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The Late Secretary Jesse Robredo’s TY Letter Touches NCDA
Popularly known as the “man of the masses” as was accorded to then President Magsaysay, the late DILG Secretary Jesse Robredo was to the sector, a well loved “kasangga” and...
Continue ReadingYouth Ambassadors Rocel and Jene Boy Start ‘AFS Year’ In America
September 4, 2012dandeeAFS,AFS,Photo Releases,Sub-committee on International Disability Network,Technical Cooperation DivisionAFS KL-YES Scholarship Program
2 Pinoy Scholars eagerly begin their Life-changing Year in Washington D.C. Rocel Sison of the Philippine National School for the Blind and Jene...
Continue ReadingNCDA Cheers London-bound RP Paralympics Team
September 4, 2012dandeeNCR, Davao, SOCCSKSARGEN, CARAGA and ARMM,Photo Releases,Programs Management DivisionLondon 2012 Paralympics
Godspeed, RP Paralympics Team! NCDA Executive Director Carmen Reyes-Zubiaga leads well wishers in honoring and cheering the “Go for Gold RP Paralympics Team”in a dinner hosted by the Council at...
Continue ReadingYoung PWD Leaders Launched as Rights Advocates
To develop young leaders with disabilities as rights advocates, NCDA Director Carmen Zubiaga’s instructions, Abilympics Champs Virgie Rabino and Raphael Torralba found their hands full, as Resource Speakers during the...
Continue ReadingBasic Things to Know About Tax Incentives for Private Entities Employing Persons with Disabilities
Downloads: BIR Regulations on Employing Persons with Disabilities p.1 BIR Regulations on Employing Persons with Disabilities P.2...
Continue ReadingThe New Face of the COMELEC Website
August 30, 2012dandeePhoto Releases,Sub-committee on Information, Communications and TechnologyCommission on Election,PWD Friendly Website
Fresh from winning their “PWD-friendly Website” Award at the 34th NDPR Week, COMELEC proudly launched their new website’s accessible features last August 15, 2012, in support of the “Fully Abled...
Continue ReadingNational 2000 Census Posted
Due to the many requests from agencies/entities, pending the release of the 2010 National Census results by the National Statistics Office (NSO), NCDA is posting the NSO 2000 Results, particularly...
Continue ReadingNCDA Joins the Country’s Grief Over Secretary Robredo’s Passing Away
Every man’s champ. One with the Filipino people’s grief over his fatal accident, the Council laments the tragic loss of DILG Secretary Jesse Robredo, one of the well loved champions...
Continue Reading23rd White Cane Safety Day
Director Carmen Reyes-Zubiaga of the National Council on Disability Affairs stresses in her message the...
Continue ReadingDeaf Teacher-Painter Meets his Modern day Good Samaritan
A local businessman-artist birthday gifted himself as a sudden inspiration, by inviting deaf teacher-artist and 2-time International Abilympics gold medallist Jose dela Cruz, to sketch friends and show his works...
Continue ReadingNHE Forum Closing Marks Opol and New Lucena Success Stories
August 14, 2012dandeeCentral and Eastern Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula and Northern Mindanao,Information, Education and Communications Division,Non-Handicapping Environment,Photo Releases,Programs Management Division,Sub-committee on Accessibility on Built Environment and TransportationNon Handicapping Environment,Opol Misamis Oriental
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Continue ReadingMary Jane Villanueva, Opol’s Most Outstanding PWD 2012
August 14, 2012dandeeCentral and Eastern Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula and Northern Mindanao,Featured Filipino PWD,Photo Releases,Sub-committee on Information, Communications and TechnologyMayor Dexter Yasay,Most Outstanding PWD,Opol Federation of PWDs
Proud Mayor Dexter Yasay recently awarded Mary Jane Villanueva, Opol Federation of PWDs’ Vice President, as the “Most Outstanding PWD” for 2012. Launched to kick off Opol’s 2012 NDPR Week...
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