The weather was fair. We crossed the sea for more than an hour through a motorboat to reach Daram, Samar- a 4th class island municipality in the province of Samar, where the convergence strategy of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is being implemented.
For the Social Marketing and Advocacy Component of the department, it is always a great pleasure to hang around with our beneficiaries and stakeholders. … Click here to read more...
About 250 employees and field workers of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office Eight rally joyfully in a torch parade this week, to mark the agency’s 62nd anniversary.
The night parade caught the attention of bystanders, motorists, and pedestrians, with the long queue of torch – carrying personnel carrying banners bearing slogans attuned to this year’s theme – “ DSWD at 62 : Sama-samang Husay … Click here to read more...
The Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) conducted a writeshop for community facilitators and volunteers on January 24-25, 2013 at Cawacsi Training Center, Tacloban City.
The activity was participated by community facilitators and volunteers from the guaranteed municipalities covered by the project in Samar.… Click here to read more...
Eight Local Government Units (LGU) of the Region inked a Memorandum of Agreement with the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program last January 11, 2013 at the San Juanico Golf and Country Club in Tacloban City. This was graced and witnessed by the DSWD Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Juliano-Soliman herself, other stakeholders, including media.
In her message, Secretary Soliman commenced by telling how the Department is … Click here to read more...
In a recent turn-over ceremony of the incoming Regional Director for DSWD Field Office Eight, DSWD Undersecretary Camilo Gudmalin put emphasis on the rationale behind the re-shuffling of almost all Regional Directors of the Department in the entire country.
Gudmalin administered the installation of Director Remia Tapispisan held at the Leyte Park Resort Hotel in Tacloban City, being the Coach Monitor for Visayas and Mindanao regions. Tapispisan, who hails from … Click here to read more...
Tacloban City Mayor Alfred Romualdez expressed his desire for a stronger relationship between his local government unit and the national, specifically with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), in the Fellowship Night held recently at the Patio Victoria in Tacloban City.
The City Government was host of the Hawaiian – inspired party for participants of the semi-annual National Management Development Conference held January 10 to 12 at The … Click here to read more...
The opening of year 2013 is a busy schedule for the DSWD Field Office Eight, as four major events will happen this second week of January. This was disclosed today by DSWD Eight Assistant Regional Director for Operation, Nestor Ramos, presently the officer-in-charge.
The Field Office will see a change of leadership, as a new regional chief will be installed on Thursday, January 10, 2013, at nine o’clock in the … Click here to read more...