PRRD hikes monthly subsidy to P500
Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries (File photo) MANILA - Amid criticism over the measly PHP200 monthly fuel subsidy that the government plans to distribute to poor Filipino families amid the fuel price crisis, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on Monday said he instructed Finance Secretary Carlos "Sonny" Dominguez III to increase the aid to PHP500. In a speech delivered at Malacanan Palace, Duterte said he obtained feedback "from the ground" that the PHP200 monthly cash aid was "too small" and could not sustain a family of three to five members. &...