Alicia, Isabela – A total of 13,270 recipients of the government’s Social Amelioration Program (SAP) are expected to receive their grant in this town starting today, April 09, 2020 as personnel from the DSWD Field Office 02 and partners from the Local Government Unit (LGU) Alicia commence distribution to qualified beneficiaries. The payout of beneficiaries continue reading : DSWD starts distribution of SAP in Region 2

Tuguegarao City – In line with the declaration of Code Red Sublevel 2 by President Duterte last March 12, 2020, the DSWD has released guidelines for the implementation of its programs and services while the alert level is still in effect. The implementation of the following programs shall be suspended from 12:00 AM of March continue reading : DSWD Field Office 02 conducts preventive measures for COVID-19 threat

Tuguegarao City – The National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction or Listahanan has finished assessing 646,009 households out of a total target of 654,788 households, a 98.66% accomplishment rate as of March 05, 2020. The achievement comes after the completion of the 3rd round of household assessment’s preparatory phase last year which required Listahanan continue reading : Listahanan nears completion of 3rd round assessment phase

Gamu, Isabela – Food and non-food items of the DSWD Field Office 02 can now be prepositioned in military warehouses in Gamu and Echague, Isabela operated by the Philippine Army’s 5th Infantry Division (PA 5ID) Camp, after a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed earlier today between the two parties. Leading the DSWD party was continue reading : DSWD FO2 forges partnership with Philippine Army’s 5th Infantry Division through signing of MOU

Staff from the DSWD Field Office 02 attended the Local Serbisyo Caravan headed by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Region 02 at Brgy. Andabuen, Benito Soliven, Isabela earlier today. The activity was in support to E.O.70, creating a Whole of Nation Approach to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (ELCAC). The event, continue reading : DSWD programs and services reach far-flung municipality through DILG’s Local Serbisyo Caravan

Ilagan City, Isabela – DSWD Assistant Secretary Rodolfo Encabo, together with staff from the DSWD Field Office 02, attended the inauguration of a Malasakit Center at the Gov. Faustino N. Dy, Jr. Memorial Center in this city earlier today. Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go led the formal launching of the center that shall be a continue reading : 2nd Malasakit Center in Region 02 launched in Isabela

Enrile, Cagayan – With DSWD Secretary Rolando Joselito Bautista, members of the Executive Committee, Regional Directors and fellow field offices watching through a virtual loop, the field office’s new center constructions and renovated facilities were launched through a simple ribbon cutting ceremony held at the Cagayan Valley Regional Rehabilitation Center for Youth (CV-RRCY) here yesterday. continue reading : New centers and residential care facilities virtually-launched

Princess, 29, from Talisay, Batangas has been without her husband Jerry, 34, for many days since Taal’s eruption. Princess recalls that as they evacuated with the volcano’s eruption, her husband decided to seek a job in a nearby town. This after losing his livelihood with the volcano’s continuous unrest so he can continue to support continue reading : Hope amidst challenges