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 ....
The cash aid (ayuda) distribution for the qualified recipients in Metro Manila will possibly begin on August 6, Department of the Interior and Local Interior (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said on Wednesday, August 4. In an interview over ABs-CBN’s TeleRadyo, Año said that about P11.2 billion has...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said the distribution of cash aid or “ayuda” to residents of areas under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) may be done manually due to limited time. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) The DSWD noted that such mechanism “worked” during the...
The national government will spend around P13.1 billion to provide ayuda or cash assistance to some 10.7 million residents in the National Capital Region (NCR) who will be affected by the two-week lockdown, Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said on Tuesday, August 3. Presidential spokesperson...
Informal waste sector (IWS) workers from Metro Manila are pleading for cash aid or "ayuda" from the national government during the upcoming two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) from Aug. 6 to 20. E-waste dismantlers in Camarin, Caloocan City (Photo from EcoWaste Coalition) “Ang hiling...
Filipinos living in areas under the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), the strictest community quarantine classification in the country, will surely receive P1,000 per person or up to P4,000 per family, Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said on Monday, August 2. Presidential spokesperson Harry...
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)....
Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday, August 1, asked Filipinos to help one another as the National Capital Region (NCR) prepares for another round of enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), the strictest quarantine classification, from August 6 to 20 to curb the surge of the Delta variant of the...
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...
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...
President Duterte has approved the distribution of cash aid to residents in need in areas under the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) as some areas moved to the strictest risk classification due to the spike in coronavirus (COVID-19) cases. AFP file photo Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made...