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EDUCATIONAL AID. Albina Cabel, 74, shows the PHP2,000 educational aid she received from the Department of Social Welfare and Development for her grade-schooler grandchild on Sept. 17, 2022. Cabel says she will use the money to buy her grandchild's educational needs. (Photo courtesy of DSWD-11) DAVAO CITY -- Some PHP80 million have been disbursed for the educational payout in Davao Region from Aug. 20 to Sept. 17, the regional Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD-11) office said Monday. In an interview, DSWD-11 Director Vanessa Goc-ong said the amount was received by some 35,9...

CASH AID. One of the beneficiaries of the DSWD educational assistance in Bicol. The agency distributed a total of PHP18.2 million during the second payout on Saturday (Aug. 27, 2022) (Image courtesy of DSWD-Bicol) LEGAZPI CITY - A total of 5,871 more students in the Bicol Region received educational cash assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) over the weekend. In an advisory on Tuesday, the agency said it distributed some PHP18.2 million worth of cash aid under the agency's Assistance for Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) during the second payout last ...

MANILA-The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said there are no more reported granular lockdown areas in the country. "Mr. President, from April 10 up to 16, for the first time there were no recorded granular lockdowns in the whole Philippines," DILG Secretary Eduardo Ano said during the Cabinet meeting with President Rodrigo R. Duterte which was aired by PTV-4 Monday night. Last week, Ano said six areas were under granular lockdowns with authorities continuing to intensify the minimum public health standards (MPHS) to prevent the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-1...

(PNA file photo) MANILA-The Philippines has already administered a total of 143,036,759 doses of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines, with 66,230,305 adult Filipinos or 73 percent of the country's target coverage for population protection now fully vaccinated. The latest data from the National Task Force (NTF) against Covid showed that of the total fully vaccinated, only 12,208,931 eligible individuals, or only 17 percent of the target population have availed of the booster shots or additional protection. On the other hand, some 5,210,319 vaccinees still waiting for their second d...

(File photo) MANILA - The Philippine National Police (PNP) will deploy some 17,000 personnel in "places of convergence" nationwide to secure travelers for the Lenten season and the summer months. PNP spokesperson, Col. Jean Fajardo, in a television interview Friday, said help desks and police assistance posts will be set up in key tourist destinations and major streets leading to it. Of the number, some 5,000 personnel will be deployed as tourist police on foot and bike patrol in areas frequented by tourists such as Boracay Island. "Inaatasan na rin ang mga field commanders na m...