Pasig receives over P650M ‘ayuda’ from national gov’t
THE City government of Pasig has received the P650,886,000 “ayuda” or financial aid from the national government on Friday afternoon.
During a radio interview, Mayor Vico Sotto said the Department of Budget and Management has downloaded a total of P650,886,000 to the Land Bank account of the local government of Pasig.
“Na-download na pondo at 4:42 p.m. ngayong araw, ang P650,886,000 credited na sa Land Bank account ng lungsod,” Sotto said.
“Ang problema lang po, dahil ala singko na, bukas Sabado, susunod na araw ay Linggo ay sarado ang bangko,” he added.
Even as the fund from the national government has already been transferred to the city government, Sotto said he and other mayors cannot immediately distribute the cash aid to the beneficiaries of the Social Amelioration Program as they are still waiting for the guidelines from the national government.
“Wala pa po sa atin ang guidelines sa pamamahagi ng ayuda. So hihintayin pa rin po natin ito. Syempre malaking halaga po ito, kailangan makatiyak tayo sa utos sa atin para maganda ang pagbaba o pamamahagi ng ayuda,” the mayor explained.
Meanwhile, Sotto said that the city government will quickly distribute the assistance once they receive the distribution guidelines from the national government.
“Magsisimula na agad once makuha natin ang guidelines. Mahirap pong pangunahan natin ang nagbigay ng pondo. Mahirap po, P600 milyon po ‘yun,” he added.
Due to the surge of cases and the threat posed by the highly contagious Delta variant of the COVID-19, Metro Manila has been placed under enhanced community quarantine from August 6 to 20.
