President Duterte has an option to ask for a supplemental budget from Congress if the government funds won't be enough for the cash assistance to people affected by the pandemic lockdown, according to a Palace official. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/ Malacañang) But for now, Presidential...
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos has told the public not to believe in the allegations on social media that those who haven't been vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) won't be given "ayuda" or cash aid. MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos speaks...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque defended the government's funding for its anti-communist task force, saying the money was for programs that help solve communist insurgency in the country. Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque and Vice President Leni Robredo (Manila Bulletin File Photos) Roque made...
Vice President Leni Robredo called for faster and more efficient distribution of cash assistance or ayuda for residents who will be affected by the two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the National Capital Region (NCR). (Vice President Leni Robredo/Facebook) Robredo made the statement a...
Vice President Leni Robredo said the release of the funds for the government's anti-communist insurgency task force should be suspended and instead be used to fund the cash assistance program for families who will be affected by the two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila ....
Malacañang denied reports that people who have not yet received their vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) will not be able to get the promised ayuda or cash assistance for Metro Manila's shift to the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ). photo: Ali Vicoy Presidential Spokesman...
All qualified beneficiaries of the national government's cash assistance (ayuda) in the National Capital Region during the implementation of the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) are still entitled to receive it even if they have not yet been vaccinated, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said on...
Unlike other local government units (LGUs), the city government of Pasig will not be issuing quarantine passes to its residents. Mayor Vico Sotto said that Pasig residents are allowed to leave their homes to purchase essential goods, for emergencies, and to go to work. ‘“Yung huling ECQ...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has already downloaded more than P3.57-billion worth of “special” cash assistance to the local government units (LGUs) in areas under the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Western Visayas and Northern Mindanao. Milo Patarata Sr. of...
Desperate times like the upcoming two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the National Capital Region (NCR) call for creative budgeting on the part of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), especially if it wants to give cash aid to displaced workers in a timely manner. (File photo/...
The Department of Finance (DOF) said the national government has sufficient funds to provide cash assistance, especially for poor families, during the two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ). Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said on Wednesday, August 4, that the needed P12 billion for...
Agriculture Secretary William Dar assured that the "poorest of the poor" among farmers and fishermen will receive financial support from the national government during the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) period. In a briefing on Wednesday, Dar said farmers and fishermen living in areas that...
