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(Eagle News) — Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno said that financial aid or “ayudas” linked to the COVID-19 pandemic such as the Bayanihan 1 and 2 “should cease as normalization is achieved and given the continuous recovery of the economy. Instead, Diokno said that the Philippine government should prioritize existing social protection programs such as those for senior citizens and welfare grants for poor families. “Public finances are finite. They have to be allocated judiciously […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Guillermo Eleazar ordered policemen to ensure orderliness in the distribution of cash assistance for eligible Metro Manila residents lest they turn into “super spreader events.” Eleazar issued the statement a day after the distribution started following reports of some jampacked vaccination sites over fake news only those vaccinated would be allowed to go out to work during ECQ and would receive cash assistance from the government. “Hindi dapat […]
(Eagle News) — The payout of cash assistance by local government units to affected low-income residents affected by the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila has been “generally peaceful,” according to the monitoring of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). DSWD spokesperson Dir. Irene Dumlao said that the distribution of cash assistance started on Wednesday, April 7, and has been generally orderly and peaceful. She said that based on the DSWD’s […]
(Eagle News)–Almost 400 local government officials are facing criminal charges over anomalies in the distribution of cash aid, the Department of the Interior and Local Government said. According to the Interior Secretary Eduardo Año, the 397, which included barangay officials, was as of April 1 to June 16. “Marami pang kasunod ito,” Año said. Año said the DILG was also probing 663 individuals. Of this figure, he said 267 were elected barangay and local government […]
(Eagle News) — Local government units have until Thursday, May 28, to liquidate and submit their encoded list of beneficiaries of the second tranche of the Social Amelioration Program. According to Interior Undersecretary and Spokesperson Jonathan Malaya, the deadline was given by Interior Secretary Eduardo Año himself. “Only then can we proceed with the second tranche,” Malaya said, noting that only 472 out of 1634 LGUs have submitted their lists to the Department of Social […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Saturday, May 23, directed the Inter-Agency Task Force for Emerging Infectious Diseases to include an additional five million households as beneficiaries of the second tranche of cash aid under the Social Amelioration Program. The directive was contained in a memorandum signed by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, dated May 22. According to the Palace, the five million eligible households would be added to the 12 million beneficiaries under the Assistance to Individuals […]
Four of 43 mayors from NCR, DILG says (Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government has said it would issue show-cause orders against 43 mayors for what it said was the slow distribution of cash aid to their constituents under the Social Amelioration Program. Interior Secretary Eduardo Año did not specify who the mayors were, but said 11 of them were in Western Visayas, eight in MIMAROPA, five in Central Visayas, […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the Department of Social Welfare and Development to tap soldiers for the distribution of cash aid amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The President in a public address aired on Tuesday, May 12, said he gave the order to Social Welfare Secretary Rolando Bautista, former Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. “I have nothing against sa mga lalaki. Ang sinasabi ko lang mas matiyaga itong mga babae […]
(Eagle News)–Philippine National Police Chief Archie Gamboa has ordered a case buildup against officials involved in irregularities in the distribution of cash aid. PNP spokesperson Bernard Banac said Gamboa gave the order to the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in particular. “CIDG probers will closely examine disbursement records, receipts, and other paper trail evidence, as well as sworn statements of fund recipients to uncover alleged irregularities,” Banac said. Banac said the CIDG would work closely […]
