KALAHI CIDSS-NCDDP recognized community volunteers and partners last December 12, 2014 in Liloy, ZDN in recognition of their selfless and exceptional services rendered in the implementation of DSWD’s KALAHI CIDSS-NCDDP program. The BayanI Ka awards were given to Mayor Eldwin Alibutdan of Ipil, ZSP for the Improved Local Governance category, Barangay Chairperson Teresita Tale of continue reading : DSWD recognizes modern day heroes

Honorable Governor Roberto Y Uy, signed the Memorandum of Agreement between the Provincial office and DSWD’s KALAHI CIDSS-NCDDP represented by Regional Director Zenaida L. Arevalo last November 11, 2014 in Dipolog City. The event emancipated sincere participation of the local government unit of the province in the implementation of NCDDP throughout its municipalities. Also present continue reading : Gov. Uy signs MOA with KALAHI CIDSS-NCDDP

Tanauan, Leyte – To symbolize that normalcy is back in this town, a soft opening of the new town plaza and amphitheater was held on Saturday, November 8, after Typhoon Yolanda hit this municipality and damaged these vital structures here a year ago. It was led  by  Municipal Mayor Pelagio Tecson, Jr. and attended by continue reading : Tanauan gets back on its feet after ‘Yolanda’

Tacloban City, Leyte – As part of the activities to commemorate the first year anniversary of Typhoon Yolanda, several cabinet secretaries were here on Saturday, November 8, to lead the turnover of completed permanent shelter units to typhoon survivors. Some 122 housing units in Ridge View Park, Barangay Cabalawan and 28 units in Villa Sofia, Barangay continue reading : Permanent shelters handed over to survivors to mark ‘Yolanda’ anniversary

Ormoc City, Leyte – One year after Typhoon Yolanda ravaged this city, Department of Social Welfare and Development  (DSWD) Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman expressed her admiration for the continued rehabilitation here. Sec. Soliman together with Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas, Presidential Assistant for Rehabilitation and Recovery Secretary Panfilo Lacson, and Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin were here on  continue reading : Cabinet execs visit Ormoc on ‘Yolanda’ anniv, laud progresses there

Guiuan, Eastern Samar – “Grabe! Sobra-sobra akong nagpapasalamat sa Panginoon at sa gobyerno dahil sa paggawad sa amin ng pabahay dito sa Cogon Resettlement Site  (I am extr emely grateful to God and to the government for giving us shelter here in Cogon Resettlement Site).” Typhoon Yolanda survivor Olivia Fuentes, 40, could not contain her continue reading : A dream come true for a ‘Yolanda’ survivor

Around fifty children from the seventeen (17) regions nationwide attended this year’s National Children’s Congress at Sequoia Hotel, Quezon City last October 22-26 in line with the annual Children’s Month Celebration The Top 3 Regional winners namely: Denzer Tuague (Zamboanga City); Lovely Rose Hechanova (Zamboanga Sibugay) and Diana Rose Gasque (Zamboanga del Sur) were the continue reading : Region IX exemplary kids join DSWD National Children’s Congress

The Department of Trade and Industries Region IX organized a Regional Trade Exposition dubbed as Zamboanga Peninsula Exposition (ZamPex) 2014”. The week-long affair took off last October 8-11, 2014 at the convention center of Garden Orchid Hotel, this city. The said event was participated by exhibitors from the Zamboanga Peninsula and the five regions in Mindanao which continue reading : AVRC- Rehabilitation Sheltered Workshop joins ZAMPEX 2014