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…

Election ban: DSWD-7 suspends distribution of family food packs to El Niño-affected families

Futch Anthony Inso 03/29/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7) has already suspended, starting today, the distribution of family food packs. “Election ban naman, so starting today, suspended na ang atong distribution,”…

Teen suspect in Christine Lee Silawan slay back in home care

Rosalie O. Abatayo 03/28/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The legal battle to prove his innocence continues as the 17-year-old suspect in the brutal slaying of Christine Lee Silawan returns to the protective custody of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)…

DSWD conducts voters education and info campaign to 4Ps beneficiaries

Futch Anthony Inso 03/14/2019

Cebu City, Philippines — The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7) conducted a voters’ education and information campaign to Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries. Kerwin Macopia, information officer of DSWD-7, said that…

DSWD-7 assures LGUs: We have enough supply of family food packs

Futch Anthony Inso 03/12/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-7 has assured local government units (LGUs) that they have enough supply of family food packs that can be augmented during calamities. This month, the Bureau…

Duterte defends Cabinet choice with military background, cites need for Cabinet efficiency, action

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/24/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — President Duterte defended his choosing a military man to sit as secretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) during his visit to Cebu on Sunday night, February 24. DSWD Secretary…

Mom from Alcantara nabbed for sexually exploiting her two daughters, below 1-year-old niece

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/04/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—A 32-year-old mother was arrested for child exploitation and cyberpornography in a rescue operation by the members of the Women and Children Protection Center – Visayas Field Unit (WCPCVFU) in Alcantara town, Cebu, on Monday…

BOC donates confiscated used clothing to DSWD

Delta Dyrecka Comendador Letigio 10/26/2018

Five containers of used clothing from Thailand with an estimated amount of P7.5 million were confiscated in violation of the prohibition of the importation of used clothing in the country. The confiscated items, however, were donated by…

More than 87 percent of target beneficiaries receive cash assistance from DSWD

Zena V. Magto 10/18/2018

The unconditional cash transfer (UCT) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has already been distributed to 87.6 percent of the target beneficiaries. This was reported by Graeme Ferdinand Armecin, DSWD Planning Officer 4, in…

Number of displaced families up – DSWD

Jessa Mae O. Sotto, Rosalie Abatayo, USJ-R Intern Zena Magto 09/27/2018

The number of displaced families has now reached 1,716 a week since a massive landslide hit Barangays Tinaan and Naalad in Naga City, records provided by the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7)…

Radaza asks mother of abandoned baby to see her

Jessa Sotto 09/27/2018

Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Paz Radaza is asking the mother of the baby boy who was left in a garbage dumping area in Barangay Marigondon to see her. Radaza, who is also a mother, said the parent of…

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