Tacloban City – Fifteen out of 40 municipalities made it to the list of new KALAHI-CIDSS municipalities for implementation next year during the Information Dissemination and Municipality Selection Process for KALAHI-CIDSS. These municipalities came from Eastern Samar, Northern Samar, and Leyte. From Leyte Province, the following municipalities made it to the roster – Barugo, Matag-ob, continue reading : 15 NEW KALAHI-CIDSS MUNICIPALITIES FOR 2012 BARED

Tacloban City – Thirty-five mayors from five provinces in Region Eight expressed their readiness to implement the KALAHI-CIDSS Project in their respective towns. Their commitments were firmed up when the target municipalities were represented in the KALAHI-CIDSS Enrollment Conditions Precedent fora. Speaking for his municipality, Mayor Francisco Langi Sr. of Motiong, Western Samar revealed that continue reading : 32 MLGUs ALL SET TO WAGE WAR AGAINST POVERTY VIA KALAHI-CIDSS AND MAKAMASANG TUGON

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Undersecretary, Cecilia Yangco encouraged Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (Pantawid Pamilya) beneficiaries to take their responsibilities as parents to their children through birth registration, during the launching of a joint project of DSWD, National Statistics Office, and Department of Interior and Local Government on Free Birth Registration held in continue reading : “Ako Ay Isang Pilipino”

Tacloban City– Back-to back basic orientation for the newly hired staffs of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (Pantawid Pamilya) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) were held last Saturday, May 21, 2011. The 227 participants were divided into four groups depending on the positions. For Social Welfare Assistants (SWA) and Project Development continue reading : Employment Of 227 Staff For Pantawid Pamilya in Region 8

Some 102 indigent senior citizens of Catarman town received their social pension for the first time, last May 17, 2011, at the Farmers’ Training Center of the University of Eastern Philippines in same municipality of Northern Samar. DSWD Undersecretary Celia Yangco personally handed the cash grants, with the help of Senior Board Member Joel Layon, continue reading : FIRST BATCH OF SOCIAL PENSIONERS IN NORTHERN SAMAR RECEIVE THEIR CASH GRANTS

Reiterating what Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Soliman“ of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has earlier stated – “We want to provide multiple and diversified sources of income to the Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries, create livelihood opportunities for themselves so that they will have the ability to access basic social services after five years of continue reading : SAMAR, NORTHERN SAMAR PANTAWID PAMILYA BENEFICIARIES PRIORITIZED FOR LIVELIHOOD ASSISTANCE

Tacloban City – USEC Celia Yangco warmed the hearts of the people of Mondragon, Northern Samar with her presence in the May 17 inauguration and turn over of the KALAHI-CIDSS flood control sub-project in Bgy. Bugko, Mondragon, Northern Samar. After the ribbon-cutting that signaled the inauguration of the 210 linear meters flood control barrier, the continue reading : USEC CELIA YANGCO INAUGURATES KALAHI-CIDSS FLOOD CONTROL SUB-PROJECT: COMMITS CORE SHELTER TO PANTAWID PROGRAM BENEFICIARIES LIVING ALONG PROJECT SITE