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The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) has extended financial assistance to the most vulnerable families that are being affected by the general community quarantine (GCQ) in the cities of Mandaluyong and San Juan in Metro Manila. Led by PRC Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Senator Dick Gordon, the multi-purpose cash aid were given to families […]
Deputy Speaker LRay Villafuerte is pushing a trio of measures to be put on the fast lane under a post-coronavirus disease (COVID-19) “new normal” scenario, to avoid a repeat of the initial delay in the release of P200 billion-worth of cash aid to 18 million underprivileged families under the Emergency Subsidy Program (ESP) billed as […]
Farmers, workers, and drivers are among the latest beneficiaries to receive financial assistance from the government as part of efforts to cushion the impact of the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) in Luzon. “Tinututukan pa rin po ng pamahalaan ang pagbigay ng tulong pinansyal sa mga manggagawa, magsasaka, at mga pamilyang nangangailangan,” said Inter-Agency Task Force […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) will distribute P5,000 in cash subsidies to 600,000 rice farmers to help them with their needs during the extended enhanced community quarantine. “Our rice farmers will receive it as a direct cash transfer that they can use to buy either farm inputs, food for their families or anything they need,” […]
Senators are asking both the national and local governments to fast track the distribution of emergency cash assistance to 18 million poor families severely now being affected by the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine, particularly the daily wage earners. Senator Panfilo Lacson pointed out that the provisions of Republic Act 11469, or the Bayanihan to Heal […]