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DBM to release P30-B funding assistance to LGUs for COVID-19 response —Duterte
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) is set to release P30.8 billion in financial aid to cities and municipalities to support their COVID-19 relief and response efforts.
This assistance, known as the 'Bayanihan Grant to Cities and Municipalities,' is equivalent to one month's internal revenue allotment for each local government unit (LGU).
Interior Secretary Eduardo Año stated that the funds should be used solely for programs on COVID-19 such as relief goods for low-income and vulnerable households, procurement of personal protective equipment for frontline service providers, medicines and vitamins, hospital equipment and supplies, disinfectants and related equipment, and tents for temporary shelter of the homeless.
Año urged LGUs to ensure the proper use of these funds for the welfare of their constituents.
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The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has released P30.82 billion for cities and municipalities to combat COVID-19, equivalent to one month's fiscal year 2020 Internal Revenue Allotment.
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The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) has clarified that the P30.824 billion Bayanihan Grant to Cities and Municipalities is exclusively for programs addressing the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Senator Christopher "Bong" Go urged local government units (LGUs) to ensure the proper and transparent utilization of the "Bayanihan" financial assistance.
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President Rodrigo Duterte announced that the Philippine government has released P132.3 billion to fund the country's COVID-19 response efforts.
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Senator Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Go proposed a one-time financial aid equivalent to one month's internal revenue allotment (IRA) for all cities and municipalities to help them cope with the socio-economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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