Speaker Martin Romualdez and Tingog party-list Rep. Yedda Marie Romualdez have distributed cash aid to 1,653 families displaced by earthquakes in Davao de Oro last week.
Pending a special election in Valenzuela City, a caretaker will be temporarily assigned to the congressional seat vacated last week by newly appointed Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Rex Gatchalian.
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New DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian MANILA - Lawmakers on Wednesday lauded President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.'s move to appoint Valenzuela Rep. Rex Gatchalian as secretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). House Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto said Gatchalian is the right choice as shown by his performance during emergencies while he was the mayor of Valenzuela City. "And if being a DSWD head requires the handling of disasters and managing development, he's been there and done that," the Batangas 6th District congressman said. Recto said Gatchalian is well prepared for one of the "toughest and thankless" jobs in government. "For one, he survived the stress test of being a big city mayor during the pandemic, a position which put him in close contact with the people and their problems. As a legislator, Rex is aware of the social causes of poverty which will drive him to focus on its roots, and not just on its symptoms," Recto said.
A "revved up" disaster response and digitalization of transactions were among the marching orders of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to newly appointed Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian.
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