Senator Grace Poe on Monday said she would request concerned government agencies to immediately release the guidelines needed to provide subsidies to poor families and low-wage earners. ADVERTISEMENTREAD: Poe wonders: Where are fuel vouchers for PUJs? Of the 10 million low-income households qualified to receive cash assistance, only 4.4 million families have been given financial subsidies, according to reports. “Poor families, students, drivers, commuters and others are already feeling the effects of increasing prices of fuel, commodities, and services. Poe further said in Filipino that the subsidies must be distributed immediately to help cushion the impact of rising prices of commodities brought about by the tax increase.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer June 04, 2018 09:56 UTC