P500-B ‘ayuda’ for 48-M poor families included in 2024 budget — Romualdez

Inquirer.net 12/19/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The proposed P5.768-trillion 2024 national budget includes almost P500 billion social amelioration program or “ayuda” for at least 12 million poor and low-income families or an estimated 48 million Filipinos, Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez…

P418-million power subsidy for poor families sought 

Marlon Ramos 03/20/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday asked the government to set aside P418 million in electricity subsidy for over four million “lifeline” consumers to help low-income households cope with the country’s worsening inflation. Gatchalian, chair…

Hardly a drop of water to drink

Inez Ponce De Leon - @inquirer.net 02/15/2023

Last week, I joined a roundtable discussion with representatives of the World Bank. They had recently released “Overcoming Poverty and Inequality in the Philippines” and the Philippines’ Country Climate and Development Report. Central to our discussion, and…

DSWD-7: Listahan shows 453,961 poor families in Central Visayas

Futch Anthony Inso 08/07/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7), through the National Household Targeting System (NHTS) or also known as “Listahanan,” has listed 453,961 poor families for their Listahanan 3 in…

DSWD-7 delists more than 17,000 Pantawid beneficiaries

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 08/02/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7) said a total of 17,106 beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) have been delisted from the program as of August…

38K 4Ps beneficiaries in Central Visayas to exit program next month

Futch Anthony Inso 07/26/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Close to 38,000 Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries in Central Visayas are set to exit the program in August this year. This was confirmed by Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-7…

DSWD-7 profiles more than 600k poor families in Central Visayas

Futch Anthony Inso 04/28/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7) has already assessed 1,012,513 families in Central Visayas of which 650,591 are considered poor based on their ongoing Listahanan 3 or the…

Oponganons receive financial assistance from DSWD-7

Futch Anthony Inso 12/21/2020

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu—A total of 5,000 residents here have received their financial assistance worth P1,500 each from the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Region 7 (DSWD-7). The distribution started last December 10 and 11, 2020…

4k families in Mandaue receive cash, food assistance after floods

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/26/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Over 4,000 families who were affected by recent flash floods in Mandaue City have received cash aid and relief packs from the government. The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7), in…

DSWD given until end of July to distribute cash aid

Julie Aurelio 07/21/2020

MANILA, Philippines  — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has until the end of the month to finish distributing the second tranche of cash aid for poor families reeling from the pandemic. Malacañang said it…

Talisay City allocates P30M for C-TAP

Doris C. Bongcac 04/26/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Poor families who will not qualify for the national government’s Social Amelioration Program will still get a chance of avail of cash assistance from the Talisay City government. Mayor Gerald Anthony Gullas said…

City Council to Labella: Release second tranche of food subsidy

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/23/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Council called on Mayor Edgardo Labella to release the second tranche of the food subsidy for the highly affected households of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Councilor Jerry Guardo has…

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