Three agencies in charge of distribution— the labor, social welfare and finance departments— are all scrambling to accelerate fund search and deployment. “It is our desire to reach the most number of workers with the assistance we can provide,” he added. Social amelioration programAt the social welfare department, things were not also looking any rosier. Social Welfare Undersecretary Camilo Gudmalin told CNN Philippines on Monday only nearly 3.9 million families have received cash aid between P5,000 and P8,000 promised under the emergency cash aid program. Another P30 billion is stuck with social welfare regional offices.

Source: Philippine Star April 14, 2020 08:48 UTC