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Ilang Aeta tinutulan ang pamamalimos ng kanilang kapwa

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 15 08:27 PM

Mahigpit umanong kinokondena ng mga Aeta ang pamamalimos ng kanilang mga kasama sa katutubong pangkat. Read more »

Philippines distributes P131 million worth of aid to typhoon victims so far

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 24 10:56 AM

The Department of Social Welfare and Development has distributed P131 million worth of assistance to typhoon victims as of Monday, its spokesperson said Tuesday. Read more »

DSWD to fast-track release of P83 billion in unused funds as millions reel from COVID-19, typhoons

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 19 01:45 PM

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said Thursday it would fast-track the release of P83-billion worth of unused funds as millions of Filipinos contend with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and spate of typhoons that struck the country. Read more »

Senators question DSWD's delayed release of P83 billion in funds amid pandemic, disasters

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 17 06:57 PM

MANILA - Senators on Tuesday agreed to pass a resolution urging the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to spend some P83 billion left in its coffers, with one saying it is "almost criminal" to withhold funds at a time when a series of calamities has burdened millions of Filipinos. Read more »

DSWD assures enough stockpile of relief goods for typhoon victims

Dennis Gasgonia, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 12 09:02 PM

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) assured Thursday it has sufficient stockpile of relief goods for those displaced by the recent typhoons including Ulysses (International name: Vamco). Read more »

DSWD provides P8.3M to typhoon-hit families, assures public of P866-M stockpile, standby funds

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 04 02:26 PM

MANILA - The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Wednesday said a total of P8.3 million in assistance have been provided to thousands of families affected by the onslaught of typhoon Rolly.   Read more »

‘Hindi porke mahirap’: DILG pinahuhuli ang mga namamalimos sa kalye

Michael Delizo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 11 05:08 PM

Hinikayat ng Department of Interior and Local Government ang pulisya, mga tauhan ng barangay, at Department of Social Welfare and Development na pamahalaan na aksiyunan ang pagdami ng mga namamalimos sa kalsada. Read more »

Pandemic exposes holes in Sweden's generous social welfare state

Peter S. Goodman and Erik Augustin Palm, The New York Times
Updated as of Oct 09 07:56 AM

In the popular imagination, Sweden does not seem like the sort of country prone to accepting the mass death of grandparents to conserve resources in a pandemic. Yet among the nearly 6,000 people whose deaths have been linked to the coronavirus in Sweden, 2,694, or more than 45%, had been among the country’s most vulnerable citizens: those living in nursing homes. Read more »

Hontiveros seeks P1.36-B hike in DSWD budget to address malnutrition

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 07 04:18 PM

MANILA — Sen. Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday pushed for a P1.36-billion increase in the Department of Social Welfare and Development's (DSWD) proposed 2021 budget to aid government's response to a looming “hunger crisis” in the country.    Read more »

DSWD wants unused P10-B SAP funds repurposed as livelihood assistance

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 24 11:29 AM

MANILA - The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) plans to use its P10-billion unused funds for the second tranche of the social amelioration program for livelihood assistance grant. Read more »

DSWD hopes to finish distribution of cash aid by month’s end

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 19 10:36 PM

The Department of Social Welfare and Development on Saturday said it sought to finish the distribution of the second tranche of emergency cash subsidy under the national government’s social amelioration program by the end of this month.  Read more »

Libo-libo hindi pa nakakatanggap ng 2nd tranche ng SAP

Zandro Ochona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 16 10:50 PM

MAYNILA - Sinagot ng Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) ang tanong kung bakit hindi pa nakukumpleto ang pamimigay ng pangalawang ayuda sa mga mahihirap na kababayan na apektado sa panahon ng pandemya. Read more »

188 bahay napinsala sa Zamboanga City dahil sa masamang panahon

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 16 03:16 PM

Sa 188 bahay, 51 dito ang nawasak, habang ang natitira ay may mga pinsala lamang.  Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: August 25, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 26 12:16 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Residents push for housing assistance in Quezon City

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 25 01:47 PM

Housing insecure Quezon City residents troop to city hall on Tuesday calling for the usage of 118 hectares of idle lots to provide shelter to financially-challenged residents.  Read more »

119,000 SAP beneficiaries di pa na-encode ng LGUs kaya wala pang ayuda

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 21 06:32 PM

Paliwanag ni DSWD spokesperson Irene Dumlao, nasa higit 119,000 benepisyaryo ng SAP ang hindi pa na-a-upload ng LGU sa kanilang sistema. Read more »

DSWD workers' union humiling ng mass testing

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 16 06:05 PM

Hiniling ng samahan ng mga empleyado ng Department of Social Welfare and Development sa ahensiya ang pagkakaroon ng malawakang testing para sa COVID-19 at pag-disinfect ng mga opisina. Read more »

Taking care of frontliners

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 14 02:43 PM

As the country continues to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, city medical workers and frontliners carry on with their duties, be it providing health care or essential services.  Read more »

Mga nawalan ng trabaho nanawagan ng ikatlong bugso ng ayuda mula sa gobyerno

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 11 07:09 PM

Nanawagan ang mga benepisyaryo ng social amelioration program na dahil patuloy ang pandemya at kawalan ng trabaho, dapat hindi mahinto ang pamimigay ng ayuda ng pamahalaan. Read more »

Mga beneficiary ng SAP, target ng bagong scam

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 05 08:59 PM

Nagbabala ang DSWD sa mga benipisyaryo ng SAP na mag-ingat para hindi mabiktima ng scam.    Read more »