MANILA, Philippines — Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Tuesday urged the government to just give the P1,000 assistance to beneficiaries in cash, citing the logistics costs and possible “commissions” at the local level if given in kind.
While he welcomed the government’s move to provide assistance to people affected by the latest enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in so-called “NCR Plus,” Drilon said the logistics costs could reduce the “net assistance” to the beneficiaries.
“The 1,000 ‘ayuda’ is needed by our hungry countrymen, unemployed country men but the instructions that it be in kind has its own disadvantages,” Drilon said over ABS-CBN News…
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