DILG urges‘NCR Plus’ to claim cash assistance

WITH at least one remaining day before the deadline of the distribution of the national government aid, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) reminded the affected beneficiaries of the National Capital Region (NCR) Plus bubble to claim their share of social amelioration program on their respective local government units (LGUs).

Despite repeated calls from the LGUs, some beneficiaries have yet to claim their aid, said DILG Undersecretary and spokesman Jonathan Malaya in a press statement released on Friday.

“Some of the beneficiaries may have gone home to the provinces or may have moved outside of NCR Plus for whatever reason, but just the same they have until tomorrow to claim their ayuda (aid) otherwise they would be deemed to have waived their emergency subsidy,” he said.

He said the LGU Grievance and Appeals Committees have until May 25, 2021 to act on all complaints and appeals referred including new issues arising from the supplemental payroll.

DILG reported some 28 LGUs have already completed their distribution of aid, two days before the May 15 deadline. Among those that have completed the distribution were Baliwag, Guiguinto, Pandi, Paombong, Plaridel and San Rafael in Bulacan; Tagaytay, Amadeo, Mendez, Naic and Noveleta in Cavite; Biñan, Cabuyao, San Pedro, Santa Rosa, Alaminos, Calauan, Famy, Magdalena, Nagcarlan, Paete, Pagsanjan, Pakil, Pila, Rizal, Santa Cruz and Siniloan in Laguna; and the City of Manila in the NCR.

As of May 13, 90 percent of the P22.9 billion aid have been distributed to beneficiaries in the NCR Plus area amounting to P20.5 billion consisting of some 22,915,422 individual beneficiaries.