MANILA - The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is in the thick of preparations for the full transfer of responsibilities to local government units (LGUs) in compliance with Executive Order (EO) 138. Signed by President Rodrigo Duterte in June 2021, the EO went into effect this year in line with the implementation of the 2018 Mandanas-Garcia Supreme Court Ruling, granting LGUs a nearly 40 percent boost in their portion of the national government's annual tax collections. "Sa kasalukuyan, ang DSWD ay isinasaayos na iyong ating mga plano para sa pagpapasa o pag-devolve o paglipat ng kapangyarihan ng pagpapatupad ng mga social welfare service sa mga lokal na pamahalaan sa ilalim nga ng (Currently, the DSWD has come up with the plan for the passing or devolving or transfer of power of fulfilling social welfare services to local government units under) Executive Order 138 o iyong (or the) Full Devolution of Certain Functions of the Executive Branch to Local Governm
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is celebrating its 71st founding anniversary this January with an International Organization for Standardization certification affirming its quality standards in the delivery of social welfare and development programs and services. For seven decades, the DSWD has consistently earned the public’s trust in…
BACOLOD CITY – The city government of Kabankalan in Negros Occidental confirmed on Monday night the death of Francisca Susano, who was believed to be the oldest living Negrense and Filipino, at the age of 124. Susano, fondly called as Lola Iska, died peacefully in her sleep around 6:24 p.m., accord
SO LONG, LOLA ISKA. Negrense supercentenarian Francisca Montes Susano, with the plaque she received from the National Commission on Senior Citizens during her 124th last Sept. 11. The native of Kabankalan City, considered the oldest living Filipino, died Monday night (Nov. 22, 2021).(Photo courtesy of City of Kabankalan) BACOLOD CITY - The City of Kabankalan in Negros Occidental led in paying tribute to supercentenarian Francisca Montes Susano, who died at the age of 124 on Monday night. In a statement of the city government hours after her passing, Mayor Pedro Zayco, Vice Mayor Raul Rivera, and the rest of the city officials expressed their condolences and joined the Susano family in prayers. "It is with sadness in our hearts when we received the news that our beloved Lola Francisca Susano passed away," they said. Susano, a native of the southern Negros city's Barangay Oringao, has been put in the spotlight in recent years for being the oldest living Filipino, and probab