“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 ...

To promote positive parenting among households of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office IV-A (DSWD-CALABARZON), in partnership with Save the Children Philippines (SCP), conducted a two-day training for MaPangBata module facilitators from April 28 to 29 at the St. Jude Cooperative Hotel and Event Center in Tayabas City, Quezon. The initiative aimed to build the capacity of provincial and local level implementers and engage Provincial Social Welfare and Development Offices (PSWDOs) ...