“Maagap at Mapagkalingang Serbisyo” or PROMPT AND CARING SERVICE is the new leadership or brand service of the DSWD. Region VIII Director Restituto Macuto of the DSWD calls on his workforce to support the Department’s thrust for a deeper and faster service for our countrymen needing help. DSWD Field Office VIII pledges to better perform continue reading : DSWD FO VIII pledges to live up to its brand new image

                    Records from the DSWD Field Office Eight indicated that most of Region Eight’s 87, 920 social pensioners are regularly receiving their quarterly pension this year. DSWD Field Office Eight Regional Director Restituto Macuto said that efforts are being maximized to ensure that the Social Pension continue reading : Most LGUs updated in Social Pension pay – outs

Differently – abled person,  Edmundo Balan of Borongan, Eastern Samar  recently arrived in the Philippines after he competed in an international painting competition in France.  He is a multi-awardee and is a three – time gold medalist, nationally! He never stops honing his skill; an orthopedically – handicapped, he quitted his job at the Eastern continue reading : PWD from Borongan arrives from int’l. competition in France

Pedmar Casero, 35, of Brgy. Tabgas, Albuera, Leyte is the President of Tabgas Persons with Disability Association. But, his responsibility does not end with their organization. Casero, who grew up with arm deformities and stunted growth, is also a Kalahi-CIDSS volunteer in their community where he works as a bodegero and timekeeper for the construction continue reading : PWD’s agenda integrated in Kalahi-CIDSS Community-Driven Development Strategy

A total of 102 Disaster Risk Reduction Management projects in Eastern Visayas are currently being funded by the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s anti-poverty progam, the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS). Part of Kalahi-CIDSS’ expansion through the National Community-Driven Development Program or NCDDP is the innovation to respond continue reading : 102 Kalahi-CIDSS disaster risk reduction projects funded toward resilient communities

Shifting  roads Steven Cliff Peroba, 9, was born in Ormoc City but the destruction of Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) forced him and his family to restore their lives and livelihood in a remote village of San Marcelino in Matag-ob, Leyte. But to a child, the structures and provisions in the city are far better than continue reading : When rough treads lead to right roads

DSWD Field Office VIII Regional Director Restituto Macuto, with Director Wayne Bellizar of the Internal Audit Service of DSWD Central Office and other staff from Region Eight, pay a visit today to new Tacloban Mayor Cristina Romualdez at the City Hall. The former expresses his intention to forge closer partnership with the city government. Says continue reading : All for CHANGE