{"id":252731,"date":"2020-04-21T02:39:44","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T06:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=252731"},"modified":"2020-04-21T02:39:44","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T06:39:44","slug":"dict-finalizing-reliefagad-app-to-speed-up-cash-aid-distribution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/04\/21\/dict-finalizing-reliefagad-app-to-speed-up-cash-aid-distribution\/","title":{"rendered":"DICT finalizing ReliefAgad app to speed up cash aid distribution"},"content":{"rendered":"
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According to President Rodrigo Duterte\u2019s fourth weekly report submitted to Congress, the DICT is in the process of completing the requirements for the implementation of ReliefAgad \u201cto fast-track the disbursement of the SAPs allowances\u201d to alleviate the impact of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic. (File Photo:<\/a> Department of Information and Communications Technology – DICT\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is finalizing the computer-based application ReliefAgad to expedite the distribution of cash assistance under the government\u2019s various social amelioration programs (SAPs).<\/p>\n

According to President Rodrigo Duterte\u2019s fourth weekly report submitted to Congress, the DICT is in the process of completing the requirements for the implementation of ReliefAgad \u201cto fast-track the disbursement of the SAPs allowances\u201d to alleviate the impact of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic.<\/p>\n

Among the SAPs currently being implemented are: the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Program (AICS) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD); the Covid-19 Adjustment Measures Program (CAMP) for affected formal workers, the CAMP Abot-Kamay at Pagtulong (AKAP) for displaced overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), and Tulong Panghanapbuhay para sa Ating Disadvantaged\/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE); and the financial subsidy for rice farmers of the Department of Agriculture (DA).<\/p>\n

The report showed that as of April 18, around 4,054,360 beneficiaries were served under the AICS; 237,653 affected formal workers served under CAMP; 178,549 displaced workers served under TUPAD; 86,054 applications received and 3,245 approved under CAMP AKAP; and 52,043 beneficiaries for DA\u2019s financial subsidy for rice farmers.<\/p>\n

The Philippine Institute for Development Studies is also currently providing local government units with community-based monitoring system data to generate the list of households eligible to receive assistance from the government\u2019s SAPs and other local safety nets.<\/p>\n

Under the \u201cBayanihan to Heal as One’ law, the executive department must submit a weekly report to Congress, every Monday, detailing how the President used his special powers to address Covid-19.<\/p>\n

The report must include the amount and corresponding utilization of funds used, augmented, reprogrammed, reallocated, and realigned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MANILA\u00a0\u2013 The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is finalizing the computer-based application ReliefAgad to expedite the distribution of …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":252745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-252731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","category-technology","mauthors-filane-mikee-cervantes","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252731","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\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252731"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252731\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":252746,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252731\/revisions\/252746"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}