Department of Social Welfare and Development

Senate President Vicente Sotto III, along with Senators Panfilo Lacson and Gringo Honasan II, is planning to call for a congressional inquiry into the implementation of the government's Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps).

MANILA -- Communist rebels and their supporters are using "red-tagging" of their front organizations as a smokescreen to the House of Representatives from conducting a probe into the Salugpungan schools being operated by the Communist Party…

Doubling the social pension of at least 6 million indigent senior citizens will be a top priority of re-electionist Senator Sonny Angara, one of the authors of Republic Act 9994 or the Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010.

Senator Bam Aquino on Monday raised the need to "punish" those responsible for the water shortage as he called on concerned stakeholders to work together to bring immediate relief to affected consumers.

President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law a measure simplifying adoption process in the Philippines.

Senator Sonny Angara said the government should designate an "anti-El Nino czar," as he called for an El Nino action plan in food-growing areas in the country.

President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law the bill providing mandatory Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) coverage to persons with disabilities (PWDs).

ATTENTION: Please Click "How to get the latest Facebook News Feed from POLITIKO" The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Friday called for the stronger implementation of Republic Act No. 9344 or the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act…

Misamis Oriental Rep. Juliet Uy called for additional budget allocation for the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for adequate and accessible facilities for children in conflict with the law.

President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed the son-in-law of El Shaddai leader Brother Mike Velarde to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).

Congress is hoping President Rodrigo Duterte will sign into a bill hastening adoption process in time for the week-long Adoption Consciousness Celebration from February 10 to 18.

With national development as the ultimate goal, the Philippine government invested in the future of the youth by ensuring the full implementation of the free tertiary education law in 2018.

President Rodrigo Duterte has signed an executive order creating a national task force that would address the communist insurgency in the country.

A day before the fifth anniversary of the onslaught of super typhoon “Yolanda,” Malacanang on Wednesday urged the Filipino people to “join hands” to achieve a “more adaptive and disaster-resilient” Philippines.

Senator Sonny Angara deplored on Wednesday the bureaucratic red tape that forced authorities to destroy donations for supertyphoon Yolanda victims that had already expired.

Former Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) secretary Esperanza Cabral has asked the Sandiganbayan to permit her to go on a cruise with her family.

A Senate panel is pushing for the simplification of the process of adopting a child by allowing the correction of simulated birth records in the civil registry.

President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered government officials to bring normalcy back to areas hit by typhoon “Rosita.”

Communications Undersecretary Lorraine Badoy is apparently milking her position for self-promotion by making the Philippine News Agency (PNA) post what could best be described as motherhood statements on poverty.

President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed Major Gen. Macairog Alberto, commander of the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (ISAFP), as the next Philippine Army commander.

President Rodrigo Duterte is not a fan of the Department of Social Welfare and Development giving funds for calamity victims, Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries, and seniors citizens to mayors who would only give the money to his loyalists.

Senator Loren Legarda apparently worried if she would be an effective Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) secretary, which is why she is opting to run as Antique representative next year, Senate President Vicente “Tito”…

Army chief Rolly Bautista is the next secretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).

Secretary Francis Tolentino, Presidential Adviser on Political Affairs, has directed operatives to focus on just body retrieval operations, as there seems to be "no sign of life" left at the landslide area in this mining town.