Published April 8, 2021, 12:48 PM
The San Juan City local government started on Thursday, April 8, the disbursement of the P98 million financial cash assistance the city received from the national government for its citizens to help them amid the ongoing Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila.
(Screenshot from Mayor Francis Zamora Facebook live)
The first payout was conducted in Barangay St. Joseph, and was witnessed by San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora, National Action Plan Against COVID-19 Deputy Chief Implementer Vince Dizon, Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Undersecretary Feliciano Bodiongan, and San Juan City DILG Director Sylvestre Barrameda.
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