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SunStar + February 08, 2021 GCASH, the undisputed leader and preferred mobile wallet in the Philippines, has been selected by the Department of Transportation (DOTr), through the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB), in distributing subsidies to qualified Public Utility Vehicle (PUV) drivers, such as jeepney and bus drivers, in the Philippines. Under the LTFRB’s PUV Service Contracting Program, approximately 60,000 PUV drivers whose livelihood are greatly affected by the pandemic will receive monetary subsidy through GCash, providing additional income fo...

Published February 4, 2021 9:26am By ERWIN COLCOL, GMA News Former Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano and his allies have filed a measure seeking to grant additional cash assistance to families affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. In House Bill 8697, Cayetano and six other lawmakers proposed to create the Bangon Pamilyang Pilipino (BPP) Assistance Program, which will provide beneficiaries with P1,500 cash assistance per family member or P10,000 per household, whichever is higher. “This bill ensures that each and every Filipino is given additional assistance, in recognition that we all have be...

Published February 3, 2021, 3:36 PM The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has urged anew the second tranche beneficiaries of the national government’s Social Amelioration Program (SAP), who have yet to receive their cash aid, to go to the nearest DSWD offices for validation. (MANILA BULLETIN) DSWD Spokesperson Irene Dumlao assured the public that those qualified SAP beneficiaries will receive their entitled emergency cash subsidy as provided under Republic Act No. 11469, popularly known as Bayanihan 1. “Duon sa mga nakatanggap naman ng kanilang SAP during the first tranc...

Senator Christopher Go on Monday said he expects a curb in the rising prices of pork and chicken products in the National Capital Region (NCR).

February 1, 2021 | 7:39 pm Font Size AAA CASH DIVIDENDS remitted by government-owned and -controlled corporations (GOCCs) to the National Government more than doubled to a record P157 billion last year as the government leaned on the sector to help fund the pandemic response, the Department of Finance (DoF) said. The 2020 tally was up 127% from a year earlier, factoring in foregone dividends, which the government allowed for GOCCs that needed to retain earnings, the DoF said in a statement Monday, citing a report from Undersecretary Antonette C. Tionko. The DoF said the 2020 collecti...