1M poor families to get gov’t cash aid
MANILA – With the Asian Development Bank (ADB) providing a loan of $400 million, up to 1 million Filipino families among the country’s poorest households will receive monthly cash grants of P1,400 each by the end of this year, Social Welfare Secretary Dinky Soliman announced Thursday.
The number of beneficiary families is expected to hit 2.3 million by the end of 2011, Soliman said.




















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