“ is not, and should not be a game of chances. Our livelihoods and the oil crisis should be addressed seriously.” This was what Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (PAMALAKAYA) Spokesperson Ronnel Arambulo said after receiving reports that fuel subsidy beneficiaries of the...
More than 126,000 corn farmers and fisherfolk have been allocated with the government's Fuel Discount for Farmers and Fisherfolk Program (FDFFP), the Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Tuesday, Aug. 9. The program rolled out in March this year and is now nearing the realization of its goal of...
The amount of subsidy the Duterte administration extended to government owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs) was slashed by half in the first semester, but bulk of it went to National Irrigation Administration (NIA). Data from the Bureau of the Treasury showed that financial support extended...
A total of 1,434 tricycle drivers and operators in Quezon City have received fleet cards with P1,000 fuel subsidy from the local government from July 7 to Aug. 3. Benjamin Ibon III, Task Force head for Transport and Traffic Management-Tricycle Regulatory Division chief, told Manila Bulletin on...
Gabriela Women’s Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas has promised to push for increased financial subsidies for victims of natural disasters in the 2023 annual budget. (Photo from Gabriela Women's Party-list Facebook) “In the upcoming budget deliberations, we will definitely push for more budget for...
State-run Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) opened 10,000 slots for the GSIS Educational Subsidy Program (GESP) for the academic year 2022-2023. (GSIS) Under GESP, at least 10,000 college students will benefit P10,000 from GSIS every year until they finish their chosen courses. This...
The Quezon City government on Wednesday, July 13, distributed fleet cards with P1,000 fuel subsidy to 274 tricycle drivers from the city’s second district. The beneficiaries who received the fuel subsidy cards on Wednesday were members of the Tricycle Operators and Drivers Association (TODA)...
The Anti-Crime and Terrorism Community Involvement and Support (ACT-CIS) Party-list group filed a bill proposing a P1,000 monthly allowance to indigent persons with disabilities (PWDs) to augment their financial capacities. Cora Clarin, a Person with Orthopedic Disability, is head of the Persons...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. is looking to expand the government's fuel subsidy to tricycle drivers. A tricycle association in Muntinlupa is requesting a P1 increase in fare (Photo from the Muntinlupa police's Facebook page) Marcos said this was among the matters they discussed during...
The Social Security System (SSS) announced its two new programs, the flexible payment schedule and the Contribution Subsidy Provider Program (CSPP), which will benefit the informal economy workers and other individually-paying members. (SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM FACEBOOK) In a statement released on...
(MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Wednesday, June 29, said it has started the distribution of P500 monthly subsidy per family to help the poor cushion the impact of higher prices of fuel and basic goods. Under the Targeted Cash Transfer (TCT)...
The Gabriela Women's Party-list has welcomed the lapsing into law of Republic Act (RA) 11861, better known as the Expanded Solo Parents' Welfare Act. Gabriela Women's Party-list logo (Facebook) "Gabriela Women's Party is ecstatic over the lapsing of Expanded Solo Parents' Welfare Act into law as RA...
