DSWD-7 targets to complete reassessment of 4Ps beneficiaries in Listahan 3 this August

Futch Anthony Inso 08/13/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines- The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7) has already reassessed 54,975 Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries that were first listed as non-poor in Listahanan 3, according to Catherine Trapsi,…

Dismal science, dismal research?

Mahar Mangahas - @inquirerdotnet 04/01/2023

Most of the people in the world are poor, so if we knew the economics of being poor, we would know much of the economics that really matters. Most of the world’s poor people earn their living…

DSWD-7: 82,000 households validated as 4Ps beneficiaries, ‘self-sufficient’ revalidation continues

Futch Anthony Inso 10/02/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — At least 82,000 households or 99 percent of the 82,922 Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) households have been revalidated as beneficiaries of the program by the  DSWD-7 or the Department of Social Welfare…

DILG OK with videoke, karaoke sessions in households

Darryl John Esguerra 12/10/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) sees nothing wrong with private videoke / karaoke sessions among household members during the holiday season, adding that what it is discouraging are karaoke sessions…

Labella: Households in riversides need to be relocated to solve flooding

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/14/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella said that the households within the three-meter easement or riverbanks in major waterways in the city would have to be relocated for waterway projects to push through. This…

New QR passes for Cebu City to be distributed starting tomorrow

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/25/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — New passes with corresponding QR codes will be distributed to the households in Cebu City starting on Friday, June 26, 2020. According to Lawyer Rey Gealon, Cebu City spokesperson, said that the barangay…

DENR to households: Use bleaching solution to fight COVID-19

Katrina Hallare 03/19/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on Thursday urged the public to disinfect their households with the right proportion of bleaching agents as a precautionary measure to combat the spread of COVID-19.…

DSWD: 780K households in CV to receive P2,400 cash grants before March ends

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/24/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — At least 780,000 households in Central Visayas are expected to receive their Unconditional Cash Transfer (UCT) grant of P2,400 before the end of March. Shalaine Marie Lucero, Department of Social Welfare and Development…

60 Naga City households still to receive cash assistance

Rosalie O. Abatayo 11/29/2018

AT LEAST 60 among 444 households that lived within the immediate danger zone surrounding ground zero of the landslide area in Barangay Tinaan, Naga, have yet to receive assistance from the Naga City government after failing to…

Households urged to engage in home gardening

Rosalie Abatayo 07/02/2018

  The Department of Agriculture (DA-7) urged households to engage in home gardening to ensure food safety and security. National Nutrition Council (NNC-7) Nutrition program coordinator Paolita Mission said that the region is still far from being…

220 urban households fail to comply

Nestle L. Semilla 03/01/2018

WASTE SEGREGATION About 220 households in Cebu City’s 42 urban barangays were unable to comply with the city government’s “no segregation, no collection” policy on garbage disposal on the first day of its implementation yesterday. But Nida…

PBSP’s projects benefit 50K people

Izobelle T. Pulgo 08/12/2016

Around 10,000 households in the Visayas have benefited from the projects implemented by Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP), the biggest corporate-led social development foundation in the country. During its 28th Visayas annual membership meeting, the PBSP…

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