16 January 2018
Lucena City Council supports Listahanan utilization in the locality The Committee on Social Welfare of the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Lucena City recently committed to endorse a resolution to the council for the utilization of the Listahanan database of the poor in the locality. During a hearing presided by City Councilor Atty. Rhaetia Marie C. Abcede-Llaga […]
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12 October 2017
Forty-one residents of the National Training School for Boys (NTSB) recently participated in the two-day Leadership Journey conducted by The Ninoy and Cory Aquino Foundation at the institution’s compound in Brgy. Sampaloc, Tanay, Rizal. The activity, which was implemented under the theme “The call to leadership is a call to love,” aimed to engage the […]
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30 September 2017
When the Del Pilar couple asked Vivian to change her college major, her eyes were filled with tears. As a mother, Maria Del Pilar cannot forget this scene. It breaks her heart going back to this again and again; however, she is now glad that her daughter was persistent at that time and she and […]
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29 September 2017
“Sobra akong nakokonsensya, pero tuloy pa rin ako.” Liezel Fajardo, 33, narrates that her children go to school just twice in a week as she often had no money to give them for the day. This situation hurts her; however, Liezel brushes this off. “Araw-araw akong nasa sugalan. Minsan inaabot pa ako ng magdamag sa […]
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26 September 2017
Forty-five lawyers pledge support to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in the processing of adoption cases during the consultation meeting between the DSWD and the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) held in Tagaytay City last September 15. These lawyers are members of the IBP from Batangas and Cavite chapters. Dir. Annie […]
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22 September 2017
Every afternoon, four mothers, Jenelyn Tunay, Glenda Asigurado, Lydia Asigurado, and Ofelia Isleta of Rizal, Laguna, untiringly prepares various merienda to sell in their store. One dream binds these mothers, the dream of being successful entrepreneurs. “Matagal ko na po talagang gusto magkaroon ng negosyo, kaso wala naman po talaga akong pang-kapital”, said Glenda Asigurado, […]
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31 August 2017
In its 14 years of operation as one of DSWD’s flagship programs, Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) has been in the forefront of community-driven development since its pilot implementation in Dolores, Quezon in 2003. The program aims not just to improve delivery of social services to poor communities, but […]
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27 August 2017
From the outside, nothing seems unusual in the Purugganan household. The residents of Brgy. San Diego in Lian, Batangas Province, see the family as an inspiration. Neighbors talk about how well the children have been raised and how every member of the family work together to chase their dream. The most noticeable success of this […]
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