There are but two local government units which has established a Persons with Disability Affairs Office (PDAO) in Region Eight, revealed Regional Programs Coordinator for Visayas and Mindanao, Evelyn Dolencio, of the National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA) during her recent visit to Tacloban.

As of this time, Borongan City and Hilongos in Leyte were identified during the meeting of the Regional Council on Disability Affairs (RCDA) with a PDAO, … Click here to read more...

Do you know that the Day Care Service originally started as play and socialization among young children, and now, a very fundamental program that every Filipino Child must go through?

The Day Care Service is part of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD’s) commitment to the human development concerns of children as a response to the country’s ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) … Click here to read more...

Regional Director Leticia Diokno of the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office Eight is calling the attention of the public to disregard the text scam currently being circulated in the region, blaming Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program as the cause of a fire incident in Tanauan Leyte last August 6, 2012.

Diokno said, a process of validation has been conducted to check on the veracity of said issue. She, … Click here to read more...

A regionally-initiated celebration on the Family Planning Month of the Department of Health’s Commission on Population (PopCom) kicked off yesterday, August 8, 2012, via a caravan from Palo Government Center to the municipality of Alang-Alang, Leyte. Some one hundred beneficiary-couples of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (Pantawid Pamilya) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) from the said municipality attended the symposium which followed after the caravan.

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Three parties, namely: the Department of Health (DOH), Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) and Tacloban Doctor’s Medical Center enter a Memorandum of Agreement for partnership to cater quality health service to the beneficiaries of PantawidPamilyang Pilipino Program (PantawidPamilya) of Leyte province which was witnessed by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) last August 1, 2012 at The Oriental Hotels and Resorts, Palo Leyte.

This convergence partnership is focused … Click here to read more...

The Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) conducted a consultative meeting with the Local Chief Executives (LCEs) of the nine (9) guaranteed municipalities on August 2, 2012 at the Apollo 101 training hall of Leyte Park Resort Hotel, Tacloban City.

Mayors and representatives coming from Western Samar municipalities participated in the event. The municipalities were Daram, Gandara, Matuginao, Motiong, Tagapul-an, Talalora, San Jose de Buan, … Click here to read more...

Speaking before over two hundred leaders of the PAG-ASA Youth Association of the Philippines Region Eight and Tacloban City chapters, Tacloban City Mayor Alfred Romualdez urged the group of young people to “continue bonding,” and to “continue to be of service to the community.”

Romualdez was Guest of Honor in this week’s formal opening of the Photo Exhibit and Opening Program marking the 38th   year founding anniversary of the PYAP. … Click here to read more...