On ensuring job security for LDRRMO personnel

With the provincial government’s inauguration of the warehouse and office building for use of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) last June 1, 2023, the chances of survival…

42-k households in Catanduanes benefit from 1,358 KALAHI-CIDSS sub-projects

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), through the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS), has completed 209 sub-projects in Catanduanes with…

40,128 affected, two houses damaged by flooding, landslides in seven towns

Although only two houses in San Miguel town were damaged by flooding and landslides that occurred last week due to bad weather, 40,128 people were affected by the continuous heavy…

GAD budget to fund P1,000 monthly subsidy for qualified solo parents

A draft memorandum circular of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) provides that the approved P1,000 monthly subsidy for qualified solo parents will be charged by local…

The lamentable state of the abaca industry in Catanduanes

Last week’s distribution of P5,000 cash to qualified rice farmers in the province of Catanduanes is pursuant to Section 13 of Republic Act 11203, or the Rice Tariffication Law. Under…

2021 COA Annual Audit Reports:

Gigmoto LGU spent P805,845 for travel of job order employees

The Commission on Audit has called the attention of the Gigmoto municipal government for allowing the payment of P805,845.00 in travel expenses to job order personnel. “Stop the practice of…

DSWD supplementary feeding program to be devolved to 1st to 4th class towns

With the implementation of the Mandanas ruling this 2022, five towns in Catanduanes will now handle the Supplementary Feeding Program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development as one…

521 Catandunganon families graduated from 4Ps in 2021

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) recently reported that 521 families in Catanduanes graduated from the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) last year. They were no longer entitled…

22,000 families in Cat’nes, Samar to get cash aid before typhoon landfall

QUEZON CITY — A total of 22,000 households, including 42,239 children, in typhoon vulnerable municipalities will benefit from multi-purpose unconditional cash transfers as the Department of Social Welfare and Development…

DILG asks LGUs to enact social protection ordinance to assist 4Ps

To sustain support for indigent Filipino households, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) last week urged local government units (LGUs) to enact a Social Protection ordinance complementing…