Search within News Articles
FREE MRT 3, LRT AND PNR RIDES FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
We are pleased to inform you that Secretary Joseph Emilio Aguinaldo Abaya of the Department of Transportation and Communications has granted the request of the Council to avail free rides...
Continue Reading
Background of the Celebration of the 2012 International Day of Persons with Disabilities, December 3
Over one billion people, or approximately 15 per cent of the world’s population, live with some form of disability. Persons with disabilities, “the world’s largest minority”, often face...
Continue Reading
APT, Apt for Carmona PWDs
Appropriate Paper-based Technology (APT) cheered. Carmona trainees above, show off finished items and take to heart APT, by author Bevill Parker, British Environmentalist, which ‘’makes something out of nothing’’. Turning...
Continue Reading
YOUNG VOICES’ SHOUT- OUT “ May PWD ID Kami, Kasali Kami!!
Leonard Cheshire Disability Philippines Foundation, Inc. (LCDPFI) gathered over 60 young people with disabilities and partners, to launch these “Young Voices” (YVs) as a powerhouse cast of disability advocates in...
Continue Reading
Lady Mayor Adopts “Bags for Life” in Carmona, Cavite
After an exciting exhibit and sale of fashionable “Bags for Life” crafted by persons with disabilities and their kins at the Municipal Hall last November 7, 2012, Mayor Dahlia Loyola...
Continue Reading
RP Joins UN-ESCAP’s Intergovernmental Meeting to Assess AP Decade of Persons with Disabilities
‘’MAKE THE RIGHT REAL-PHilippine Delegation – Standing left to right: DSWD Undersecretary & In-Charge of NCDA/Head of the Delegation Parisya L. Taradji, NCDA-Programs Management Division Assistant Chief/Planning Officer IV Marlu...
Continue Reading
RP TEAM Bags 2 “Global IT Challenge Grand Prizes and 1 Special Award in Korea
Our 6-man “Make the Right Real Team Philippines” brought home 3 awards, 2 grand champion and a special award in e-Life, e-Tools and slogan making contests in ‘Global IT Challenge...
Continue Reading
NCDA Cheers Delegates to Korea’s “ Global Challenge for Youth with Disabilities”
Pinch-hitting for ED Carmen Reyes-Zubiaga, DED Matt Lee Jr., met the 5-man team for this world event on October 29-November 2, 2012 in Incheon, Korea. He helped find the team’s...
Continue Reading
NCDA Marks Appointment of COMELEC Commissioner Grace Padaca
In her GMA7 “Unang Hirit “Interview on October 5, 2012, woman advocate Grace Padaca, spoke of her appointment as new COMELEC Commissioner. Accompanied no less by DILG Secretary Mar Roxas...
Continue ReadingPersons with disabilities may now avail of free legal assistance
In recognition of the need to assist persons with disabilities in their legal concerns, the National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA), an attached agency of the Department of Social Welfare...
Continue Reading
RONEL DEL RIO, One of UN-ESCAP’s 7 “Promoters” of the New Decade in AP
Batangas Governor’s Advocate Mr. Ronel del Rio, the only Filipino chosen by the United Nations-Economic and Social Commission in the Asia Pacific (UN-ESCAP), joins six others from other AP countries, ...
Continue Reading
Musashi University Professor Shares Disability Insights with NCDA
Last minute, but productive chat. Prior to her flight back home, Sociology Professor Naoko Takeda, Ph.D. from Musashi University, Tokyo Japan, traded notes with NCDA ED Carmen Reyes-Zubiaga (above right...
Continue Reading