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
Leo Quintilla, regional director of DSWD-Bicol(Photo by Connie Calipay) LEGAZPI CITY - The Department of Social Welfare Development-Bicol (DSWD-5) is now preparing for and providing technical upgrading and capacity building to its employees who will be affected by the Supreme Court's Mandanas-Garcia ruling. Leo Quintilla, DSWD-5 regional director, in an interview on the sidelines of his State of the Region Address here on Thursday, said some 700 of their employees will lose their jobs once the ruling is implemented anytime this year because their functions will be devolved to the local government units (LGUs). He said they want to ensure that the employees who will be terminated will be prioritized in the hiring programs of their respective LGUs. "For LGUs, these DSWD staff are already trained, they know the programs and services, and they can implement it immediately, then it already solves half of their problems," Quintilla said. DSWD-Bicol, he noted, shall discontinue
Leo Quintilla, regional director of DSWD-Bicol(Photo by Connie Calipay) LEGAZPI CITY - The Department of Social Welfare Development-Bicol (DSWD-5) is now preparing for and providing technical upgrading and capacity building to its employees who will be affected by the Supreme Court's Mandanas-Garcia ruling. Leo Quintilla, DSWD-5 regional director, in an interview on the sidelines of his State of the Region Address here on Thursday, said some 700 of their employees will lose their jobs once the ruling is implemented anytime this year because their functions will be devolved to the local government units (LGUs). He said they want to ensure that the employees who will be terminated will be prioritized in the hiring programs of their respective LGUs. "For LGUs, these DSWD staff are already trained, they know the programs and services, and they can implement it immediately, then it already solves half of their problems," Quintilla said. DSWD-Bicol, he noted, shall discontinue