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Manila City Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso (Manila PIO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) This was after DSWD Spokesperson Irene Dumlao and Usec. Rene Glen Paje said local chief executives have the discretion to identify the beneficiaries of the one-time emergency cash assistance being distributed by the national government amid the reimposition of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ). Domagoso stressed that he and the other Metro Manila mayors only followed the list of S...

The city legal officer of San Jose del Monte, Bulacan on Saturday said the local government is only distributing an initial P1,000 cash assistance because they have not yet received the complete list of beneficiaries per household and only depended on the list of household heads under the Social Ame

A total of P4.47 billion or 40.07 percent of the national government’s financial assistance has already been distributed, an official of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) said Saturday, April 17.

Distribution of the financial assistance in Brgy. Martirez in Pateros (Pateros municipal government / MANILA BULLETIN)  In a Facebook Live broadcast, an exasperated Ponce said the municipal government cannot do that as there are guidelines to be followed on which groups are priority in the distribution of the emergency subsidy. The national government has allotted Pateros P52.35 million for the financial assistance based on its population, the smallest budget in the National Capital Region (NC...

Published April 16, 2021, 11:42 AM The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said Friday, April 16, the local government units (LGUs) have been given “full discretion” to identify their low-income constituents who will receive the government’s one-time financial assistance in the National Capital Region (NCR)-plus. (ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) In separate radio interviews, DSWD spokesperson Irene Dumlao said Undersecretary Rene Glen Paje said based on the Joint...

Las Piñas City Mayor Imelda Aguilar (City of Las Piñas Official Facebook Page / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Mayor Imelda Aguilar said the city government received P501 million from the national government for distribution to beneficiaries listed under the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) and approved by the Department of Social Welfare and Development Office-National Capital Region (DSWD-NCR). Aguilar also said the other beneficiaries were those from the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program...

Distribution of financial assistance in Brgy. Buli, Muntinlupa (Muntinlupa PIO / MANILA BULLETIN) Felixberto Mangada of Brgy. Bayanan in Muntinlupa has posted several videos on Facebook to express his frustration over the distribution of the financial assistance. The national government has allotted P442.19 million for the financial assistance in Muntinlupa and according to Mangada, this can be divided among the city’s population. “P1,469 ang mabibigyan na pera sa kada tao ng Muntinlupa (E...

(SM Marilao / MANILA BULLETIN) The province, in partnership with SM Marilao, started the COVID-19 vaccination program and the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) distribution on Monday (April 12) and Tuesday (April 13). Over 200 individuals from the A1 and A3 priority group bracket which include healthcare workers and persons with comorbidities were inoculated with the initial dose of Sinovac in the first vaccination program held at SM City Marilao Cinema on Monday, April 12. On April 13, atleast...

Distribution of the financial assistance in Brgy. Martirez in Pateros (Pateros municipal government / MANILA BULLETIN) Pateros Mayor Miguel Ponce III yesterday said the distribution of the P52.35 million financial assistance would start in only one barangay, Martirez, due to lack of manpower as many municipal government employees tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and changes in the manner of distribution.  He said the municipal government’s treasury and accounting offic...

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