With the high coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) positivity rate in Metro Manila, the cash aid (ayuda) distribution for the localities that failed to meet the August 31 deadline has been extended to September 10, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) assured on Wednesday, Sept. 1, the assistance for the affected residents in areas that would be placed under the proposed granular lockdowns. However, Malaya clarified that the DILG’s recommendation to impose granular instead of...
Only six of the 16 Metro Manila local government units (LGUs) have met the August 31 deadline set by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) for the cash aid (ayuda) distribution to their qualified recipients in the area which was placed under the enhanced community quarantine...
The Quezon City government has set the deadline for unclaimed "ayuda" or cash aid from the national government until Tuesday, August 31. A total of 89,154 families have yet to claim their cash aid. The city government has completed its distribution on August 28 and distributed P1,000 to P4,000 to a...
Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III announced Monday that the unclaimed “ayuda” or financial assistance from the national government will be given to people who filed “grievance,” or appeal. He said the Pateros municipal government finished distributing the financial assistance last...
The Quezon City government has completed the distribution of the cash aid distribution to around 2.3 million residents. On August 26, a total of 747,520 affected families have received P1,000 to P4,000 from the national government. The city has started distributing the unclaimed ayuda to 89,154...
Three out of four intended beneficiaries have already received the national government’s “ayuda” or financial assistance in Muntinlupa. Latest figures showed that as of Aug. 28, the Muntinlupa City government has already distributed P327,302,000 or 74 percent of the total allotment of...
The cash aid (ayuda) distribution in Metro Manila is now around 90 percent complete three days ahead of the deadline set by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). DILG Undersecretary for Barangay Affairs Martin Diño said this month's cash aid distribution is faster than the...
Cost sharing between the national government and local government units (LGUs) in providing food packs to communities under granular lockdowns in Metro Manila is now under discussion. LOCKDOWN. Barangay tanods in Pasay City barricade a street in an area placed under a 'special concerned lockdown'...
The Muntinlupa City government has shifted to manual distribution of the national government’s “ayuda” or financial assistance for people affected by the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) in the National Capital Region (NCR). It started the ECQ “ayuda” distribution last Aug. 11 using...
A breath of fresh air during trying times. This seems to be the public’s general sentiment after a policy shift to granular instead of wide-scale lockdowns in areas with high coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) infections is being mulled in September. If approved by the President, more people can...
A barangay chairman and three others were arrested on Thursday (Aug. 26) for allegedly stealing Social Amelioration Program (SAP) funds in Sta. Mesa, Manila. (mp Police identified the suspects as Mario F. Simbulan, 73, Barangay 608 chairman; Ma. Cristina D. Zara, 53, barangay councilor; Isagani B....
