The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) conducted its Innovations’ Caravan in Ormoc City on Thursday, June 19, 2025, bringing together government services, innovation, and community engagement.

Undersecretary Eduardo M. Punay of the Office for Innovations and Program Development led the activity, joined by Assistant Secretary for Innovations Atty. Baldr H. Bringas, Regional Director Grace Subong of DSWD Field Office VIII, Ormoc City Mayor Lucy Torres-Gomez, other key DSWD … Click here to read more...

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) conducted its Innovations’ Caravan in Ormoc City on Thursday, June 19, 2025, bringing together government services, innovation, and community engagement.

Undersecretary Eduardo M. Punay of the Office for Innovations and Program Development led the activity, joined by Assistant Secretary for Innovations Atty. Baldr H. Bringas, Regional Director Grace Subong of DSWD Field Office VIII, Ormoc City Mayor Lucy Torres-Gomez, other key DSWD … Click here to read more...

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Friday started the payout for tutors and Youth Development Workers (YDWs) under the Tara, Basa! Tutoring Program (TBTP)

A total of 252 tutors from Eastern Visayas State University Ormoc Campus and 126 YDWs from City College of Ormoc will receive a total of Php 8,550, equivalent to the 20-days Tara, Basa! sessions conducted between May 19 to June 13, 2025.

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The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office VIII (DSWD FO8), through its National Household Targeting Section (NHTS), successfully re-shared the updated Listahanan 3 Database (as of December 2024) to stakeholders with active Data Sharing Agreements (DSA). The updated database was officially handed over to the municipalities of Sta. Fe, San Miguel, and Jaro from June 10-13, 2025, and from June 18-19, 2025 in Dagami and Burauen. This handover … Click here to read more...

Nakiisa ang Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office 8 sa 2nd Quarter Nationwide Simultaneous Earthquake Drill (NSED) na isinagawa ngayong araw, Hunyo 18.

Sabay-sabay na isinagawa ng DSWD Field Office 8, kabilang ang mga sub-field offices sa anim na probinsya sa Eastern Visayas, ang “duck, cover, and hold” bilang bahagi ng paghahanda sa lindol.

Tampok din sa malawakang drill ang aktibong partisipasyon ng Sub-Field Office–Biliran sa isang … Click here to read more...

“I will discharge to the best of my ability, the duties of my present position and of all others that I may hereafter hold under the Republic of the Philippines…”

With this oath, 42 employees enter into service at the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 8. Of this number, three were sworn in as regular employees, eight as contractual employees, and 31 as cost-of-service employees.

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A total of 11,592 beneficiaries of Tara, Basa! Tutoring Program (TBTP) in Eastern Visayas has officially completed the 20-day learning sessions last week.

In the region, the department has deployed a total 1,512 college students as tutors and Youth Development Workers (YDWs) tasked to carry out reading tutorials to 5,040 learners and Nanay-Tatay sessions 5,040 parents and guardians, respectively.

To wrap the 20-day sessions that started on May 19, 2025, … Click here to read more...