19 PWDs now licensed massage therapists

PR 05/19/2015

Nineteen visually-impaired therapists finally took their oath as licensed massage therapists after passing the recent licensure examination for massage therapy. The oath-taking was held at the Poblacion Auditorium in Lapu-Lapu City. Since 2012, the Area Vocational Rehabilitation…

Aussie blames ex-girlfriend for arrest, claims innocence

Victor Anthony V. Silva 05/14/2015

The 61-year-old Australian national charged with molesting female minors blamed his ex-girlfriend for spreading “lies about him.” “I have not committed any crime. I did not do nothing. The allegations were spread by my ex-girlfriend,” a defiant…

Sta. Fe asks for shelter aid balance

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/11/2015

The municipal government of Sta. Fe town in Bantayan Island, Cebu called on the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to release the P55.2 million balance of its Emergency Shelter Assistance (ESA). Sta. Fe Mayor Jose…

Soliman to investigate Daanbantayan ESA issue

Victor Anthony V. Silva 05/01/2015

Social Welfare Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Soliman will investigate the distribution of the Emergency Shelter Assistance (ESA) in Daanbantayan, northern Cebu, following the complaints of some Yolanda survivors that they were crossed out from the list of supposed…

26K Pantawid beneficiaries in Central Visayas finish high school

04/30/2015

A total of  26,454 student-beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) from the Central Visayas completed their high school education this year. Pantawid Pamilya information officer Phoebe Jen Indino said the student-beneficiaries include 12,359 from Cebu,…

Justice for Chastity

04/21/2015

Cebu City was awarded the 2014 Seal of Child-Friendly Local Governance by a national council for the welfare of children headed by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). It’s not hard to see why. The…

DSWD explains shelter aid rules to Cebu execs

Melissa Q. Cabahug 03/18/2015

The Department of Social Welfare and Development called on northern Cebu towns to have their barangays file a resolution asking their central office for reconsideration on the Emergency Shelter Assistance (ESA) guidelines. In a briefing attended by…

Yolanda shelter aid only for the poor — Soliman

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 02/10/2015

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) stands by its guideline that limits the distribution of the Emergency Shelter Assistance to those living below the poverty line. Social Welfare Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Soliman said that the…

Davide urges DSWD to reconsider shelter aid rules

Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/08/2015

Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III said the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) should heed the appeal of mayors to reconsider their guidelines on shelter assistance to families displaced by supertyphoon Yolanda in northern Cebu. “I…

Bantayan mayor decries shelter assistance cap

Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/06/2015

Another northern Cebu mayor has expressed his sentiments on what he calls “unfair” guidelines in the distribution of financial aid under Emergency Shelter Assistance (ESA) program of the national government. Mayor Ian Christopher Escario of Bantayan town…

DSWD staffer uses comics in disseminating information

01/28/2015

Sketches, lines and colors held together by unlimited thoughts of super heroes, civil engineer Rolando “Jay-ar” Maravilla Jr. of the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD 7) has that in mind during work…

Pope, Ruby and DSWD

Ricky Poca 12/16/2014

The country is  busy preparing for two events:  the visit of  Pope Francis  in January  2015 and the International Eucharistic Congress in January of 2016.  The pope  is coming to comfort victims of typhoon Yolanda in Tacloban…

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