TACLOBAN CITY — Persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the Northern Samar Provincial Jail will be given opportunities to acquire livelihood skills and prepare for economic reintegration after serving their sentences under a new partnership between the provincial government and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). The DSWD regional office and the provincial government of Northern Samar signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) on Monday, Aug. 13, for the collaborative implementation of the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) at the provincial jail in Bobon, which houses over 200 PDLs. The initiative, described by officials as a pioneering arrangement in the […]...

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