Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Monday, August 2, scored the Duterte administration’s plan to double the budget of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) to P40-billion in the upcoming deliberations of the proposed 2022 national budget saying the...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is now looking for funds that it can use as source for "ayuda" or cash aid to workers that would be affected by the impending imposition of an enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in some parts of the country, including the National Capital Region (NCR)....
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Sunday, August 1 expressed his disappointment at the government for prioritizing funding for the anti-insurgency program while it is scrambling for funds for the special amelioration program or 'ayuda.' Drilon noted the P16.3-billion lodged under the...
Taguig Mayor Lino Cayetano advised the public to be prepared for the impending lockdown of the National Capital Region (NCR). From Aug. 6 to 20, the NCR will be placed under the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), the strictest level. Taguig Mayor Lino Cayetano (Screenshot from Taguig City...
The distribution of “special” cash assistance to individuals and families affected by the imposition of localized lockdowns in Visayas has already begun, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has disclosed. Milo Patarata Sr. of Barangay Cabalabaguan, Mina, Iloilo receives...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) continues to crank out timely "ayuda" or assistance via its flagship Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) program. DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III (Photo from DOLE Facebook page) On Saturday, July 31, DOLE Secretary...
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said residents who will be affected by the scheduled two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila will most likely receive the same cash aid or "ayuda" of P1,000 or up to P4,000 per family as the last time the region was in ECQ. Cabinet Secretary...
Local government units (LGU) in Metro Manila should take the initiative in providing cash and other forms of aid for their constituents who would be displaced by the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) to be imposed anew starting August 6. An officer of the DSWD distributes the emergency cash aid...
More than one million families living in areas placed under Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) in the provinces will receive P4,000 cash assistance each to help them battle the adverse effects of lockdown measures amid the threat of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). These areas include Iloilo...
As Malacañang announced that the National Capital Region (NCR) will be placed under the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) from August 6 to 20, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reported Friday, July 31, that it has available stockpiles and standby funds amounting to more...
President Duterte has ordered the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to find a source for the cash aid or ayuda for residents who will be affected by the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) that will be imposed on Metro Manila next month, Malacañang said. (Parañaque City - Public...
Malacañang said the government cannot meet the condition of Metro Manila mayors to have cash assistance or "ayuda" or cash aid for the proposed shift of the National Capital Region (NCR) to the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) as there were not enough funds for it. File photo of Manila...