Surviving the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic is not easy. It is not just the virus that people are afraid of but also of losing their means of living. Among the greatly affected by this pandemic is Marjorie Nocos, a 44-year old solo parent of Barangay Minto, Guinobatan, Albay, who sells...
Read moreTo 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 moreLegazpi City— National Household Targeting Office (NHTO) Director Justin Batocabe and PIA Director-General Ramon Cualoping III have inspected the DSWD Field Office V encoding station last July 20, 2020, at Innodata Incorporated, Legazpi City. Director Batocabe lauds the Field Office for strictly following health protocols and safety measures in the...
Read moreBeing resilient does not only means the ability to withstand or recover from difficult conditions. It is also being prepared in times of crisis. In the Philippines, resiliency is relevant as the country is being hit with natural disasters specifically typhoons. The country is visited by an average of 20 Read more…
DSWD-SLP turns over 78 units of ‘PEDICAB’ to LPOD SLP assoc The turnover ceremony of “pedicab” to the program participants from Brgy. Poblacion, Libamanan, Camarines Sur. Seventy-eight (78) units of pedicab were given to members of Libmanan Padyak Operators and Drivers (LPOD) Sustainable Livelihood Program Association (SLPA) through the Department Read more…
The Department of Social Welfare and Development Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (DSWD Kalahi-CIDSS) allocated PhP141,768,300.00 worth of community projects to the 15 municipalities of Bicol Region in response to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic. According to Regional Director Arnel Garcia, the 15 Read more…
Legazpi City— The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Bicol resumes its encoding and verification activities as part of the Listahanan 3 household assessment in the region. DSWD Regional Director Arnel Garcia said that as of June 9, the agency has encoded 43% or 483,475 Household Assessment Forms (HAFs) Read more…
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…