Pangilinan urges IATF to seek help of telco firms for fast release of cash aid

Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan floated the idea of using the services of telecommunication companies for mobile money transfers to hasten the distribution of the government cash assistance during the COVID-19 crisis. | KHallareINQ

, ranging from P5,000 to P8,000 monthly for two months, depending on prevailing regional minimum wage.The government would ask telco frim to provide a list of phone numbers in “geographic pockets of poverty covered by the enhanced community quarantine a day before.On the specified day, beneficiaries would claim the cash in authorized telco shops in their communities.

“We understand the difficulties the government is facing in distributing the emergency cash assistance. This is our suggestion of an alternative way for the assistance to quickly reach the poor and hungry,” Pangilinan said in Filipino. Luzon is under a period of enhanced community quarantine that will last until Aprio 30 as COVID-19 cases in the country continue to soar, with 6,599 patients as of Tuesday, of whom 654 have recovered and 437 have died.

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