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...
The local government of Quezon City said they are “willing and ready” to support the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in the distribution of educational cash assistance after around 1,000 parents and students crowded the agency’s main office in Barangay Batasan Hills...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development Northern Mindanao (DSWD-10) urged students and parents who are not qualified as beneficiaries to the agency’s students financial assistance program to give chance to those who are in need. DSWD-10 Information Officer Roshiel...
BONTOC, Mt. Province – Owners of 12 houses that were completely destroyed by the land subsidence in Sitio Tatabra-an, Barangay Sacasacan, Sadanga, Mt. Province and the 39 owners of partially damaged houses were granted financial assistance by the Department of Social Welfare and...
CITY OF ILAGAN, Isabela – A total of 7,000 families affected by flash floods in San Manuel and in Aurora in this province, received food packs and cash assistance, according to the Department of Social Welfare Development (DSWD). Photo from DSWD The DSWD-Region 2 provided immediate assistance to...
Kalinga Party-list Rep. Irene Saulog has seemingly responded to viral calls for government to provide Filipinos with another round of "ayuda" or cash aid. (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Saulog filed in the ongoing 19th Congress House Bill (HB) No.2022, or the proposed Act providing cash aid to all...
