The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has provided nearly P18 million worth of livelihood packages to the informal sector workers in Quezon and Pampanga to cushion the impact of the ongoing pandemic. A beneficiary of the Department of Labor and Employment's Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating...
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III has suspended the implementation of the emergency employment program for displaced workers in Quezon City District 2 amid reports of anomalies in the distribution of cash aid. DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III (Photo from DOLE...
KABUL, Afghanistan -- As a humanitarian catastrophe looms, relief organizations are scrambling to maintain their operations in war-ravaged Afghanistan, holding high-stakes talks with the Taliban in a bid to salvage their critical lifeline of aid. A helicopter displaying a Taliban flag flies above...
UNITED NATIONS -- Nearly 10 million children in Afghanistan are in desperate need of humanitarian aid, and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) is appealing for about $200 million to respond to their needs, said a UN official on Monday. A displaced Afghan child at a makeshift camp of Internally...
Senator Joel Villanueva said the funds intended for helping distressed overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) should be increased in the 2022 proposed national budget. Senator Joel Villanueva honors women overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in observation of National Women’s Day during the hearing of the...
Malacañang has assured residents affected by the two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila who have yet to receive the cash aid or "ayuda" that they can still get financial assistance despite the downgrade to less stringent quarantine status. Residents in Manila receive the...
The Muntinlupa City government has already released nearly 50 percent of the national government’s “ayuda” or financial assistance to individuals affected by the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ). From Aug. 11 to 19, the city government has distributed P220,617,000, or 49.9 percent of the...
BIÑAN, Laguna - Heavy rains and thunderstorm failed to dampen the house-to-house distribution here of the financial aid or "ayuda" from the national government on Thursday evening (August 19). Jery Jimenez / MANILA BULLETIN Despite the bad weather, residents of Barangays Sto. Tomas at San...
The Muntinlupa City government has already distributed 42 percent of the national government’s “ayuda” or financial assistance released for individuals affected by the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) in the National Capital Region (NCR). As of Aug. 16, P186.174 million has been released...
Malacañang said that 29.31 percent of the P11.25 billion allotted for the financial assistance or ayuda for families in the National Capital Region (NCR) has been distributed to qualified recipients. Residents in Manila received the P4,000 cash assistance from the national government at the...
Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) Director-General Jeremiah Belgica reminded local government officials to not politicize the distribution of financial assistance and vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as these activities were important in overcoming the present health crisis....
As the national government is being criticized for alleged slow distribution of cash assistance (ayuda), an official of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said it was because of the strict protocols that have to be observed. In an Interview over GMA News, DILG Undersecretary...
