Low income families residing in the cities will receive the second wave of cash aid under the government’s social amelioration program (SAP) via ATMs, Malacañang said Wednesday.
Duterte warns corrupt local execs: ‘I will see to it that you go to prison for your kalokohan’
President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday once again warned that local officials who steal cash assistance from the government’s social amelioration program (SAP) will be brought to prison.
Villar questions cash aid formiddle class: Ba’t bibigyan eh kahit lockdown may sweldo sila?
The middle class should not be receiving financial assistance from the government during the COVID-19 pandemic because they still have paychecks, Senator Cynthia Villar said Tuesday (May 19).
Bukol kings! Año charges 23 barangay officials for SAP corruption, 110 more under scrutiny
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Monday said 23 barangay (village) officials are now facing criminal charges for alleged anomalies in the distribution of the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) after the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) filed charges against them before the Department of Justice.
Bulacan barangay chief faces raps over anomalies in giving cash aid
National Bureau of Investigation Director Eric Distor said on Thursday (May 14) that charges have been filed against a Bulacan barangay chairman and four others for forcing persons to give portions of the funds received from the Social Amelioration Program (SAP).
Tumawag sa 8888! Duterte offers P30K reward for info on execs stealing cash aid
President Rodrigo Duterte is offering P30,000 reward money to those who could give information on local government officials involved in irregular distribution of cash aid for poor families.
IATF wants 5M more families to get COVID cash aid
The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases has recommended to include five million more low-income households in the government’s Social Amelioration Program.
Duterte expands SAP beneficiaries to 23M
An additional five million families will receive the first tranche of emergency subsidies under the national government’s Social Amelioration Program (SAP), Malacañang said on Saturday.
WATCH | Extended ECQ = extended sale! Cainta Mayor Nieto auctions off more shoes for COVID-19 crisis fund
Expect more pairs of shoes to be auctioned off from the personal collection of Cainta Mayor Kit Nieto. He has raised more than P845,000 to help constituents.
Palace: Duterte OK’d add’l 4 million Covid-19 aid beneficiaries
President Rodrigo Duterte approved the grant of cash aid under the social amelioration program to four million more Filipinos affected by the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak, his spokesman said.
DILG, DSWD mull one-week extension of SAP distribution
The Department of the Interior and Local Government plans to extend the distribution of cash assistance under the government’s social amelioration program (SAP).
Makabayan bloc blasts Duterte for using COVID pandemic to justify martial law
Lawmakers from the Makabayan bloc have scored anew President Rodrigo Duterte following his threat to declare Martial Law after communist insurgents New People’s Army killed two soldiers who were assisting in the distribution of cash assistance under the government’s social amelioration program.
Lahat ng pumila meron! DSWD amends rules by giving dole outs first, validate later
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has tweaked its existing guidelines for the Bayanihan Fund: Tulong Laban sa COVID-19 to avoid delays in the validation of the beneficiaries of the Social Amelioration Program (SAP).
Duterte using lack of national ID system as ‘scape goat’ to cover-up ‘slow, incompetent’ response in COVID crisis, says Zarate
MANILA – House Deputy Minority Leader Carlos Zarate has blasted President Rodrigo Duterte for using leftist groups as scapegoat over his alleged “slow and incompetent” response of his administration to the coronavirus pandemic.
WATCH | Sinermonan si Alan! Barangay captain blasts Cayetano for fake news on cash aid
A barangay captain from Batangas goes live on Facebook to tell House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano to stop spreading misinformation about the government’s Social Amelioration Program. Abdul Aziz Natanauan stresses barangay captains are at the receiving end of people’s ire.
‘Di kayo nakakatulong! Stop blaming govt during health crisis: Bautista
Social Welfare Secretary Rolando Bautista on Wednesday appealed for calm and advised critics to stop blaming government for its supposed failure to immediately act in containing the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic in the country.
Who’s poor or middle class? Outdated 2015 census adds to chaos in distributing dole outs during lockdown
When Congress granted President Rodrigo Duterte emergency powers last month, it promised to give P5,000 and P8,000 to all 18 million indigent Filipino households to survive while forced to stay at home during the lockdown.
Ping: Rollout of COVID19 aid bigger challenge than availability of funds
Funds are available for the social amelioration program for families affected by the COVID19-triggered lockdowns. The bigger challenge is how to distribute them.
Maraming pondo! Lagman: BSP’s P300B relief fund can sustain govt’s social amelioration program amid extended lockdown
Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman said a total of P300 billion infused by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) recently to the national treasury can help sustain the government’s social amelioration program following Malacañang’s decision to further extend the enhanced community quarantine until the end of April.
P290B unutilized allocations: Bayan Muna refutes Duterte’s claim of ‘lack of funds’ for social amelioration program
Bayan Muna Party-list group has refuted President Rodrigo Duterte’s claim that there are not enough funds to sustain government’s response over the COVID-19 crisis especially its social amelioration program to the poor.
