DSWD Field Office Eight Director Leticia Diokno was guest today, October 13, of the Leyte provincial celebration of the Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation Week. Though the nationwide observance was set on the third week of every July, the provincial government made it worthy to have an extended celebration, if only to further advance the cause of persons with disabilities (PWDs).
Focal Person Ben Calzado of the persons with disabilities program, … Click here to read more...
Taking the lead in this year’s National Statistics Month, the DSWD Field Office Eight under Regional Director Leticia Diokno, launched October 5 the National Household Targeting for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) database at the Robinson’s Place in Tacloban City.
Diokno bared that the said statistical information is now the official data to be used by all government agencies and other stakeholders in targeting the poor for their social protection programs. For … Click here to read more...
Yes, there’s no more storm warning signal for Eastern Visayas as of mid-morning today, October 12, as typhoon Ramon has weakened and slightly changed its direction! However, DSWD Field Office Eight Director Leticia Diokno said her agency is still on alert because of the unstable weather condition that may not be safe yet for sea travellers and people living in low-lying and mountainous areas.
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The second Convergence Caravan held September 30, 2011 in Kawayan municipality of Biliran province highlighted the voices of community folks whom the Department’s anti-poverty programs have touched their lives. Kawayan Mayor Gerardo Espina, Sr., for one, commented that their province has graduated from the list of poorest provinces, and partly because of some government undertakings that have successfully help uplift the lives of the poor.
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When Myril Ocheña started saying her piece during the 2nd Convergence Caravan held in Kawayan in Biliran province, there was maintained silence all throughout her talk, in the town plaza where a crowd of day care children, parents, and farmers converged. That was Friday, September 30, 2011 – the day when beneficiaries of three big ticket programs of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office Eight … Click here to read more...
In the formal opening of the Adoption Forum held last week at the Leyte Park Resort Hotel in Tacloban City, DSWD Field Office Eight Director Leticia Diokno appealed to lawyers, specially, to primarily protect the concern of children rather than that of the adoptive family.
Almost fifty participants, composed of national and local social workers and legal counsels of adoption cases of the various Regional Trail Courts in the region, … Click here to read more...
Last week, the Pag-Asa Youth Association of the Philippines (PYAP) Region Eight Chapter ended its more than a month celebration of the 37th founding anniversary of its mother organization, during the Monday Flag Ceremony of the DSWD Field Office Eight. The celebration started in July, with about three thousand and five hundred members regionwide participating in the various activities.
After a brief cultural presentation at the Field Office Eight … Click here to read more...