MANILA – Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian flew to Zamboanga City on Wednesday to visit the wounded students in the shooting incident at the Ateneo de Zamboanga University (ADZU) Junior High School…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Social Security System (SSS) members whose July P2,000 Uplift aid failed to reach their disbursement accounts have until Tuesday, August 11, to update or re-enroll their accounts, the agency said. Sherwin Dan Solibaga…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Qualified low-income workers may start receiving their first cash assistance under the government’s Uplift program as early as this week or early next week. The payout follows the Social Security System’s (SSS) submission…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Seeing a “No Record Found” message in the UPLIFT Government-to-Person (G2P) App does not automatically mean a household failed to qualify for the government’s cash assistance program. The Department of Social Welfare and…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Selected residents across the country may receive ₱2,000 in government assistance under the expanded Unified Package for Livelihoods, Industry, Food, and Transport (Uplift) Program. The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), one…
MANILA, Philippines — The government is extending another round of financial assistance to more than 7 million poor and low-income households affected by rising oil prices driven by the renewed conflict in the Middle East by providing…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) 7 recorded 28 cases of trafficking in persons (TIP) and online sexual abuse or exploitation of children (OSAEC) in Central Visayas from January to June…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7) has begun offering free breakfast at its Walang Gutom Kitchen in Cebu City, expanding the facility’s meal service less than a month…
LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — Beneficiaries of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Walang Gutom Program have been reminded to attend the mandatory Kalusugan, Kakayahan, at Kabuhayan (3K) Sessions to remain eligible for monthly food assistance.…
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is providing intensive interventions to the two detained minors involved in the recent school shooting in Tacloban City, Leyte. In a media forum on Thursday, Assistant Secretary…
MANILA – Social workers relayed to Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian that the 15-year-old offender involved in the tragic school shooting incident in Tacloban City, Leyte acted with discernment. Gatchalian explained that…
Cases involving minors accused of grave offenses are subjected to discernment assessments and judicial review to determine the appropriate action, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said. …
