As part of its efforts to contribute to the country’s peace agenda, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) aims to reach more returnees this
MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte has signed an executive order (EO) reorganizing and renaming the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) to the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU). EO No. 158, signed by Duterte on Dec. 27, guides the policy framework on peace, reconciliation, and unity with three principles namely "conflict-sensitive and peace-promoting", "whole-of-society", and "empowering". "To more effectively build on the achievements of the national government on peacebuilding engagements over the last decade, there is a need to continually reassess and realign how policies and programs on peace processes are designed, implemented and monitored, and expand the framework on peace to include initiatives that reinforce national reunification and reconciliation, as part of enhancing resiliency, and social, political and economic reengineering," the EO read. Under E0 158, the a
ISOLATION.The newly completed isolation units for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) patients in Tboli town, South Cotabato province established through a PHP12.1 million grant from the Department of Social Welfare and Development. The facility is composed of 25 container vans that were transformed into airconditioned isolation rooms. (Photo courtesy of DSWD-12) GENERAL SANTOS CITY -The municipality of Tboli in South Cotabato province has opened a 50-bed isolation center for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) that was built through a PHP12.1 million grant from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Restituto Macuto, director of DSWD-Region 12, said on Wednesday the facility was built under its flagship anti-poverty initiative Kalahi CIDSS and the PAyapa at MAsaganang PamayaNAn (PAMANA) to support a Community-Driven Development Program for Indigenous Peoples. Kalahi-CIDSS stands for Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Servic
ROAD OPENING. A newly-opened road in Las Navas, Northern Samar in this June 16, 2019 photo. The Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) is pushing for the completion of a road project that links rebel-infested areas of Samar and Northern Samar provinces amid construction delays in the past five years.(Photo courtesy of Emy Calagos) TACLOBAN CITY - The Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) is pushing for the completion of a road project that links rebel-infested areas of Samar and Northern Samar provinces amid construction delays in the past five years. OPAPP Eastern Visayas program manager Imelda Bonifacio said on Tuesday they have rejected proposals to terminate some scope of the road work meant to connect the towns of Matuguinao in Samar and Las Navas in Northern Samar since funds are already allotted and the road network is crucial in curbing insurgency in these communities. "Considerations delays are justifiable based on assess
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