A total of 14,944 pairs of brand new shoes for children, 165 hand sanitizers, and safety kits were donated by SM Foundation Inc. through their Operation Tulong Express and SM Store to the Department of Social Welfare and Development Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, and Albay Provincial Operations Offices (POO) in Read more…
Angels in Red Vest of the DSWD Provincial Operations Office in Camarines Norte receive four (4) boxes of donated toys from SM Daet last 14 January 2022 through the donation drive organized by DSWD Field Office V for the victims of Super Typhoon (STY) Odette. The Share-a-Toy Campaign under the Read more…
When the pandemic broke-out in 2020, immediate assistance both monetary and food, were needed. Among the most affected by the pandemic were the working class and the marginalized. After lifting the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ), only areas with a high number of positive cases were placed under granular lockdown. Read more…
Legaspi City- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office V through the National Household Targeting Section (NHTS) announced that the third round of Listahanan validation and finalization phase is nearing its completion. DSWD Regional Director Leo L. Quintilla said that as of January 20, 2022, the encoding Read more…
Legazpi City- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office V through the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) recommences the encoding activities of the remaining validated Household Assessment Forms (HAFs) to finish the Listahanan 3 validation and finalization phase. A total of fifty (50) encoding Read more…
Legazpi City– DSWD Bicol allocated a total of 11,000 Family Food Packs (FFPs) as relief augmentation to the survivors of TY Odette in Southern Leyte. Due to logistical limitations, the goods are being delivered in batches. Initially, Field Office (FO) V Read more…
DSWD Field Office V would like to make a clarification regarding a post that has been circulating on social media, alleging that according to the Department’s data, the Province of Camarines Sur is the poorest province in the Bicol Region. During the recently-conducted Media Forum last 09 December 2021, the Read more…
Grief is always achingly hard and painful. The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically changed everyone’s lives, including the mourning of the loss of a loved one. Since the imposition of enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the country last March 17, 2020 and until today, the vulnerable sectors, especially the Senior Citizens Read more…
Much has been said about how to live longer. But 100-year old Fidela Bondoy, or May Fidela as she is fondly called by her neighbors and kin only have three secrets: eating vegetables, drinking tea and a fervent prayer. She was born on April 24, 1921 – a living witness Read more…
The COVID-19’s increasing number of cases and deaths prompted the government for the declaration of lockdown, quarantine and other restrictions. Lockdown specifically has proven to have reduced the spread of the virus as it is one of the social isolation restrictions implemented. In these times of isolation and quarantine, one Read more…