Rex Gatchalian

Rexlon Gatchalian (born January 21, 1979), also known as Rex Gatchalian is the 26th and current Mayor of the Valenzuela and the former Representative of the First District of Valenzuela to the House of Representatives of the Philippines. He is also the younger brother of former mayor and now Representative Sherwin Gatchalian.

In 2005, he was elected President of Waterfront Hotels and Casinos, the country's largest Filipino-owned first class hotel operator. In the 2007 elections, the people of the 1st District of Valenzuela City elected Gatchalian as the Representative for the 14th Congress of the Republic of the Philippines, making him one of the youngest members. It was also during his first term as Representative that he was elected as the National Spokesperson for the political party Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC).

In the national election of May 2010, Gatchalian was re-elected as Representative of the 1st District of Valenzuela for the 15th Congress by a resounding majority vote of his constituents. He registered the largest electoral margin for the said position in Valenzuela's history. At the age of 31, he became the youngest member of the Commission on Appointments in history, and the only Congressional Representation from the City of Valenzuela to be part of the said powerful institution. He also serves as the Senior Vice-Chairperson for the Congressional Committee on Games and Amusement.

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DSWD boosts ties with various partners

Manila Standard 20 Jan 2025
Social Welfare and Development Secretary Rex Gatchalian vowed to strengthen partnerships with like-minded organizations for a community-based intervention program for children in conflict with the law (CICL) and children at risk (CAR).
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DSWD targets record 2.5 million family food packs delivery nationwide

Manila Standard 18 Jan 2025
This is in line with the directive of DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian to optimize the agency’s preparedness for disasters and emergencies.- Advertisement - ... Kanlaon’s volcanic unrest ... .
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DSWD readies psychosocial support to manhandled sampaguita vendor

The Manila Times 16 Jan 2025
DSWD Secretary Rexlon "Rex" Gatchalian on Thursday instructed the Field Office - National Capital Region to find the family of the girl in student uniform who was peddling sampaguita in front of the SM Megamall in Mandaluyong City.
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P400m DOT budget reinstated; Vax institute assured of funding

Manila Standard 15 Jan 2025
For his part, Social Welfare and Development Secretary Rex Gatchalian reiterated that the Ayuda para sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP) is a laudable step that allows low-income earners or the ...
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DSWD insists F1KD cash subsidy under 4Ps ‘not a dole-out’

Manila Standard 14 Jan 2025
DEPARTMENT of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian has maintained that the new First 1,000 Days (F1KD) of Life conditional cash grant under the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) is not a dole-out program.
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DSWD intensifies efforts on Kanlaon aid

Manila Standard 13 Jan 2025
Dumlao’s statement came as DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian ordered the swift production and delivery of FFPs to meet the target of 100,000 boxes for stockpiling in the agency’s warehouses as well as ...
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DSWD prepares 100K food packs for Visayas amid Kanlaon Volcano’s eruption threat

Manila Bulletin 12 Jan 2025
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian has instructed the agency’s Disaster Response Management Group to expedite the augmentation of food pack stockpiles in its ...
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Alert Level 4 for Kanlaon eyed

Manila Standard 12 Jan 2025
Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Rex Gatchalian said he directed its Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) to work double time in augmenting the stockpiles of family food packs in Western Visayas and Central Visayas.
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DSWD eyes expanding ‘Walang Gutom’ Kitchen to provinces in 2025

The Philadelphia Inquirer 11 Jan 2025
READ. DSWD calls for volunteers, donations for ‘Walang Gutom’ Kitchen “We’re planning this year upon instruction of Secretary Rex Gatchalian ... .
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Comelec exempts AKAP, 27other programs from poll ban

Manila Standard 08 Jan 2025
It can be recalled that DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian submitted the agency’s exemption request last December 19, covering the department’s “promotive and protective services programs, projects, and activities.” ... “It should be ready next week ... .
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Walang Gutom Kitchen needs private sector support—DSWD

Manila Standard 07 Jan 2025
DEPARTMENT of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian has underscored the role of the private sector in maintaining the daily operations of the newly-opened Walang Gutom Kitchen.
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Helping the poor in the face of inflation

The Manila Times 06 Jan 2025
Social Welfare Secretary Rex Gatchalian made the clarification in response to retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio's assertion that the cash assistance under AKAP "resembles ...
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End to hunger by '28 a Marcos Jr. legacy - DSWD chief

The Manila Times 05 Jan 2025
SOCIAL Welfare and Development Secretary Rex Gatchalian declared that ending hunger through the Walang Gutom Program (WGP) would be one of the legacies of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr ... Gatchalian.

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