Advocacy group proposes P400 subsidy for pregnant women

Jane Baustista 06/08/2024

With one in three Filipino kids found to be stunted, or too short for their age, an advocacy group on Friday called for an additional P400 monthly health incentive for pregnant women to support the growth of…

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…

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…

Rep. Wilbert Lee: P20 per kilo of rice still possible

Futch Anthony Inso 02/11/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The promise of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to lower the price of rice to P20 per kilo remains doable if House Bill No. 9020 or the “Cheaper Rice Act” is passed into law,…

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…

Lapu-Lapu mayor: P2M set aside for city’s contingent competing in Sinulog sa Carmen

Futch Anthony Inso 01/20/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Lapu-Lapu City government has already allocated a total of P2 million for their participation in the upcoming Sinulog sa Carmen 2023 on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023. Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan said that…

Unemployed swell to 3.9M in August due to lockdowns

Ben O. de Vera, Jerome Aning 10/01/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The unemployment rate worsened to 8.1 percent in August as many business establishments in Metro Manila were forced to close by the lockdown meant to contain the spread of COVID-19 and as thousands of…

Cebu City assures Sinulog choreographers of subsidy

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/12/2021

  CEBU CITY, Philippines—The city government here assured choreographers of contingents who were supposed to compete in the Sinulog 2021 that they will be repaid to some extent for the expenses they incurred during preparation for the…

Sinulog choreographers to receive P100K each from Rama

Doris C. Bongcac 01/12/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — Cebu City Vice Mayor Michael Rama has agreed to release P100, 000 to each of the Sinulog choreographers to help them take care of some of their pending obligations. Marvey Caño, spokesperson of…

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…

P50-B pay subsidy approved for middle-income workers

Julie M. Aurelio - @inquirerdotnet 04/15/2020

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte approved a P50.8-billion wage subsidy program for workers at micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) on Monday after he expressed reservations about a Senate proposal to include more than 5 million…

Gullas urges Talisay City residents to raise concerns to DSWD representatives

Rosalie Abatayo 04/13/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — With limited number of families in his city that may be covered by the Social Amelioration Program (SAP), Talisay City Mayor Gerald Anthony Gullas has urged residents who wonder why they are not…

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