Capitol to turnover two centers for CICLs, abused women to DSWD-7 to save P20M

Rosalie O. Abatayo 10/13/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu provincial government will soon give up its management of two halfway houses for children in conflict with the law (CICL) and women, who are victims of abuses, to the Department of…

DOLE holds Kabuhayan program orientation for PWDs

Irene R. Sino Cruz 07/23/2019

CEBU CITY—Over 40 persons with disability (PWDs) from the Area Vocational Rehabilitation Center (AVRC) II of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD-7) will have the opportunity to become beneficiaries of the Kabuhayan program of the…

Police nab mother in cyberporn operation

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/16/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police arrested a 45-year-old mother from Mandaue City after she was caught in the act of offering online sexual predators to record videos of herself sexually abusing her minor daughters. The entrapment operation…

Senior citizens told: Cash aid payout may be delayed due to social pensioners’ list updates

Futch Anthony Inso 04/15/2019

Cebu City, Philippines — The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7) has announced that the distribution of cash aid for senior citizens under the social pension program might get delayed. Leah Quintana, regional…

DSWD-7: 30 financially challenged students in Cebu to get ‘summer jobs’ as office interns

Gerard Vincent Francisco 04/08/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Thirty senior high school and college financially-challenged students in Cebu will have a chance to earn extra cash for their daily needs this summer through the Government Internship Program of the Department of…

DSWD-7 suspends 4Ps payout to beneficiaries due to election ban

Futch Anthony Inso 04/01/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Aside from family food packs distribution, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has also suspended the payout of cash grants to its Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries due to election…

Exec clarifies: Teen suspect under custody of local social welfare office not DSWD-7

Rosalie O. Abatayo 03/29/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The 17-year-old suspect in the killing of 16-year-old Christine Lee Silawan is under the care of the Local Social Welfare and Development Office   (LSWDO) of Lapu-Lapu City and not of the Department…

DSWD-7 to house ‘lost children’ during Sinulog festivities

Rosalie O. Abatayo 01/17/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Central Visayas field office of the Department of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD-7) has formed a skeletal force that will monitor the Sinulog activities from the Solemn Foot Procession…

Naga landslide evacuees balloon to more than 7K

Jessa Sotto 09/27/2018

The number of displaced families has increased to 1,716 consisting of 7, 653 individuals, a week since the massive landslide that hit Barangays Tinaan and Naalad, City of Naga, Cebu on Sept. 20, 2018. The number of…

Helping kids to deal with trauma: Social workers organize activities for children evacuees

USJ-R Intern, Zena V. Magto 09/24/2018

In a corner of the Enan Chiong Activity Center (ENAC) in the City of Naga, some of the 525 children-evacuees of the landslide that hit Sitio Sindulan, Barangay Tinaan in Naga City, gather, play games, and even…

Families living on streets get house rental subsidy from DSWD-7

PR 06/08/2018

A TOTAL of 274 homeless street families in Metro Cebu availed of the house rental subsidy of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office VII. These homeless street families are partner-beneficiaries under the Modified…

DSWD-7 donates P3.4 M worth of clothes, foods to Ermita fire victims

Morexette B. Erram 05/10/2018

The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD -7) donated P3.4 million worth of clothes and foods to the victims of the fire that hit Barangay Ermita last Monday (May 7). Over 600 families…

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