MATI City -Forty-five couples from the municipalities of Tarragona, Manay, and Caraga in Davao Oriental participated in a recent Gender Dialogue conducted by the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) through its Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program. The one-day activity provided the participants with the basic input on Sex and Gender and Manifestations of Gender …

Philippine Daily Inquirer 12:05 AM | Thursday, February 5th, 2015 Read more: http://opinion.inquirer.net/82291/im-a-4ps-scholar#ixzz3QrC7VbgB Follow us: @inquirerdotnet on Twitter | inquirerdotnet on Facebook They call us the lower class, the twerps, a burden to the government. They dub us dependents, supposedly merely after government doles. They call us the poorest of the poor, the beneficiaries of …

WINNERS ALL. The four DSWD XI nominees in the national awards  -[L to R] Anne Y. Jickain for Best Social Worker,  Lolita I. Roble for Best Center Manager, Director Priscilla N. Razon for Best Manager, and Raquel E. Nuňez for Best Division Chief.  They attended the national celebration and awarding ceremonies in Quezon City in …

Director Priscilla N. Razon is joined by  husband Roberto after receiving her plaque from DSWD Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman. Davao City  – Director Priscilla N. Razon of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) was awarded Best Manager during the celebration of the 64th Founding Anniversary of the department Thursday in Quezon City. When she …

Davao City -The rally to work for the improvement of the well-being of identified poor families continues as the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) engages more development partners in the region though its Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP). On Tuesday, confirming their support to government pro-poor programs, some 100 representatives from different national government …