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DSWD distributes aid to first batch of ‘Bayanihan’ beneficiaries By Christine Cudis
MANILA - The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has begun distributing the social amelioration package to lowincome households heavily affected by the enhanced community quarantine brought about by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
DSWD spokesperson Irene Dumlao said Friday that the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries would receive their top-up grants for April.
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reach the PHP8,000 subsidy.
Beneficiaries of the 4Ps will receive PHP3,650 to PHP6,650 per month for two months, depending on the prescribed emergency subsidy per “The beneficiaries will receive region determined from the particular PHP750 for health and PHP600 for rice. region’s minimum wage levels. So, they have PHP1,350 from (the) 4Ps program. (Also) note that walang The Department of Finance pasok sa (there are no classes in) April has earlier suggested that for Metro so the education grant is not included,” Manila beneficiaries, the grant would Dumlao said. be PHP8,000, while for other regions, it would be PHP5,000. She added that the beneficiaries would receive PHP6,650 top-up from The regions that were covered for the social amelioration package to Friday’s schedule of release included
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| APRIL 4-10, 2020
