In November 1, 2020, the Bicol Region was hit by super typhoon Rolly, the year’s strongest typhoon. It affected 561,916 families with 2,411,850 individuals, left 300,103 partially damaged and 67,180 totally damaged houses, and caused 24 deaths, 27 individuals injured, and 4 missing. Bicolanos are known for their resilience, fit Read more…
Albay and Catanduanes – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Region V continuously provides cash assistance under Emergency Shelter Assistance (ESA) and Cash-for-Work (CFW) programs to families with totally damaged houses due to super typhoon Rolly. Since its distribution commenced last December 3, the agency has already distributed Read more…
DSWD AICS staff releasing financial assistance to families with totally and partially damaged houses in Virac, Catanduanes last November 10, 2020. True to its mandate and as the lead agency in the Food and Non-Food Cluster during disaster response, The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) continues to strengthen its Read more…
From left to right: DRMD Chief Marites Quismorio, RD Arnel B. Garcia, and Team Leader Amie Marie Castillo during the briefing of augmentation team bound to Catanduanes Members of the augmentation team from Masbate and Sorsogon during the briefing with RD Arnel Garcia, ARDA Arwin Razo, and DRMD Chief Marites Read more…
DSWD Region 5 distributes Family Food Packs (FFPs) to affected residents of Barangay Francia in Virac, Catanduanes | Photo: Lloyd Lara The Department of Social Welfare and Development Regional Office V continuously provides augmentation support to families affected by the onslaught of Super Typhoon Rolly. As of the 12:00NN Read more…
Giving of family food packs to partially damaged houses and releasing of Php5,000 cash assistance to families with totally damaged houses. (From right to left is Mayor Cabataña, Congressman Kho, RD Garcia, and Sec. Bautista). Secretary Rolando Joselito Bautista visited the victims of the 6.6 magnitude earthquake that shook Masbate Read more…
DSWD MAT helps during the rapid assessment (left); Attendance to the MDRRMC meeting (right) Amidst the struggles being faced during this time of pandemic, the province of Masbate was struck hard with a 6.6 magnitude earthquake earlier today that was also felt in its nearby provinces. This is just one Read more…
The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office V is committed to maintain if not surpass its outstanding record of fast and efficient delivery of the cash aid to Bicolanos during the first tranche of the Social Amelioration Program (SAP). DSWD started its distribution of the 2nd tranche of Read more…
To immediately address the issues arising from the delisted beneficiaries of the 2nd tranche for the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) of DSWD, particularly on the result of deduplication with Social Security System for the Small Business Wage Subsidy (SWBS) Progam of the agency, the DSWD representatives – Ms. Gerlie Avila-SWO Read more…
The 114 Local Government Units (LGUs) of the Bicol Region successfully completed the distribution for the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) of DSWD last May 10, 2020. All 772,287 targeted poor families were served with the 5,000Php emergency cash subsidy given per qualified family amounting to 3,861,435,000.00. It can be recalled Read more…