DILG to issue show-cause order to 5 mayors in Central Visayas for ‘poor’ SAP payout

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/15/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Department of Interior Local Government (DILG) will be issuing a show-cause order to five mayors from Central Visayas to explain the “poor performance” in distributing the Special Amelioration Program (SAP). In a…

Bogo City LGU commends carpenter for returning SAP aid

Raul Constantine L. Tabanao 05/12/2020

MOALBOAL, CEBU — Bogo City appreciated the gesture of a carpenter from a mountain barangay there who returned the cash aid of P6,000 to the local government unit (LGU) on Monday afternoon, May 11, 2020. Rex Catadman,…

Almost 2 million families left out of cash aid

Jhesset O. Enano - Philippine Daily Inquirer 05/12/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Nearly 2 million poor families have yet to receive cash aid from the government, a day after the final deadline for distribution set for the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and local…

DILG: LGUs have until Sunday to complete SAP distribution

Doris C. Bongcac 05/10/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines- Today, May 10, 2020, is the deadline for the distribution of the government’s emergency subsidy under the Social Amelioration Program (SAP). The deadline for SAP distribution was first extended to May 7 before it…

Cebu lags behind Bohol, NegOr in number of LGUs with completed SAP payout

Irene R. Sino Cruz 05/08/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu lags behind Bohol and Negros Oriental in the distribution of emergency subsidy in terms of total amount paid and number of local government units (LGUs) with completed payout As of noon of…

DSWD-7 starts posting list of SAP beneficiaries on its website

Irene R. Sino Cruz 05/08/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — To show transparency, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office VII is now posting on its website the list of beneficiaries who received the emergency cash subsidy under the Social…

Mandaue reports completion of SAP Distribution

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/08/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Mandaue City Government has reported its completion in distributing the Special Amelioration Program (SAP) Fund to all beneficiaries within the city. The City’s Treasurer’s Office announced on Friday, May 8, 2020, on Facebook…

Gov’t planning to halve number of cash aid beneficiaries

Ben O. de Vera - Philippine Daily Inquirer 05/04/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The country’s economic managers are planning to halve the number of household-beneficiaries of the government’s Social Amelioration Program since there will be fewer households under enhanced community quarantine this month. The Department of Social…

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…

Some UCT beneficiaries return cash aid so others can benefit from it

Futch Anthony Inso 04/29/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Some Unconditional Cash Transfer (UCT) Listahanan beneficiaries have decided to voluntarily waive their slots for the emergency cash grants under the Social Amelioration Program (SAP). Vicente Fernandez, a UCT Listahanan beneficiary from Samboan,…

DSWD SLP beneficiaries paying it forward in this time of crisis 

Irene R. Sino Cruz 04/27/2020

  CEBU CITY, Philippines—The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic might have brought suffering to the low-income families but some have risen above this crisis, as they provide assistance to frontliners in their own ways. These people with…

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