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The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has vowed to work closely with the local government units (LGUs) to strengthen their capacity and improve the delivery of social services to ensure that more Filipinos will have an improved quality of life. ....
Press Release POE: NO LETUP IN FEEDING PROGRAM FOR KIDS IN 2021 Sen. Grace Poe said poor children will continue to be served with free, nutritious meals under the government s feeding programs with fresh funding in the 2021 budget. As we all await the COVID-19 vaccine, let s continue to give our children doses of healthy food as their safety net against the virus and other illnesses, Poe said. Access to quality food and nutrition for everyone, especially the poor, should be part of any overarching plan to combat the pandemic, she added. Under the General Appropriations Act of 2021, around P6 billion has been set aside for the School-Based Feeding Program (SBFP) to provide undernourished children from Kindergarten to Grade 6 with at least one fortified meal covering not less than 120 days in a year. ....
Published December 31, 2020, 7:45 AM This year’s COVID-19 pandemic prodded the Duterte government to launch the first-of-its-kind and the biggest social amelioration initiative in the country’s history to provide financial relief to the country’s poor families who were economically displaced due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown. MANILA BULLETIN FILE All eyes were on the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), the primary government agency tasked to look after the welfare and protection of millions of low-income families in the midst of the pandemic. Over 31 million low-income families have benefited from the national government’s Social Amelioration Program (SAP), which was provided under the already-lapsed Republic Act No. 11469 or the “Bayanihan to Heal as One Act”, popularly known as Bayanihan 1. ....
Duterte blocks Congress insertions under 2021 budget Updated Dec 29, 2020 11:48:00 PM enablePagination: false President Rodrigo Duterte (FILE PHOTO) Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 29) President Rodrigo Duterte rejected some items under the 2021 national budget over questions on legality. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque bared on Tuesday a list of budget provisions which were vetoed by the President a day after the ₱4.5-trillion spending plan was signed into law as Republic Act No. 11518. In his veto message, Duterte said the provisions either go against the Constitution or do not relate to particular appropriations. Among these is the power of some government agencies to retain and spend the revenues they collect. Duterte said that as a general rule, all income of agencies should accrue to the national government s general fund, unless otherwise authorized by a separate substantive law. Roque also explained this will ensure expenditure ....
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Republic Act No. 11494 or the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act (Bayanihan 2) provides the government’s assistance in the economic recovery of Filipinos in light of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
For its part, the DSWD is implementing the Bayanihan 2 Emergency Subsidy Program (ESP) for low-income, non-formal sector family beneficiaries affected by the implementation of community quarantine measures.
As of December 17, the department reported that there are already 142,058 beneficiaries who received their emergency subsidy under Bayanihan 2. From that number, 11,480 are from granular lockdown areas, while 130,578 are additional beneficiaries. The total subsidy distributed to the qualified beneficiaries reached more than P931 million. ....