No More Emergency?: 2023 Budget Cuts for Assistance Programs, MSMEs

October 27, 2022

Inessential infra isn’t more important than health, ayuda

September 16, 2021

Still only token ayuda in 2022 budget – IBON

August 30, 2021

The Duterte administration’s proposed 2022 budget once again refuses to give the ayuda that millions of Filipinos need to alleviate the economic distress from lockdown-induced disruptions to livelihoods. COVID-19-related emergency assistance programs have been discontinued. There is some additional funding for existing social welfare programs but this falls far short of huge needs since the pandemic.