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BAGUIO CITY: The city government will involve residents in the deliberation of beneficiaries for the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)’s Special Amelioration Program (SAP).

Mayor Benjamin Magalong ordered the inclusion of three to five well-respected individuals per barangay (village) in the screening committee in charge of selecting beneficiaries. He said the membership might be increased depending on the size of the village.





He said this would help address the confusion in the deliberation of beneficiaries and, at the same time, speed up the process in the city. Baguio City is the location of the Cordillera Administrative Region.

The DSWD listed a total of 999,531 families in Region 1 (Ilocos Region) as qualified recipients for the emergency subsidy for families nationwide.

The DSWD-Field Office 1 staff and members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) made a house-to-house distribution of the P5,500 cash aid to 238 families in four villages in Santa, Ilocos Sur and to 298 beneficiaries from three villages in Santol, La Union.

In Region 3 (Central Luzon), DSWD-Field Office 3 distributed the P6,500 cash aid to some 3,750 qualified families in Pandi, San Rafael and Baliuag in Bulacan. DSWD said an estimated P24.38 million was initially distributed in the province.

In Region 4A (Calabarzon) DSWD-Field Office 4A gave the cash aid of P6,500 to more than 1,000 qualified beneficiaries in Bacoor City, Cavite until April 11.

The DSWD-Field Office 4B (Mimaropa) has also started distributing the P5,000 cash aid to families in Baco, Oriental Mindoro. A total of 233,443 families in the region are entitled to the cash aid.