DILG directs PNP to probe alleged corruption in cash aid distribution

May 5, 2020 | Nation

Reacting to numerous complaints on the distribution of the social amelioration program (SAP), the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) directed the Philippine National Police (PNP) to probe and arrest local officials involved over alleged anomalies...

5M families to get subsidies in May; support may be discontinued under GCQ

May 4, 2020 | Nation

Palace spokesman Harry Roque announced on Monday that an additional five million Filipino families would receive cash subsidies from the government’s social amelioration program (SAP), raising the total number of beneficiaries to 23 million. The decision was...

Taguig families not covered by ‘social amelioration’ to get P4,000 each from city hall

Apr 18, 2020 | Metro

Taguig will grant families not covered by the national government’s social amelioration scheme P4,000 each in financial assistance, Mayor Lino Cayetano announced on Friday. Cayetano said the city council had passed a P2-billion supplemental budget as part of the...

DOF: 85 out of every 100 families covered by gov’t subsidies

Apr 17, 2020 | Nation

Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said 85 out of every 100 Filipino families were covered by P256 billion in government subsidy programs for sectors most vulnerable to the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. In a statement, the Department of Finance (DOF)...

‘PARA SA MAHIHIRAP LANG’: Gov’t cash assistance not for everyone – Nograles

Apr 6, 2020 | Top Stories

Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles clarified on Monday that cash assistance to be given by the government would only be for the poorest or low-income families. In an online briefing, the spokesman of the interagency task force on top of the Covid-19 response explained...