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(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) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, July 27, ordered a probe into complaints some public utility vehicle drivers did not receive financial assistance from the government. The President gave the order to the Department of the Interior and Local Government and the Department of Social Welfare and Development as he noted 4.3 million poor and low-income families benefited from the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program. He added 92.2 million received assistance under the unconditional […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said that a national ID system would have helped the Philippine government in identifying the poor families and other individuals in need of immediate cash assistance. The President again went on national television on Monday night, April 13, 2020, to address concerns on the current COVID-19 pandemic. Duterte said that the if the national ID had just been placed earlier, the process of giving cash amerioration to the poor […]
(Eagle News) – More than 500,000 families in Manila will receive P1,000 cash assistance from the city government beginning Tuesday, April 7. Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso announced the cash assistance after signing Ordinance No. 8625, or the City Amelioration Crisis Assistance Fund, which authorized the allocation of P591 million as financial aid to about 568,000 families in the city. “House-to-house po (ang distribution), wala pong pila. Lahat ng itinala ninyo ay dapat n’yong […]
DSWD given full control and supervision of funds (Eagle News) – Malacanang said on Thursday, April 2, that some P5,000 to P8,000 monthly “cash assistance” would be given directly to the 18 million poor families in the country who have already been identified by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). In a virtual press briefing, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said that President Rodrigo Duterte had decided to give the assistance package to […]
by Erwin Temperante Eagle News Service ILAGAN CITY, Isabela (Eagle News) – Limampung sako ng binhi ng mais ang ipinamahagi kahapon ng pamahalaang lungsod ng Ilagan sa mga magsasaka sa Brgy. Sindon Bayabo, isa sa pinakaliblib na barangay na sakop ng lungsod. Tangi sa mga binhi ng mais, ipinamahagi rin sa mga magsasaka ang limampung sako ng abono at P6,000 cash assitance para sa bawat ektarya na pagtataniman nila ng mais. Ayon sa mga lokal […]
(Eagle News) — Tatanggap ng Php 5,000 na cash assistance ang mga Overseas Filipino Worker (OFWs) na naapektuhan ang flight sa pansamantalang pagsasara ng runway ng Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). Ayon kay Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano, maaaring mag-avail ang mga OFW ng financial assistance simula ngayong Miyerkules, Agosto 22 hanggang Biyernes, Agosto 24. Maaari itong pakinabangan ng mga oFW na ilang araw nang stranded sa NAIA matapos magdulot ng matinding perwisyo ang […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has begun giving financial assistance to evacuees from Marawi City. The department has started to distribute PHP1,000 cash assistance to each of the affected families that can be used to buy food. Social Welfare Secretary Judy Taguiwalo said that the Php 1,000 cash assistance is part of the initial P5,000 cash aid promised by the agency for each displaced family from Marawi […]
LUCENA City (Eagle News) — Tuwa at galak ang nadama ng dalawang lola sa lungsod ng Lucena dahil nakatanggap sila ng tig-P100,000 mula sa Lucena City Government. Ang dalawang lola–Constancia Abcede at Lourdes Lacerna—ay kabilang sa unang awardees na may 100 taong gulang na nabubuhay pa sa panahon ngayon. Pinangunahan ni Totoy Traqunia, Executive Assistant ng nasabing lungsod, ang pagkakaloob ng nasabing incentives sa dalawang centenarian. Malaki aniyang tulong ito sa mga centenarian sapagkat napaka-dalang na […]
