DSWD programs were also exempted from the election spending ban in 2022. In its exemption application, the DSWD described Akap as “a timely initiative of the Philippine government to assist the ...

According to DSWD Assistant Secretary and spokesperson Irene Dumlao, the agency came up in prior years with policies that ...

THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) has exempted 28 programs of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) from the election-related spending ban ahead of the May 2025 midterm polls.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday said that programs under the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) should be excluded from the unprogrammed appropriation next year "so that it ...

on Tuesday said he wants to remove programs of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) out of the unprogrammed appropriations in 2026. According to the Presidential Communications ...

President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Tuesday expressed his desire to exclude Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) programs from unprogrammed appropriations in the 2026 budget.

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has exempted 28 programs of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) from the spending ban for the 2025 May midterm elections, including the ...