KORONADAL CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) announced Monday it has discovered a hundred more cases where a recipient of the central government’s Social Amelioration Program (SAP) received multiple financial assistance, a violation that might send them to prison. Cezario Joel Espejo, DSWD-12 regional director, said around 109 beneficiaries, all covered by continue reading : DSWD discovers a hundred more people who claim multiple SAP assistance

More than 3,000 Filipino elders in the town of President Roxas in North Cotabato province  started receiving on Thursday, May 14, 2020, their social pension to support their needs amid the country’s coronavirus pandemic.  The Department has transferred to LGUs funds for 2019 (first and second semester) and for 2020 (first semester) for UNPAID social continue reading : DSWD starts releasing social pension of elders in Region 12

KORONADAL CITY — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has discovered a number of cases where a recipient of the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) received multiple assistance from different villages, a senior agency official announced Wednesday, citing those caught will be dealt accordingly. Citing initial results from a locally developed application used to continue reading : DSWD to pursue filing of appropriate charges against beneficiaries who claim multiple SAP assistance

KORONADAL CITY– A senior executive official urged Monday local government units (LGUs) to liquidate the funds transferred to them intended for Social Amelioration Program (SAP) as the region is about to reach hundred percent in the distribution of emergency subsidy allowance to poor constituents whose lives are affected by the lockdown imposed by authorities to continue reading : DSWD-12 reminds LGUs to liquidate wired funds used for SAP

KORONDAL CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 12 (DSWD FO 12) will start validating on the ground grievances involving residents provided with financial assistance in connection with the implementation of Social Amelioration Program (SAP).  This was announced Wednesday by DSWD-12 regional director Cezario Joel Espejo who said around 40 social continue reading : Social workers to start validating the list of SAP recipients in Region 12

KORONADAL CITY — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) kept its distance from the issue surrounding the municipal social welfare office in the town of Banga, South Cotabato where its chief executive recently sacked all its workers amid the implementation of Social Amelioration Program (SAP). Cezario Joel Espejo, DSWD-12 regional director, clarified that continue reading : DSWD-12 distances from Banga town controversies 

KORONADAL CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office XII (DSWD FOXII) has endorsed reports for further investigation and appropriate actions against some local government officials of three towns in the region over alleged irregularities in the implementation of the government’s Social Amelioration Program (SAP). This was bared Thursday by Cezario Joel continue reading : DSWD-12 endorses to DILG reports of alleged fund mess by local officials over SAP implementation

MAGPET, NORTH COTABATO — When authorities imposed a total lockdown last month, Whendy Pido foresees a looming crisis that could terribly affect the daily needs of her family. A mother to a ten-year-old boy, Whendy says at first she thought the enhanced community lockdown implemented by their local government officials could only last for few continue reading : Honesty in the midst of a pandemic