The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office IX clarifies inclusion of the Zamboanga City in the “Shame list” of those Local Government Units who have failed to liquidate the funds for Supplementary Program implementation. In the circulating articles online, Zamboanga City was included in the Top 10 LGUs who failed to liquidate the continue reading : DSWD IX clarifies unliquidated funds of Zamboanga City on Supplementary Feeding

After the 4-month delay in pay-out to the Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program beneficiaries in Region IX, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) have already disbursed a total amount of 1.2 billion pesos allocated for the 4 months compliance to the program’s conditionalities. The said grant benefited more than 200,000 compliant Pantawid households across continue reading : DSWD RELEASED 1.2B FUND TO 4PS BENEFICIARIES

The Department of Social Welfare and Development(DSWD) 9 in partnership with Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and the Local Government Unit (LGU) of Zamboanga City turned-over inputs for seaweed farming to Sama Bajau beneficiaries in Sitio Bactus, Brgy. Talabaan, Zamboanga City.   Out of the forty (40) beneficiaries belonging to the 1st batch, continue reading : Sama-Bajaus benefit from Livelihood Farm Input

After 4 months delay in pay-out to the Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program beneficiaries, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will conduct a series of disbursement activities in Zamboanga Peninsula. The pay-out is set to be conducted from August 29 until September 22 this year. This will cover periods 1 and 2 or 4 continue reading : 4Ps TO CONDUCT PAY-OUT STARTING AUGUST

Zamboanga City- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) officially presented the guidelines on the utilization of the Listahanan 2 database during the regional awarding of the 2017 Seal of Child-friendly Local Governance on August 16, 2017 at Grand Astoria Hotel. “We are now inviting the Local Government Units (LGUs), National Government Agencies (NGAs), continue reading : DSWD promotes Listahanan 2 database to social protection stakeholders

“In sickness and in health… ‘Till death do us part.” Gemma and Ereneo Laquio can never forget this wedding vow that they have uttered to each other 32 years ago. In a little sitio in Patalon, Zamboanga City called Miluao, love flourished between two individuals like seeds of plants in an abundant land. In today’s continue reading : When Love Defies Sickness

An isolated incident was reported to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on the distribution of fake rice in Bantayan Island, Cebu last month. According to the report, six (6) 4Ps beneficiaries who received the fake rice felt ill after consuming the goods allegedly distributed through the program after a scheduled pay-out. Because continue reading : DSWD warns 4Ps beneficiaries of Fake Rice