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Published May 3, 2021, 12:35 PM The proposed P405.6 billion Bayanihan 3 law that will grant all Filipinos P1,000 to P2,000 cash aid and another P10,000 each for families that absorbed the serious impact of the raging novel coronavirus disease (COVID 19) pandemic, won swift approval from two House of Representatives committees on Monday, May 3. In a joint committee hearing conducted by the House Committees on Economic Affairs and on Social Services, chaired by Albay Rep. Joey Sarte-Salceda and Quezon City Rep. Alfred Vargas, respectively, six bills to be consolidated were approved and will be ...

Published April 29, 2021, 10:00 AM Senator Imee Marcos on Thursday urged the government to convert the bulk of stimulus funds that are lying unused in state financial institutions and directly assist businesses hit hardest by the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic. Marcos, chairwoman of the Senate committee on economic affairs, expressed alarm during yesterday’s committee hearing that international financial institutions like the World Trade Organization (WTO), World Bank (WB), International Monetary Fund (IMF), and Asian Development Bank (ADB) have forecast that the Philippines could ...

The cash aid application of some 143,000 workers in the tourism industry has been approved, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) announced on Monday, April 12.

A total of 355,797 tourism workers across the country have been granted "ayuda" or cash aid under the financial assistance program of the Department of Tourism (DOT) and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).

Workers wearing face masks ride atop a truck in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap/Manila Bulletin) DOLE-6 Regional Director Cyril Ticao said the cash aid was given to both formal and informal workers in the region comprising of Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Guimaras, Iloilo, and Negros Occidental provinces as well as the highly urbanized cities of Iloilo and Bacolod. The biggest chunk of the cash aid is for DOLE’s Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Displaced or Disadvantaged Workers Program for #Barangay Ko, Bahay Ko Disinfecting/Sanitation Project (TUPAD #BKBK) with a total of P369. 49 million released. It bene...