The DSWD received this week some five thousand metric tons of rice from Thailand, through the efforts of the Department of Agriculture and the National Food Authority. Acting General Manager Nongnooch Deetae of the ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve (APTERR) said that the Kingdom of Thailand was deeply saddened of the many lives lost, continue reading : DSWD Receives 5,000 Metric Tons of Rice from Thailand

Marchita Ygrubay, 52,  owner of Sola Eatery along Salazar Street in TaclobanCity will soon be put to trial for buying 17 sacks of DSWD relief rice for her fastfood business ! The DSWD Field Office Eight headed by Regional Director Nestor Ramos, filed a case against her Wednesday, April 23,  for violation of section 19 continue reading : Ygrubay Faces Legal Action for Selling Relief Rice

“Casulongan” is a name of a barangay, but the townsfolk anticipated that “sulong” is its root word, meaning to move forward. It simply defines the behavior of the community after they experienced the outrage of Super Typhoon Yolanda. Barangay Casulongan is located in the interior part of Javier, Leyte which is 2.5 kilometer from the continue reading : Casulongan is Moving Forward

After super typhoon Yolanda made a big wreck in the Eastern Visayas region,  notably in Leyte and Eastern Samar towns,  communication lines were cut off, leaving the areas isolated from the rest of the world. As nature made its show,  the national and international communities as well, became witness to this worst devastation ever recorded continue reading : On Her Last Flight

More than 12,000  individuals’ poverty status will be assessed through the Listahanan or National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Eastern Visayas. The Listahanan or NHTS-PR is an information management system that identifies “who” and “where” the poor households are  in the country. The tool allows the continue reading : DSWD to assess poverty status of 12,000 individuals in EV

A two-day seminar for Kalahi-CIDSS regional staff on Geo-Tagging was held last March 31, 2014 at the Granda Manor Hotel, Tacloban City. The “geo-tagging”, can be used by the staff to tag the location of the small infrastructure projects. The progress of the projects currently being constructed can also be followed using this system. DSWD Field Office continue reading : Geo-Tagging of Kalahi-CIDSS Projects soon to kick-off in Region Eight

Marabut, Samar — In a meeting with Marabut Mayor Percival Ortilllo, Jr.,Director Yousef Al Merag of the Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) delegation and Director RestyMacuto ofDISASTER Risk Reduction Management emphasized the need for permanent shelter and livelihood for the  Marabutvictims of super typhoon Yolanda. Director Macuto reported that his office has recommended to the continue reading : DSWD recommends 100 initial permanent housing units for homeless folks of Marabut