President Rodrigo Duterte has given assurance to the public that the Philippines will be “back to normal” by December 2020, as he expects to get coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine from China. “I promise you, by the grace of God, I hope by December, we would be back to normal,” Duterte said in a recorded video…
In consideration of the present situation brought about by the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the Land Transportation Office (LTO) has moved to further extend the validity of registration for motor vehicles. To recall, the LTO has previously issued an order to implement non-collection of penalties for late registration of motor vehicles and renewal of…
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) continues its provision of assistance to locally stranded individuals (LSIs) in Metro Manila. On June 17, through the DSWD Field Office National Capital Region (FO-NCR), the Department provided financial assistance, under the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) program, to approximately 500 LSIs in Pier 4,…
In continuation of the efforts to address the needs of locally stranded individuals (LSIs) in Metro Manila, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) provided more than P5 million worth of financial assistance to some 2,242 LSIs during the government’s Hatid Tulong Grand Send Off activity on July 4 and 5, 2020 at the…
The Department of Social Welfare and Development on Tuesday said it has started coordinating with various local government units (LGUs) for the distribution of the Social Amelioration Package to help Filipinos during the coronavirus crisis. DSWD spokesperson Irene Dumlao said they started with the profiling using the social amelioration card, and LGUs are set to…
A manpower agency recently signed an MOU with DSWD and DOLE to provide jobs for self-sufficient beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps).…
Customs officials at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) on November 21, 2019, destroyed 20 tons of goods in Trece Martires, Cavite. In a statement, Port of NAIA district collector Carmelita Talusan said the condemnation proceeding is part of the Bureau of Customs’ (BOC) efforts to decongest their storage facilities. It is also in line…
The Civil Service Commission (CSC) is inviting jobseekers and interested applicants to join in the first-ever Government Online Career Fair (GOCF), an online event where government agencies and jobseekers meet in a virtual environment to exchange information about job openings. In a press release on October 15, 2019, the CSC said in the program, which…
The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) is ready to extend assistance to an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who perished in the maritime incident off Iloilo Strait over the weekend. This was the assurance given by Regional Director Wilfreda L. Misterio of OWWA Western Visayas when she visited the wake of Claire Faith Segovia at the…
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), through its Field Office VI, continues to reach out to the survivors and bereaved families of casualties of the three boats that capsized at the Iloilo-Guimaras Strait on August 3, 2019. The FO, in coordination with the Iloilo City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO), immediately…
