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Nine House leaders led by Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano have flagged four kinks in the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)’s implementation of the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) that were believed responsible for the inordinate delay in the release of emergency cash to the targeted 18 million household-beneficiaries of the country’s biggest social protection […]
Farmers, workers, and drivers are among the latest beneficiaries to receive financial assistance from the government as part of efforts to cushion the impact of the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) in Luzon. “Tinututukan pa rin po ng pamahalaan ang pagbigay ng tulong pinansyal sa mga manggagawa, magsasaka, at mga pamilyang nangangailangan,” said Inter-Agency Task Force […]
House Tourism Committee Chair Rep. Sol Aragones urged the government to expedite the roll-out of the National ID system, saying on Tuesday that its implementation would allow government to rapidly and efficiently distribute financial aid to its most vulnerable citizens. Aragones, one of the principal authors of the Republic Act No. 11055, or the Philippine […]
In an effort to speed up the delivery of relief goods to various towns in Region 1 (Ilocos Region), the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has mobilized heavy equipment such as dump trucks and tractor head trucks with trailer for transport assistance to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in its […]
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) should not dissuade grass roots fund-raising activities by individuals seeking to help indigent members of their communities, saying these efforts help expand the coverage of the government-funded relief, said Senator Joel Villanueva. Instead of threatening to run after people organizing fund-raising activities on social media, Villanueva suggested […]
Senator Sonny Angara has called on the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to find ways to give cash grants and other aid to families now being affected by the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon. At this time when almost all businesses have closed and the movement of people is restricted due to the […]
Senator Imee Marcos has assured rice farmers of P6.9 billion in additional aid by December, in the form of palay purchases or cash, using undisbursed funds from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Marcos allayed fears that a memorandum of agreement among the DSWD, Department of Agriculture and National Food Authority to purchase […]
Senator Bong Revilla was elated to hear that the House Committee on the Welfare of Children successfully passed the counterpart of his bill on the Special Trust Fund for every Abandoned, Neglected and Voluntarily Committed Children. Revilla also re-affirmed his commitment in working double time to pass the Senate version of the bill (S. No. […]
The House Committee on the Welfare of Children chaired by Rep. Yedda Marie Romualdez (Party-list, TINGOG SINIRANGAN) approved recently bills authored by House Speaker Alan Peter “Compañero” Cayetano, in consolidation with HBs 4218 and 5175 authored by Reps. Jose Antonio Sy-Alvarado (1st District, Bulacan) and Florencio Noel (Party-list, AN WARAY), respectively. The measure seeks to […]
Senator Joel Villanueva is pushing for the creation of food banks and soup kitchens nationwide to combat hunger and malnutrition in the country. In filing Senate Bill No. 344 or “Pagkain Para sa Lahat Act,” Villanueva expressed hope that surplus food produced by restaurants, food manufacturers and other food establishments will not go to waste […]