{"id":250783,"date":"2020-04-01T18:59:18","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T22:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=250783"},"modified":"2020-04-01T18:59:18","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T22:59:18","slug":"barangays-to-distribute-sac-forms-to-covid-19-aid-beneficiaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/04\/01\/barangays-to-distribute-sac-forms-to-covid-19-aid-beneficiaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Barangays to distribute SAC forms to Covid-19 aid beneficiaries"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Local government officials of Barangay Salitaran III issue and check quarantine passes at Molino Homes 2, Salitran 3 in Dasmari\u00f1as City, Cavite on Monday (March 23, 2020). (PNA photo by Gil Calinga)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Wednesday said it has already downloaded the Social Amelioration Card forms through its field offices to local government units.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe local government units (LGUs) in turn have printed and distributed the forms through the barangay officials,\u201d DSWD spokesperson Irene Dumlao said.<\/p>\n

Dumlao also clarified that the beneficiaries will both receive \u201ccash and in-kind allocation” from the DSWD.<\/p>\n

\u201cProvided that the benefit received will not exceed the maximum subsidy per region,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Albay Representative and House Ways and Means Committee chair Joey Salceda shared the breakdown of cash subsidies to be received by some 18 million low-income households amid the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine to mitigate the spread of the deadly virus.<\/p>\n

The breakdown stated that the beneficiaries from the National Capital Region (NCR) will receive the highest amount at PHP8,000, while those in Central Luzon and Calabarzon regions will receive PHP6,500.<\/p>\n

Other regions will receive around PHP5,000 to PHP6,000<\/p>\n

The emergency subsidy is under Section 4C of Republic Act No. 11469 or the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act to which the government has allotted P200 billion cash assistance.<\/p>\n

The cash subsidy schedule was based on the upper limit of the daily minimum wage in each region, Salceda said.<\/p>\n

In its report submitted early Tuesday, Malacanang said 8,641 beneficiaries had received PHP5,000 in financial assistance from the Covid-19 Adjustment Measures Program of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).<\/p>\n

The program has initially set aside PHP1.3 billion to support workers whose employers in the private sector have implemented flexible work arrangements or have temporarily closed due to COVID-19.<\/p>\n

Stated in the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act (RA 11469), the poor families will receive the monthly emergency subsidy for two months.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe subsidy shall be computed based on the prevailing regional minimum wage rates,\u201d RA 11469, inked by President Rodrigo Duterte on March 24, stated.<\/p>\n

It also said that the subsidy received from the current conditional cash transfer program and rice subsidy should be taken into consideration in the computation of the emergency subsidy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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