DSWD seeks kin of foundlings

01/05/2016

THE Reception and Study Center for Children (RSCC) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas is seeking the public’s assistance in locating the parents and relatives of foundling children in their custody. A…

140K kids receive free hot meals from DSWD

PR 12/31/2015

MORE than 140,000 children in Central Visayas aged 2-5 years old have benefited from the Supplementary Feeding Program (SFP) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Most  of the children-beneficiaries are from Cebu (78,880), Negros…

3 teens rescued; man nabbed in Lapu-Lapu

Norman V. Mendoza 12/13/2015

POLICE rescued three female minors and arrested a 22-year-old man who tried selling them for sex and pushing them into prostitution last Friday in barangay Pajo, Lapu-Lapu City. The three teenagers, whose age ranges from 16 and…

DSWD: More Pantawid beneficiaries in 2016

Vanessa Claire Lucero 12/08/2015

The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7) announced that it has P500 million in dispensable funds for 2016. These funds will be distributed to 24,503 household-beneficiaries under the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps),…

Painter learns from pa, makes a living off art

Vanessa Claire Lucero 12/07/2015

ARNEL Salvacion has made painting his lifelong passion and means of living. “Na-engganyo ko kay kita ko nga mahalin jud ang mga painting (I was encouraged because I saw that the paintings really sold well),” he said…

DSWD holds forum on child pornography

12/01/2015

THE Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7) conducted an orientation workshop and consultation forum on Republic Act 9775 or the Anti-Child Pornography Act of 2009 along with the function of the Local Council…

‘Livelihood recipients can compete globally’

Vanessa Claire Lucero 11/29/2015

Beneficiaries of the government’s Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) can compete with businesses from Southeast Asian countries under the Asean economic community. “We believe that they can compete with other markets, local or international,” SLP regional project coordinator…

Sorongon keeps winning

Glendale G. Rosal 11/29/2015

RUFFA Sorongon and Kenyan Hapram Kilimo dominated the ThreeSixty Pharmacy Home Run yesterday at the Cebu Business Park. Sorongon, who topped the Lapu-Lapu Historic Resort City Run and the Cebu Leg of the 39th National Milo Marathon…

DSWD seeks kin of abandoned child

PR 11/21/2015

THE Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD 7) is seeking the public’s assistance in locating the parents and relatives of Gerard Glynn Brigoli Dungog. Dungog was six months old when left by his…

Ordinance for seniors, PWDs gains support

Juli Ann M. Sibi 11/19/2015

SEVERAL establishments  in Cebu City still don’t  grant discounts to senior citizens and persons with disabilities. To give more teeth to the national law, Cebu City Councilor Alvin Dizon’s proposed ordinance to penalize violators was supported in…

NHA starts development of 5 housing sites in north

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/10/2015

The National Housing Authority (NHA) promised to build permanent homes for more than 22,000 families in high-risk zones in northern Cebu, but not a single one has been completed two years after super typhoon Yolanda struck the…

Livelihood projects poured into Yolanda-hit LGUs in north Cebu

PR 11/09/2015

THE Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7), through its Sustainable Livelihood Program, has poured over P154-million worth of livelihood projects to supertyphoon Yolanda survivors in northern Cebu. “As part of the recovery and…

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