Members of the Aeta community, who are active beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) from the upland and remote barangays of Zambales province, stepped into the digital age as they underwent financial literacy sessions facilitated by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). As part of its broader digital and financial inclusion efforts, the DSWD has concluded its regional rollout of the e-Panalo ang Kinabukasan initiative under 4Ps from 15 to 17 July in Zambales province, covering ...

“Kung kaya nila, kaya rin natin.” This powerful belief guided Laila B. De Viana, an Indigenous woman from the Manide community in Sitio Kalibigaho, Osmeña, Jose Panganiban, Camarines Norte, as she walked across the graduation stage to become the first college graduate in her tribe. With a degree in Bachelor of Technical-Vocational Teacher Education, major in Food Service Management, Laila’s achievement marks a historic milestone for the Manide community, made possible through determination, faith, and the support of the Pantawid ...

Beneficiaries of the government’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) proved that poverty is no barrier to success as five monitored children of the program topped the March 2025 Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET). Leading the 4Ps achievers is Jeanlyn Guinita Colipano from Carmen, Cebu, who secured the top 1 spot in the LET–Secondary Level. A cum laude graduate of Cebu Technological University – Danao Campus, Colipano, a child of a solo parent, earned a degree in Bachelor of Secondary Education ...

For Syruth A. Lovendino, Labor Day 2025 was more than a public holiday. It marked a fresh start. A former overseas Filipino worker (OFW), Syruth returned home from Qatar after two years as a domestic helper, choosing to stay in the Philippines to care for her two children. Since then, finding a stable job had been difficult. But on May 1, at a bustling job fair in Legazpi City, she was among those finally hired on the spot. “Masayang-masaya ako ...

22 APRIL 2025, QUEZON CITY - The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) successfully conducted the 1st National Advisory Council (NAC) Meeting for 2025 at the DSWD Central Office, with key resolutions aimed at strengthening the implementation of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) and reinforcing agency convergence for beneficiary support. At the top of the agenda was the approval of the Pugay Tagumpay Graduation Strategy under DSWD Memorandum Circular No. 02, series of 2025, a comprehensive framework that ...