The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), in collaboration with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Department of the Interior and Local Government, and various local government units (LGUs), successfully concluded the first series of its cash assistance distribution to eligible rice retailers affected by the implementation of rice price ceilings in the continue reading : Over 1,000 rice retailers in MIMAROPA receive P15,000 cash aid
One hundred seventy-one (171) micro rice retailers in Ilocos Region each received P15,000 cash assistance under the DSWD’s Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP). Said 171 micro rice retailers in public markets were validated to be compliant to Executive Order (EO) 39 which imposes Mandated Price Ceilings on Regular-Milled Rice at P41.00 per kilogram and Well-Milled Rice continue reading : Ilocos rice retailers get P15K subsidy
AGUSAN DEL SUR — Hundred percent of verified micro rice retailers received cash assistance as the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) continue to conduct subsidy payouts to micro rice retailers across Caraga region. On 14 September 2023, a total of 38 eligible beneficiaries from Butuan City, Surigao City, Tandag City, and San Francisco in Agusan del continue reading : Caraga rice retailers on cash assistance: “This is a huge help to us”