{"id":252015,"date":"2020-04-14T06:38:53","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T10:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=252015"},"modified":"2020-04-14T06:38:53","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T10:38:53","slug":"prrd-okays-release-of-p51-b-aid-for-middle-income-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/04\/14\/prrd-okays-release-of-p51-b-aid-for-middle-income-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"PRRD okays release of P51-B aid for middle income workers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Rodrigo Roa Duterte holds a meeting with some members of the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) at the Malago Clubhouse in Malaca\u00f1ang on April 13, 2020. KARL NORMAN ALONZO\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 President Rodrigo Duterte has given the green light to release a PHP50.8-billion wage subsidy for middle-income workers affected by the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) imposed over Luzon to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19).<\/p>\n

Cabinet Secretary and Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) spokesperson Karlo Nograles said Duterte approved the subsidy program during a meeting with members of the IATF late Monday night.<\/p>\n

\u201cNagbigay na siya ng<\/em>\u00a0go\u00a0dito<\/em>\u00a0(He already gave it go signal),\u201d Nograles said in a virtual presser on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Nograles said the wage subsidy program is expected to benefit 3.4 million workers of 1.6 million small businesses which have ceased to operate due to the enhanced community quarantine.<\/p>\n

Medium and big-scale businesses are not covered by this wage subsidy, he added.<\/p>\n

He said the wage subsidy program will be similar to the government\u2019s PHP200-billion emergency subsidy program for 18-million low-income families.<\/p>\n

Nograles said beneficiaries of the wage subsidy will also get subsidies ranging from PHP5,000 to PHP8,000 per family for the months of April and May.<\/p>\n

The cash assistance, he said, will be distributed in two tranches–the first tranche will be paid out between May 1 to May 15 while the second tranche will be paid out on May 16 to May 30.<\/p>\n

The cash aid may be received by beneficiaries through SSS Unified Multi-Purpose ID (UMID) card enrolled as ATM cards, PayMaya, eWallet or cash pick up arrangement through remittance transfer companies.<\/p>\n

However, Nograles clarified that those who already received aid through the Department of Labor and Employment\u2019s (DOLE) Covid-19 Adjustment Measures Program (CAMP) will no longer be eligible for the first tranche of the assistance.<\/p>\n

\u201cKung nakatanggap ka na sa<\/em>\u00a0CAMP\u00a0ng<\/em>\u00a0DOLE,\u00a0hindi ka na kasama sa<\/em>\u00a0first tranche\u00a0pero magka<\/em>-qualify\u00a0ka sa<\/em>\u00a0second tranche (If you have received CAMP from DOLE you are no longer included in the first tranche but still qualify for the second tranche),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Under the CAMP, affected workers are provided a one-time cash assistance of PHP5,000.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Cavite Governor Jonvic Remulla asked the government to include middle-class families in the cash subsidy program and look beyond offering help to only \u201cthe poorest of the poor.\u201d<\/p>\n

Duterte vowed to find ways to include the middle class but admitted that it would be a difficult task.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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