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By Cynthia D. Balana

Solo parents are pushing for more benefits under the law to enable them to cope with the high cost of living and education of their children, according to the Department of Social Welfare and Development.
Posted: May 7th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,Nation | Read More »
By Cynthia D. Balana

The Depatment of Social Welfare and Development has strengthened its campaign against human trafficking with the scheduled launching on Friday of “Iligtas Mo Ako” cinema plug during a block-off screening of the “Iron Man” movie.
Posted: April 26th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,Nation | Read More »
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in southern Mindanao has confirmed it stopped providing rice to Mati in Davao Oriental as early as two months ago.
Posted: April 21st, 2013 in Headlines,Regions | Read More »
PUBLIC information officers of 11 towns in Negros Oriental gathered in Dumaguete City for an advocacy planning workshop.
Posted: April 19th, 2013 in CDN - Community,Cebu Daily News | Read More »
By Cynthia D. Balana
Social Welfare Secretary Corazon Soliman on Friday decried what she said was a series of unfair attacks by the Inquirer against the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).
Posted: March 15th, 2013 in Headlines,Regions | Read More »

Rosalina Caya-os, 44, a mother of five, had been certain she needed to learn livelihood skills long before she was listed as a beneficiary in the government’s conditional cash transfer (CCT) program.
Posted: March 11th, 2013 in Headlines,Regions | Read More »
By Cynthia D. Balana

A number of civil society groups in Mindanao have expressed support for Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Soliman and the Department of Social Welfare and Development following last week’s raid on the DSWD regional office in Davao City by typhoon victims demanding relief goods.
Posted: March 3rd, 2013 in Latest News Stories,Regions | Read More »
By Lisa Soriano,
Ricky Brozas

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) last Saturday officially rolled out in this vote-rich province its anti-Epal campaign which aimed to dissuade candidates from using the government’s Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) Program during campaign period.
Posted: March 2nd, 2013 in Latest News Stories,Regions | Read More »
By Karlos Manlupig,
TJ Burgonio
A three-day protest “occupation” outside the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) regional office in Davao City might have ended on a reconciliatory note on Wednesday night, but Secretary Corazon Soliman is haling the agitators and looters to court.
Posted: March 1st, 2013 in Editors' Picks,Headlines,Nation | Read More »
By Karlos Manlupig

Negotiations between survivors of typhoon Pablo and the Department of Social Welfare and Development on the delivery of relief goods ended on Wednesday night, breaking days of tensions and skirmishes between local authorities and the communities.
Posted: February 27th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,Regions | Read More »
By Germelina Lacorte

The falsification of documents, signatures included, in connection with projects’ implementation is a common practice in the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), claimed a former agency worker, who had sued four social welfare officials in the Ombudsman on Friday.
Posted: February 17th, 2013 in Headlines,Regions | Read More »

Borrowing carpentry tools from a friend, Romulo Serot worked on the first day of the building of one of two Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-funded bunkhouses on the grounds of the University of Southeastern Philippines here.
Posted: February 14th, 2013 in Editors' Picks,Featured Gallery,Headlines,Photos & Videos,Regions | Read More »
By Karlos Manlupig and Germelina Lacorte

Angry typhoon-affected residents protested at the regional office of the Department of Social Welfare and Development here on Tuesday to call for the ouster of Social Welfare Secretary Corazon Soliman for the “corruption and inept implementation” of relief and rehabilitation operations in areas devastated by typhoon Pablo (international code name Bopha).
Posted: February 13th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,Regions | Read More »