Malacañang denied reports that people who have not yet received their vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) will not be able to get the promised ayuda or cash assistance for Metro Manila's shift to the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ). photo: Ali Vicoy Presidential Spokesman...
The Department of Finance (DOF) said the national government has sufficient funds to provide cash assistance, especially for poor families, during the two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ). Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said on Wednesday, August 4, that the needed P12 billion for...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will ask the national government for an additional budget of P2 billion in order to sustain its one-time cash assistance program for workers who have been affected by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III...
Senator Joel Villanueva on Tuesday, August 3, asked the government to consider the grant of "ayuda" or cash aid to residents of cities outside the National Capital Region (NCR) that are also placed under hard lockdown. Senator Joel Villanueva (Senate of the Philippines) "Nagugutom rin po ang mga...
The distribution of “special” cash assistance to individuals and families affected by the imposition of localized lockdowns in Visayas has already begun, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has disclosed. Milo Patarata Sr. of Barangay Cabalabaguan, Mina, Iloilo receives...
More than one million individuals and families affected by the imposition of localized lockdowns in Visayas and Mindanao are expected to receive “special” cash assistance from the government, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) announced on Monday, July 26. Department of...
Senator Sonny Angara on Thursday, July 1 assured that benefits and other provisions for health care workers and frontliners in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic will continue despite the expiration of the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act or Bayanihan 2 last June 30. Angara, who chairs the...
A total of 620 families in Manila and Quezon City who were greatly affected by the imposed enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) received financial assistance from the Philippines Red Cross (PRC). Philippine Red Cross (PRC) conducts multipurpose cash distribution in Manila and Quezon City. (Photo...
Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Sunday lauded the House Committees on Appropriations and Food and Agriculture for approving the measure that seeks to use the annual rice tariff revenues in excess of P10-billion as cash assistance to farmers. Pangilinan said the move is timely and lawmakers...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, May 25, urged the government to realign unutilized funds under the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act or Bayanihan 2 to augment the cash assistance to Filipinos to accommodate more beneficiaries still struggling with the effects of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)...
A portion of the measure that seeks to distribute P10,000 cash each to some of the poorest and most vulnerable sectors in certain cities and provinces in the country has been integrated in the proposed Bayanihan to Arise as One Act or Bayanihan 3. But according to House Deputy Speaker Rufus...
The government has distributed "billions" of assistance to the poor to help them cope with the pandemic, President Duterte said in rejecting criticisms the government was doing nothing to provide aid during the pandemic. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) In a televised address...
