Lapu-Lapu City Council to DSWD: Help 4,000 retrenched MEPZ workers

Futch Anthony Inso 10/01/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Lapu-Lapu City Council has requested the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to provide assistance to 4,000 retrenched workers from the Mactan Export Processing Zone (MEPZ). In a resolution that was…

No P100,000 cash gift yet for 704 centenarians

Philippine Daily Inquirer 09/25/2022

MANILA, Philippines — There are 1,704 centenarians in the country but 704 of them have yet to receive their P100,000 cash gifts as mandated by law. This is because the Department of Social Welfare and Development does not have…

After massive flooding, fire hits Brgy Casuntingan in Mandaue

Mary Rose Sagarino 09/13/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — After the massive flooding on September 9, Barangay Casuntingan is beset with another crisis: fire. On Tuesday dawn, September 13, a fire razed apartments in a compound in the barangay, displacing 34 families…

DSWD stops online application for educational assistance

Daphne Galvez 09/12/2022

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has stopped accepting online applications for its educational aid amid a high volume of requests. DSWD spokesman Romel Lopez on Monday said it has so far…

Cordova town mulls financial assistance for seniors not enrolled in DSWD program

Futch Anthony Inso 08/30/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu—The Municipality of Cordova plans to distribute financial assistance to senior citizens in the town who were not enrolled in the social pension of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). This was announced…

Education aid payout extension, house-to-house distribution eyed 

Daphne Galvez, Tonette Orejas - @inquirerdotnet 08/29/2022

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will look into the possibility of extending the distribution of cash assistance to qualified students as well as house-to-house distribution, an official said Monday. DSWD Assistant…

The crowds and desperation

Inez Ponce de leon - @inquirerdotnet 08/24/2022

The photos of last weekend’s Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) debacle were both pitiful and nightmarish: thousands of people, who had spent at least half the night lining up for a few pesos in educational…

29 injured in stampede over DSWD cash aid payout in Zamboanga

John Eric Mendoza - Reporter / @JEMendozaINQ 08/20/2022

MANILA, Philippines — A total of 29 people were injured after the stampede incident in a coliseum in Barangay Tetuan, Zamboanga City during the distribution of educational cash aid on Saturday. In an advisory, the Zamboanga City…

4Ps recipients, gov’t scholars not included in DSWD cash aid for students — Tulfo

John Eric Mendoza - Reporter / @JEMendozaINQ 08/20/2022

MANILA, Philippines — Social Welfare Secretary Erwin Tulfo on Saturday said that Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries and government scholars are not qualified for the agency’s cash aid, and those who received it should refund the…

LOOK: Thousands crowd DSWD office in Cagayan de Oro

Ryan D. Rosauro - @inquirerdotnet 08/20/2022

Thousands of people waited for their turn to queue for education assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in its Northern Mindanao regional office in Cagayan de Oro City. In photos by Bombo Radyo…

DSWD-7 starts educational aid distribution to indigent students

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 08/20/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Thousands of students and parents flocked to various distribution sites in Cebu City to claim their educational assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Saturday, August 20, 2022. According…

Indigent students to get one-time cash aid from DSWD

Neil Arwin Mercado - Reporter / @NAMercadoINQ 08/18/2022

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) announced Thursday that it would distribute one-time cash assistance to indigent Filipino students. According to DSWD, students can use the financial aid to cover the cost…

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