Philippine News Agency
Palace gives go-signal for distribution of 2nd tranche of SAP
Malacañang has ordered the expansion of the second tranche of the social amelioration program (SAP) by including an additional 5 million households on top of the original 12 million beneficiaries.
The Office of the Executive Secretary issued a memorandum on Friday allowing the distribution of the second tranche of SAP.
These 5 million families will join the 12 million other households under the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).
Households affected by continuing restrictions in certain industries under the general community quarantine (GCQ) may also be considered for the second SAP tranche.
An online portal will be created by the DSWD, in coordination with the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and the National Privacy Commission (NPC), to ensure transparency in the distribution of the emergency financial subsidy.
The AICS program allows beneficiaries to receive an outright cash grant of either PHP3,000 or PHP5,000 and PHP25,000 burial assistance in case a member of a family dies due to COVID-19.
Topics in this story
Explore more stories about these topics.
🤖
This story was generated by AI to help you understand the key points. For more detailed coverage, please see the news articles from trusted media outlets below.
News Sources
See how different news organizations are covering this story. Below are the original articles from various Philippine news sources that contributed to this summary.
Malacañang has ordered the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) to include an additional five million households in the government's emergency cash aid program.
Read more →
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.
Read more →
As of May 19, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has distributed P97.95 billion in Social Amelioration Program (SAP) cash subsidies to over 17.33 million low-income families, representing 96.33 percent of the 18 million families targeted for the first tranche.
Read more →
The Presidential Palace announced that the distribution of the second tranche of the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) will be expedited with the assistance of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP).
Read more →
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has set May 21 as the deadline for local government units (LGUs) to submit names of approximately five million households excluded from the first tranche of the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) cash aid.
Read more →