NEWS

135 households to benefit from KALAHI-CIDSS FMR Project

Posted on: April 8, 2015
Cordillera Administrative Region - The Department of Social Welfare and Development has formally turned over a farm-to-market road (FMR) to the community of Barangay Benben in La Paz, Abra. This community-built 100 linear meter road which was implemented under the Kalahi-CIDSS through the funding of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)... Read More

DSWD opens Government Internship Program for 2015

Posted on: March 31, 2015
An intern from Apayao receiving her certificate for participating in the Government Internship Program (GIP). Some interns under the said program have been deployed in the provinces. (File Photo) Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) here has opened 42 vacant positions... Read More

DSWD, PNP enhance services to vulnerable sectors

Posted on: March 24, 2015
Cordillera Administrative Region -The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) here has come together in the effort to further enhance the services that the latter is providing for the vulnerable sector in the region. In a specialized course set by the PNP, representatives... Read More

Fongwan, Domogan urge mayors to avail of DSWD programs

Posted on: March 19, 2015
Baguio City – Top officials in the province of Benguet and this city encouraged fellow local chief executives in the Cordillera region to avail of the programs offered by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) during the Leaders’ Fellowship conducted here. “When I was a mayor, we did... Read More

FEATURE: Of Elders and Culture

Posted on: March 19, 2015
In the landlocked municipality of Besao in Mountain Province, the mountain ranges have kept culture and traditions intact for centuries until the introduction of concrete roads and large scale infrastructure. Dominantly inhabited by members of the Kankana-ey ethno-linguistic tribe, the town is accessible by road by passing through the municipalities... Read More

1887 households in Baguio City are poor – Listahanan

Posted on: March 9, 2015
Baguio City- A total of 1,887 households or 3.6% out of the 52,942 households in Baguio City are identified as poor based on the assessment conducted by the city government of Baguio and Listahanan, or the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) of the Department of Social Welfare... Read More