DBM releases P6.2 billion to fund ayuda to 6 million poor beneficiaries
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has released a total of P6.20 billion to bankroll the first tranche of ...
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Financial assistance
The Department of Social Welfare and Development and the United Nations Children’s Fund tap Land Bank of the Philippines for ...
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Bill granting solo parents additional perks and benefits lapses into law
A bill granting additional benefits including subsidies, discounts and value-added tax (VAT) exemptions for solo parents has lapsed into law ...
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‘Incoming admin should address stunting problem’
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian is urging the next administration to address stunting among Filipino children, which has long-term consequences on their ...
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Tulfo vows to go after DSWD ‘fixers’ and charge them
Incoming Department of Social Welfare Secretary (DSWD) Erwin Tulfo on Monday said he will not tolerate ‘fixers’ in the DSWD ...
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5 more nominated to Cabinet
President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Monday named five more nominees for various department heads of the incoming administration. In ...
Read moreTaguig doles out P3k pension each to 14,000 seniors
The Taguig City government has started distributing up to P3,000 in social pension each to about 14,000 indigent senior citizens ...
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Empowering solo parents
The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Tabaco City conducts livelihood skills training for solo parents who perform the ...
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SM Foundation expands apprenticeship program
SM Foundation, along with the Department of Social Welfare and Development, Department of Labor and Employment and the Technical Skills ...
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Comelec says OVP can continue projects during election period
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has granted the request for exemption of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), ...
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