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CHINA AND PHILIPPINES ADVOCATE ON INCLUSION OF DISABILITY IN APEC AGENDA

APEC delegates from 21 countries unanimously recommended the adoption of the Group of Friends on Disability as a mechanism to include disability within the APEC agenda, during the Second Senior...
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JOINT RCDA CONFERENCE

JOINT RCDA CONFERENCE

The NCDA intensifies its advocacy to make the “Regional Committees on Disability Affairs (RCDA)” functional as a channel of convergence on disability to “Make the Rights of Persons with Disabilities...
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NCDA and DOT hold “Seminar on How to Handle Persons with Disabilities in the Tourism Industry”

In line with the Government’s thrust to promote the National Tourism Development Plan (NTDP) among duty bearers and stakeholders, the National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA) and...
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PROJECT “BEYOND WAY FINDING”

The National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA) partners with the Department of Transportation and Communications, Rotary Club of San Juan del Monte and Touch the Artist’s Vision (TAV) in undertaking...
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Beyond Way Finding

Beyond Way Finding

NCDA Executive Director Carmen Zubiaga meets with the officials of the Rotary Club of San Juan del Monte and Touch the Artist’s Vision headed by Ms,Annette Lee Esparaz and...
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Calling All Interested Online Entrepreneurs!

Do you want to know what it takes to be an online entrepreneur? Well, simply join our ICT Expo 2015. The ICT Sub-Com of the National Council on Disability Affairs...
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Postponement of Women With Disabilities Personality Development Basic Leadership Training

Women with Disability Personality Development Basic Leadership Training in celebration of Women with Disability Day is postponed from March 18-19, 2015 to May 7-8, 2015...
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Children’s Art Festival

Children’s Art Festival

As part of the National Children’s Month celebration, the Council for the Welfare of Children led the Children’s Art Festival which kicked off at around 2PM of October 29, 2014...
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Call for Nominations for the 2015 Apolinario Mabini Awards

Nominations for the 2015 Apolinario Mabini Awards has been extended to March 31, 2015. Categories for nomination are: Presidential A. Mabini Award, Person With Disability (PWD) of the Year, PWD...
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REGION XI PROSECUTORS AND PAO LAWYERS SENSITIZED ON GIVING ACCESS TO JUSTICE OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA) recently conducted a “Disability Awareness and Sensitivity Workshop on Access to Justice for Persons with Disabilities” for...
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