Starpay Corporation has dismissed as "baseless" the claim of Senator Emmanuel "Manny" Pacquiao of corruption in the distribution of cash assistance during the pandemic. Sen. Emmanuel 'Manny' Pacquiao interpellates a bill during the Senate plenary session on June 1, 2021. (Henzberg Austria/Senate...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is eyeing to complete the manual distribution of emergency cash subsidies under the national government’s Social Amelioration Program (SAP) by end of July. The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) conducts in June 2021 manual...
The chairman of the House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability on Sunday, July 4, dared Senator Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao to pursue a Senate inquiry into his expose on alleged massive corruption in the government. But contrary to the view of DIWA Partylist Rep. Michael Y....
What missing Social Amelioration Program (SAP) funds? Manual SAP payout in Calabarzon (Photo from DSWD Facebook Page) The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said Sunday, July 4, rejected Sen. Manny Pacquiao’s claim that the P10.4 billion worth of SAP funds went missing....
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has reported that more than 111,000 unserved beneficiaries of the national government’s Social Amelioration Program (SAP) in Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon) Region have already received their cash aid. Department of...
Almost 100 senior citizens of Barangay San Antonio, Pasig were added to the list of beneficiaries of the P1,000 midyear cash gift program of the barangay, increasing the total number of senior citizens recipients to 819. The P1,000 midyear cash gifts are delivered by barangay personnel to the homes...
More tourism workers in Metro Manila who were among those displaced by the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic have received some P8.6 million worth of cash assistance under the government’s pandemic recovery program, the Department of Tourism (DOT) said. Beneficiaries of the cash...
Senator Leila de Lima questioned on Saturday, June 5, the move of the House of Representatives to include a P54.6-billion allocation for pension and gratuity fund of uniformed personnel in the proposed Bayanihan 3 law. Senator Leila de Lima (REUTERS) De Lima, chairperson of the Senate social...
Former House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano has called for unity to help Filipinos recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Former House speaker and Taguig-Pateros Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano (Alan Peter Cayetano/Facebook) ‘’We are living in the time of a pandemic. This is not the time to debate and fight...
Qualified pensioners of the Employees Compensation Commission (ECC) will start receiving their one-time cash aid of P20,000 starting this June, Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III said. DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) “The...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) announced Monday night, May 31, that the national government’s cash aid disbursement for the NCR (National Capital Region)-plus beneficiaries has finally been completed. Secretary Eduardo Año (Photo courtesy of DILG) In the Talk to the...
More than 22,000 tourism workers from Bulacan and Baguio City who were displaced by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic have received much-needed financial aid or "ayuda" from the national government. CASH AID DELIVERED--National Artist for Film Eric “Kidlat Tahimik” de Guia of the...
