Cash subsidy per household under Bayanihan Law to reach P8k for NCR, P5k for other regions

Low-income households in the National Capital Region are expected to receive P8,000 in cash subsidy for two months, while those in the 16 other regions will each receive between P5,000 and P6,500 under the Bayanihan to Heal As One Act.

This is according to the schedule of the emergency subsidy program per region that House Ways and Means Committee chair Joey Salceda shared with reporters on Tuesday.

According to Salceda, the amount that each household will receive is based on the daily minimum wage in the region in which they belong.

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Under the Bayanihan to Heal As One Act, around 18 million low-income households belonging to the informal sector will be targeted to receive monthly emergency subsidies amounting to P5,000 to P8,000 for two months. 

The law also provides for an expanded and enhanced Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program, responsive to the needs of those affected by the enhanced community quarantine.

Salceda thanked President Rodrigo Duterte for already instructing the Cabinet to rollout the emergency subsidy program.

“The quick rollout of the emergency subsidy program will help us keep families at home. Kapag wala na kasing pera, lalabas talaga 'yan para makapaghanapbuhay. Or in the worst conditions, be forced to violate the law. We’re definitely not yet in recovery stage but we want to keep society from reaching a stage of desperation for now, while we’re still in survival modem," he said.

“I would like to thank President Duterte for considering the proposal to expand the coverage to include basic sectors such as tricycle drivers and lactating and pregnant women,” he added.

Duterte on Monday night announced that the government has set aside P200 billion for low-income households affected by the community quarantines meant to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the Philippines. —KG, GMA News