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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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