Tag: Social Amelioration Program

  • 437 officials face criminal raps over SAP

    437 officials face criminal raps over SAP

    By Fernan Angeles AT least 437 local elected and appointed public officials are facing criminal charges over the alleged anomalous payouts of the Social Amelioration Program (SAP). In a statement sent to media, the DILG also said that aside from the 437 government officials, 626 more are under investigation by the Criminal Investigation and Detection…

  • DSWD: P63.2B of SAP 2nd tranche already distributed

    DSWD: P63.2B of SAP 2nd tranche already distributed

    By Fernan Angeles THE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) seemed to be taking more time in the distribution of the government cash subsidy supposedly intended to help alleviate the hardships of local folks for the month of May. To this date, the DSWD has only been able to distribute around P63.2 billion under…