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Senator Alan Peter Cayetano urgently called for the creation of an Anti-Stunting Action Plan (ASAP) during the Senate deliberations on the budget of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Cayetano, a Commissioner of the Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM 2), cited findings from the Commission’s Year One Report pointing to the need […]
Senator Kiko Pangilinan is appealing to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to study the possibility of including nutritious and locally-sourced food in their relief assistance food programs during times of calamities. In his interpellation of the budget deliberations for the 2026 allocation to the DSWD, Pangilinan echoed public sentiments that most food […]
Senator Raffy Tulfo expressed strong support for the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) budget for Project Aruga, which aims to provide inclusive support to children with disabilities (CWDs) and their families. During the Senate plenary deliberations on the proposed 2026 budget of the DSWD, Tulfo urged the agency to expand the program’s coverage […]
Senator Kiko Pangilinan is asking the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to allocate a portion of its proposed budget for food programs in 2026 to buying from farmers and fisherfolk without public bidding under the 2019 Sagip Saka Act. The Sagip Saka Act is a landmark law authored by Pangilinan and enacted in […]
Senate Social Justice Committee Chairman Erwin Tulfo called on the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to ensure that the victims of Typhoon Tino receive the appropriate amount of government assistance amid reported complaints of discrimination in Cebu. “Nakakalungkot at nakakagalit ang mga balitang may mga mislabeling na ginawa ang ibang mga barangay personnel […]
Amid the current budget season in the 20th Congress, Camarines Sur Governor LRay Villafuerte is batting for an extra outlay of almost P14 billion for the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), so the government can start giving the monthly pension of P1,000 to about a million indigent and eligible senior citizens who are […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has approved the request of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to supply 490,000 sacks of rice from June to December, bolstering the welfare agency’s disaster response and feeding programs for vulnerable communities nationwide. Social Welfare Secretary Rex Gatchalian thanked Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. for the […]
Congress has allocated up to P17 billion this year to fund vital school and community-based feeding programs aimed at combating child hunger and boosting school attendance, Quezon City Rep. Marvin Rillo, a member of the House committee on appropriations, announced on Sunday. Of the total funding, Rillo said P11.8 billion is set aside for the […]
Senator Win Gatchalian is seeking the full and effective implementation of the Parent Effective Service Program (PES) Act, or Republic Act No. 11908, to help curb the incidence of bullying in schools. Gatchalian made this call during a hearing on recent incidents of bullying and violence in schools. The veteran legislator called on the Department […]
Senator Loren Legarda reaffirmed her commitment to education by announcing that all college students in her home province of Antique will have the opportunity to receive P10,000 educational assistance through the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Educational Assistance Program. “Ang ating kabataan ay may karapatang mangarap at makamit ang mas magandang kinabukasan. Sa […]