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PAYOUT. DSWD-7 OIC regional director Shalaine Lucero hands out the cash assistance in this undated photo to a grandfather representing a learner who qualified for the government's cash assistance program. Some 5,000 learners in Central Visayas are expecting to receive their educational assistance during the second payout on Saturday (Aug. 26, 2022). (Photo courtesy of DSWD Region 7) DUMAGUETE CITY - A total of 5,007 students in Region 7 (Central Visayas) are expected to receive their educati...

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 ...

QUEUE FOR CASH. Department of Social Welfare and Development Region 6 staff distribute cash aid for indigent students at San Jose de Buenavista Municipal Hall Saturday (Aug. 20, 2022). Some came from as far as the northernmost town of Libertad and the southernmost town of Anini-y. (PNA photo by Annabel Consuelo J. Petinglay) MANILA - President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has sought the orderly and immediate distribution of financial assistance to indigent students, Malacanang said on Saturday. This, af...

(Photo courtesy of DWSD) MANILA - The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will sign a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) to avoid a repeat of the "uncontrolled" crowd that swarmed its central office on the first day of the distribution of educational aid on Saturday. The MOA should be inked by Monday, DSWD Secretary Erwin Tulfo said in a press briefer. "Starting next week, tutulong na po ang local governmen...

EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE.A mother secures certificate of enrollment at the Samal South Elementary School in Barangay Sta. Lucia in Samal town, Bataan province on Friday (Aug. 19, 2022) as one of the requirements needed to avail of the educational assistance to be given by the Department of Social Welfare and Development. The educational assistance is PHP1,000 for elementary, PHP2,000 for high school, PHP3,000 for senior high school, and PHP4,000 for vocational/college.(PNA photo by Ernie Esconde) ...

(File photo) MANILA - The regional wage boards of Calabarzon and Soccsksargen have joined the rest of the country's 16 regions in approving a salary hike for household workers (kasambahay). In a statement on Tuesday, the National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC) said the wage orders issued by the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Boards (RTWPBs) of the two regions over the measure were published on June 30. Under the RTWPB Calabarzon's Wage Order No. RB-IVA-DW-03, domest...

NEW WAGE ORDERS. An aerial view of Metro Cebu, where many establishments are set to implement new wage orders effective on Tuesday (June 14, 2022). The salary increases will benefit some 215,684 minimum wage earners and 107,931 domestic helpers in the region. (Contributed photo by Jun Nagac) CEBU CITY - The new wage orders that will take effect on June 14 will benefit more than 200,000 minimum wage earners and over 100,000 domestic workers or "kasambahay" in Region 7. In a statement on...

PUBLIC HEARING. The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) conducts provincial public hearings on minimum wage adjustment for workers in private establishments and domestic workers in Central Luzon. Geraldine M. Panlilio, DOLE-3 regional director and chairperson of RTWPB-3, said on Wednesday (April 27, 2022) this is to determine the merit of the petitions and get the sentiments and positions of all the stakeholders. (Photo courtesy of RTWPB-3) CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga - T...