Close to 1,000 High school graduates who are beneficiaries of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program gathered in a regional graduation event at Pagadian city gymnasium on April 21, 2015  dubbed as “ Pagtatapos niyo, Tagumpay ng Pilipino: Pagdiriwang para sa Pantawid Pamilya Graduates ng 2015.” The students who came from Pagadian City and nearby municipalities of continue reading : DSWD honors 23k Pantawid Pamilya HS grads in ZamPen

Zamboanga City – The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office IX (DSWD-9) is geared up to conduct the 2nd round of household assessment this second quarter of the year. This project is spearheaded by the Listahanan, formerly known as the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction.  A total of 1,778 field workers continue reading : DSWD ready for second household assessment in ZamPen

Zamboanga Sibugay – Eleven (11) barangays in the municipality of RT Lim (Surabay), Zambaoanga del norte have availed of development sub-projects from KALAHI-CIDSS after an “election” of their most urgent needs last week. Contrary to traditional project implementation, community-mobilized volunteers will steer these projects into completion, which amount to Php17Million. Last April 30, 2015, RT Lim has continue reading : 11 villages in ZamPen avail of Php17Million development projects through KALAHI-CIDSS

The participation of DSWD- AVRC III Rehabilitation Sheltered Workshop during the celebration of Zamboanga Exposition last year, paved its way to be noticed by the local media outfit on its product quality and the people behind the production. E-Media production along with its local TV program E- Negosyo, featured the said workshop to showcase the continue reading : E-Negosyo features DSWD- AVRC III Rehabilitation Sheltered Workshop as PWD Competitive Enterprise

ZAMBOANGA CITY- More than a hundred IDP recipients enjoyed their new permanent shelters as Z3R Houses on stilts project in Taluksangay have been completed and formally turned over during a formal ceremony held on February 26, 2015. The 40 million worth housing project under the Zamboanga City Roadmap to Recovery and Reconstruction (Z3R) is located continue reading : Zambo IDPs get permanent shelter on stilts under Z3R

Western Mindanao 02/13/15 — Kalahi-CIDSS community volunteers from Salug, Zamboanga del Norte undergo procurement training last February 12-13, 2015. Part of the session was the orientation on the roles and responsibilities of the volunteers, the policies and operational guidelines of procurement to ensure fairness, effectiveness, economical and transparent procurement procedures. Attendees were Barangay Sub-Project Management continue reading : Kalahi-CIDSS trains community volunteers on procurement, finance management

01/26/15—Mayor Eldwin Alibutdan of Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay was named the BayanI Ka! National Awardee for Improved Local Governance last January 23, 2015 at Asian Institute of Management in Makati City. Alibutdan was among of the five awardees from the different parts of the country to win in the individual category in Kalahi-CIDSS BayanI Ka Awards continue reading : Kalahi-CIDSS partner LCE wins BayanI Ka award

Responding to news articles citing the findings of the 2013 Annual Audit Report of the Commission on Audi (COA) on Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program being implemented by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman said that answers and clarifications to the audit observations have already been submitted to the state auditing firm. Sec. Soliman emphasized continue reading : DSWD resolves COA findings on Pantawid Pamilya, maintains auditors only seeking documentation