The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office V – Bicol Region, the National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA), and the Provincial Government of Albay, through the Persons with Disability Affairs Office (PDAO), shared efforts in providing support to 61 children with special needs in Albay who received therapy assistance during the recent continue reading : 𝗗𝗦𝗪𝗗 𝗕𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹, 𝗡𝗖𝗗𝗔, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗢 – 𝗔𝗹𝗯𝗮𝘆 𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝟲𝟭 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗘𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺

The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office V – Bicol Region, headed by Regional Director Norman S. Laurio, distributed 202 tablets and Case Management Handbooks to the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) City and Municipal Links (C/MLs) of Albay on June 10, 2026, at Legazpi City Convention Center. In support of the program’s continue reading : 𝐑𝐃 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐨: 𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥, 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝟒𝐏𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝟐𝟎𝟐 𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐬, 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐥𝐛𝐚𝐲 𝐂/𝐌𝐋𝐬

LEGAZPI CITY – ‎The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Tara, Basa! Program officially concluded its 20-day Tutoring and Parenting Session through simultaneous culminating activities held across its implementing areas in the Bicol Region on June 5-6, 2026. ‎The activities were conducted in the cities of Legazpi, Naga, and Sorsogon, as well as in continue reading : 𝗧𝗮𝗿𝗮, 𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗮! 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗘𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝟵,𝟯𝟬𝟬 𝗕𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻, 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀

The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office V – Bicol Region strengthened its commitment to multi-sectoral collaboration through the conduct of the CSO Ceremonial MOA Signing: “Beyond the Blueprint: Turning Shared Vision into Shared Reality” on May 28, 2026, at the Southern Luzon Technological College Foundation Inc. (SLTCFI) in Legazpi City. The initiative continue reading : 𝐃𝐒𝐖𝐃 𝐁𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐥 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐒𝐎𝐬, 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟒𝐏𝐬 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬

The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office V – Bicol Region, through the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), recognized the strong partnership and commitment of Local Government Units (LGUs) across the region after securing a total of ₱3,422,575.42 in funding support for the implementation of the Youth Development Session (YDS) Volume III for continue reading : ₱𝟑.𝟒-𝐌 𝐋𝐆𝐔 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐃𝐒𝐖𝐃 𝐁𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐥-𝟒𝐏𝐬 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐀𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧

The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office V – Bicol Region, through the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), successfully concluded the implementation of the Youth Development Session (YDS) Volume III for School Year 2025–2026, with a total of 3,748 youth participants composed of 2,023 Pantawid youth beneficiaries and 1,725 non-Pantawid participants who completed continue reading : 𝟑,𝟕𝟒𝟖 𝐁𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐃𝐒𝐖𝐃 𝐁𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐥-𝟒𝐏𝐬 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐘 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓-𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔

The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office V – Bicol Region, through its Provincial Operations Office of Sorsogon under the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), honored 200 self-sufficient families during the Pugay Tagumpay Ceremony held on May 21, 2026 at the National Government Center in Brgy. Burabod, Sorsogon City. The ceremony recognized beneficiary-families continue reading : 𝟐𝟎𝟎 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝟒𝐏𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐲 𝐓𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐲 𝐂𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐠𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲

Light and opportunity reached Sitio San Jose in Barangay Antipolo as the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office V – Bicol Region, through the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), joined the Global Peace Foundation (GPF) Philippines, BLESS Microfinance Corporation, and the Local Government Unit of Iriga City in launching the 62nd All-Lights Village continue reading : 𝐃𝐒𝐖𝐃 𝐁𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐥, 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐋𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐎𝐟𝐟-𝐆𝐫𝐢𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐚 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲

Fifteen community associations from Barangays Tinorongan and Catalotoan officially received accreditation as recognized non-government organizations (NGOs) on April 30, 2026, marking another milestone in community empowerment and grassroots development in the municipality of Sagnay. The accreditation follows the successful registration of the associations as workers’ organizations under the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on continue reading : 𝟏𝟓 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐲 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐍𝐆𝐎 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝟒𝐏𝐬 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬