Former Vice President and senatorial aspirant Jejomar Binay slammed the national government's plan to withhold cash pay outs to marginalized citizens who are hesitating to get themselves vaccinated against COVID-19. "Vaccine hesitancy has been declining, as shown by the latest survey by Social...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) is eyeing to implement a "no vaccine, no subsidy" policy for recipients Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries in order to compel more people to get inoculated. This after the DILG found out that many 4Ps recipients still...
NAIC, Cavite – Manila Mayor Isko Moreno visited Naic Mayor Junio C. Dualan on Thursday (Nov. 4). Municipality of Naic / Facebook / MANILA BULLETIN A municipal hall staff told the Manila Bulletin that the presidential aspirant arrived at noontime and stayed for less than an hour. Photos posted in...
Senator Pia Cayetano has proposed the distribution of targeted subsidies for families and individuals who want to start or expand their home-based and micro businesses to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. Senator Pia Cayetano (Office of Sen. Cayetano) During the Senate finance committee hearing on...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) maintained Thursday, Oct. 14, that all funds given to financial service providers tapped for the digital distribution of the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) cash aid were “all accounted for.” (DSWD) DSWD Assistant Secretary Glenda Relova...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) assured the public Thursday, Oct. 14 that it has enough resources and funds to respond to the needs of areas affected by granular lockdowns and calamities. (DSWD CAR) DSWD Assistant Secretary Glenda Relova said only nine local government units...
Presidential aspirant Senator Emmanuel "Manny" Pacquiao on Monday, October 11, asked the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) to investigate on reports that Starpay Corporation deposited with a private bank billions in government funds intended for the...
The Crisis Intervention Division of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Program Management Bureau (PMB) will resume its regular operations on Oct. 7. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) In an advisory, the DSWD said the CID has to undertake disinfection as part of its precautionary...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said on Monday night, Oct 4, that the cash aid (ayuda) distribution for the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) beneficiaries in Laguna is 100 percent complete. He added that the distribution in Bataan now is 97.95...
The provision of assistance to areas under granular lockdown in Metro Manila continues. (DSWD NCR Facebook page) The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has so far extended P22.1 million worth of family food packs (FFPs) to the local government units (LGUs) in Metro Manila, as of...
The San Juan City local government has distributed the P3,000 cash assistance to various non-medical frontliners and Tricycle Operators and Drivers Association (TODA) drivers and operators in its bid to help them amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo from Mayor Francis Zamora's Facebook)...
After the reported success of the pilot testing of the country's new quarantine classification system in Metro Manila, former Vice President Jejomar Binay urged the national government to thoroughly study first its plan to implement granular lockdowns nationwide. Ex-Vice President Jejomar Binay...
