A total of 44 rice retailers received cash assistance or “ayuda” from the national government in Muntinlupa following the imposition by President Marcos of a rice price cap on regular milled and well-milled rice. The Muntinlupa City government headed by Mayor Ruffy Biazon assisted in the...
(Photo courtesy of DSWD) The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) distributed cash-for-work (CFW) to 432 college students in Metro Manila during the first simultaneous payouts for the “Tara, Basa!” tutoring program on Sept. 14. Students from the City of Malabon University,...
BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) provided financial assistance totaling P945,000 to 63 micro rice retailers in 12 areas in Negros Oriental on Thursday, September 14. SIXTY-THREE micro rice retailers from Negros Oriental receive subsidy totaling P945,000 from...
CEBU CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development-Central Visayas (DSWD-7) will distribute cash assistance amounting to P1.3 million to micro rice retailers who were affected by the enforcement of the rice price cap. The DSWD-7 announced on Wednesday, September 13, that there will be...
DAGUPAN CITY (PNA) – Seven rice retailers, among the first to comply with the price cap imposed on regular and well-milled rice, each received their P15,000 subsidy during the distribution at the city plaza on Wednesday, September 13. The grant was from the Department of Social Welfare...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Tuesday, Sept. 12, expressed commitment to disburse livelihood grants to rice retailers amid the implementation of the rice price cap. (Photo credit to DSWD) In a Palace press briefing, DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian welcomed...
Despite the apprehensions of some sectors and economists, the implementation of the price ceiling imposed on the country’s staple grain is “going as well as we can expect,” President Marcos claimed on Tuesday, Sept. 12. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. presides over a sectoral meeting with the...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) aims to distribute financial aid and livelihood grants to some 5,942 micro rice retailers by Sept. 14, Secretary Rex Gatchalian said on Tuesday, Sept. 12. A rice vendor at Paco Market in Manila (Arnold Quizol / Manila Bulletin) According to...
With the looming election ban due to the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSK), the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will work double time to finish distributing the cash payout to micro and small farmers affected by the price ceiling imposed on rice. DSWD Secretary...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-6 will release an initial P3.75 million in cash aid for small rice retailers in Western Visayas. "We are fast-tracking the processing of the subsidy so that the micro rice retailers will get the aid as soon as possible,” said...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), along with the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), on Saturday, Sept. 9, spearheaded the simultaneous cash assistance payout for micro rice retailers in Caloocan, Quezon, and San Juan City. ...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will begin implementing the 13th feeding cycle for the Supplementary Feeding Program (SFP) in the second week of September, which is expected to boost the nutritional needs of approximately 1.8 million children. Children enrolled in Child...
