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Published August 4, 2021, 4:27 PM ILIGAN CITY – Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Oscar Moreno signed last Aug. 3 an agreement with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-10 for the Special Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) cash aid program for families in this city affected by the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ). About 300 disbursing officers of the Cagayan de Oro City Hall will be designated in various barangays here to distribute cash aid to families and per...

When it rains, it pours. This adage is especially true for 2020 Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz, whose historic achievement last July 26 has overjoyed her fellow Filipinos worldwide. She is set to receive more than P50 million worth of prizes – in stark contrast to her predicament two years ago when the champion weightlifter asked for financial ‘ayuda’ (aid) from the private sector while pursuing her quest for Olympic glory. Diaz’s cry for help, which she bashfully relayed on ...

By JOVILAND RITA, GMA News Published July 29, 2021 9:39am Updated July 29, 2021 10:32am Metro Manila mayors will ask the national government to impose stricter quarantine measures as experts predict another COVID-19 surge caused by Delta coronavirus variant. In a phone interview Thursday, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Benhur Abalos told GMA News Online that they will still push for stricter measures amid the extension of the general community quarantine "with heighten...

Published July 26, 2021, 10:59 AM More than one million individuals and families affected by the imposition of localized lockdowns in Visayas and Mindanao are expected to receive “special” cash assistance from the government, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) announced on Monday, July 26. Department of National Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana (left), Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Rolando Joselito Bautista (center), and Department of the Inte...

COA flags Mandaue City for release of P34.9M SAP to ineligible beneficiaries Jul 19, 2021 9:40 AM PHT John Sitchon The Commission on Audit (COA) has flagged Mandaue City for its P34.9M-worth of Social Amelioration Program (SAP) disbursements to 5,827 ineligible beneficiaries. “Distribution of Emergency Subsidy Program (ESP) through Social Amelioration Program to the barangays totaling P334,650,000.00 includes payment to 5,827 ineligible beneficiaries amounting to P34,962,000.00 contrary to th...

Published July 16, 2021, 11:10 AM Senator Sherwin T. Gatchalian on Friday, July 16 said delays experienced in the distribution of the government’s emergency subsidy program due to digital platform glitches could have been avoided had cash aid been directly deposited to the designated bank accounts of the intended beneficiaries. “Although the government was quick to enact laws to provide cash subsidy to low-income families for their basic needs but after the Bayanihan 2 law lapsed on June 30...

By HANA BORDEY, GMA News Published July 13, 2021 10:03am Updated July 13, 2021 10:08am Energy Secretary and PDP-Laban vice chairman Alfonso Cusi on Tuesday told Senator Manny Pacquiao, who sits as the party president, to shut up if he cannot prove the alleged corruption in the government. “Senator Pacquiao has thrown accusations against us and that is really regrettable because as a senator he should be responsible in his action. He should prove it. We are ready.  You cannot just acc...

Starpay denies Pacquiaos allegation of cash aid corruption enablePagination: false endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, July 6) — Digital wallet service provider Starpay Corp. has rejected Sen. Manny Pacquiaos allegation that there is corruption in the cash aid distribution of the Department of Social Welfare and Development. The DSWD tapped Starpay to distribute the cash aid. "In a very short period of time, Starpay was able to cover more than five million beneficiaries that were succe...

endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, July 4) – The Department of Social Welfare and Development maintained the ₱10.4-billion COVID-19 pandemic funds, which Senator Manny Pacquiao claimed were missing, were all accounted for. "The DSWD emphasized that all funds provided to the Financial Service Providers (FSPs) are all accounted for and that there are no missing funds. All aid distributed is supported by liquidation reports that can be shared, if necessary," the department said in a sta...

Published July 4, 2021, 10:02 AM The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has reported that more than 111,000 unserved beneficiaries of the national government’s Social Amelioration Program (SAP) in Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon) Region have already received their cash aid. Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rolando Joselito D. Bautista visits Taytay, Rizal on June 19, 2021 to personally oversee the manual payout of the emergency...