{"id":251639,"date":"2020-04-08T19:54:45","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T23:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=251639"},"modified":"2020-04-08T19:54:45","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T23:54:45","slug":"dole-landbank-extends-p1-2b-to-workers-as-covid-19-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/04\/08\/dole-landbank-extends-p1-2b-to-workers-as-covid-19-aid\/","title":{"rendered":"DOLE, LANDBANK extends P1.2B to workers as Covid-19 aid"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_251113\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-251113\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/EUL1n7GU4AAvrp7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-251113\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/EUL1n7GU4AAvrp7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/EUL1n7GU4AAvrp7.jpg 900w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/EUL1n7GU4AAvrp7-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/EUL1n7GU4AAvrp7-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-251113\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Based on submissions received by DOLE from 2,773 private companies, LANDBANK will release a one-time financial aid of PHP5,000.00 each to an initial batch of 250,000 worker-beneficiaries, majority of which are based in the National Capital Region (NCR). (File <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pnagovph\/status\/1243826704553934853\">photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pnagovph\/\">pnagovph\/Twitter<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; In partnership with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), the Land Bank of the Philippines (LANDBANK) will distribute a total of PHP1.2 billion worth of financial assistance to 250,000 workers under the COVID-19 Adjustment Measures Program (CAMP).<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The CAMP program supports workers affected by the adverse economic impacts brought about by the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic and forms part of the government\u2019s Social Amelioration Program (SAP).<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Based on submissions received by DOLE from 2,773 private companies, LANDBANK will release a one-time financial aid of PHP5,000.00 each to an initial batch of 250,000 worker-beneficiaries, majority of which are based in the National Capital Region (NCR).<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Through the LANDBANK Remittance System (LBRS)\/PESONet Facility, the financial assistance will be directly credited to workers\u2019 existing LANDBANK account, other bank accounts, or through remittance partner Palawan Express for those without a deposit account.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">LANDBANK is waiving all fees and charges for the cash grant.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cWe understand how our workers, regardless of their employment status, are experiencing reduced incomes brought about by this health and economic adversity. Rest assured that together with DOLE, LANDBANK is committed to provide immediate financial access to our workers and their families during this critical time,\u201d LANDBANK President and CEO Cecilia Borromeo said in a statement Wednesday.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Under the social amelioration interventions of Republic Act No. 11469, or the \u201cBayanihan to Heal as One Act,\u201d LANDBANK serves as a partner of government agencies in delivering social protection programs to households most affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.\u00a0<em><strong>(PR)<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; In partnership with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), the Land Bank of the Philippines (LANDBANK) will distribute &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":251113,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-251639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251639"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":251640,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251639\/revisions\/251640"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}