Monthly subsidy of P1, 000 proposed for solo parents in Mandaue

Mary Rose Sagarino 06/03/2024

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – Qualified solo parents in Mandaue City will soon receive a monthly subsidy of P1,000 each or a total of P12, 000 per year from the city government. The release of the subsidy is…

Lapu-Lapu City: Low-income solo parents get P3,000

Futch Anthony Inso 03/25/2024

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu – A total of 692 low-income solo parents received cash assistance amounting to P3, 000 from the Lapu-Lapu City Government on Monday. The cash aid represents the city’s assistance for the months of January…

Solo parents deserve bigger cash subsidy – Rep. Chan

Futch Anthony Inso 03/04/2024

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu – Solo parents, who are receiving minimum and below minimum wage, deserve more than the P1, 000 cash subsidy that is provided for in the Expanded Solo Parents Welfare Act. This was according to…

Mandaue plans to institutionalize annual celebration of National Solo Parents’ Week

Mary Rose Sagarino 04/19/2023

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines – Mandaue City is planning to institutionalize the annual celebration of the National Solo Parents’ Week and Solo Parents’ Day. The proposed ordinance regarding the matter was already approved on first reading by the…

Solo parents in Mandaue now 2,500 — City Social Welfare office

Mary Rose Sagarino 07/26/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — The City Social Welfare and Services (CSWS) has recorded more solo parents in Mandaue City this year. The number of registered solo parents in Mandaue has increased to over 2,500. This is way…

Solo parents get P1,000 monthly, more perks under new law

Nestor Corrales 06/29/2022

MANILA, Philippines — Low-income solo parents will now receive a P1,000 monthly cash subsidy under a new law that will provide more benefits to solo parents in the country. Republic Act No. 11861, or the Expanded Solo…

Women’s group pushes for solo parent benefits, discounts in Cebu City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/11/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A women’s group is pushing for the passage of the ordinance in Cebu City that would give discounts and benefits to qualified solo parents. Emalyn Aliviano, the spokesperson of the Kilusan para sa…

Council revisits aid for solo parents

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/11/2016

There are around 5 thousand “solo parents” in Cebu City living below the poverty level, according to city hall estimates; and if a 2014 local ordinance is to be implemented, they should be getting their yearly financial…

Council flags solo parents, ID system budget

Doris C. Bongcac 11/25/2014

The Cebu City Council yesterday questioned two items, worth P70 million in the proposed 2015 budget of the Department of Social Welfare. Councilor Sisinio Andales said the P40-million allocation for the solo parents assistance should not be…

Rama allocates P40M to fund aid program

Doris C. Bongcac 10/23/2014

Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama has a change of heart and included a P40 million allocation for solo parents in his 2015 budget proposal even after he vetoed an ordinance that would grant them cash assistance. Rama…

Can Cebu city pay all solo parents?

Doris C. Bongcac 07/20/2014

Senior citzens, barangay workers or solo parents? The  Cebu city government has to first meet its obligation to  release the full annual assistance for  senior citizens and barangay workers before making a new commitment to release P5,…

Council passes ordinance on cash aid to solo parents

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 05/07/2014

The Cebu City Council passed the ordinance extending P5,000 cash assistance to solo parents in Cebu City. Under the ordinance, solo parents who don’t receive assistance from their partners and whose annual income doesn’t exceed P60,000 can…

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