The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) vowed Saturday, July 24, that more relief assistance will be extended to families living in areas affected by the imposition of enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Visayas and Mindanao. DSWD Field Office VI distributes family food packs to...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz Many migrant Filipino workers and Filipino immigrants are familiar with pandemic-related aid. I’m not talking about paltry sums of Social Amelioration Program (SAP). I’m talking about adequate aid. The US government sent $2,000 checks to Americans. That’s on top of social...
House deputy speaker Rufus Rodriguez on Thursday, July 22, thanked President Duterte for assuring the grant of financial assistance for his constituents in Cagayan de Oro amid the strictest COVID-19 lockdown imposed on the city. House deputy speaker and Cagayan de Oro 2nd District Representative...
Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso signed the release of more than P100 million cash assistance for senior citizens, senior high schools students, and retired teachers in the city on Wednesday. (MANILA CITY PIO) In his regular live update on Facebook, Domagoso announced that...
The ECQ "ayuda" (aid) is forthcoming. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) President Duterte has not forgotten the people hit hard by the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) and would ensure they will get support from the government, Malacañang said Wednesday The ECQ recipients...
A students' group reiterated its call for the distribution of P10,000 financial aid for students struggling to study amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. (Photo from NUSP) Student Aid Network-Intramuros, a network of 10 student organizations from different schools in Intramuros, called...
The government intends to extend assistance to families affected by the most restrictive lockdown in four places in the country this month. President Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) Presidential spokesman Harry Roque announced Friday the national government's "augmentation support" for local...
To help them cope with the situation, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) continues to provide psychological first aid (PFA) to the bereaved families of the 50 casualties and survivors of the Sulu C-130 crash. The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) continues to provide psychological first aid (PFA) to the...
The Japanese government on Tuesday announced the signing of a Y687 million (about P308 million) grant aid to the Philippines for the provision of cold chain transport and ancillaries to facilitate the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines to the provinces. Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines...
Malacañang assured the public that it was closely monitoring the situation in Taal after President Duterte joked that he will plug the restive volcano's crater . Phreatomagmatic eruption of Taal Volcano that took place at 3:16 p.m. on July 1, 2021. (Photo from Phivolcs) Presidential Spokesman...
Students from Bicol University joined the push for the distribution of P10,000-financial aid for students struggling to study amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Various student groups and networks are lobbying for the provision of a one-time cash subsidy...
Almost 100 senior citizens of Barangay San Antonio, Pasig were added to the list of beneficiaries of the P1,000 midyear cash gift program of the barangay, increasing the total number of senior citizens recipients to 819. The P1,000 midyear cash gifts are delivered by barangay personnel to the homes...
