– includes the provision of cash or non-cash subsidy for 18 million low-income household beneficiaries amounting to 5,000 to 8,000 pesos per month for 2 months. – A Social Amelioration Card (SAC) is a form, distributed by the barangays, that captures the family profile which will be the means for affected families to access the…
Category: News
Bayanihan to Heal as One Act
Declaration of Policy: Why is there a need to enact this policy? To contain and mitigate the transmission of COVID-19 To provide assistance to those affected by the community quarantine To shoulder the overburdening of the healthcare system To immediately provide medical tests and treatments to COVID-19 patients, PUIs and PUMs To undertake recovery and…
What We Can Learn From the SARS Outbreak
The spread of the COVID-19 has greatly affected the Philippines, but this is not the first pandemic the country has faced. An epidemic of SARS in 2003 affected 26 countries including the Philippines. The country had 14 cases of SARS, the lowest number of infected individuals out of all the 26 countries. Because of this…
HiLites ASHS 