LIVELIHOOD ASSISTANCE. DSWD Regional Director Jonathan V. Dirain leads the distribution of livelihood grants to micro and small enterprise owners in Balanga City, Bataan on Monday (Sept. 12, 2022). Each of the beneficiaries received a PHP10,000 financial aid to help them recover from the socio-economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. (Photo courtesy of DSWD Region 3) CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga - Several micro and small enterprise owners in Bataan have received financial assistance to help them recover from the socio-economic impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic. The Department of Social Welfare and Development's (DSWD) Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) provided on Monday the Livelihood Assistance Grant (LAG) of PHP10,000 each to eligible low-income individuals. DSWD Regional Director Jonathan V. Dirain said on Tuesday the program aims to help pandemic-hit families recover from economic losses by providing support to their new or existing micro-enterpri
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(File photo) LAGONOY, Camarines Sur - Coastal farmers got a boost in abaca production and marketing following the signing of a memorandum of agreement (MOA) between the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), partner agencies, and the local government unit (LGU) for the improvement of the abaca processing facility. Under the Village Level Farm-focused Enterprise Development (VLFED) project, the Himanag-Sipaco Development Multipurpose Cooperative (HSDMPC) will receive PHP300,000 worth of construction materials for the improvement of their abaca processing center. The cooperative will also receive PHP280,000 for skills and managerial training, as well as marketing activities for 120 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs). The DAR, Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), and the LGU of Lagonoy signed the agreement at the Sangguniang Bayan Session Hall in Lagonoy, with the HSDMPC required to bear the labor costs, and the LGU Lagonoy contributing P50,
CLEANUP DRIVE.Residents of Barangay Idio, Sebaste conduct their cleanup drive against dengue on May 21, 2022. Liga ng mga Barangay president Pamela Socorro Azucena, who is also the barangay captain of Idio, Sebaste, on Thursday (July 28, 2022) urged her fellow barangay captains to exert their political will to sustain the cleanup drive or the "four o'clock habit" to get rid of dengue.(Photo courtesy of Liga ng mga Barangay) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - The head of the Liga ng mga Barangay (LnB) in Antique has urged her peers to exert strong political will in carrying out the "four o'clock habit" to stop the threat of dengue. LnB president Pamela Socorro Azucena, in an interview Thursday, noted the need for her fellow barangay captains and other officials to lead in the daily implementation of the cleanup drive due to the increasing cases of mosquito-borne disease in the province. Antique has 590 barangays. The "four o'clock habit" is prima
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