SEN. Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go appealed to national government agencies and local government units (LGUs) to include village security (barangay tanod), health care (BHWs) and daycare workers into the government’s social amelioration program (SAP) ...
SEN. Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go appealed to national government agencies and local government units to include village security , health care and daycare workers into the government’s social amelioration program after the Department of Social Welfare and Development deemed them eligible for such benefits.Marami po sa mga barangay workers na ito ay sub-minimum wage earners kaya naman dapat lamang po silang maisama sa mga mabibigyan ng tulong ng DSWD.
DILG and DSWD also noted that “the so-called heavy-lifting job for the immediate response to the pandemic has been delegated to and tanod as the frontliners in all communities.” Meanwhile, an estimated P67.5 million was also spent by the DSWD for Covid-19 related concerns, including medical and burial assistance, and food packs to families.
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