DSWD
IBON Executive Director on chaotic DSWD education assistance distribution
August 21, 2022
IBON Executive Director on chaotic DSWD education assistance distribution
Non-delivery of emergency cash transfers shows gov’t indifference, causing unrest
April 2, 2020
NEWS
Government chose not to immediately dispense cash transfers and instead even used the promise of Php200 billion in emergency subsidies to 18 million low income families to justify its sweeping emergency powers
Use funds to hasten Yolanda rehab, Duterte gov’t urged
November 29, 2016
Research group IBON echoed the call for government to expedite Yolanda rehabilitation as the typhoon survivors trooped to Manila to air their grievances. Government should make use of the billions of pesos in relief funds and resources to help millions of survivors who have for three years now been struggling to recover their homes and […]
IBON congratulates prospective DSWD head Dr. Judy Taguiwalo
May 31, 2016
Research group IBON congratulates Dr. Judy M. Taguiwalo, Chairperson of IBON’s Board of Trustees, on being chosen by president-elect Rodrigo Duterte to head the incoming administration’s Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). The group expressed optimism that she will be confirmed by the Commission on Appointments and, along with other progressives in the new […]