Rats! COA report bares ‘lack of cleanliness’ of DSWD warehouse

Dempsey Reyes 10/05/2023

The Commission on Audit (COA) discovered that the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has failed to maintain the cleanliness of the warehouse where it stores relief goods, causing it to be infested with rodents and cockroaches…

Micro rice retailers have until Oct. 6 to claim financial assistance

Futch Anthony Inso 10/05/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu—Around 366 micro rice retailers in Central Visayas were given until Friday, October 6, 2023, to claim their financial assistance worth P15,000, under the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) of the Department of Social Welfare and…

DSWD taps Cebu NGOs to help in disaster preparedness

Futch Anthony Inso 09/24/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), through its Visayas Disaster Resource Center (VDRC), entered into a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with five non-government organizations that will provide volunteers to help in the…

DSWD probes ‘Socorro cult’ getting 4Ps cash grants, members’ pensions

Charie Abarca 09/21/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Social Welfare and Development Secretary Rex Gatchalian said they are now investigating reports of an alleged cult in Surigao del Norte supposedly collecting the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) and other cash grants of…

DSWD-7 appeals to LGUs to share Listahan 3 data

Futch Anthony Inso 08/08/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu–The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7) is appealing to local government units (LGUs) in the region to enter into an agreement with the agency in sharing the data from the…

4Ps, Listahanan ‘poor’ families to get discounts in electricity bills

Futch Anthony Inso 08/02/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines- Here’s some good news for Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) and Listahanan-identified poor families. They may enjoy 20 to 100-percent discount on their electric bills, depending on their electricity or power consumption, through the…

Pilot run of DSWD’s food stamp program to start July 18

Charie Abarca 07/15/2023

MANILA, Philippines —  The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Saturday said the pilot run for its food stamp program will begin on July 18 in Tondo, Manila, benefitting an initial number of 50 families.…

74,152 Pantawid beneficiaries in Central Visayas to exit program  

Futch Anthony Inso 07/10/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu—A total of 74,152 Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries in Central Visayas will exit the program this year. This was confirmed by Catherine Trapsi, social welfare officer IV and 4Ps Case Manager of the…

2,448 Central Visayas households delisted from 4Ps

Futch Anthony Inso 06/14/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu —  A total of 2,448 households in Central Visayas have been delisted from the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development The delisting was done through DSWD-7’s grievance…

Over 7,000 persons evacuated in Albay amid Mayon unrest — DSWD

Sofia Abrogar 06/10/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Amid Mayon Volcano’s unrest, more than 7,000 people across 2,169 families have been evacuated to designated public school buildings and evacuation centers in Albay as of Saturday, reported the state welfare bureau. Forced evacuation…

DSWD: 470 beneficiaries from Carcar City graduate from 4Ps

Futch Anthony Inso 05/28/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu- A total of 470 Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries from Carcar City in south Cebu have already graduated, according to Assistant Secretary Ma. Evelyn Macapobre of the Department of Social Welfare and Development…

DSWD braces for Typhoon Mawar; extra food packs ready

Sofia Abrogar 05/23/2023

MANILA, Philippines — A total of 689,885 family food packages have been pre-positioned “nationwide” by the state social welfare bureau in preparation for possible supertyphoon Mawar. The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) also started the…

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