THE Department of Budget and Management (DBM) allocated an additional P875 million to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to ensure efficient disaster response and recovery. Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman said the allocation will replenish the agency's Quick Response Fund (QRF), ensuring that... read full story
"is particularly intended for the procurement of various family food packs and nonfood Items for the stockpiling of relief resources in DSWD warehouses and the implementation of cash-for-work for the affected families of Typhoon Julian in Region 1 (Ilocos)."