These FFPs will be delivered to the municipalities of Jipapad, Can-avid and Arteche, all in Eastern Samar as part of DSWD’s resource augmentation. Six hundred (600) FFPs are bound for Can-avid, 1,167 FFPs to Jipapad, and 1,700 FFPs to Arteche. These are partial deliveries as another schedule for transport of FFPs is underway to complete continue reading : LOOK: DSWD personnel loading Family Food Packs (FFPs) to the trucks mobilized by the Department of Public Works and Highways Regional Office VIII.

Pinatunayan ng LGU ng San Jose, Northern Samar na “functional” ang kanilang LOCAL SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE o LSWDO nitong nakaraang paghahanda sa Bagyong Bising. Inaksyunan kaagad ang maiayos ang mga evacuation centers sa iba’t-ibang barangays. Sa 16 barangays, tatlong barangays ang may nakapag-evacuate na 29 pamilya o 107 ka tao. Napag-alaman na ang continue reading :

Pinirmahan ng DSWD Eastern Visayas at ang Eastern Samar State University (ESSU) ang isang Memorandum of Agreement sa pangunguna nina DSWD OIC Regional Director Grace Subong and ESSU University President Andres Pagatpat Jr., Ph.D. at sa pamamagitan ng pagsisikap ng Eastern Samar Sub-Field Office ng DSWD.Sa bisa ng kasunduan na ito, pumapayag ang ESSU na continue reading : DSWD at ESSU Pumirma ng Kasunduan para sa Prepositioning

DSWD Field Office 8 (DSWD FO8) stands ready to respond to possible augmentation requests from LGUs as Typhoon “Bising” brings moderate to heavy rains to Eastern Visayas as it moves northwestward over the Philippine Sea. DSWD FO8 Operations Center monitors the situation on the ground and closely coordinates with the affected local government units. Meanwhile, continue reading :

Ngayong araw, Abril 17, 2019, isinabatas ang Republic Act No. 11310 o 4Ps Law upang gawing permanenteng istratehiya ng gobyerno ang Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program sa pagsugpo ng kahirapan. Makalipas ang dalawang taon ng pagpapatibay na ito sa 4Ps, pinatunayan natin na mas marami pang mahihirap na pamilyang Pilipino ang maaaring matulungan ng programa. At continue reading : #4PsLawAnniversary

Huling namataan ang bagyong Bising 960 na kilometro sa silangan ng Surigao City. Ayon sa PAGASA, naging typhoon na ang Bising, at inaasahang lalakas ito sa susunod na tatlong araw. Maaring mapasailalim ang Northern at Eastern Samar sa signal number 1 ngayong gabi. Bilang paghahanda sa posibleng pananalasa ng bagyong ito, may nakaimbak na 14,994 continue reading : DSWD Eastern Visayas naghahanda para kay Bising

LAOANG, Northern Samar – The Local Government Unit (LGU) of Laoang in Northern Samar led by Mayor Harris Christopher Ongchuan recently passed Municipal Ordinance 392 or “Cash Card Ordinance,” prohibiting lenders/financiers, Pantawid Pamilya, and Social Pension beneficiaries from engaging in cash card pawning, loan collaterals, misbehavior, and false representation. The ordinance was created in response continue reading : LGU Laoang passes ordinance against cash card pawning