Hard questions about LGUs’ nutrition programs

Every year, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) goes around the six provinces of the Bicol region to deliver its annual accomplishment report. But the June 2, 2023…

DSWD-5 reports on 2022-23 accomplishments in Cat’nes

Since 2022, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has released over P700 million in assistance to poor families and senior citizens in Catanduanes as well as various projects…

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…

Comprehensive guidelines issued on functionality of VAW Desks in barangays

Five agencies of the national government last week issued comprehensive guidelines on the establishment, operationalization and monitoring of the functionality of the Violence Against Women (VAW) Desk in every barangay.…

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…

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…