00:00More than 3,700 residents of Calapan City and Romblon have been affected by poverty.
00:07They received assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development, MIMAROPA.
00:12Joshua Sugay of PIA MIMAROPA has a national news report.
00:19The Department of Social Welfare and Development, MIMAROPA has distributed assistance in crisis situations
00:25to the residents of Calapan City in Oriental Mindoro and the province of Romblon
00:29for the residents who have experienced a crisis in their lives.
00:32In Calapan City, most of the beneficiaries are members of the Tricycle Drivers Association
00:38and the operators have received assistance of Php 2,000.
00:41According to DSWD Social Welfare Officer 3 Severina Boongaling,
00:45the distributed assistance will be a help to increase the cost of their daily living
00:51which is severely affected by inflation and other unexpected events.
00:56Boongaling also provided continuous assistance to the programs and agencies
01:00to help disadvantaged individuals and their families.
01:04It is a help to increase the cost of their basic needs
01:13of the families affected by inflation and other disasters.
01:24Evangeline Gaud Alcarez, 48 years old from Calero, and Richard Capule,
01:3123 years old from Baruyan, received assistance from DSWD.
01:37According to the two, this is a big help to their expenses,
01:41particularly to their daily needs.
01:44In the town of Cahidiokan in Romblon,
01:471,750 residents were given Php 2,000 assistance from DSWD from the same program.
01:54The beneficiaries are composed of PWDs, IPs, solo parents, porters, farmers, and fishermen.
02:01In total, Php 7,500,000 of assistance was distributed by DSWD in two places in Mimaropa.
02:09The assistance to individuals in crisis situations
02:14provided by the members of TODA in the town of Calapan
02:17is a proof that through the help and support of various authorities,
02:23the residents will be able to recover.
02:26From the Philippine Information Agency, Mimaropa,
02:30Joshua Sugay, for Balitang Pambansa.
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