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The beneficiaries of the Livelihood Assistance Grants (LAG) will receive their livelihood grants in full. (Photo courtesy of Sagun John Rufinel/MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) This was assured by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Friday, Nov. 5, following reports that a ce

CASH GRANTS. The Department of Social Welfare and Development said it would provide in full the amount indicated in its livelihood assistance grants, like in this undated photo. In a statement on Friday (Nov 5, 2021), it warned the public not to transact with any agency as the DSWD directly disburses cash grants. (Photo courtesy of DSWD) MANILA - The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said Friday it directly provides Livelihood Assistance Grants (LAG) to low-income families in t...

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said Friday, Oct. 22, that there is nothing irregular in its engagement with financial service providers (FSPs) for the distribution of the second tranche of Social Amelioration Program (SAP) cash subsidies. Manual SAP payout in San Mateo,

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) maintained Thursday, Oct. 14, that all funds given to financial service providers tapped for the digital distribution of the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) cash aid were “all accounted for.” (DSWD) DSWD Assistant Secretary Glenda Relova

DSWD Assistant Secretary Glenda Relova (PNA photo) MANILA - Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Assistant Secretary Glenda Relova on Thursday said only StarPay and Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) have the capability to deliver cash aid under the social amelioration program (SAP) to beneficiaries who have no smartphones. Relova made this comment after several senators questioned the DSWD's move to award to StarPay a contract to distribute some PHP50 billion worth o...

Bangsamoro Government Center, Cotabato City(File photo) MANILA - A social protection program being implemented by the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) in partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), has gone beyond cash aid distribution and is set to strengthen social protection in the region by providing technical support to the development of a system for identifying the most vulnerable and at-risk popu...

SEN. Panfilo Lacson lamented the “discrepancy” that marred the Duterte administration’s Social Amelioration Program (SAP), wondering how the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) can claim a 94 percent physical accomplishment of its SAP fund distribution when “only 80 percent of the funds were disbursed” to its intended beneficiaries. Lacson…

The Navotas City local government on Saturday started the distribution of the delayed second tranche emergency allowance to 3,003 families under the Bayanihan 1 Social Amelioration Program (SAP). (Photo from Navotas PIO) “Our constant follow-up and dogged perseverance have borne fruit at last! W

House Deputy Speaker and Antique Representative Loren Legarda decried on Thursday, September 30, the low budget given to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) especially with the country still recovering from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Antique representatiive and House

The Manila city government finished the distribution of the financial aid from the national government on Thursday (Aug. 26). (Ali Vicoy / File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) Manila Department of Social Welfare (MDSW) Director Re Fugoso said about 380,820 families have received P4,000 each. MDSW dist