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  Pantawid Pamilya Provincial Link Reggie Locsin (standing w/ mic) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) presents some highlights on the Patawid program accomplishments during the 1st quarter Provincial Convergence Committee meeting on May 15, 2025 in Dumaguete City. (PIA Negros Oriental) DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental (PIA) – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) here reported that over 35,000 household beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) have achieved self-sufficiency level and are expected to graduate from the program this year. DSWD Pantawid Pamilya provincial link Reggie Locsin said that as of last year, several household-beneficiaries have reported an improvement on their level of well-being. The self-sufficiency level is based on the latest Social Welfare Development Indicator (SWDI), which determines and monitors the progress of the well-being of the 4Ps households. “In fact, Negros Oriental got the highest ...

  CEBU CITY, Cebu (PIA) – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Central Visayas has announced that applications for minors traveling abroad are now exclusively processed online. Starting February 2025, the Centralized Processing Office – Minors Traveling Abroad (CPO-MTA) will process applications exclusively through its online platform at mta.dswd.gov.ph. DSWD7 Children Sector focal person Ligaya Dael said the shift to online processing aims to streamline the issuance of travel clearances for minors. “We can provide assistance on the online application process if they go to our office since it is still in a transition period but it is still online,” Dael said during the recent Kapihan sa PIA forum. She explained that a Minor Travel Abroad (MTA) clearance is required when a child travels outside the country without their biological or adoptive parents, or legal guardians. “Ang tuyo ug tumong aning pagkuha sa travel clearance is para jud sa ilang proteksyon kay k...

  A representative from one of DSWD’s partner civil society organizations in Siquijor sign the 4Ps convergence plan as part of their commitment to help the 4Ps beneficiaries. (DSWD photo) LARENA, Siquijor (PIA) – The partner civil society organizations (CSOs) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) here pledged their support to help sustain the self-sufficiency of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries who have “graduated” from the program. In a recent dialogue between DSWD and its partners national government agencies (NGAs), local government units (LGUs), and CSOS in Negros Oriental and Siquijor provinces, the CSOs committed to provide livelihood programs, skills training, scholarship, social advocacies, values formation, and spiritual enhancement for the former 4Ps beneficiaries. For Siquijor, the CSO partners committed to provide their programs and services to 2,765 4Ps households in 2025 and 1,403 in 2026, with an initial funding amounti...

  CEBU CITY, Cebu (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Region 7 urged student beneficiaries under the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) to avail of various government tertiary education support programs that will assist them with their educational expenses. The beneficiaries can avail of free higher education, free technical-vocational education and training, the Tertiary Education Subsidy (TES), the Tulong Dunong Program (TDP), and other specialized forms of StuFAPs for tertiary education. The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) offers these programs to qualified and eligible poor households, including 4Ps student beneficiaries, through the Unified Student Financial Assistance System for Tertiary Education (UniFAST), an attached agency of CHED that unifies and harmonizes government-funded student financial assistance programs (StuFAPs). “These programs from CHED can help ease the financial burden of the family, especially for those s...

  CEBU CITY, Cebu (PIA) -- Nagpasiugda sa kamahinungdanon sa pagtukod og lig-on nga  media partnerships  aron makuha ang mensahe sa mga serbisyo sa gobyerno ngadto sa publiko, ang  Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-7  miila sa pipila ka mga entidad ug personalidad sa rehiyon. Ang DSWD-7 nipahigayon sa ilang labing unang  ‘Media Pasalamat’  nga may tema nga  “Keeping People Informed on Social Welfare and Development in the Ever-Changing Media Landscape”  sa syudad sa Sugbo niadtong Pebrero 22, 2024. Ang kalihokan sa  ‘Media Pasalamat’  nagpasiugda og  awarding ceremony  alang sa mga  outstanding media partners sa field office,  lakip ang mga  information officers sa Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Regional Office 7 nga sila si Hazel Gloria (PIA-RO7), Robinson Cabardo (PIA-RO7), Elvira Bongosia (PIA-Bohol) ug Roi Anthony Lomotan (PIA-Negros Oriental). Kini nga mga pasidungog nagsilbi nga ...

  CEBU CITY, Cebu, January 15 (PIA) -- Ang Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), pinaagi sa iyang Field Office-7 (Central Visayas), padayon nga nakig-alayon sa mga hingtungdang local government units (LGUs) sa rehiyon alang sa pag-monitor ug paghatag og tukmang interbensyon sa mga pamilyang apektado sa mga insidente sa baha ug uban pang mga emergency nga nahitabo sa katapusang quarter sa 2023. Sa mga insidente sa pagbaha mahitungod sa localized thunderstorms nga nahitabo niadtong Septiyembre 2023 sa Compostela ug Danao City sa lalawigan sa Sugbo, ang DSWD Field Office-7 nihatag og kinatibuk-ang P223,462 nga kantidad sa humanitarian assistance ngadto sa mga apektadong pamilya. Sa terminal report niadtong Enero 11 ngadto kang DSWD-Disaster Response and Management Group (DRMG) Undersecretary Diana Rose Cajipe, si DSWD-Field Office-7 Regional Director Shalaine Marie Lucero nagkanayon nga ang hinabang gipaabot ngadto sa 632 ka pamilya o 2,666 ka indibidwal nga apektado sa...

  CEBU CITY, Cebu, Nov. 29 (PIA) -- Ang  Department of Social Welfare and Development 7 (DSWD-7)  opisyal nang mitapos sa kasaulogan sa  31st National Children's Month  pinaagi sa gipahigayon nilang  Regional Culmination Activity  sa Cebu City niadtong Nobyembre 29. Ang  culmination actvitiy  gitambongan sa anaa sa 250 ka mga bata nga estudyante sa mga  day care centers  sa mga nagkadaiyang syudad sa Cebu, ug mga bata nga giamuma sa mga nagkalain-laing  residential care facilities  sa DSWD-7. Midangop usab sa katapusang kalihokan sa nahisgotang selebrasyon mao ang mga representate sa mga ubang ahensya sa goberyno,  local government units , ug mga  private partners and stakeholders . Sa maong aktibidad, mipasundayag ang mga bata sa ilang mga talento pinaagi sa mga  performances  ug uban pang kalihokan nga mihatag og kalingawan ngadto kanila. Samtang mipakita usab ug mga pasundayag ang mga  partner a...

  TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, October 19 (PIA) -- Around 434 micro rice retailers in Bohol who have complied with the mandated rice price ceiling received their P15,000 cash assistance payout from the government. The cash payout was led by Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) through Social Welfare And Development (SWAD) Bohol Officer Jimmy Crusio, along with Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Bohol Officer-In-Charge Vierna Teresa Ligan and Tagbilaran City Mayor Jane Cajes-Yap.  The micro rice retailers are from 24 towns in Bohol. It may be recalled that upon the recommendation of the DTI and the Department of Agriculture, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, issued Executive Order (EO) No. 39 in response to the sudden surge in the retail price of rice.  However, on October 4, 2023, the price cap on rice had already been lifted. Tasked to monitor and implement the EO 39, the DTI partnered with local price coordinating councils to evaluate the compliance of small ...

  TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, September 25 (PIA) -- Ubos sa direktiba ni Presidente Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., ang  Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)  gitakdang mangapod-apod og  cash assistance  ngadto sa mga tag-iya og  sari-sari store  nga naapektuhan sa pagpatuman sa gimando nga  price ceiling  sa bugas. Sa usa ka pahayag, ang  Presidential Communications Office (PCO)  nagkanayon nga base sa report sa DSWD ngadto sa  Office of the President,  ang ahensya gitakdang mohatag og  cash assistance  sa mga tag-iya og  sari-sari stores  sugod karong adlawa, Lunes, Setyembre 25 hangtud 29. Kini sa pakig-alayon sa  Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)  nga maoy mi-ila sa mga benepisyaryo. Si Presidente Marcos nimando sa DSWD sa paghatag og cash assistance sa mga gagmay nga  rice retailers  nga apektado sa pagpatuman sa gimando nga  price ceiling sa regular ug well-milled...

  CEBU CITY (PIA) --  The National Commission of Senior Citizens (NCSC) will kick off the national celebration of Elderly Filipino Week in Cebu City with a grand opening at SM Seaside on October 1, 2023.  The opening ceremony in Cebu will be marked by the National Centenarian Recognition Day, which is expected to be attended by thousands of senior citizens along with NCSC Chairman Atty. Franklin Quijano.  Part of the festivities on the said day is“Simba, Zumba, Sigla at Saya.”  On the second day, October 2, a flag-raising ceremony will be held at the Malacañang grounds followed by the launch of the Philippines Plan of Action for Senior Citizens 2023-2028. The NCSC annually celebrates Elderly Filipino Week from October 1-7, 2023.  This year’s theme, "Honoring the Invaluable Legacy of Filipino Senior Citizens," emphasizes the contributions of Filipino Senior Citizens in contemporary society.  The celebration aims to honor the elderly populace, which was ...

  CORTES, Bohol, September 24 (PIA) -- The first batch of subsidies for six micro rice retailers who were found to be compliant with the rice price cap as mandated under Executive Order No. 39 received their P15,000 one-time economic relief subsidy in rites held at the City Hall Atrium on September 14, 2023.  Small-scale rice retailers Anunciacion Tadle of JAJ City Enterprises and Heracleo Daradar of RLD Sarisari Store at the Dao Public Market, Gem Salas Bernido of Little Flower General Merchandise Jagna Public Market, Jessica Rejas of Pilmons Rice and Corn Store at the Carmen Public Market, Cerina Digal of Cerina Digal Store at the Sevilla Public Market and Cheryl Ibale of the Ubay Public Market all received their subsidies in line with EO No. 39. The same EO placed a price cap for regular milled rice at P41 per kilo and well-milled rice at P45. The price cap, or the imposition of mandated price ceilings on rice, forms part of the government's efforts to protect consumers ami...

  SIQUIJOR (PIA) – The Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) here, together with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), met with local rice wholesalers and retailers to discuss the implementation of the rice price cap as mandated under Executive Order No. 39.  During the meeting held September 12, 2023 at the SP Session Hall of the Siquijor Capitol, representatives from DTI and DSWD disclosed that not one of the rice retailers in the province have complied with EO No. 39.  Issued on August 31, Pres. Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. issued EO No. 39, mandating a price ceiling of P41 for regular milled rice and P45 for well-milled rice. The order took effect on September 5, 2023.  The said EO states that DTI, together with the Department of Agriculture (DA), must ensure the implementation of the rice price caps, including monitoring and investigation. The rice retailers, during the meeting, lamented that the n...

  (L-R) DTI -Negros Oriental Provincial Director Nimfa Virtucio, Gov. Manuel "Chaco" Sagarbarria, OPAV Usec. Terence Calatrava, DSWD-7 Regional Director Shalaine Lucero, DTI-7 Regional Director Maria Elena Arbon, and DA-7 Regional Director Angel Enriquez turn over the government's cash subsidy to a rice retailer in Negros Oriental affected by President Marcos' Executive Order 39 during the pay-out ceremony held Sept. 15, 2023 at the Provincial Convention Center, Dumaguete City. (RAL/PIA7 Negros Oriental) DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental, Sept. 15 (PIA) -- Some 63 micro rice retailers in Negros Oriental received the P15,000 cash subsidy promised by the government to help them recover their profit losses brought by the imposition of price cap on the sale of regular and well-milled rice in the market. The pay-out ceremony was held Sept. 14, 2023 at the Negros Oriental Convention Center, this city. President Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. made a promise early this mont...

  Micro rice retailers with the P15,000 cash assistance from DSWD-7 during the distribution of Sustainable Livelihood Program-Economic Relief Subsidy at the Interim Bldg., Carbon Public Market in Cebu City on September 14, 2023 (RGC/PIA7 Cebu) CEBU CITY (PIA) -- " Para sa akoa, dako kaayong tabang gyud kay sa among paghatag ug presyo nga lugi kay mi daan, at least nahulipan among losses, na cover ang among puhunan sa bugas  (For me, I consider this a big help for us who have to sell our rice at a lower price, because we have already at least replaced our losses and covered our capital through this cash assistance)." This was what Queenie Kate Paray, a micro rice retailer in Cebu City, said when asked about the importance of the financial assistance that she received under the Sustainable Livelihood Program-Economic Relief Subsidy. Paray was one of the eight beneficiaries in Cebu City who received the financial aid worth P15,000 during the distribution held at the New Carbon M...