Day: October 8, 2024

A total of 420 partner-beneficiaries of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) 5 (Bicol) water and food project from Sorsogon province received their wages from the Department of Labor and Employment’s (DOLE) emergency employment program on Monday. In an interview on Tuesday, Carl James Cabarles, DSWD-5 disaster response management division information officer, said more than PHP3.4 million was disbursed to the beneficiaries from the towns of Sta. Magdalena and Magallanes through the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) program of DOLE. “Each partner-beneficiary received PHP7,900 as full compensation for participating in a 20-day cash-for-training and work program,

MANILA: The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Tuesday announced a temporary ban on importing foot-and-mouth diseases (FMD)-susceptible animals, products, and by-products from the Republic of Trkiye following a reported FMD outbreak in cattle in Cugun, Merkez, Kirsehir on Sept. 9. DA Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. issued Memorandum Order 42 last October 4 imposing the temporary import ban to prevent the spread of the FMD virus in the country. “We’re imposing an import ban to mitigate the risk of FMD transmission to our local animal population,” he said in a statement. Under the order, the processing, evaluation, and issuance of

MANILA: The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has gained another badge of honor after the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) lauded Project LAWA and BINHI for its invaluable contribution to climate resilience initiatives. ‘In a LinkedIn post by UN Assistant Secretary-General Reena Ghelani, she mentioned our LAWA and BINHI project, citing it as among the best practices in response to the prevalent issues related to climate crisis and El Niño,’ DSWD spokesperson Irene Dumlao said in a statement on Tuesday. DSWD’s Project LAWA and BINHI stands for Local Adaptation to Water Access and Breaking Insufficiency

MANILA: The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has gained another badge of honor after the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) lauded Project LAWA and BINHI for its invaluable contribution to climate resilience initiatives. ‘In a LinkedIn post by UN Assistant Secretary-General Reena Ghelani, she mentioned our LAWA and BINHI project, citing it as among the best practices in response to the prevalent issues related to climate crisis and El Niño,’ DSWD spokesperson Irene Dumlao said in a statement on Tuesday. DSWD’s Project LAWA and BINHI stands for Local Adaptation to Water Access and Breaking Insufficiency