A community faces different threats to peace and security and a village in Gubat, Sorsogon faces the same ordeal. In Pinontingan, a coastal village home to 1,342 residents, crime is rampant. Most of its 335 households are storeowners, laborers and fishermen. Pinontingan has two big schools namely, Bicol University Gubat Campus (BUGC) and Gubat North continue reading : Gubatnon villagers foster peace

The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office V announces that the screening of applicants under the Listahanan program is still on-going. “Since we are on a massive hiring we are scheduling the applicants on a per batch basis” said Regional Director Arnel Garcia. “We will shortlist once we finished interviewing all applicants. For continue reading : Screening of Listahanan field staff applicants is on-going – DSWD

Bernas Family Gina L. Bernas is a housewife of five children, two boys and three girls. She lives with her husband Michael, 34, in a small wooden shanty in far-flung area in Barangay Mampirao, Caramoan, Camarines Sur. The thirty-four year old mother and her husband were not able to finish her college degree. More so, continue reading : A Mother’s dream

In line with this year’s celebration of the National Adoption Consciousness Week, the DSWD Field Office 5 conducted an adoption forum held last February 14, 2015 at the POPCOM, Regional Office 5, Legazpi City. The activity was intended for couples who have adopted children to get together and share their experiences, challenges and the joy continue reading : Adoptive parents hare experiences

About 15 civil society organizations (CSO’s) from the different parts of the region attended the consultation workshop organized by the Department of Social Welfare and Development held recently at Fiesta Ballroom, Legazpi City. DSWD Director Arnel Garcia said that the activity is one of the government’s commitments to integrate citizen’s participation in the budget process continue reading : DSWD 5 holds consultation meeting with CSOs

At Barangay Colongcogong, Caramoan, Camarines Sur, beneficiaries of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program of Department of Social Welfare and Development leads the way to easily access medicines to their community folks. Over the past years, all residents in the community have no access to medicines. With this, they resorted for alternative medicines and herbals to cure continue reading : Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries leads access to medicines

“Mayo lamang nagkakaginiribo (They do nothing).” This is the popular remark towards Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program recipients that Leoncia Bigay, one of its beneficiaries in Ocampo, Camarines Sur, would like to confute. At present, she is the parent leader of 36 Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries in Zone 3 of Brgy. Salvacion and also a volunteer of continue reading : DSWD beneficiaries return the favor to their community

The DSWD Field Office V through the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) now known as Listahanan is set to conduct another special validation to some 5,180 households next week. The special validation will target those families that are not included in the Listahanan database for inclusion in the Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program. continue reading : DSWD Bicol readies for another special validation

They call us the lower class, the twerps, a burden to the government. They dub us dependents, supposedly merely after government doles. They call us the poorest of the poor, the beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). Let me tell you people, we are less fortunate but we are not stupid. Yes, we continue reading : I’m a 4Ps scholar

Ms Julie Ann Gregory, a Community Empowerment Facilitator of DSWD Field Office V is this year’s champion of the recently concluded DSWD Got Talent Nationwide Invasion held at DSWD Central Office in Quezon City last January 31. Competing with other regions who presented various talents, Ms. Gregory still made it to the top. She rocked continue reading : DSWD Bicol and partners get national recognition during the 64th Anniversary