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Displaced workers from Nissan, Makati Shangri-La entitled to cash aid - DOLE

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Updated as of Jan 22 08:41 AM

Workers from Nissan and Makati Shangri-La can avail of cash assistance from the government after both companies announced they will shutter operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Labor and Employment said Friday. Read more »

ECC resumes cash aid distribution to coronavirus-stricken workers

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Posted at Jan 08 11:49 AM

The Employees Compensation Commission (ECC) said Friday it resumed processing applications of financial assistance to workers who had contracted COVID-19. Read more »

World Bank extends $900-M loan to aid in pandemic recovery, boost PH competitiveness

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Posted at Dec 17 01:16 PM

World Bank said Thursday its board approved a $900 million loan facility for the Philippines to support two projects aimed at raising competitiveness and fast-tracking the country's recovery from the pandemic and natural disasters. Read more »

P5,000 cash aid para sa contractual workers ng Maynila kasado na

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Posted at Nov 30 11:25 AM

Makatatanggap ng P5,000 financial assistance mula sa lokal na pamahalaan ng Maynila ang mga job order at contractual worker ng munisipyo.   Read more »

Over 1 million small rice farmers to receive P5,000 cash aid from 'excess tariff'

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Posted at Nov 20 08:45 AM

Over 1 million rice farmers tilling 1 hectare or less will receive P5,000 cash assistance due to excess tariffs collected on rice imports, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said Friday. Read more »

DOLE says to distribute P13 billion Bayanihan 2 cash aid to workers

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 30 10:03 PM

The Department of Labor and Employment said Friday it would distribute P13 billion in cash aid to workers grappling with the coronavirus pandemic.  Read more »

Pamamahagi ng pangalawang bugso ng SAP, halos tapos na: DSWD

Joyce Balancio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 22 11:00 PM

MAYNILA - Inihayag ng Department of Social Welfare and Development na halos tapos na ang kagawaran sa pamamahagi ng ikalawang tranche ng ayuda sa ilalim ng social amelioration program (SAP). Read more »

SWS: 7 in 10 Filipino families got government cash aid amid COVID-19 pandemic

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 14 06:34 PM

Seven in 10 Filipino families received cash aid from the government during the coronavirus pandemic, according to recent poll by the Social Weather Stations (SWS).  Read more »

Pandemic highlights need for 'urgent' automation of national statistical system: NEDA

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 01 11:18 AM

The Philippine statistical system should urgently pivot to full automation as the COVID-19 pandemic highlights the need for information to mitigate its impact and hasten recovery, Acting Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick Chua said Thursday.    Read more »

World Bank approves $600-million loan to help modernize social protection delivery in PH

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Posted at Sep 30 04:53 PM

The World Bank said Wednesday it has approved a $600-million loan that would help modernize the social protection delivery in the Philippines. Read more »

CHEd, DOLE to give 'one-time' P30,000 assistance for OFWs' college-level kids

Angela Coloma, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 02 08:51 AM

MANILA - The Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) and the Department of Labor and Employment on Friday forged an agreement that would give a one-time P30,000 assistance to college-level kids of overseas Filipino workers who were affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.  Read more »

DSWD wants unused P10-B SAP funds repurposed as livelihood assistance

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Posted at Sep 24 11:29 AM

MANILA - The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) plans to use its P10-billion unused funds for the second tranche of the social amelioration program for livelihood assistance grant. Read more »

DSWD has P10 billion unused pandemic cash aid funds, Senate inquiry finds

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Posted at Sep 22 04:33 PM

The Department of Social Welfare and Development still has P10 billion left in its funds allocated for the second tranche of the distribution of the social amelioration program, a senate inquiry on the agency's proposed 2021 budget found Tuesday.  Read more »

Use part of DPWH funds to aid poorest Pinoys in 2021 budget, says Drilon

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Updated as of Sep 14 07:48 AM

The national budget for next year should include funds for cash aid that will help the poorest Filipinos weather the coronavirus pandemic, a senator said Monday.  Read more »

89 Punong Barangays suspended over cash aid anomalies

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Posted at Sep 12 09:15 AM

Region I, National Capital Region, and Region II top the list of suspended Punong Barangays, while Cordillera Administrative Region and Caraga has the least number of suspended barangay officials. Read more »

LGUs kani-kaniyang hanap ng pera pang-COVID-19 cash aid sa 2021

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Posted at Sep 10 07:56 PM

Wala nang ilalaang pondo sa 2021 para sa cash aid program ng gobyerno ngayong may COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »

DOLE out of funds to help formal workers weather pandemic

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Posted at Sep 08 12:24 PM

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said Tuesday his agency only had funds to help informal workers cope with the coronavirus pandemic, and none for formal workers.    Read more »

San Juan residents receive second tranche of cash aid

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 28 06:33 PM

Employees from the San Juan City Social Welfare and Development Office assist Social Amelioration Program beneficiaries as they try to reconcile the codes used for the distribution of cash aid on Friday. Reports say there was an initial delay in the distribution due to a technical glitch as some of the claimants are not San Juan residents and were sent the codes by mistake.  Read more »

'Hindi cash aid': Gov't urged to help displaced workers find new jobs

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Posted at Aug 28 12:50 AM

MANILA - The Philippine government should not resort to "one-time big-time" financial assistance in helping displaced workers due to the coronavirus pandemic, but rather help them to find other jobs, a labor advocate said Thursday.   Read more »

'Walang mangungupit': DOF chief says digitizing cash aid distribution to curb corruption

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 25 10:44 AM

Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez on Tuesday said digitalization would eradicate corruption in cash aid distribution, after it has been put to test in the small wage subsidy program during the coronavirus pandemic.    Read more »