DSWD IX clarifies unliquidated funds of Zamboanga City on Supplementary Feeding

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

DSWD RELEASED 1.2B FUND TO 4PS BENEFICIARIES

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

Sama-Bajaus benefit from Livelihood Farm Input

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

DSWD promotes Listahanan 2 database to social protection stakeholders

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

When Love Defies Sickness

“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

“My Almost Dream”

“Bata palang ko, gusto na nako magtrabaho sa hotel. Poreso gusto nako magtake og HRM.” Said Genefer. The eldest sibling in the family, Genefer G. Parsaban, 19 grew up in Tugbungan, Zamboanga City. Genefer’s mother, Nelsin G. Parsaban, 45 is a bonafide resident of Brgy Limonan, San Miguel, Zamboanga del Sur who transferred to Zamboanga continue reading : “My Almost Dream”