In a press conference dubbed as “Meet the Press,” held Saturday, July 24, 2010, at the Formosa Tea House in Tacloban City, DSWD Field Office Eight Director Leticia Corillo answered varied issues surrounding a new law – Republic Act (RA) 9994 or the Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010 – An Act Granting Additional Benefits and Privileges to Senior Citizens.
Press people, mostly from the print media, were enlightened after … Click here to read more...
Whether typhoon months or not, Region Eight has a good reason to be ready all the time. Major disasters that struck the region in the past taught one crucial lesson – be prepared.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office Eight, which chairs the Relief and Rehabilitation Committee of the Regional Disaster Coordinating Council (RDCC) and rests on a new mandate, has developed measures to prevent or … Click here to read more...
Simple. That’s how onlookers can describe the number one need of Brgy. San Miguel in Hernani, Eastern Samar. The people want potable water and they want it fast. In the sitios, the same problem hounded the residents for years and it is a pity that the situation had to become a way of life when something could have been done about it “decades” ago.
Household water rationing is de rigeur. … Click here to read more...
After the prescribed three years of KALAHI-CIDSS Project implementation in Laoang, Northern Samar, the municipality firmed up its commitment to adopt the KALAHI-CIDSS principles and processes with the passing and approval of Ordinance No. 130, S. 2010.
People’s Choice to Prevail
The Ordinance created the Municipal Coordinating Team of the Municipal Community Driven Center as an institutional mechanism to ensure the adoption and sustainability of the completed KALAHI-CIDSS sub-projects. The … Click here to read more...
Men as advocates in fighting Violence Against Women (VAW)? Why not ?
Building a network of male advocates of Violence Against Women is one of the thrusts of the Regional Inter-Agency Committee Against Trafficking – Violence Against Women and Children (RIACAT-VAWC) for this year. The MOVE or Men Opposed to Violence Everywhere is the name of the organization of principled men whose members dedicate themselves to be actively involved in … Click here to read more...
After the first two KALAHI-CIDSS Project barangay assemblies, this municipality is being primed for the rigors of sub-project implementation. This stage of the KALAHI-CIDSS Project calls for more informed and committed participation from the community, barangay volunteers, municipal and barangay officials, and the municipal and the KALAHI-CIDSS area coordinating teams.
The KALAHI-CIDSS Project’s Grievance and Redress System is a sub-project monitoring system that provides community members, volunteers, barangay and municipal … Click here to read more...
The PANTAWID PAMILYANG PILIPINO PROGRAM (4Ps) was launched recently in Capoocan town of Leyte province, one of the eleven Set Three recipient municipalities of the region. Mayor Federico Carolino, in his welcome message, termed it as “hulog ng langit” or gift from heaven, before some 456 beneficiaries of two poorest barangays of same town who attended the affair held at the town’s multi-purpose and sports center.
Leyte Provincial Governor Jericho … Click here to read more...