Region Eight was lucky to be host of a national event dubbed as SineBata : Kabataang Pinoy Media Festival, a project of Anak TV Incorporated, Plan Philippines, and various government agencies like the DSWD Field Office Eight under Regional Director Leticia Diokno.
The DSWD lent support to the two-day activity – the screening of entries last July 25, at the Philippine Information Agency (P.I.A.) Region Eight, and the awarding of … Click here to read more...
Hindang Local Chief Executive Elpidio Cabal, Jr. signed the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office 8 for the implementation of the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) yesterday, July 23, at the Sangguniang Bayan (SB) Session Hall.
Cabal said they had been waiting for long for the project to be implemented in their municipality. “I remember … Click here to read more...
It’s a monthlong celebration for the Pag-asa Youth Association of the Philippines (PYAP) Region Eight Chapter for its 38th year of existence, announced Reden Sabela, the Regional Federation President, who added that the anniversary date is on July 29.
Sabela revealed that the Tacloban City federation under president Jovelyn Caganon has been actively involved in activities. Starting July 9 to 13, the federation has set up a garage sale … Click here to read more...
The Regional Council on Disability Affairs (RCDA) in Region Eight has started conducting activities on the 17th of July to mark the 34 National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation Week that suited to the theme, “Mainstreaming Persons with Disabilities in Economic Development.”
Ben Calzado, the focal person for the Persons with Disabilities Program of the DSWD Field Office Eight, which is the secretariat of the Council but had been continuously … Click here to read more...
As part of its advocacy campaign on Adoption and Foster Care services, the DSWD Field Office Eight recently conducted its fourth Adoption and Foster Care Forum for this year in Tacloban City. Said focal person on Adoption Alicia Advincula, the forum was necessary before one engages into adoption, as it serves as a venue for discussion on the policies and procedures of the services with prospective adoptive/foster couples, families, and … Click here to read more...
Tacloban City, July 17- A mission to conduct review on loan disbursement of the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program is being conducted today by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) at the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office VIII in Tacloban City
The purpose of the said mission is for the group to understand the procedures and find out disbursement issues for the PantawidPamilyang Pilipino Program, Philippine version … Click here to read more...
Life in the mountainous barangay of Caanibongan, Cabucgayan, Biliran was simple and ordinary: the heads of the family work in the farm everyday to earn a living for their families, mothers tend their homes and attend to their kids; and children who go to school walk almost a kilometer during school-days in pursue of education. What makes them far from being ordinary is how the “banig” affects their lives.