DSWD Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman assured Pantawid beneficiaries of the continuing help to high school students even with the implementation of the K to 12. “Hanggang hindi makakatapos yung mga anak ninyo sa high school, hindi sila maaalis sa programa (As long as your children have not yet graduated from high school, they will not be continue reading : DSWD assures aid for Pantawid high school students

PRESIDENT Benigno Simeon Aquino III cited the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, the Philippine version of Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT), as an effective tool in the pursuit for inclusive growth. “Ang panata natin: Walang maiiwan sa kaunlaran, nasa Luzon man, Visayas o Mindanao; bawat Pilipino, makikinabang sa tinatamasa nating pag-unlad. Hindi puwedeng aangat lang ang nasa continue reading : President Aquino cites Pantawid Pamilya program in Independence Day rites

LAUA-AN town in Antique province received earlier today (Monday, June 8) a total of P24.5 million in Emergency Shelter Assistance (ESA). The amount was released to 817 families with totally damaged houses when typhoon Yolanda lashed in Panay Island and other parts of the country in November 2014. Each family received P30,000 each. “To the continue reading : Laua-an gets P24.5 shelter aid

FOUR towns in Iloilo Province will be the pilot areas of another government anti-poverty initiative. These towns include Passi, Tigbauan, Pototan, and Concepcion in Iloilo Province. The areas will be the focus of Salubungan, which falls under the Accelerated and Sustainable Anti-Poverty Program (ASAPP) of the Aquino administration. Salubungan is a public-private partnership model of continue reading : 4 Iloilo towns pilot areas for Salubungan

Imelda Pestanas, a deaf mute, with age between 49 to 52 years old, was last seen roaming around Molo District Plaza in Iloilo City. She is currently with DSWD Regional Center for Women. The Center Head, Haydee Canilla, is urging those who have information on her family and relatives and their address to contact the continue reading : Does she look familiar?

SHE wore a smile as her eyes radiantly showed happiness that was even more shining as it caught the reflection of the mid-morning sunlight. She was enveloping in each of her arm her two children in what seemed to be a show of love and protection. Forty-year-old Leonida Bartolome of Brgy. Balabag, Boracay, Malay, Aklan, continue reading : CCT changes life of Ati family

WESTERN Visayas will be receiving a P309.4 million fund for the Supplementary Feeding of children. The amount will be disbursed by DSWD for the different provinces to provide complete meals to children in day care centers. If broken down, Negros Occidental will get P119.8 million; Iloilo, P97.7 million; Antique, P33.8 million; Capiz, P28.8 million; Aklan, continue reading : WV gets P309M for children

THE Department of Social Welfare and Development is gearing up for the second round assessment of poor households in Western Visayas. “We want to prepare the workers for the second round assessment of poor households,” said Evangeline B. Felecio, Assistant Regional Director for Administration of DSWD Field Office Vi. A total of 553 Area Supervisors, continue reading : DSWD gears for assessment of poor in WV