Leyte-Samar DAILYPOSITIVE EXPRESS l FAIR l FREE VOL. XXXI I NO. 040 SATURDAY, MAY 09, 2020 P15.00 IN TACLOBAN Over 439,000 beneficiaries so far received P5K SAP distribution in EV to end this week JOEY A. GABIETA TACLOBAN CITY- More than 439,000 fam- ilies here in the region have already received the social amelioration program (SAP) being extended by the government through the De- partment of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Each of these SAP fice has downloaded more beneficiaries, consistingthan P2.98 billion for the of the low income fam- giving of this financial as- ilies displaced due to sistance to various local the coronavirus disease government units. 2019(COVID-19) pandem- But Joshua Kempis, in- ic, senior citizens, persons formation officer of the SAP DISTRIBUTION. The Department of Interior and Local Government has announced that the dis- with disabilities, and single disaster response man- tribution of the social amelioration program (SAP) is to end this week. This program introduced by the parents, among others, re- agement division of the national government aims to help the financial suffering of the ‘poorest of the poor’ brought about by the ceived P5,000. DSWD-8, said that there coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19) pandemic.(DSWD-8) The regional DSWD of- see SAP /page 7 ... Non-SAP beneficiaries in Eastern Face shield using Samar to receive P2,000 e-bamboo enters market BORONGAN from the provincial gov’t CITY-Protective face shields using e-bamboo has TACLOBAN CITY-An of the provincial govern- among others. entered the market. estimated 30,000 house- ment-sponsored cash giv- It was learned that for Proprietor Aniano Man- holds who were excluded ing within the week is over. this especial cash giving, lapas is making e-bamboo in the distribution of the Based on the records the provincial government face shields for his workers social amelioration pro- of the regional office of of Eastern Samar made use and frontliners. gram (SAP) in Eastern Sa- the Department of Social of its savings. The Department of mar are to receive P2,000 Welfare and Development Evardone said that ex- Trade and Industry (DTI) each. (DSWD), about 43,747 cluded for this financial This was disclosed by families in Eastern Samar assistance initiated by the chanced upon Manlapas Governor Ben Evardone have so far received the provincial government are who tried his initiative and who said that he already P5,000 SAP, a financial as- those who already received ingenuity in using e-bam- directed all the mayors sistance extended by the na- their SAP, members of the boo to craft face shields us- and village officials of the tional government to those 4Ps (Pantawid Pamilyang ing e-bamboo as frame. province to come up with who were affected due to Pilipino Program), and as- “It is e-bamboo because a list of the beneficiaries the coronavirus disease sistance being extended by it is engineered bamboo or 2019(COVID-19) pandem- other government agencies treated bamboo to make it ic. like the Department of La- insect repellent,” said Man- “I have decided to all bor and Employment. lapas. food and health essentials around the head of the households who were not However, barangay ta- The proprietor ofthis GCQ,” said Manlapas. user. include in the SAP will nods and barangay health E-Bamboo-Eastern Samar As to the face shields, “I tried to give some receive in the amount of workers stand to receive an that manufactures bamboo he thought of its demand to my workers initially, P2,000,” he said. additional P500 on top of furniture thought of the with the COVID-19 peri- some guards at the East- The beneficiaries of this the P1,500 assistance that concept just last week. od. With the e-bamboo at ern Samar State University program are those identi- they are to receive from the He admitted that life his disposal, he thought of (ESSU) and some to the fied to be the ‘poorest of government. with the General Commu- maximizing it. DTI workers,” he told PIA. the poor’ like the senior The barangay nutri- nity Quarantine (GCQ) is a He used strips of e-bam- Ruthelma Samonte, citizens, persons with dis- tion scholars who received boo as frame and attached provincial director of DTI abilities, single parents, P1,200 earlier are to receive little tight. plastic with magic tape E. Samar posted some pic- and those who lost their in- an additional P800. “Very few people order comes due to the pandemic, (JOEY A. GABIETA) furniture as their focus is to secure the face shield see Face /page 3 ... 2 Leyte Samar Daily Express NEWS Saturday, May 09, 2020 US provides P298 million in new COVID-19 assistance to the Philippines MANILA- The U.S. Em- antine measures, set up and skills training to heav- bassy in the Philippines an- public handwashing facil- ily affected sectors and nounced today that the U.S. ities, ensure food supply, communities. government is providing an and support local business This new assistance also additional Php298 million recovery. includes Php44 million ($5.9 million) to help sup- U.S. Ambassador to the ($875,000) from the U.S. port the Philippines in the Philippines Sung Kim wel- Department of State’s Bu- fight against COVID-19, comed this new tranche of reau of Population, Refu- bringing the total amount support to the Philippines: gees, and Migration for the of U.S. pandemic assistance “This latest assistance builds International Committee to the Philippines to more on our long-standing rela- of the Red Cross to support than Php768 million ($15.2 tionships with local govern- COVID-19 response in the million). ment units across the Phil- Philippines, including in- As part of this new as- ippines, and represents our creasing stocks of essential Calbiga local government unit purchases all the harvests of agrarian reform sistance, the U.S. Agency continued commitment to medical supplies and ex- beneficiaries organizations (ARBOs) to give variations to canned goods given for International Develop- our Filipino friends, part- panding hospital capacity, to its residents during relief distribution. (Photo courtesy of BENJIE SAMAR) ment (USAID) will partner ners, and allies in this time preventing the spread of with 18 local governments of crisis.” disease in detention cen- in some of the Philippines’ Other activities fund- ters, and supporting resil- Agrarian reform beneficiary hardest-hit areas to pro- ed through this new assis- ience for vulnerable people mote effective crisis man- tance tranche will provide and communities. organizations generate P22.9M agement and implement re- supply chain analytics and The United States sponse plans. Funding will promote a regulatory en- has provided more than support local governments vironment that facilitates Php228 billion ($4.5 bil- in sales during quarantine to rapidly disburse emer- logistics and transportation lion) in development as- gency funding and supplies, for food, medical products, sistance to the Philippines TACLOBAN CITY – ease (IATF-EID), for the ga Vegetable Growers Asso- and strengthen the capacity and other essential goods. over the past 20 years, in- Despite the implementa- continuous supply of agri- ciation, Panayuran Upland of local crisis response cen- To assist with small and cluding over Php29 billion tion of community quar- cultural products. Farmers Association, Brgy. ters to disseminate accurate micro-enterprise recovery, ($582 million) in health as- antine throughout the Leonidas said, these Bulao Farmers Association, and timely crisis response USAID will facilitate access sistance. (PR) country for several weeks farmers did not only earn Canbagtic Farmers Associa- information, manage quar- to credit and provide grants now, 104 agrarian reform income during the quar- tion, and the Borong Active beneficiaries’ organiza- antine period but contrib- Farmers Association to give tions (ARBOs) in East- uted to the sustainability variation to the canned goods ern Visayas generated a of food supply in the re- commonly given during dis- EDC assures uninterrupted combined gross sales of gion. tribution of relief assistance P22,928,460.00. Based on the DAR for the town’s residents. This period covers monitoring report, of the In Southern Leyte, the power supply amid expanded from the last week of 104 ARBOs who contin- Liloan Farmers Agriculture March, where most of the ued with their marketing Cooperative conducts a mo- community quarantine local government units activities to supply food, bile market around the mu- started enforcing their 33 are in the province of nicipality of Liloan in coor- respective community Leyte; 21 in Eastern Sa- dination with the LGU to sell quarantines, up to the mar; 20 in Samar; 15 in their products composed of third week of April this Northern Samar; eight in milled-rice and various types year. Southern Leyte; and seven of vegetables harvested un- Regional Director Ste- in Biliran. der the Linking Smallhold- phen Leonidas of the De- Among these ARBOs er Farmers to the Market partment of Agrarian Re- are the MAALSADA FIS- with Microfinance (LinkS- form (DAR) was impressed CO based in Alangalang FarMM) program. This is to with the determination town, and the Paglaum lessen the movement of peo- of this farmers to survive Farmers Association ple and avoid mass gathering amid this global crisis based in this city. in the market. caused by the coronavirus The MAALSADA FIS- Meanwhile, in the prov- disease 2019 (COVID-19) CO continued to supply ince of Biliran, the BSF Farm pandemic. over 6,000 kilos of milled Workers and Beneficiaries Members of the said rice to the Eastern Visayas Agrarian Reform Cooper- Lopez-led geothermal country as a vital installa- S. Bailon, head of EDC’s DAR-assisted farmer or- Medical Center (EVRMC); ative based in Biliran town leader Energy Develop- tion that is required to con- Business Development, ganizations continue with while the Paglaum Farm- and the Anislagan Ceramic ment Corporation (EDC) tinuously function despite Trading & Marketing.