of the celebration of Open Gov […]

The Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC), an attached agency of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), presents to reporters the revised Guide for Media Practitioners on the Reporting and Coverage of Children during the DSWD Thursday Media Forum on May 22 at the Central Office’s New Press Center in Quezon City. CWC Undersecretary Angelo Tapales said the guide aims to assist the Media in reporting children-related contents fairly and in promoting children’s rights and welfare while exercising press freedom. The guide includes practical tips and self-assessment questions based on five key principles: upholding children’s right to […]

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), through the Laboratoryo, Konsulta at Gamot Para Sa Lahat (Lab For All),received on Wednesday (May 21) four new mobile coaster clinics and a mobile water station from a private donor. DSWD Central Office officials who were present to receive the donations, on behalf of Secretary Rex Gatchalian, include Undersecretaries EduPunay of the Innovations and Program Development Group (IPDG), Monina Josefina Romualdez of the Operations Group (OG), Diana Rose Cajipe of the Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG); Assistant Secretary for Regional Operations Paul Ledesma; Special Assistant to the Secretary (SAS) for DRMG and […]

Bureau Directors of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) signed a Quadripartite Memorandum of Agreement (QMOA) with GCash, Land Bank of the Philippines, and the Bureau of Treasury on Monday (May 19) to improve the streamlining and digitalization of regulatory services through the DSWD Harmonized Electronic License and Permit System (HELPS) online platform. Held at the Bonifacio Global City in Taguig City, the QMOA signing formalized the standing agreement of the DSWD with GCash as an online payment gateway of the agency’s regulatory services available through the HELPS online platform. Among the frontline services covered by the agreement […]

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Assistant Secretary Elaine Fallarcuna of the agency’s International Affairs, Attached and Supervised Agencies (IAASA) participates in the Consultation Meeting with Secretary General of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) Dr. Christophe Bernasconi and the Philippine Central Authorities of HCCH Conventions on Thursday (May 15) at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in Pasay City. Asst. Secretary Fallarcuna discussed the progress and shared good practices in the implementation of the HCCH International Child Support Convention which seeks to establish a modern, efficient and accessible system for the cross border recovery of child […]

Social workers of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office 3-Central Luzon responded swiftly to assist eight individuals who were rescued in an anti-human trafficking entrapment operations led by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Wednesday (May 14) at a bar in East Dirita, San Antonio, Zambales. The three minor victim-survivors were provided with psychosocial intervention upon rescue while the remaining five were reunited with their families and will be assisted by the DSWD through the agency’s Recovery and Reintegration Program for Trafficked Persons (RRPTP) # (MBM)

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian meets on Thursday (May 15) with delegates from the European Union (EU) to discuss the joint initiatives of the Department and the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) in ensuring a more seamless, inclusive, and empowering electoral process for vulnerable groups. The EU team, led by Legal Analyst Mercer Castells Vicente, lauded the government’s call to establish early voting hours for senior citizens, persons with disabilities, and pregnant mothers, citing it as one of the best practices of the May 12 midterm elections. Secretary Gatchalian, alongside Undersecretary Emmeline Aglipay-Villar and Asst. Secretary […]

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Wednesday (May 14) met with officials of the World Bank to discuss possible areas of collaboration for the provision of support package to graduating household beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). The exit support package will feature appropriate needs-based interventions on education and employment, guided by strong case management, which will help prevent exiting 4Ps members from sliding back to poverty. The DSWD officials who joined Secretary Gatchalian in the meeting were Undersecretary Adonis Sulit of the Policy and Planning Group (PPG); Undersecretary Vilma Cabrera and Asst. […]