The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) brings the ‘Trabaho sa Bagong Pilipinas para sa Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps)’ job fair to Negros Oriental on Thursday (February 20). A total of 15 companies, invited by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), are offering local and overseas employment opportunities in the ongoing job fair at the Lamberto L. Macias Sports and Cultural Complex in Dumaguete City. The participating companies opened various positions such as accounting clerk, supervisor; cook, baker, human resource associate, customer service representative, driver, civil engineer, electrical technician, nurse, cleaner, physical therapist, midwife, and graphic artist. […]

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) launched its intergenerational project, “Apo Ko: Kwento ni Lolo’t Lola, Gabay ng Kabataan,” on Thursday (February 20) at the Haven for the Elderly in Tanay, Rizal. This timely project aims to build on the strengths of the elderly sector in giving guidance to young children through their stories filled with wisdom and values gained from their years of experience. Undersecretary Emmeline Aglipay Villar of the DSWD’s International Affairs, Attached and Supervised Agencies (IASAs) Group delivered the messageof Secretary Rex Gatchalian underlining the importance of the project which recognizes the role of ‘lolos’ […]

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian, joined by Undersecretary Eduardo Punay of the agency’s Innovations Group and Executive Director Anna Cabrera of the Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS), Inc., leads the media re-launch of ’Angel Pets’ on Wednesday (February 19) at the Sanctuary Center in Mandaluyong City. The media re-launch aims to raise public awareness on Angel Pets, a collaborative program of the DSWD and the PAWS that seeks to tap on animal-assisted therapy to enhance the therapeutic and healing interventions  for the clients of  the agency-managed centers and residential care facilities (CRCFs). During the event, […]

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) facilitated a donor-donee matching during the Kaagapay Donations Portal Launch on Tuesday (February 18) at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City. Dubbed as “Push sa Puso: Donors-Donees Matching,” some 100 participants from Social Welfare and Development Agencies (SWDAs) and non-government organizations were matched to 100 participants from DSWD partners and other institutional organizations to help the latter meet potential donors for their facilities and needs. The Kaagapay Donations Portal Launch is part of the 74th anniversary celebration of the DSWD with the theme, “Bawat Pamilyang Pilipino ay Mahalaga sa Bagong Pilipinas.”

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian inks a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that formalizes data-sharing with the Department’s various partner-agencies for its newly-launched Minors Travelling Abroad (MTA) system on Tuesday (February 18). The other signatories were the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), National Authority for Child Care (NACC), Bureau of Immigration (BI), and the Philippine Center on Transnational Crime (PCTC). The MTA system, which now allows online processing and issuance of clearance for minors traveling abroad without their parents or guardians, is among the digital initiatives launched during the agency’s 74th anniversary […]

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian unveils on Tuesday (February 18)  the agency’s newest online systems, the  ‘Harmonized Electronic Licensing Permit System (HELPS) and  the ‘Minors Travelling Abroad (MTA)’ portal, during the DSWD’s 74th Anniversary celebration held at the SMX Convention, with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr as guest honor. In his message, the Chief Executive recognized the DSWD’s laudable initiatives to fortify the agency’s services amid the growing demand for digitalization to meet the evolving needs of the public.   Now officially launched, the HELPS shall serve as a digital one-stop-shop for the agency’s regulatory […]

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., accompanied by Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian, makes the rounds of the different booths featuring the agency’s programs and services during the DSWD’s 74th anniversary celebration on February 18 (Tuesday) at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City. During the President’s rounds, Undersecretary Monina Josefina Romualdez of the DSWD’s Operations Group (OG)  showed the features of the Minors Traveling Abroad (MTA) online system, while Undersecretary Denise Florence Bernos Bragas of the Regulatory Services and Institutional Development Group (RSIDG) explained the features of the Harmonized Electronic Licensing Permit System (HELPS). Undersecretary […]

As an expression of his support, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr signs the ‘Pamilya para sa Bagong Pilipinas’ Compendium, which was presented by Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian to the Chief Executive during the agency’s 74th anniversary celebration on Tuesday (February 18) at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City. The compendium serves as an information resource directory of the different programs and services of the DSWD that are responsive to the needs of Filipino families.   The President congratulated the DSWD for the agency’s seven decades of exceptional work in delivering government services to […]

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian, together with other agency executives, receives two new ISO certifications for the agency’s quality management and information security efforts during a ceremonial awarding on Monday (February 17) at the DSWD Central Office in Quezon City. The DSWD received the ISO 9001:2015 recertification from the SOCOTEC Certification Philippines, Inc.  Otherwise known as the international benchmark on Quality Management, the ISO recertification reaffirms that every program and initiative implemented by the DSWD meets the highest global standards. Another certification, the ISO/IEC 27001:2022 was conferred by the SGS Philippines, Inc. which is a […]