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Published February 1, 2021, 4:47 PM The remaining second tranche beneficiaries of the national government’s Social Amelioration Program (SAP) are not waiting in vain for their cash aid, as the Department of Social Welfare and Development  (DSWD) assured the public that manual payouts are being conducted to cater to unserved qualified recipients.  (Bloomberg FILE PHOTO) DSWD Secretary Rolando Bautista made the assurance after Alitagtag, Batangas Mayor Edilberto “Dingdong” Ponggos raised concern that around 1, 151 SAP 2 recipients have not received their entitled emergency subsidy und...

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) (MANILA BULLETIN) The DSWD said the national government’s implementation of the Emergency Subsidy Program (ESP) under Republic Act No. 11494 or the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act has benefited around 505, 669 beneficiaries. A total of 74, 660 families come from areas under granular lockdown and received P394.7-million worth of cash aid. Around 431, 0009 poor families considered as “additional beneficiaries” also received their cash subsidies amounting to P2.8 billion. The additional beneficiaries are those who did not receive Social ...

Two Catholic prelates expressed openness to the idea of parishes being used as inoculation sites to help the government in its COVID-19 vaccination drive.

MANILA BULLETIN FILE The DSWD said it has served 476,736 family-beneficiaries as provided for by  Republic Act No. 11494 or the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act, as of 8 p.m., January 24.  The disbursed cash subsidies amounted to P2.98 billion, based on its latest report on the status of the DSWD’s ESP implementation under RA No. 11494. Majority of the served beneficiaries are “additional beneficiaries” or those who did not receive Social Amelioration Program (SAP) cash aid  as provided for by RA No. 11469 or the Bayanihan to Heal As One Act. A total of 403, 427 additional beneficiari...

Navotas Mayor Toby Tiangco (FACEBOOK/MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Tiangco said that former barangay chairman Estelito Bautista’s filing of charges before the Office of the Ombudsman of graft, breach of conduct, and violation of the local government code against him is “obviously politically motivated since the election season [will already start] next year.” “How can he responsibly perform his duties if he has not reported for work since then? More importantly, how can he be allowed to receive salaries for the time that he has never reported for work inside the City Hall?” Bautista w...