MANILA, Philippines — More than 77 percent of people affected by COVID-19 lockdowns in the so-called National Capital Region (NCR) Plus have received financial aid from the government,the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) reported Wednesday.
In a televised briefing, Interior Secretary Eduardo Ao said that, as of May 5, a total of 17,687,755 of the 22,915,422 beneficiaries had already accepted the aid.
The number of beneficiaries who have received the financial aid makes up 77.19 percent of the total number of the expected recipients.
“A total of P17.6 billion was what we have distributed out of the P22.9 billion. We will make sure that by May 15 all our co…
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