Cash aid to be given in barangay halls, gyms

Margarette Managaytay 08/17/2016

The City Social Welfare and Services Office clarified that distribution of cash aid will be held in public areas in Cebu City’s 80 barangays on Saturday this week. CSWS chief Leah Japson said the venues for cash…

Education a strong weapon against poverty

PR 08/08/2016

AT 16 years old, Ustia Daomani, a Sama-Bajau girl, knows where she is heading to. “I want to be a businesswoman,” she said. Eldest among the five children of Edari and Arlyn Daomani, Ustia is doing her…

Fire victims to move out of school

Nestle L. Semilla 08/06/2015

Pupils of Cebu City Central School, who gave up their classrooms in favor of fire victims,  can return to their classrooms on Monday. Fire  evacuees will move out this weekend. They will be allowed to rebuild their…

Capitol staff study sign language

07/23/2015

PERSONNEL of the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO) and the extension office of the Provincial Governor’s Office (PGO) with some community organizers took the initiative to attend classes in sign language. This is for them…

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…

Cops to ask social workers to join roundup of minors

Apple Ta-as 05/05/2015

Fuente station police will resume  rounding up street children on weekends  in Cebu City but the new officer-in-charg e said  social workers will be present in each operation. Chief Inspector David Señor, who took over as OIC…

Holiday harassment

12/06/2014

It was Dr. Ester Concha, chief of Cebu City Hall’s Department of Social Welfare Services (DSWS), who recounted in a radio interview how she and her team dealt with street children who board  jeepneys to beg for…

15 Cordova kids still with DSWD

Apple Ta-as 07/23/2014

A month after their rescue, 15 boys and girls who were invited by an Australian tourist to a Cordova town beach resort where they were photographed in lewd poses remain in protective custody of the Department of…

DSWD bares new scheme for social pension

06/28/2014

The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD) will now transfer the funds to the local government units (LGUs) for the social pension of indigent senior citizens. The LGUs will distribute the stipend to…

DSWD keeps 20 rescued children; tourist took nude photos of kids

Apple Ta-as, Fe Marie Dumaboc, Peter L. Romanillos 06/28/2014

Their parents want to take them home but the 15 children who were rescued from a Cordova beach resort where they were allegedly sexually abused by an Australian guest will remain for now with the Lapu-Lapu City…

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