The government is eyeing to start the distribution of the P200 monthly ayuda or cash assistance to the poorest Filipino families within March, Malacañang said Thursday after President Rodrigo Duterte approved the additional relief.
The P200 aid will be distributed to recipients of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or 4Ps, Communications Sec. Martin Andanar said.
"Ito po ay on top of the 4Ps na naibibigay po doon sa ating mga beneficiaries ng Pantawid Pamilya Program," Andanar said in an interview on dzBB.
"Once po na ma-download na iyong pera na nagkakahalaga ng P33 billion ay ibibigay na po talaga ay at ang target po ay this month ay masimulan na po," he added.
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The government has set a P33.1 billion budget to cover the P200 monthly subsidy for some 12 million households for a year according to Finance Sec. Carlos Dominguez III.
The cash aid is meant to help the bottom half of the population cope with rising oil prices after President Duterte rejected the proposal to suspend the collection of excise tax on fuel.
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