
BOC mulls DSWD donation of P42-M smuggled rice
The Bureau of Customs seized P42 million worth of imported rice at the Port of Zamboanga City over the weekend.
The Bureau of Customs seized P42 million worth of imported rice at the Port of Zamboanga City over the weekend.
The DSWD has requested the Comelec to exempt the distribution of P15,000 cash grants to affected rice retailers from the election-related ban on the release of public funds.
The government has started the distribution of the P15,000-cash grant to qualified small rice retailers affected by the mandated rice price ceilings.
The government and its partners have so far released P35 million in humanitarian aid to help victims of typhoons “Goring” and “Hanna,” Malacañang said.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development has only utilized P12.69 billion or 13.46% of the P94.34 billion allocation of the beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program.
The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program will get a total of P112.8 billion in the 2024 National Expenditure Program.
More than P35-million worth of relief aid has been provided to the survivors of super typhoon Egay in different parts of the country, the Office of Civil Defense reported.
More than 70 residential and non-residential care facilities managed by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) are in good running condition and have adequate personnel, Secretary Rex Gatchalian said.
The government will sustain funding for the Food Stamp Program for as long as necessary, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said.
The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) has issued a resolution that upheld the ruling of its Second Division that dismissed the disqualification case against former Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) secretary Erwin Tulfo as nominee of the Anti-Crime and Terrorism Community Involvement and Support (ACT-CIS) party-list group.
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