The Bagong Pilipinas Serbisyo Fair (BPSF) of the Marcos administration has already poured in billions of pesos in government services, financial aid and livelihood assistance to 18 places, and is scheduled to visit three Mindanao provinces in May and early June to serve more people.
Speaker Martin Romualdez issued this statement Sunday, noting that the service caravan already visited the provinces of Bukidnon, Agusan del Norte, Sultan Kudarat and Davao de Oro. “And in the next few days and weeks, we will go to Zamboanga City, Tawi-Tawi and Davao del Norte,” he said.
Apart from the BPSF, the House of Representatives, through his initiative, also spearheaded the Cash and Rice Distribution (CARD) Program; the Integrated Scholarships and Incentives Program (ISIP) for the Youth; the Start-up, Investment, Business Opportunity and Livelihood (SIBOL), and the Farmers Assistance for Recovery and Modernization (FARM).
The BPSF as well as the CARD Program, ISIP, FARM and SIBOL are scheduled to roll out government programs and cash aid to beneficiaries in Zamboanga City on May 10-11, Tawi-Tawi on May 25-26, and Davao del Norte on June 7-8.
Romualdez said the Marcos administration utilizes to its full extent the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to aid the vulnerable members of our society.
They are also beneficiaries of the flagship Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) conditional cash transfer program of the national government.
“We will continue to reach out to our countrymen who are lamenting the hardships of the times. Our dear President (Marcos) knows this, so his marching order to the entire government is to do everything for the people to feel the help from the government,” Romualdez said.
The BPSF alone has facilitated the release of billions of pesos in government services and financial and livelihood aid, having served a total of 18 places and provinces already and benefitted millions of Filipinos.
Romualdez said a total of P1.2 billion in government services and cash grants were rolled out in Sultan Kudarat alone to around 150,000 beneficiaries.
“The Marcos administration believes that no one should be left behind, including everyone in aid. So, we will continue to work hard to create a program for all sectors, benefiting from the help from the government,” he said.
