DSWD bares 2017 thrusts, priorities

PR 11/30/2016

TO promote collaborations with critical stakeholders at all levels, the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7) recently conducted a brief orientation highlighting the 2017 thrusts and priorities of the agency issued by Secretary…

68 Pantawid women learn basic cosmetic treatment

PR 11/18/2016

A total of 68 women beneficiaries of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Cebu learned basic cosmetic treatment after more than three weeks of training at the Rose Institute…

DSWD-NegOr warns senior citizens of social pension scam

PR 11/16/2016

THE Department of Social Welfare and Development Negros Island Region (DSWD-NIR) warned senior citizens in the province to be vigilant with the new method of collecting fee from the elderly. DSWD-NIR OIC-Regional Director Shalaine Marie Lucero issued…

Environmental awareness and action

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 11/13/2016

Conscious of the fact that education is key to awareness and action to protect our dying Earth and the guaranteed rights of our people to a “balanced and healthful ecology”, a law, Republic Act No. 9512, known…

DSWD aid for kin of jailed drug surrenderers unused

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/11/2016

THE Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7) is asking its central office to redefine or revise its guidelines in extending assistance to affected families whose kin are drug surrenderers who are in jail.…

LGUs urged to implement Anti-Mendicancy Law as Christmas nears

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/11/2016

A SOCIAL welfare officer is reminding all local government units (LGUs) in Cebu to strictly implement the Anti-Mendicancy Law as the Christmas season nears and the number of street families begging for alms is expected to rise.…

YOLANDA STATUS REPORT: More work to be done, 3 yrs after

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/08/2016

Government agencies have completed 74 percent of all Yolanda rehabilitation projects in Central Visayas after three years, but an official of the regional National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA-7) said a lot remains to be done. Based…

Legarda to PH gov’t: Ratify Paris climate accord

11/04/2016

SENATOR Loren Legarda has renewed her call for the Philippines to ratify the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, saying the country has nothing to lose “but everything to gain with it.” In particular, Legarda urged all concerned…

DSWD starts home delivery of social pension

PR 11/03/2016

Lola Julita Plarisan, Lolo Celestino Vaflor and Lolo Emiliano Masayon of Barangay Sto. Niño, Toledo City were all happy when they received the social pension from the Department of Social Welfare and Development through door-to-door delivery. Social…

DSWD’s call: We need more donations for 1.3M Lawin victims

Izobelle T. Pulgo 10/27/2016

A CALL for donations in cash and in kind has been sounded by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for the more than a million people affected by Supertyphoon Lawin in the northern areas of…

RESCUED

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Leo Udtohan 10/23/2016

Tagbilaran City — Thirty-eight young persons, most of them minors from Cebu, who are as young as four years old, were rescued from an illegal orphanage ran by an American and his Filipina-American wife in Tagbilaran City.…

DSWD sends food packs for Lawin victims

Izobelle T. Pulgo, Nestle L. Semilla 10/21/2016

Capitol plans to deploy disaster team to help in relief efforts in northern Luzon The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7) sent 2,200 family food packs yesterday morning for distribution in areas in…

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