Learn about the Regional Rehabilitation Center for Youth (RRCY) in Davao, as Angelic B. Paña, Center Head of DSWD-Davao, clarifies misconceptions about the facility.
Discover how Davao's Regional Rehabilitation Center for Youth (RRCY) has been providing care and rehabilitation to over 4,000 Children In Conflict with the Law (CICLs) for 45 years. Learn about the center's comprehensive services, including psychological therapy, skills training, and round-the-clock care, aimed at helping young individuals overcome challenges and acquire income-generating abilities. Read more about the center's commitment to the welfare and rehabilitation of CICLs in Davao Region.
Photo: TEENAGE MOM. A young mother and her baby are being attended to by a doctor in this undated photo. A consolidated bill is being pushed in the House of Representatives that seeks to institutionalize a policy that would prevent teenage pregnancies. (Photo lifted from the Commission on Population and Development Facebook page) MANILA - The House Committee on Youth and Sports Development on Thursday approved the consolidation of at least seven bills that seek to institutionalize a policy that would prevent teenage pregnancies. At the hearing, the committee agreed to consolidate House Bills 79, 2062, 2524, 3211, 5559, 6901 and 6964 into one proposal that pushes a comprehensive measure that would make family planning methods accessible to sexually active minors that could eventually address adolescent pregnancies. In his opening remarks, citing the study conducted by the Commission on Population and Development (PopCom), committee chairperson and Isabela Rep. Faustino Michael Dy III sa
COMPLETERS.Alternative Learning System (ALS) completers from the first district of Iloilo held their graduation and completion program in Tubungan town, Iloilo province on Sept. 18, 2022. Department of Education information officer for Western Visayas, Hernani Escullar Jr., said on Thursday (Sept. 22) the region has over 13,000 ALS completers for school year 2021-2022.(Photo from Iloilo Province Vice Governor Christine Garin FB page) ILOILO CITY - Over 13,000 learners from Western Visayas who, for various circumstances, were unable to pursue formal classes in elementary and secondary schools were able to graduate during the school year 2021-2022 through the alternative learning system (ALS). "ALS is a way to give education to our learners who are not members of the formal schooling or the basic K to 12 Program. As completers, they can look for decent jobs or proceed to formal school," said Department of Education (DepEd) information officer for Western Visayas, Hernani Escull
DSWD Secretary Erwin Tulfo (left) and PAO chief Persida Rueda-Acosta (right) (Photo courtesy of DSWD Secretary Erwin Tulfo Facebook page) MANILA - The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Public Attorney's Office (PAO) signed a supplemental memorandum of agreement (MOA) to provide additional protection to solo parents and their children. The pact signed on Monday was to expand the existing MOA on the provision of legal assistance extended to its qualified clients, the agency said in a statement Wednesday. DSWD Secretary Erwin Tulfo and Chief Public Attorney Persida Rueda-Acosta signed the MOA to enforce the provision of free legal services to single parents and their children seeking financial support from the liable parents. The partnership was sought by DSWD following the influx of requests for assistance from solo parents in relation to a lack of financial and child support from erring partners. "The current administration has identified the need to p