Two out of every five target beneficiaries of the government’s cash subsidy program may not get financial aid if the DSWD does not update its database on families that need the assistance, Lacson said.
Social Welfare Secretary Rolando Bautista on Monday said the number of “indicative target beneficiaries,” the poorest and most at-risk, was derived from projections based on Department of Finance data from the 2015 census.
“How do you say who’s the ‘poorest of the poor?’ I mean that’s very subjective,” said Mayor Walfredo Dimaguila Jr. of Biñan City in Laguna province who, like many other local officials, asked national agencies to raise the cap on the number of beneficiaries.Local government officials are now taking the heat from frustrated constituents, all under the impression that everyone was eligible.
One of those who looked forward to government aid is Rea Cabanilla of Los Baños, Laguna, who depends solely on her husband’s remittances. But due to the pandemic, the company employing her husband in Singapore as a maintenance worker reduced work hours, sending him on furlough. John Cerezo, Department of the Interior and Local Government head in Laguna, said only 30 percent to 40 percent of a city or town’s population would fall within the SAP guidelines.
The 18 million households covered by the SAP include the 4.2 million beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program . The DSWD said all 4Ps cash cardholders had already received the emergency subsidy as of Sunday.
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