The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is seeking “stronger ties” with Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and Association of Barangay Captains (ABC) in connection with legal adoptions in the country.

DILG-National Barangay Operations Office (NBOO) Director Leocadio Trovela, during a recent forum aimed at raising adoption consciousness among Filipinos, said the DILG and local government units (LGUs) have a central role in child adoption “as custodians of children’s rights.”

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