BACOLOD CITY—“What is 20 percent if we don’t have the 80 percent to realize it?” A group of senior citizens said referring to the 20 percent discount on goods and services that they are entitled to receive under Republic Act 9994. Teodoro M. Tomas, regional president of the Federation of Senior Citizens Association of the continue reading : More benefits for senior citizens pushed

PERSEVERANCE and never giving up are the ideals that continually motivate 32-year-old Merchandiz Caña to overcome the challenges that she and her family face. Merchandiz, of Barangay Poblacion, Barbaza, Antique, recalled how difficult life was with four growing children to tend to and no stable income to speak of. Her husband Rene works part time continue reading : Pantawid Pamilya beneficiary shares secret to hurdle poverty

THE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is calling its clients to never succumb to individuals asking to get a share from the assistance that they have received from the agency. “When we release the assistance, it is intended to help that person or his immediate family. It should never be given to anybody continue reading : DSWD TO CLIENTS: `Financial Aid is yours, do not give to anybody else’

Senior citizens may soon no longer need to go out of their own abodes and bear long queues to be able to get their social pension from the government. This as the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office VI will be piloting in June the door-to-door delivery of pension to indigent senior citizens continue reading : DSWD to pilot door-to-door payout for social pension

Barbaza, Antique-It was like every day is a fight for survival. He lived each 24-hour span of his and his loved one’s lives  thinking of how it is to go on existing. This was how Stephen Tiad, 32 years old, a resident of Brgy. Jinalinan, Barbaza, Antique, has described the years of being unemployed. He continue reading : Pantawid Pamilya beneficiary avails of Trabahong Lansangan

ALMOST 7,000 households in Bacolod City received their first ever cash grants from the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) recently. Belen Gebusion, Provincial Operations Officer of Pantawid Pamilya in Negros Occidental, said the beneficiary-households belong to the Set 6 phase of the Program which were validated late continue reading : 7,000 HHs in Bacolod City receive 1st grants from Pantawid Pamilya

THE Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program of the national government has enabled poor families to buy in bigger quantities basic commodities for their households. Joy Rima Paguntalan, 37, of Brgy. Caradio-an, Himamaylan City in Negros Occidental, recalled how she would always prioritize buying several kilos of rice out of her husband’s P3,000 a month pay as continue reading : CCT improves buying power of the poor