Davao City – As of to date, 421,179 family beneficiaries who belong to the poor and informal sectors in the region have received the emergency subsidy worth P6,000.00 under the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) of the national government through the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Of this number, 253,992 are Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino continue reading : 44% of Davao Region low-income families receive DSWD emergency subsidy

Davao City – In issuing Memorandum Circular (MC) No. 9, Series of 2020 or the Omnibus Guidelines in the Implementation of the Emergency Subsidy Program (ESP), the Department of Social Welfare and Development clarified that the ESP through the Social Amelioration Programs (SAP) of the government are only for low-income families. The ESP shall be continue reading : DSWD clarifies only low-income families can avail of emergency subsidy