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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 approved the inclusion of five million low-income families as beneficiaries of the government’s Social Amelioration Program. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said on Tuesday, May 12, the five million were apart from the 18 million families who were identified as recipients of the monthly cash aid of P5,000 to 8,000 for two months under the SAP. Roque said, however, that the second tranche will only cover poor households in […]
(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) — Over 100 barangay officials are being probed by the Philippine National Police over alleged irregularities in the distribution of cash aid under the government’s Social Amelioration Program. “Sa dami ng ating reklamong natanggap, 183 na ang iniimbestigahan ng ating kapulisan dahil may posibleng probable cause dito. Hindi titigil ang ating kapulisan sa pagdakip sa mga mandarambong na mga barangay official na siyang talagang virus ng lipunan,” Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said. Año […]
(Eagle News)–The Quezon City government has initiated a probe of some barangay officials and employees who allegedly abused their power or neglected their duties in the distribution of cash aid under the Social Amelioration Program. In a statement, the local government said it would issue show cause orders in the coming days following complaints ranging from the illegal replication of SAP forms, the deprivation of SAP forms to qualified beneficiaries in favor of preferred but […]
(Eagle News)-The May 10 deadline for the distribution of assistance under the Social Amelioration Program will no longer be extended, the Department of the Interior and Local Government said on Saturday, May 9. Interior Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya said in a radio interview this was according to Interior Secretary Eduardo Año himself, who had already made a second extension of the deadline from May 7 to 10. The original deadline was April 30 based on a […]
(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 […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has offered a P30,000 reward for any information on officials involved in irregularities in the distribution of financial assistance to communities. The President made the announcement as he slammed a barangay councilor from Agustin in Hagonoy, Bulacan, Danilo Flores, for allegedly pocketing money from aid beneficiaries. “Yung mga mayors naman, kindly look into the people that you have commissioned to do the distribution sa pera. Kagaya nitong [Flores]. P***** i** nagkuha […]
(Eagle News)–The Quezon City government has approved over one billion in supplemental budget to help fund its fight against COVID-19. In a statement, the local government said of the P1.43-billion third supplemental budget, P750 million will go to SAP assistance, P200 million for the hazard pay of barangay frontliners, P150 million to the Kalingang QC financial assistance program and P280 million for relief goods. According to the local government, with the approval, qualified families that […]
(Eagle news) — President Rodrigo Duterte said that he would no longer consider holding “peace talks” with the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) because of the New People’s Army (NPA) attacks done on soldiers who were simply accompanying government workers delivering food any money amid the COVID-19 crisis. “There is no more peace talks to talk about,” Duterte said on Monday, April 27, during a late night press briefing in Malacanang. “It is […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of the Interior and Local Government on Monday, April 27, directed local government units to fast-track the distribution of the cash aid to qualified beneficiaries of the social amelioration program. In a statement, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said LGUs only have until April 30 to complete the distribution, noting that the Department of Social Welfare and Development has already released the cash for the program. “May kasabihan tayo na ‘aanhin pa ang […]
by Daphne ROUSSEAU Agence France Presse BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — German software giant SAP said Tuesday it would slash 4,400 jobs in a billion-euro restructuring plan after profits stagnated in 2018, while insisting it was on track to grow revenues and earnings this year. “We are talking about a completely voluntary programme,” chief financial officer Luka Mucic said. The number of job cuts would be “slightly higher” than during a previous overhaul in 2015, […]
