Social Welfare Secretary Rex Gatchalian said the case of a beneficiary, who was supposed to get P10,000 cash aid from the government but was only given P1,500 by their barangay officials, was an isolated incident. File photo (RTVM Screenshot) However, despite it being isolated, Gatchalian said they...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Wednesday, May 8, clarified that it is not giving out “cash aid” especially for graduating students. (DepEd Central Office / file photo) “It's unfortunate that there are still individuals or groups of individuals who are taking advantage of our...
Women-beneficiaries of the cash aid from the offices of House Speaker Martin Romualdez and Tingog Party-list Rep. Yedda Marie Romualdez (Misamis Oriental Governor Peter Unabia’s Facebook) In celebration of International Women’s Month, the offices of...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (PPAB) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte is asking local government unit (LGU) chiefs to help the National Commission of Senior Citizens (NCSC) in listing elderly Filipinos who are entitled to...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Aside from centenarians, senior citizens who turn 80, 85, 90, and 95 will now receive cash grants under a newly-signed landmark law, said Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte. On Monday, Feb. 26, President Marcos signed...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-6 will release an initial P3.75 million in cash aid for small rice retailers in Western Visayas. "We are fast-tracking the processing of the subsidy so that the micro rice retailers will get the aid as soon as possible,” said...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) have provided a total of P740,000 to some 37 families that have been affected by the oil spill in in Naujan town in Oriental Mindoro. Naujan, Oriental Mindoro residents receive financial assistance...
The office of House Deputy Minority Leader Basilan lone district Rep. Mujiv Hataman was quick to give financial assistance to 68 survivors of MV Mary Joy 3, which had caught fire off the waters of Basilan. "Nakapagpaabot na tayo mula sa ating tanggapan ng tulong pinansyal na P3,000 sa 68 na survivor...
A total of 3,680 families in Butuan City who were heavily affected by flooding last January received cash assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Saturday, March 18. The financial assistance payout was spearheaded by DSWD Field Office CARAGA under its Assistance to...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The ad hoc committee of the city council chaired by Councilor James Judith II has finished the committee report on the reinvestigation of the special Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) “ayuda” (assistance) in this city after almost six months of investigation. JUDITH...
BACOLOD CITY -- Twenty-five former members of the New People’s Army (NPA) received P250,000 cash assistance from the Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (TF-ELCAC) in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, Feb. 14. According to the Army, the former rebels received P10,000...
The Quezon City local government distributed cash assistance and tablets to public school students in the city on Thursday, Feb. 2. Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte and QC Social Services Development Department (SSDD) officer-in-charge Rowena Macatao led the distribution of P3,000 cash aid to each...
