How long can you possibly live if you are a perennial cigarette smoker? A popular reminder that “Smoking kills” aims to discourage everyone to start smoking and to encourage cigarette smokers to quit smoking. Ironically, the said saying on smoking is not true in the case of two (2) centenarians from the Municipality of San continue reading : Centenarian siblings reveal secrets of a long life

The National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction or the Listahanan of the Department of Social Welfare and Development – Field Office 1 (DSWD FO 1) showed the profile of the 5,881 poor households or 36,638 poor individuals out of the 22,483 assessed households in the Municipality of Bayambang, Pangasinan during their recently held “Anti-Poverty continue reading : Listahanan presents poverty situation of poor households in Bayambang

The Listahanan or the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction is all set in sharing the data of poor households to Regional Line Agencies (RLAs), Academe, Civil Society Organizations, Tri-media, Private Sectors, and to all Local Government Units in Region 1. Series of Listahanan consultation dialogue were recently conducted to intensify the utilization of continue reading : Listahanan poor households now ready for data sharing

The Department of Social Welfare and Development – Field Office 1 (DSWD-FO1) through the Disaster Response Assistance and Management Section (DReAMS) partakes in the conduct of the third quarter “Nationwide Simultaneous Earthquake Drill” in relation to the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) Memorandum No. 95 series of 2017. The DReAMS leads the continue reading : DSWD-FO1 joins the conduct of the Nationwide Simultaneous Earthquake Drill

  In response to the needs of the older persons who are poor, without a family, abandoned, neglected, and rejected by relatives and families due to illness and financial burden, the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 1 (DSWD FO 1) will establish a Home for the Elderly in Sta. Rosa De Lima continue reading : Home for the Elderly soon to rise in La Union

Eighty-six (86) Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries in Badoc, Ilocos Norte (IN) are typically engaged in conventional farming as their main source of income. In the past, according to Mr. Rogelio L. Gamponia (President of 4Ps Farmers Sustainable Livelihood Program Association), they usually reap 45 cavans of rice during the first cropping season. Thus, in order to continue reading : Pantawid Pamilya farmers gain better harvest through SLP

The Department of Social Welfare and Development – Field Office I (DSWD-FO1) together with the Department of Justice – Parole and Probation Administration (DOJ-PPA) leads the convergence initiative for the probationers, parolees, and pardonees in providing assistance as intermediate intervention towards their reintegration. A Regional Technical Working Group (TWG) under the Regional Social Development Committee continue reading : Government Agencies unite to address the reintegration of Parolees, Pardonees, and Probationers

In celebration of the Women’s Month, the Department of Social Welfare and Development – Field Office I (DSWD-FO1) organized and led the “Community Outreach Program cum Information Caravan” and the “Orientation on the Programs and Services for Filipino Women Migrant Workers and Blood Letting Activity” recently. The “Community Outreach Program cum Information Caravan” event is continue reading : DSWD-FO1 promotes gender equality on Women’s Month