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The Commission on Audit, on Monday, May 16, flagged the Department of Labor and Employment’s (DOLE) “Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Displaced/Disadvantaged Workers” (TUPAD) financial assistance program for irregularities in its distribution.

Government agencies should develop their own mobile apps in order to make the distribution of aid or “ayuda” to the public easier.

Taguig-Pateros 1st district Representative and former House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano continues to post impressive numbers in senatorial race surveys, and the latest Publicus Asia poll conducted last April 19 to 21 is no exception.

PASAHERO Party-list is urging the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to “promptly and favorably” act on the request of the Land Transportation and Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to exempt the distribution public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers’ fuel subsidy from the election public spending ban.

Former House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano led the filing Thursday, March 31 of a bill that would institutionalize his earlier proposal of requiring different government agencies to set aside five percent in budgetary savings for the proverbial “rainy days”.

There’s no need for the government to release a “one-time, big-time” cash assistance or “ayuda” of P10,000 to each Filipono family should it raise enough funds for it.

President Duterte said he already ordered the Department of Finance (DOF) to increase the amount of monthly subsidy for poor families from P200 to P500 per household in lieu of suspending excise tax amid rising oil prices.

Quezon City legal officer Atty. Nino Casimiro insisted on Saturday, March 19, that the Covid-19 pandemic “ayuda” packs bought by the local government were not overpriced.

Saying that the government should do “much better”, former House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano has pitched a way for the state to muster enough funds so it can give each Filipino family P10,000 in direct cash aid or “ayuda”.

Former Vice President and senatorial aspirant Jejomar Binay lauded the national government’s efforts to mitigate the adverse effects of the Russia-Ukraine conflict to Filipinos as the cost of fuel continues to rise.

Manila Mayor and presidential aspirant Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso said on Thursday, March 10, that the national government should look for all possible sources of funds to provide financial assistance or “ayuda” to people adversely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict that has pushed up gasoline prices to record highs.

As 90 percent of employment comes from micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), vice-presidential aspirant Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan said he will push for a P100-billion stimulus fund for the country’s millions of small entrepreneurs.

Malabon City Councilor Enzo Oreta has slammed the alleged “fake news” on the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) “ayuda” (financial assistance) distribution last year.

The war against illegal drugs, the “Build, Build, Build” program, and “ayuda” or financial assistance programs.

At least 22,000 workers affected by the more stringent alert level status in Metro Manila have already applied for the latest round of the Department of Labor and Employment’s (DOLE) COVID-19 Adjustment Measure Program (CAMP).

An association appealed to the government to allow private schools to benefit from “ayuda” offered by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).

President Duterte told members of the New People’s Army (NPA) to not take the cash aid that the government is giving to the people amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, saying they should just “stand aside” if they can’t be of any help.

Each family affected by typhoon “Odette” will receive a maximum amount of P5,000 from the national government as form of “ayuda” (assistance), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said.