Tag: P200

Pres. Duterte okays additional P200 monthly subsidy for 1 year for 12 million low-income households

DOF chief Dominguez: “We realize that this is not enough. But this is what we can afford, as of this time” (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the recommendation of the Department of Finance to provide P200 additional subsidy per family per month for 12 million low-income households in the Philippines, or a total of P33.1 billion. Malacanang said this on Wednesday, March 16, as the DOF pressed for more benefits to be […]

Palace: Bello proposal of P200 subsidy for minimum wage earners should be studied

(Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Thursday, June 29, said Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III’s proposal to give minimum wage earners P200 over a three-month period should be studied. Even then, Roque already showed he was cool to the idea, noting what he said would be the need for higher taxes for the proposal to push through. “Pero kung magbibigay na naman tayo ng benepisyo, ibig sabihin saan natin kukunin ‘yung ibibigay natin […]