DSWD starts emergency subsidy distribution nationwide

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has started distributing emergency subsidies in multiple regions across the Philippines.

Recipients in the National Capital Region (NCR) receive P8,000, while other regions receive varying amounts based on minimum wage rates, such as P6,500 in Central Luzon and Calabarzon, and P6,000 in Western Visayas, Central Visayas, Northern Mindanao, and Davao.

Seven regions, including MIMAROPA, Bicol, Eastern Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula, Soccksargen, CARAGA, and BARMM, receive the minimum subsidy of P5,000.

The DSWD has now also begun payouts in the Cagayan Valley and Bicol Regions.

In Cagayan Valley, 13,270 low-income households in Alicia, Isabela received an initial P5,500 subsidy, with funding provided to 59 out of 93 LGUs.

The SAP has also been implemented in Tabaco City, Albay in the Bicol Region, though the number of beneficiaries has not yet been disclosed.

The DSWD is coordinating with LGUs nationwide for the distribution schedule, with assistance from the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for security.