LAL-LO, Cagayan Sixty-six residents from barangays of Abariongan Uneg and Calasitan, both of Sto. Niño, Cagayan, graduated from three courses offered by Technical Education Skills and Development Authority-Cagayan.
Also, 20 trainees from barangay Abariongan Uneg successfully completed the Beaut
(Photo courtesy of DSWD) MANILA - Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Erwin Tulfo ordered the fast-tracking of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of the Expanded Solo Parents Welfare Act so beneficiaries can immediately enjoy their privileges. A technical working group (TWG) has been formed to draft the IRR for Republic Act 11861 which grants solo parents financial, educational, and housing benefits to help them ease the load of rearing a child alone. "The new law will be of great help to solo parents, especially that they are raising their children single-handedly," Tulfo said in a statement on Tuesday. The expanded law will entitle solo parents earning a minimum wage or lower to a monthly cash subsidy of PHP1,000 from the local government unit, provided that the solo parent is not a beneficiary of any other cash assistance program. The beneficiary will also have 10-percent discount and exemption from the value-added tax on the child's
NEW HOMES. A PHP20-million housing project for former rebels is being built at the Peace and Prosperity Village in San Isidro, Leyte in this undated photo. Each house and lot package costs PHP450,000 and has a lot size of 60 square meters and a floor area of 21 sqm. (PNA photo) MANILA - In a remote village in San Isidro, Leyte, former Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) rebels try to rebuild their lives shattered by years of armed conflict, together with their families and through the help of the government. "Ka Mayang", 50, told the Philippine News Agency that she is committed to help the government in return byguiding former rebels at the Peace and Prosperity Village. For 21 years, Ka Mayang carried firearms, embraced the ideology of the CPP-NPA, and fought the government. She was only 15 years old when she joined the terrorist communist group after she was promised a life devoid of poverty. She later realized that the CPP-NPA has no means or