Tacloban City – Four Leyte and two Samar towns signified to support the implementation of Makamasang Tugon in their respective municipalities during the signing of the Memorandum of Agreement held August 4, 2011 at the Leyte Park Resorts Hotel. The Leyte towns of Julita, La Paz, Mahaplag, and San Isidro and the Samar towns of continue reading : Leyte and Samar Municipalities Seal Agreements for Makamasang Tugon Initiative

The DSWD Field Office Eight oriented some 19 government information officers on the Department’s Convergence Strategy Program and the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTSPR) last Monday, July 25, at the Balay Inasal, Leyte Park Hotel Compound in Tacloban City. The move was part of the agency’s social marketing efforts, at a timely continue reading : GOVERNMENT INFORMATION OFFICERS ORIENTED ON NHTSPR, DSWD CONVERGENCE STRATEGY PROGRAM

Aida Emnas Cepeda of Tacloban City was a stand – out in the recently – concluded “PWDs (Persons with Disabilities) Got Talent!” competition held Thursday, July 21 at the Activity Center of Robinson’s Place in Tacloban City. She is totally blind and old in years, yet her memory remains sharp as she played on the continue reading : BLIND WOMAN SINGS HER WAY TO VICTORY AS SHE PLAYS PIANO

Tacloban City – Nine municipalities represented by their local chief executives, confirmed their commitments to do their part to support the Makamasang Tugon modality of the KALAHI-CIDSS during the signing of the Memorandum of Agreement held July 22, 2011, this city. These municipalities are Bato, Javier, Kananga, Leyte, and Tabango of Leyte Province; Paranas and continue reading : Beneficiary-Towns Ink Agreements with DSWD for 2011-2012 Makamasang Tugon Implementation

A total of 106, 209 children in day care centers managed by 133 local government units (LGUs) of the region are part of the Department of Social Welfare and Welfare and Development (DSWD) Supplemental Feeding Program that is good for a period of 120 days. The program will soon be fully operational, with ten more continue reading : 106, 209 DAY CARE CHILDREN TO UNDERGO SUPPLEMENTAL FEEDING IN 120 DAYS

In last week’s launching program of the National Disaster Consciousness Week, DSWD Assistant Regional Director Jaime Eclavea who represented Regional Director Leticia Corillo, presented lengthily the agency’s new mandate along disaster response. Eclavea, however, said that though the DSWD acts as vice-chair of the Response Committee under the Regional Risk Reduction Council (formerly the Regional continue reading : DSWD EIGHT OFFICIAL BARES AGENCY ROLE IN DISASTER RESPONSE

Tacloban City – To position the KALAHI-CIDSS Project in their municipalities, the beneficiary municipalities of Samar Province are set to hold their respective Municipal Launch and Project Orientation this month. According to DSWD Assistant Regional Director Jaime Eclavea, the municipality of Tagapul-an is the first town to have its Project launch and orientation on July continue reading : Series of KALAHI-CIDSS Municipal Launch Set in Region Eight