July 08, 2025 – “Tatay, maaari bang chicken joy naman ang ulam sa ngayon? Nakakaumay na kasi ang dilis na tuyo,” paawang banggit ko sa aking ama sa hapag-kainan. Mula umaga ay dilis na tuyo na ang nakahain sa hapag hanggang sa sumapit ang gabi. Noon, napapatanong ang aking sarili kung hanggang kailan namin mararanasan continue reading : ‘DI NA ISANG KAHIG, ‘DI NA ISANG TUKA
June 26, 2025 – “Ayan na naman ang mga langaw!” Sigaw iyon ni Manang Cora habang kami’y nakatayo sa gilid ng kalsada. Tirik ang araw, rumaragasa ang amoy ng sinigang mula sa loob ng handaan ng kapitbahay. Kumakalam ang sikmura ko, pero mas malakas ang kurot ng mga matang nakatingin sa amin—mata ng panghuhusga, mata ng continue reading : Langaw
June 3, 2025 – Forty (40) child-beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) from Patnanungan, Quezon are now set to go back to school. This is after a series of interventions provided by the DSWD Field Office IV-A, in partnership with various stakeholders in the locality, in managing children not attending school (NAS). In continue reading : 40 4Ps children in Patnanungan commit going back to school
May 30, 2025 – A total of 200 residents of Cavinti, Laguna completed various community projects in their barangays aimed at mitigating the effects of climate change under the DSWD’s Risk Resiliency Program thru Project LAWA at BINHI. Last May 27, these projects were turned over by the Department and the local government to the continue reading : Cavinti residents complete Project LAWA at BINHI initiatives for their community
February 28, 2025 – Beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) in Tagkawayan, Quezon start using the i-Registro in the updating of their families’ information to start availing the First 1,000 Days (F1KD) cash grants under the program. Last February 25, a total of 120 parent leaders from the said town were oriented on continue reading : 4Ps beneficiaries in Tagkawayan start updating household info through i-Registro
Becoming a licensed agriculturist despite life’s challenges *** “Totoy, pasensya na. Walang pera si Mama, hindi makakapunta.” Anjelo Pula, a resident of Brgy. Batabat Sur in Buenavista, Quezon, still recalls this heartbreaking call from his mother a few days before his senior high school graduation. According to Anjelo, though he truly understood their family’s situation continue reading : ‘Papasa ako para sa’yo, Mama Elyang’
