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Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)

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  2. Joyride drivers lined up to receive ₱5,000 cash assistance from the government at the Bahay ng Alumni, UP Diliman, on Saturday, May 16. (Photo from: DSWD)

    Over 45,000 TNC drivers receive DSWD cash aid

    Over 45,000 Transport Network Company drivers from Grab, JoyRide and InDrive have received ₱5,000 cash relief from the DSWD under its AICS program. Learn how…

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  13. DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian held a press conference at DSWD New Press Center, 23 April, to discuss current challenges about the cash relief assistance (CRA) payout of the agency for public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers in Metro Manila. The DSWD official noted that an e-wallet platform is not an ideal mode to distribute cash assistance considering name duplication. The agency, however, will consider digital systems only if there is a clean list of PUV drivers. (Photo by: Sean Magbanua)

    ‘Clean’ beneficiary list demanded

    The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) says it is open to using e-wallets for cash relief distribution to transport workers, but Secretary Rex…

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  15. THE Department of Social Welfare and Development -Field Office NCR conducted a simultaneous 3K session — ‘Kalusugan, Kakayahan at Kabuhayan’ — along with a food redemption activity for regular beneficiaries of the Walang Gutom Program on 21 April at the Multipurpose Hall of Barangay Bagong Pag-asa and Bistekville 9,Barangay Gulod, Quezon City.

    Soup kitchen, food rescue program expanded

    The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is expanding its soup kitchen program that turns surplus food from hotels and restaurants into daily…

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