Panayam kay DSWD Usec. Punay
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00:00 DSWD Undersecretary Edo Punay.
00:03 Usec Edo, good afternoon to you.
00:05 Good afternoon, Nina.
00:07 And welcome to Bagoong Pilipinas Ngayon.
00:09 Every Tuesday, we will be with Usec Punay.
00:13 But I just want to ask you, Usec,
00:15 earlier, the news that the smuggled rice
00:18 that was filled with customs,
00:20 how will you distribute it to these rice?
00:25 That's right, just like what we saw,
00:27 Nina, President Bongbong Marcos
00:30 distributed the smuggled rice
00:34 to our beneficiaries here in the 4-Peace Program.
00:37 This is a big help to our beneficiaries,
00:40 especially since our countrymen need rice.
00:45 All our countrymen in Zamboanga,
00:48 who are the people we gave to there?
00:50 That's right, Nina.
00:51 Our beneficiaries in our 4-Peace Program
00:54 or Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program,
00:57 that has 4 million nationwide,
01:01 and they are the ones who will benefit
01:04 or will be given these smuggled rice.
01:06 Okay, let's go to the rice that we were talking about.
01:09 The assistance that you are giving
01:12 or are giving now to rice retailers,
01:15 where are we and have we given everything?
01:19 Yes, Nina.
01:20 Our distribution of assistance
01:23 to our small rice retailers
01:26 through the SLP or Sustainable Livelihood Program
01:30 of the Department of Agriculture,
01:31 President BBM ordered us to give assistance
01:34 to our small rice retailers
01:36 who are affected by the price ceiling
01:38 under Executive Order 39.
01:40 So, our target is 7,000 beneficiaries
01:44 from the DTI list.
01:45 So far, the past two weeks,
01:48 we distributed half of it.
01:50 We have given 15,000 cash assistance
01:54 each to our rice retailers.
01:57 And this will continue until the end of this month.
02:00 That's good.
02:01 At least, it will be reached.
02:02 It won't be delayed.
02:04 So, DSWD is really busy.
02:07 I have a question for you.
02:08 Of course, our fellow countrymen are waiting for this.
02:10 Your food stamp program, Usec,
02:13 how are we doing there?
02:14 The food stamps that you are giving.
02:17 Yes, Nina.
02:18 It's continuous.
02:18 Our food stamp program,
02:20 we have an ongoing pilot implementation.
02:23 Our beneficiaries are 3,000 beneficiaries
02:27 in the pilot implementation.
02:29 This year, we have five pilot sites
02:33 including NCR, Karaga, Isabela,
02:36 here in Garcito Reyna, and NCR.
02:40 So, it's continuous.
02:42 We will give 3,000 food assistance
02:45 to our beneficiaries.
02:47 And hopefully, next year, when we scale up,
02:49 we will have a target of 1 million Filipino families
02:53 that we will give our food stamp program.
02:56 So, they have a card, right, sir?
02:58 And we are giving them worth 3,000 a month.
03:02 That's right, Nina.
03:03 Our partner in this program,
03:05 the World Food Program,
03:06 and the Asian Development Bank,
03:08 we are giving electronic benefit transfer card
03:11 or EBT card.
03:12 That's what they use to pay
03:14 for the food they buy from our retailers.
03:17 So, this is not cash assistance.
03:20 Our assistance will not be used for other things.
03:24 Our beneficiaries will only be able to buy food.
03:26 So, they don't have cash.
03:29 They have a card.