SOCIAL Welfare and Development Secretary Rexlon Rex Gatchalian announced earlier this week that the department is currently developing the Food Stamp Program (FSP) for rollout beginning in mid-2024. This is a welcome development and can be a substantial tool to help alleviate poverty and hunger in the Philippines, progress on which has been largely stalled since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic three years ago.
DEPARTMENT of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Undersecretary Eduardo Punay said on Wednesday that 761,150 households will remain on the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiary list.
DEPARTMENT of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rexlon Rex Gatchalian thanked the local leaders in the provinces of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) for their warm welcome during the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) rice distribution.
DEPARTMENT of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rexlon Rex Gatchalian reported on Monday that a total of 26,266 micro-retailers and sari-sari store owners benefited from the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP), which began on September 9 and received a total of P393.9 million in financial assistance.
THE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), through its Field Office 4-A (Calabarzon Region), is still providing support to the family of Francis Jay Gumikib, a Grade 5 student who died a few days after allegedly being slapped by his teacher in Antipolo City.