PWDs in Cebu City to get cash aid starting Saturday

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 08/14/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The distribution for three months worth of financial assistance for persons with disability (PWDs) will start tomorrow, August 15, 2020. According to the Department of Social Welfare and Services (DSWS), the distribution will…

Labella wants protocol studied for PWDs aid distribution

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/11/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella said that before the city could distribute the financial assistance to persons with disability (PWDs), the city would have to refine the protocols for the distribution. In a…

BO-PK denies spread of false info, points finger at OSCA

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/11/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City’s opposition party, the Bando Osmeña-Pundok Kauswagan (BO-PK) has denied the allegations of the City Administrator Floro Casas Jr., that they sabotaged the distribution of the financial assistance for senior citizens. Casas…

Labella orders probe on false info on senior citizens’ aid distribution

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/11/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella has ordered the investigation of the persons who allegedly spread false information on social media that the deadline of the distribution of the financial assistance for senior citizens…

Village chief says lack of coordination caused overcrowding in financial aid distribution for senior citizens

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/22/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Guadalupe Barangay Captain Michael Gacasan was surprised on Friday morning, May 22, 2020, that senior citizens flocked to the barangay complex for the distribution of the financial assistance. Gacasan told CDN Digital that…

DSWD-7 asks Cebu City’s help in finishing SAP distribution

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/21/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — There are 117,126 families in Cebu City who successfully received their Special Amelioration Program (SAP) for the first wave of the distribution. Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7) reported…

Gealon to Cebu City residents: Report brgy officials abusing power over SAP distribution

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/20/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines –Anomalies made during the distribution of cash assistance under the government’s Social Amelioration Program (SAP) should never be left unpunished. Lawyer Rey Gealon, the head of the Cebu City Legal Office, is asking city…

Lapu schedules alphabetical distribution of seniors, PWDs cash aid

Immae Lachica 05/19/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines— The distribution of cash aid to senior citizens and persons with disability (PWDs) in Lapu-Lapu City will be done in alphabetical order to ensure a peaceful and orderly process. Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard Chan…

Seniors, PWDs in Lapu to get cash aid from May 20-22

Doris C. Bongcac 05/18/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Senior citizens and persons with disability (PWDs) in Lapu-Lapu City are set to receive their share of cash aid from City Hall this week. Distribution is scheduled from May 20 to 22, 2020.…

Duterte wants female soldiers to lead cash aid distribution

Darryl John Esguerra 05/12/2020

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to tap female soldiers to ensure speedy and uncorrupted distribution of the emergency subsidy for low-income families affected by the COVID-19…

Gullas: 80k sacks of rice now ready for distribution to Talisay City families

Doris C. Bongcac 05/10/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The 80,000 sacks of 25 kilos of rice for Talisay City residents is now ready for distribution. Mayor Gerald Anthony Gullas said that they only needed to complete the hauling of the sacks…

If unfairly excluded in SAP list

Atty. Ruphil F. Bañoc 05/01/2020

  COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) does not just kill people. There are other effects. The quarantine, for example, makes not a few feel depressed for apparent reasons. This is the reason psychologists and psychiatrists advise us to…

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