The Philippine National Police Legazpi City Station arrested a suspected fixer right at the DSWD Field Office at Buraguis Legazpi City during an entrapment operation on Tuesday. The operation emanate from the request of DSWD, asking for police assistance because of the alleged illegal activities of fixers in the department. An entrapment operation was immediately continue reading : DSWD, PNP nabs fixer in an entrapment operation

Legazpi City – Aderans Philippines Inc, a Japanese company and Anando Marketing & Services Inc. , a sub-contractor, signed a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Social Welfare and Development Bicol yesterday at the DSWD Field Office. DSWD Regional Director Arnel Garcia together with DSWD Asst.Regional Director for Operations Corazon Miña led the MOU continue reading : Japanese investors forged partnership with DSWD Bicol

Today our country faces many challenges; increasing violence, continuous erosion of moral values, high incidence of poverty and the rampant use of prohibited drugs. The report on the national drug situation during the National Drug Summit in June, 2001 stated that in the past years, there were only 20,000 users using only marijuana, a locally continue reading : DSWD trains Social Workers on family drug abuse and prevention program

Legazpi City-The Listahanan or National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is currently conducting the second round of household assessment in the 6 provinces of Bicol Region. “As of July 22, we have assessed 642,008 or 59% households out of the 1.08 million target covering continue reading : DSWD’s household assessment in Bicol is about half way

The Department of Social Welfare and Development Bicol released 860,000 and 1.03 million respectively to fund livelihood projects in Aroroy, Masbate under the Bottoms-up-budgeting (BUB). According to Nida Bagayusa, the livelihood worker of the Local Social Welfare and Development Office, the P 860,00 has funded various livelihood project benefiting 105 Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries or 35 continue reading : BUB funds livelihood project in Aroroy, Masbate

A partnership has been forged between the Department of Social Welfare and Development, the city government of Naga and with the Central Bicol State University (CBSUA) for Sustainable Livelihood Program last July 20, 2015. The program aims to improve the socio-capacities of the Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries by facilitating their access to micro-enterprise development and employment continue reading : DSWD inks MOA with CLGU Naga and CBSUA for Sustainable Livelihood Program

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has no lump sum or discretionary funds amounting to P102.6 billion in the 2015 General Appropriations Act (GAA). “How can that be when the budget of the Department is already P107.8 billon? We do have a budget for Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses amounting to P102B, and continue reading : DSWD clarifies lump sum in its 2015 budget

Legazpi City- A delegation from World Bank and Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFA) visited three barangays in Legazpi City for the 8th World Bank Implementation Support Mission on July 2-4, 2015. The field visit aimed to generate ideas about how the Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program implemented in Legazpi City given it’s a disaster continue reading : World Bank & DFAT conducted support mission visit to DSWD Bicol

The long years of agony is over for the 97 families who received their certificate of completion and acceptance of the shelter units from DSWD Regional Director Arnel Garcia witnessed by San Jose Mayor Antonio Chavez . The certificate gave these families from San Jose , Camarines Sur the go signal to occupy their core continue reading : New homes for 97 Families in San Jose Cam Sur

The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 5 launches the Comprehensive Program for street children, families, and indigenous people (COMPRE) last June 24 at La Roca Veranda Suites and Restaurant. “The program provides a package of services and interventions to respond to the needs and provide opportunities for streer children, streer families and continue reading : DSWD Bicol launches program for street families and children