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Nanawagan ang isang kongresista sa Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) na ibigay na ang nakabinbin pang P9.4 bilyon na tulong mula sa ipinasang batas na Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) Act.
Ayon kay Albay Rep. Joey Salceda, maliban dito ay mayroon pang hindi nailalabas na Rice Farmer Financial Assistance subsidies na P5000 kada rice farmer ng Department of Agriculture (DA) at ang ayuda mula sa Pantawid Pasada ng Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB).
“I am also calling on the DSWD to release some pending 9.4 billion in aid from the TRAIN UCT. There are also unreleased Rice Farmer Financial Assistance subsidies of P5000 per rice farmer in the DA. Finally, there are unrelease Pantawid Pasada subsidies in the LTFRB. These are old programs whose release now can help tide the economic pain for millions of Filipino households,” sabi ni Salceda.
Ayon sa kongresista, sa mga susunod na araw ay sisimulan na ng bagong economic team ni President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., upang hanapan ng solusyon ang inflation sa bansa.
“In the coming days we will also begin discussing with the new economic team more structural solutions to address inflation without killing jobs or hurting growth,” sabi nito.
Binanggit din ni Salceda na sisimulan na rin ng DSWD ang pamamahagi ng ipinangakong P500 buwanag ayuda sa mga mahihhirap na pamilya.
Aniya, tinatayang aabot sa isang milyong pamilya ang inaasahang makatatanggap ng P1500 ngayong araw sa kanilang mga cash cards at sa mga darating pang araw para makumpleto na ang direktiba ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na matulungan ang nasa 50 porsiyentong pamilya na nangangailangan ng tulong.
“In November last year, the Committee on Ways and Means called upon the government to provide subsidies to mitigate the impact of the fuel crisis. We proposed a monthly subsidy similar to the unconditional cash transfer under TRAIN,” ayon pa kay Salceda.
“By March 22, PRRD directed the release of a monthly ₱500 ayuda following our request, that of the Economic Development Cluster, and those of other sectors. On June 8, I wrote to ES Medialdea to follow up on the release of the subsidy. By June 12, the DSWD responded that they will indeed begin release this month,” dagdag nito.
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