Daily Tribune
Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Monday reported that cash aid for micro-retailers and sari-sari store owners under the Sustainable Livelihood Program was ended on a strong note last week.
"A total of 26,266 micro-retailers and sari-sari store owners benefited from the SLP receiving a total of P393.9 million in cash aid which started on 9 September," Gatchalian said.
The DSWD's provision of cash aid under the SLP was in line with the directive of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to assist small-scale business owners who were directly affected by the issuance of Executive Order 39 on 31 August which imposed price ceilings on well-milled and regular-milled rice.
