29/10/2026
DSWD PRESS RELEASE: DSWD chief assures maximized social protection investments for 2027
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary REX Gatchalian assured the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) that the DSWD will maximize the Philippine government’s investments in social protection by strengthening human capital development, improving programs to address socio-economic shocks, and ensuring that government assistance reaches the most vulnerable Filipinos.
“Social welfare is our first name but for the past four years, the President (Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.) has been wanting us to focus a lot on social development. Yung social development is about empowerment, and community activism, and community involvement,” the DSWD chief said on Wednesday (October 28) during his presentation at the Social Protection Reforms Dialogue, organized by the DBM under the Philippine Open Government Partnership (PH-OGP). (AKDL)
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