The Makabayan bloc filed House Joint Resolution 13 urging the Marcos administration to implement a P10,000 cash assistance program for 12.4 million poor families amid increases in the prices of basic commodities.
Members of the Makabayan bloc have filed a resolution seeking to use the P40 billion AFP modernization fund under the 2023 national budget as cash assistance to 3.5 million poor families.
The Department of Education (DepEd) is willing to coordinate with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for the organized distribution of cash assistance to poor students, its spokesperson said Monday (August 22).
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has approved the release of P8,053,474,140 worth of cash assistance to 1,563,781 eligible rice farmers for the third and fourth quarters of 2022.
House Deputy Speaker and Bagong Henerasyon Rep. Bernadette Herrera welcomed the grant of P200 monthly cash assistance to some 12 million poor families for a year.
Malacañang favors the distribution of cash assistance to Filipinos amid the rising cost of fuel and basic necessities.
Citing the urgency of helping our farmers due to the crippling effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, Senator Cynthia Villar on Monday said she remains confident President Rodrigo Duterte would sign into law the proposed Cash Assistance to Filipino Rice Farmers Act of 2020.
The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a measure providing cash assistance to farmers who are tilling two hectares of rice land or below.
House Committee on Ways and Means chairperson Joey Salceda is looking for P140 billion budget to fund more household emergency subsidies and other forms of cash assistance for COVID-19-affected families.
The government is not looking at providing cash assistance to address the country’s unemployment problem, Malacañang said Tuesday.
