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The Senate approved on the third reading, Senate Bill No. 2965, or An Act Granting Free Funeral Services To Poor Families, during the resumption of the Senate session. In Senator Mark Villar’s manifestation, he expressed his gratitude towards the approval of the law, stressing the long-standing need to make funeral services accessible to financially struggling […]
The chair of the House Committee on Ways and Means said the funding source for the P500 monthly subsidy for poor families could come from existing budgetary items and augmentation of existing items funded by dividend remittances and other non-tax sources. Albay Representative Joey Salceda said the government can provide the P500 aid amid the […]
Quezon City District 2 Councilor Winnie Castelo is urging the city government to allocate P1 billion as additional “ayuda” or financial aid for the city’s poor families. Castelo said COVID-19 cases have shot up more than 100 times from about 300 before the Christmas holidays to 33,169 on Monday due to the spread of the […]
The National Housing Authority (NHA) has allotted some P25 million to develop a resettlement housing community for poor informal settlers in the municipality of Glan, Sarangani province.Glan Mayor Vivien Yap said the initial preparatory works are set to begin in the coming days in line with the implementation of the housing project in Sitio Cabug, […]
The provincial government of Sorsogon has launched a partnership project with over 200 bakery owners in the province to give free bread to the poor affected by the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) health crisis. Sorsogon Governor Chiz Escudero said he had met with bakery owners to propose […]