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Duterte wants cash aid given to poor families in downgraded GCQ areas
President Rodrigo Duterte has directed Budget Secretary Wendel Avisado to study budgetary allocations of line agencies to identify funds that can be realigned for a second round of cash aid.
Duterte wants all 23 million Filipino families who received the first tranche of the emergency subsidy to get the second tranche, even if their areas have been downgraded to general community quarantine (GCQ).
The government had previously announced that the second tranche would only be for families in areas under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) or modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ).
Areas designated under MECQ from May 16 to May 31 include Metro Manila, Laguna, and Cebu City.
The DBM had earlier released some P200 billion to the Department of Social Welfare and Development for financial aid to families affected by lockdown measures.
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Families in general community quarantine (GCQ) areas will receive aid from the second tranche of the social amelioration program (SAP) once a funding source is identified.
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President Duterte has directed Budget Secretary Wendel Avisado to identify funds that can be realigned to finance the second tranche of the Social Amelioration Program (SAP).
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Senate President Vicente Sotto III welcomed the government's plan to continue providing emergency subsidies to indigent families in general community quarantine (GCQ) areas.
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Qualified families in areas under modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) will receive the second tranche of emergency subsidies from the Social Amelioration Program (SAP).
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The Manila City government is targeting to distribute the second tranche of P1,000 cash aid to around 607,000 families starting May 20.
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