The all – male group of Violence Against Women advocates of DSWD Field Office Eight will make Positive Disciplining on children as one of the additional subjects for its advocacies. Said Federico Pagayanan, president of the Men Opposed to Violence Against Women Everywhere (MOVE) DSWD Field Office Eight chapter, assuch is in support to one continue reading : GROUP OF ANTI-VIOLENCE ON WOMEN ADVOCATES OF DSWD EIGHT, TO GO FOR POSITIVE DISCIPLINING

Speaking before a group of parents of the 68 residents of the DSWD Regional Rehabilitation Center for Youth (RRCY), Assistant Regional Director Nestor Ramos of the DSWD Field Office Eight reminded them of their roles and responsibilities towards their children, even if they are now taking temporary refuge at the Center. Ramos gave an inspirational continue reading : DSWD REMINDS PARENTS OF CHILDREN IN REHAB CENTER TO BE MINDFUL OF THEIR ROLES

The National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction is currently conducting a special enumeration and validation of poor households in the three barangays in the municipality of Palompon, Leyte starting December 11 to 18, 2012. Municipal Mayor Ramon Oñate proposed for the enumeration of the residents of Barangay Belen, Barangay Central III and the validation continue reading : NHTS-PR conducts special enumeration and validation in Palompon, Leyte

Some 2,762 senior citizens will start receiving a monthly five hundred peso – stipend next year, as lifetime financial assistance from the national government, the DSWD Field Office Eight Regional Director, Leticia Diokno, reported today. Diokno is referring to the Social Pension Program being implemented by the DSWD nationwide, priority of whom are 77 – continue reading : 2,762 ADDITIONAL SENIOR CITIZENS TO ENJOY SOCIAL PENSION IN CY 2013

Two (2) Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) field workers were ambushed by unidentified armed men on December 4, 2012, Monday, as they were on their way to their official station in San Jose de Buan, Samar, wherein they are assigned as community facilitators of the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of continue reading : Mistaken Identity Results to Ambush of Two Kalahi-CIDSS Field Workers

Even as typhoon warning signals were lowered in various parts of the region, the DSWD Field Office Eight keeps on closely monitoring the state of disaster – prone areas in Region Eight, Regional Director Leticia Diokno announced today. In the agency’s First Progress Report on Typhoon Pablo to DSWD Central Office in Manila, it stated continue reading : DSWD CLOSELY MONITORS DISASTER – PRONE AREAS, EVEN AS TYPHOON WARNING SIGNAL LOWERS

A total of three human trafficking cases were noted in the third quarter of this year, report from the Regional Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Trafficking – Violence Against Women and Children (RIACAT-VAWC) revealed. The DSWD – led RIACAT-VAWC is strongly advocating against the issue on trafficking, especially that Region Eight is one of the pilot regions continue reading : THREE HUMAN TRAFFICKING CASES IN 3RD QUARTER