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Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao headquarters in Cotabato City (File photo) MANILA - The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is in constant coordination with the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to hasten the release of funds allocated for various social welfare programs in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). In an inter-agency consultation meeting held on Tuesday, DSWD officials facilitated the discussion of the terms and conditio...

PARTNERSHIP. Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Erwin Tulfo (2nd from left) and Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benhur Abalos Jr. shake hands after signing the memorandum of agreement for the smooth distribution of education assistance on Wednesday (Aug. 24, 2022). Also in photo are DSWD Undersecretary Jerico Francis Javier (left) and DILG Undersecretary Lord Villanueva. (Contributed photo) MANILA - The Department of Social Welfare and ...

MANILA - The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Friday said it is now updating its nationwide list of beneficiaries for the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). Data management efforts will ensure that all unqualified and ineligible beneficiaries will be removed from the program, the DSWD in a statement. Secretary Erwin Tulfo directed the delisting of beneficiaries whose children have already completed the education requirements. The Beneficiary Data and Management Syst...

MANILA - Victims of arranged child marriages and their children will be included in the intervention programs under Republic Act 11596 or An Act Prohibiting the Practice of Child Marriage, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said on Friday. As the lead agency mandated to draft the implementing rules and regulations (IRR), the DSWD said it would make sure child marriage victims would receive the necessary protection. "(The) DSWD will focus on creating appropriate programs...

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law simplifying the process for Filipinos seeking to adopt a child. Republic Act No. 11642, also known as the Domestic Administrative Adoption and Alternative Child Care Act, was signed by Duterte on Jan. 6, 2022 and released to reporters on Thursday. In signing RA 11642, Duterte recognizes "the policy of the State to ensure that every child remains under the care and custody of parents and be provided with love, care, understanding, and secur...

LIVELIHOOD GRANT. A fire victim beams after receiving his livelihood assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) 9 (Zamboanga Peninsula) on Tuesday afternoon (Dec. 21, 2021). A total of 77 fire victims from the March 20, 2021 blaze in Purok Seaside, Barangay Baliwasan, Zamboanga City received aid totaling PHP1.5 million from DSWD-9 as identified by the city social welfare and development office. (Photo courtesy of DSWD-9) ZAMBOANGA CITY - The Department of Social Welf...