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'Poorest PH families hit harder by COVID compared to Asian peers'

Warren de Guzman, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 24 04:09 PM

Poor families in the Philippines were more adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic compared to the poor in other nations in Asia, the ADB said. Read more »

DSWD offering cash aid to indigent students: Tulfo

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 18 05:07 PM

Only up to 3 students per family can participate in the program from Aug. 20 until Sept. 24, DSWD Sec. Erwin Tulfo said. School ID and enrollment certificate must be presented. Read more »

DBM releases P2-B to DSWD to aid Filipinos in crisis

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 09 09:45 AM

The Department of Budget and Management on Tuesday said it has released another P2 billion as additional aid for Filipinos in crisis situations. Read more »

Timely release of cash aid crucial in protecting poor: NEDA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 03 02:21 PM

The timely release of the P4.1 billion fund for the Targeted Cash Transfer program is crucial in helping the poor, NEDA said Wednesday. Read more »

Nearly half of Filipinos feel 'poor', SWS survey shows

John Gabriel Agcaoili, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 03 06:50 PM

Self-rated poor Filipinos rose in all areas, especially in Metro Manila and the Visayas. Read more »

5.5 million families are poor, need aid: DSWD

Jervis Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 01 08:39 PM

The newly launched Listahanan will serve as basis as to who will receive government aid. Read more »

SWS survey: 43% of Pinoy families feel poor

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 19 07:38 PM

SWS said families who self-rated themselves as poor rose in the capital region and in Mindanao, while it decreased in Visayas and Balance Luzon. Read more »

Duterte keeps fuel tax, OKs P200 monthly subsidy for poor families

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 16 09:43 PM

President Duterte approved a P200 monthly subsidy for poor Filipino families as an alternative to suspending fuel excise taxes. Read more »

PH family of 5 needs P12,082 to cover basic needs: PSA

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 17 10:36 AM

A Filipino family of 5 needs P12,082 per month to cover basic food and non-food needs in the first semester of 2021, data from the state statistics bureau released Friday showed. Read more »

Only 16 percent of Filipino families say they are not poor: SWS

Rose Carmelle Lacuata, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 14 08:07 PM

Only 16 percent of Filipino families said they are not poor, a Social Weather Stations survey released Monday showed. Read more »

Pandemic seen to 'temporarily slow' government's gains in reducing poverty: NEDA

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 11 03:35 PM

The coronavirus pandemic may temporarily disrupt the gains achieved by the government in terms of poverty reduction, Acting Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Chua said Friday.   Read more »

DSWD: 12.28 million beneficiaries receive SAP 2nd tranche

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 14 04:13 PM

MANILA - The second tranche of the government cash aid to poor families affected by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is now at 86 percent complete, according to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).   Read more »

DSWD: 9.6 million beneficiaries get 2nd tranche of SAP

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 05 04:04 PM

More than 9.6 million beneficiaries have received the second tranche of the government’s cash aid to poor families affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.    Read more »

Roque: As lockdown eases, government to stop COVID-19 cash aid in June

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 30 11:52 PM

But Roque stressed that the second tranche of the government’s Social Amelioration Program would still be handed out to qualified beneficiaries. Read more »

Second tranche of cash aid for poor families eyed by end-May: DSWD

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 26 10:23 AM

The Department of Social Welfare and Development aims to deliver the second tranche of cash aid to poor families by end of May, its spokesperson said Tuesday. Read more »

DSWD: LGUs have disbursed P77.6 billion worth of SAP to intended beneficiaries

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 16 07:38 PM

The Department of Social Welfare and Development on Saturday said more than 17 million families have received cash aid under the national government’s SAP. Read more »

Palace: Poor families under MECQ will get 2nd tranche of COVID-19 cash aid

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 16 06:48 PM

Families categorized as poor in areas under the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) will receive the second tranche of cash assistance from the government’s SAP. Read more »

DSWD tapping online wallet for cash aid - Dumlao

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 14 01:42 PM

MANILA - The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is tapping mobile technology applications in distributing needed aid to poor families affected by the enhanced community quarantine due to the COVID-19 pandemic.   Read more »

COVID-19 cash aid distribution now at 61 percent: Malaya

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 02 05:37 PM

MANILA - The distribution of cash aid to millions of poor families under the social amelioration program of the national government is now at 61 percent completed, Interior and Local Government Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya said on Saturday. Read more »

Mga mahihirap na hindi saklaw ng SAP sa San Jose Del Monte, aayudahan ng LGU

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 17 08:26 PM

Aabot sa mahigit 60,000 pamilya ang mabibiyayaan ng Social Amelioration Program ng gobyerno. Pero dahil hindi mabibigyan ang lahat ng mahihirap sa lugar, makakatanggap naman sila ng pondo mula sa lokal na pamahalaan.  Read more »