DSWD-7 to deliver last batch of food packs to ‘Urduja’ victims

Futch Anthony Inso 12/20/2017

The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7) has deployed food packs to the victims affected by Tropical Storm Urduja in Biliran Province. According to the director of DSWD-7 Evelyn Macapobre, about 15,600 food…

DSWD finalizes guidelines for database

11/01/2017

With the finalization of the guidelines for Listahanan 2 database, the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7), through the National Household Targeting Unit, has kicked off visits to the different local government units…

DSWD gives up on Dodong

Nestle L. Semilla 09/29/2017

  THE agency supposedly tasked to help provide intervention for minor offenders, has given up on Dodong, the 13-year-old boy who was caught several times for burglary. Chief Insp. Ramoncillo Sawan, Punta Princesa Police Station chief, said…

Daanbantayan ex-mayor, DSWD officer held liable

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 09/29/2017

  The Office of the Ombudsman in the Visayas has ordered the suspension of former Daanbantayan town mayor Augusto Corro and a social welfare officer for not following the proper guidelines in determining the list of families…

12-year old girl harassed by grandfather

Winston Ensomo 09/29/2017

A 12-year old girl was rescued by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) after she was allegedly sexually harassed by her grandfather in Samboan town, Cebu on Thursday night. The suspect, 66, admitted to harassing…

Tanods taught how to handle minors

Nestle L. Semilla 08/20/2017

BARANGAY tanods in seven barangays in Cebu City, six of them under the San Nicolas Police Station’s jurisdiction, are being taught how to handle minors as preparation for the strict implementation of the city’s curfew ordinance for…

Two victims of online sexual exploitation rescued in Lapu-lapu

Morexette Marie B. Erram 08/18/2017

TWO minors were rescued from an alleged online sexual exploitation in Lapu-lapu City on Friday morning. In an entrapment operation conducted by Lapu-lapu City Police, the adult who allegedly exploited the two 14-year old girls was also…

Youth caught with shabu

Winston Ensomo 07/19/2017

A 17-year old boy was arrested by Mambaling policemen on patrol Tuesday night. The teenager, a resident of Sitio Manga, was caught with two transparent sachets of shabu. Mambaling police wil turn over the suspect to the…

Police arrests 1, rescues 4 minors from Sambag 2 drug den

Benjie B. Talisic 07/09/2017

Fuente Police rescued four minors aged 14 to 17-years-old from a drug den in Sitio Brupa, Barangay Sambag 2, Cebu City early on Saturday morning. Police Chief Inspector Maria Theresa Macatangay said the four were made to…

NFA, DSWD conduct separate investigations

\, Morexette Erram, Nestle L. Semilla 06/21/2017

FAKE RICE REPORT After reports of fake rice being distributed in Santa Fe town on Bantayan Island went viral on social media, the National Food Authority (NFA) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) launched…

NFA, DSWD to investigate “fake rice” distributed in Sta. Fe

Nestle L. Semilla 06/21/2017

  CEBU CITY–Government agencies are looking into the reported fake rice that were distributed in Sta Fe town on Bantayan Island, north of Cebu. The National Food Authority (NFA) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development…

Trauma bars Marawi kids from enrolling

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/13/2017

Nearly 100 students of Marawi City may have escaped the ongoing conflict there, but they are still traumatized by the violence days after they moved to Cebu City. Minang A. Mananggis, coordinator of the Madrasah Education Program…

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