He attributed this to the failure of mayors to tap barangay officials in distributing the COVID-19 lockdown aid. “Almost all of the mayors in Metro Manila have not distributed 100 percent [of the aid],” Diño, speaking partly in Filipino, said in an interview aired over AM radio station DZMM. He did not name the local governments that had not completed the aid distribution, but he cited the case of Quezon City, where he claimed to have seen city officials, instead of barangay officials, distributing the aid. Recently, observers speculated that LGUs might have been rushing the SAP distribution to avoid penalties. The aid is intended for workers affected by the Luzon-wide quarantine, which suspended practically all work, including public transportation.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 29, 2020 17:48 UTC