WB President Dr. Jim Yon Kim and DSWD Sec Corazon Juliano – Soliman listen as Mayor Matin Petilla (not in photo) briefs everyone about the Bahay Kubo-Kimchi Demonstration Farm project at Bgy. Anahaway, Palo Leyte.  Some 97 Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries are part of the program whereby the DSWD provided with Php260.00 per day as cash continue reading : Mayor Petilla briefs DSWD Sec DInky and WBG Pres re Bahay Kubo project

“Philippines can be the next economic miracle in Asia”. World Bank Group (WBG) President Jim Yong Kim emphasized in his talk that all of us have the responsibility to make sure that the Philippines live up to that great promise that many developing countries saw in the country many years ago. The high official said continue reading : WBG Pres. Sees a Promising Future for Region Eight after Yolanda

TACLOBAN CITY― Around a hundred beneficiaries of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, together with barangay officials and other residents, took part in the recent celebration of the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking with the theme “A Message of Hope: Drug Use Disorders are Preventable and Treatable” in Barangay 36 Sabang Multipurpose Hall. The continue reading : Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries join the Int’l Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

Seventy-four newly-hired field staff will be deployed next month for the region-wide special validation of the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction better known as “Listahanan” of the Department of Social Welfare and Development. The newly- hired field staff will gather socio-economic and household members’ information for the database. . The enumerators, area supervisors continue reading : DSWD to mobilize field staff for special validation

BARUGO, LEYTE – If there was one thing that Nelida Balaes, 31 years old, is thankful for at the time when TS Yolanda [international name: Haiyan] hit the country, it was the fact that they had a sea wall that protected them from the said disaster. “Kung wala iyan, tapos na kami [It would have continue reading : Community residents build sea wall to keep coastal Leyte village protected from Yolanda

Buaya was right by the sea, which meant that it was at constant threat of being overcome by waves, as with other island-barangays. In fact, in order to reach the community, travellers need to take a one-hour boat ride from the poblacion and bravely cross the Pacific Ocean to get to the village. Buaya also continue reading : Last-minute construction saves community from Yolanda