CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – A 30-year-old male who was posing as an employee of Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and asking for registration fees from his victims in exchange for the agency’s financial assistance was arrested in an entrapment operation on Tuesday, July 19, the city poli
Navotas City Mayor Toby Tiangco on Wednesday, Dec. 15, has urged city residents who have not received any COVID-19 assistance to coordinate with the local government to get their "LGU ayuda." In a Facebook live, Tiangco said that the funds for the assistance will expire by the end of the year and l
Published April 17, 2021, 11:27 AM
Maintains LGUs have final say on ECQ ‘ayuda’ list
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) clarified Saturday, April 17, that the list of Emergency Subsidy Program (ESP) beneficiaries it provided to the local government units (LGUs) only contained the names of the head of the low-income families.
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The DSWD made clarification after Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos on Friday night, April 16, called out the agency for supposedly trying to “turn the tables” on the Metro mayors and blame them for complaints regarding the purported “faulty” aid list.
“Nais naming ipabatid na ang pangalan lamang ng head of the family ang nakalagay sa listahan na ibinahagi ng DSWD sa mga local government units (LGUs) (We would like to inform that only the name of the head of the family is included in the list provided by the DSWD to the local government units),” it said in a
Published April 12, 2021, 11:58 AM
Wrong address, wrong beneficiaries.
What if you line up to get cash assistance from the government and you find out that you’re suddenly listed with people you don’t know?
Jellainie Salvacion
This was what happened to Jellainie Salvacion from Barangay 51, in Pasay City. In a Facebook post, she showed a photo of a certification from the barangay which included an address and supposed names of her beneficiaries. However, listed as her beneficiaries were a family of three whom she does not know.
Aside from that, she said that the address written down was wrong. According to Salvacion, she was approached by one of the persons listed in the certification who was as puzzled as to why the three of them were listed with a different person.
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