KORONADAL CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 12 (DSWD FO-12) tapped three payment firms across the region to fast track the distribution of the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) cash subsidies for waitlisted beneficiaries. Cezario Joel Espejo, DSWD-12 regional director, said Monday the measure will hasten the payment of cash assistance continue reading : DSWD taps three payment firms to hasten cash aid distribution to waitlisted beneficiaries in Region 12  

KORONADAL CITY — At least twenty-nine elders that reached 100 years of age were provided cash aid as they were honored by the government, a senior official of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said. DSWD-12 regional director Cezario Joel Espejo said Tuesday the centenarians across the region have been given felicitation signed continue reading : 29 centenarians in Region 12 get 100k each from DSWD

KORONADAL CITY— The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office XII (DSWD FO XII) continued releasing the financial assistance for thousands of qualified waitlisted recipients in remote areas under the agency’s Social Amelioration Program. This was announced Sunday by Cezario Joel Espejo, DSWD-12 regional director, who said that around 144, 364 families severely affected continue reading : DSWD continues distributing cash aid to waitlisted’ beneficiaries in Region-12 GIDA’s areas

KORONADAL CITY— The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) urged Thursday its beneficiaries affected by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic across the region to register in the mobile app “ReliefAgad” which was created to fast track the distribution of state’s financial assistance. Cezario Joel Espejo, DSWD-12 regional director, explained the app launched by the continue reading : DSWD urges beneficiaries in Central Mindanao to register in ReliefAgad App

KORONADAL CITY – At least 20 residents across Central Mindanao who received multiple financial assistance under the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Social Amelioration Program (SAP) were formally charged in court, a senior government official announced Tuesday. Cezario Joel Espejo, DSWD-12 regional director, said the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group Region 12 (CIDG-12) filed continue reading : DSWD: 20 SAP beneficiaries in Region 12 who claim multiple assistance formally charged in court

KORONADAL CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD FO XII) has disbursed 100 percent of its total allocation intended for the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) in Region 12, the head of the agency said Saturday. Cezario Joel Espejo, DSWD-12 regional director, said the SAP funds have been disbursed by local government units continue reading : Region-12 SAP funding disbursement 100 percent completed, says DSWD SOCCSKSARGEN

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