Elderly from Dumanjug cries tears of joy after receiving aid from SAP

Immae Lachica 05/02/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines— In hard times like a health crisis, getting all the help we can get really goes a long way. Help from the government, from private individuals and even from our relatives means so much…

Man waiting to claim his SAP cash dies of heatstroke

Alven Marie A. Timtim and Paul Lauro 05/01/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Residents of Dumanjug, a southern town in Cebu, are being reminded to bring with them umbrellas or have someone accompany them when they run errands to avoid heatstroke this summer season. This, after…

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,…

SAP distribution in Maasin City continues one day before deadline

Jani Arnaiz 04/29/2020

MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte – The second day of the distribution of P5,000 cash assistance to COVID-19 affected individuals in the city went on smoothly on Wednesday, April 29, 2020. Village Chief Bernard Gaviola of Mambajao in…

ADB lends PH another $200M for COVID-19 dole outs

Ben O. de Vera 04/28/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has green-lit another loan worth $200 million for its host-country the Philippines, this time to support the social amelioration program for poor households deemed vulnerable to COVID-19’s socioeconomic fallout.…

NegOr police investigating shooting of man who just received SAP aid

Florence Baesa 04/27/2020

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental—Police are hunting down the suspect in the shooting of a 35-year-old man who just received his cash assistance under the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) of the national government on Monday morning, April 27,…

Families left out of official aid lists can file complaints – DSWD

Patricia Denise M. Chiu 04/26/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Families who believe they are qualified to receive cash aid from the government but were excluded from official lists may now formally lodge complaints. The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has put…

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…

So. Leyte town raises funds for SAP-excluded families thru music

Jani Arnaiz 04/23/2020

MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte – Indigents of Sogod town this province, who were not included in the DSWD’s list of beneficiaries of the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) need not worry that much. This after the local government…

Charcoal maker from Carmen, Cebu among SAP beneficiaries

Irene R. Sino Cruz 04/22/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—He earns his living by making charcoal, but the ongoing community quarantine prevents him from doing so. Thus, the emergency subsidy charcoal maker Dario Genson received under the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) was a welcome…

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