The Department of Social Welfare and Development Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (DSWD Kalahi-CIDSS) activated the Disaster Response Operations Procedure (DROP) to respond to the impact of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) crisis. The DROP was triggered by Proclamation No. 922, declaring a State of 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…
Steadfast to the commitment to serve with utmost fairness and transparency, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office 05’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) wasted no time in addressing ineligibility complaints and reports. The Field Office’s Grievance Redress Unit of the 4Ps, has received 17 ineligibility complaints Read more…
Exhibiting transparency and efficient service to the Bicolano communities, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office 5 has begun publishing the names of the recipients of the emergency cash subsidy under Social Amelioration Program (SAP) within the Bicol region. Starting this May 12, the names of the Read more…
In spite of the fear of contracting the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), the frontliners have continuously provided services such as healthcare, food, security and social services to ensure the protection of the population. Sadly, these frontliners are experiencing harassment, violence and discrimination from people who see them as possible carriers of Read more…
DSWD is being held up as object of ridicule and thoughtless bashing in the social media today parallel to its implementation of the Social Amelioration Program (SAP). Most of these heedless comments and posts coming from netizens stem from obvious misinformation and false attribution to the Department of the mandated Read more…
To some, the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) is a luxury, but to many, a misery. Many Filipino families are in the most difficult situation right now because of the declaration of the ECQ that caused them to temporarily lose their jobs which means that they have also lost their means Read more…
Legazpi City— The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has started releasing funds to the local government units (LGUs) of the Bicol Region for its Social Pension program. DSWD Field Office V Regional Director Arnel Garcia announced that the office has already transferred funds for the program to the Read more…
A total of 503,741 poor families in Bicol have already received the PhP5,000.00 emergency subsidy under the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) amounting to Php2,092,720,600.00, as of April 22, 2020, 10 am. According to Regional Director Arnel Garcia, 87 out of 114 Read more…
In a memorandum from the Secretary dated April 17, 2020, the agency has adopted the recommendation of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to include as target beneficiaries, the Barangay Health Workers (BHW), Barangay Tanods, and Barangay Day Care Workers, subject to proper screening in accordance to Joint Read more…