This was how a person with disability (PWD) from Imus City, Cavite—for whom walking is a virtual impossibility—described the Imus City Social Welfare and Development Office after he was asked to travel to its city office to receive cash aid. Under the Local Government Code, many functions of national government agencies like the Department of Social Welfare and Development have been devolved to local government units. Most of the money, Moral said, would go into buying his medication: pain reliever and maintenance medicines for his high blood. That's why I'm posting this, so that this doesn't happen again to another PWD," Moral wrote in Filipino in his post. (Editor's note: This article has been corrected to clarify that the City Social Welfare and Development Office is not under the DSWD as earlier reported.

Source: Philippine Star April 29, 2020 07:04 UTC