President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. delivers a speech at the End-Term General Assembly of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. (Photo from the Facebook page of the Presidential Communications Office)
MANILA, Philippines 鈥� President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. declared September as 鈥淪ocial Protection Month.鈥�
According to Proclamation No. 820, Series of 2025, signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin on March 6 and posted on the Official Gazette website on March 11, the annual observance will raise awareness of social protection as a critical development strategy for poverty reduction, equality, and social inclusion.
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It also highlights the importance of social protection in ensuring Filipinos鈥� resilience, health, and well-being.
The annual observance will be headed by the Social Development Committee-Sub-Committee on Social Protection (SDC-SCSP). The panel will be in charge of identifying programs, activities, and projects for the celebration.
鈥淎ll agencies and instrumentalities and the national government, including government-owned or controlled corporations and state universities and colleges, are hereby directed, and all local government units, non-government organizations, as well as the private sector, are hereby encouraged, to actively participate and render the necessary support and assistance to SDC-SCSP for the effective implementation of this Proclamation,鈥� the proclamation reads.
The Presidential Communications Office, meanwhile, was directed to implement measures to inform and encourage the public to support the celebration.