For most netizens, the P10,000 cash assistance or "ayuda" is a meme. For the Makabayan bloc, the P10,000 ayuda is necessary for the survival of poor Filipinos. (Mari Gimenez/ Unsplash) Militant party-list solons Rep. Arlene Brosas of Gabriela, Rep. France Castro of ACT Teachers, and Rep. Raoul...
The Parañaque city government has started the distribution of the 13th month pay of its employees as early as Tuesday, Nov. 22. The early distribution of the 13th moth pay is part of Mayor Eric Olivarez's pledge to help ease workers’ difficulties arising from the current economic downturn. The...
Over 400 senior citizens in San Juan City received cash gifts from the city government on Tuesday, Nov. 22, as they were recognized for their invaluable contributions to the country's development. San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora together with other city government officials led the event held at...
Parañaque City Mayor Eric Olivarez announced on Monday, Nov. 21, that the 1,400 job order (JO) employees of the city government will receive an increase in their salaries from P3,500 to P5,000 this year. Olivarez made the announcement during the regular Monday flag-raising ceremony held at the...
Speaker Martin Romualdez said that the House-led relief drive for the victims of severe tropical storm (STS) “Paeng” has generated cash donations worth over P120 million. House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left) brief media on Nov. 15, 2022. Beside him is Navotas City lone district Rep. Toby...
BACOLOD CITY -- A total of P250,000 worth of cash and educational assistance were alloted by the local government of Himamaylan City in Negros Occidental to at least 25 members of the New People’s Army (NPA) who earlier surrendered to the Philippine Army’s 94th Infantry Battalion (IB). The 25...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has released over P8.5 billion for the year-end bonus and cash gift of more than 226,000 personnel of the Philippine National Police (PNP). PNP chief Gen Rodolfo Azurin, Jr. said the year-end bonus is equivalent to one-month base pay while the cash gift...
A total of P4,336,400 assistance was released by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) to typhoon Odette victims in Negros Occidental on Nov. 11. Philippine Red Cross In an advisory, PRC said that 384 families from the Municipality of Sipalay received emergency shelter kits worth P9,600 each. Meanwhile,...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin ‘Benhur’ Abalos Jr. clarified on Tuesday, Aug. 23, that the department’s main task is to provide logistic support to the Department of the Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in the education cash aid distribution. In...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has allocated funds for the rehabilitation, occupational therapy and livelihood to employees with work-related disabilities. Under DOLE’s Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC), any person or employee who was diagnosed with work-related sickness...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Many came but only a few were chosen. Several parents and students from different parts of Cagayan de Oro City and Misamis Oriental province waiting outside the regional office of the Department of Social Welfare and Development Region 10 (Northern Mindanao) and ask the...
The Department of Education (DepEd) was urged to clarify that the P5,000 cash allowance usually received by classroom teachers is not an additional monetary aid but a benefit given to them on school opening. Photo taken at Agtangao Elementary School, in Bangued, Abra last June 2021 (Courtesy of...
