The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office MIMAROPA is set to pay the cash grants of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries whose mode of payment is through partner conduits on May 2018. This includes cash grants under Period 6 (January 2018) and the P2,400 (P200 per month) grants under the Unconditional continue reading : Press Release: 4Ps beneficiaries to receive grants by May
Coming from a tribe who has been long isolated in the mountains, it was difficult for Juda Diklay, 25, from Tau’t Bato tribe, to keep pace with her classmates in the suburb. It took Juda years to adapt and connect with other people whom she is not familiar with. Since she was the first of continue reading : First from the Mountains: A Graduation Story of a Girl from Tau’t Bato
“Nagkawatak-watak ang aming pamilya at naging mas mahirap pa,” this keeps on in the mind of a 17-year old student from Sitio Kabangkalan, Pinagturilan in the municipality of Sta. Cruz, Occidental Mindoro. Kristine Joy Bongar cannot forget how their complete family was destroyed by her father’s vices and physical abuse to her mother. According to continue reading : A Broken Heart Beats an Unshattered Dream
Looking back to her list of 50 things she wants to achieve in life, Angela said that she had already crossed out many of them. One of those is to graduate in college. Despite the many hardships and challenges she experienced being from a family belonging to the marginalized sector, she had never thought that continue reading : One Dream Down: A Girl’s Journey to Success
Around 34,000 students from the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) are expected to graduate under the Expanded Students Grants-in-Aid Program for Poverty Alleviation (ESGPPA). The ESGPPA is implemented by the Commission on Higher Education together with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and State Universities and Colleges continue reading : Press Release: More than 30k Students to Complete Tertiary Education
Malate, Manila – The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development MIMAROPA has conducted its 2nd Regional Search for Ulirang Parent Leader this month with the theme “Katuwang Ako sa Pagbabago”, announcing Remelyn K. Dela Cruz from Abra De Ilog, Occidental Mindoro as the winner. The activity commenced last year as continue reading : Regional Ulirang PL 2018 is from Occidental Mindoro
While tourists might have known or heard about the majestic island of Palawan, more and more people would want to come and visit the Philippines’ Last Ecological Frontier. Simply describing Palawan as beautiful does not give justice to it. the It has been awarded the ‘World’s Best Island’ in 2017 by a well-known international travel continue reading : A Glimpse of Palawan: The Impact of Community-Based Ecotourism
Ipinagdiwang ng mga residente ng Odiongan, Romblon ang ika-171 na anibersaryo ng bayan noong ika-isa hanggang ika-anim na Abril ng taong 2018. Kasabay nito ay ang taun-taong Kanidugan (Coconut) Festival upang magbigay-karangalan sa patron nito na si San Vicente Ferrer. Bilang parte ng pagdiriwang, nagsagawa ang Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) ng Agri-Trade Fair continue reading : Ika-171 na Anibersaryo ng Odiongan, Ipinagdiwang ng mga Residente
