DSWD-7 continues 4Ps cash cards distribution

• Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1063912
• Saturday, March 9, 2019

By Luel Galarpe (PNA)

CEBU CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7) continued its distribution of cash cards to “Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program” (4Ps) beneficiaries at the Land Bank of the Philippines’ (LBP) Cebu and Argao branches on Thursday.

Social Welfare regional information officer Kerwin Macopia said the distribution of cash cards to 4Ps beneficiaries from Minglanilla and Argao, Cebu started Monday and will end Friday.

“We actually started the distribution of cash cards in Region 7 last month to make it easier for beneficiaries to claim their 4Ps benefits,” Macopia said.

The distribution, which is done by clusters and by batch, will continue until the end of April, he added.

Jessa Conde, 35, married with three children and resident of Minglanilla town – about 40 minutes drive from Cebu City – told the Philippine News Agency that she is glad to be issued a cash card as she will no longer have to line up to claim her subsidy from the government over the counter.

“Me and my neighbors came here (to LBP Cebu) as early as 7:30 a.m. Although there’s still a long queue, it’s just okay as hopefully this will be the last time for us to be lining up like this,” Conde said jovially in Cebuano.

Conde said she is currently receiving a monthly subsidy of PHP600 for rice, PHP500 for health care, and another PHP600 for the education of her two children in the elementary level.

Macopia said Conde is one of the 1,573 4Ps beneficiaries from Minglanilla, while there are 2,474 recipients in the municipality of Argao, 70.5 kilometers south of Cebu City.

The DSWD-7 has also scheduled distribution of cash cards in Cebu City, in the towns of Barili and Oslob, Cebu, and in some parts of Bohol on Saturday, March 9.

Sofronio Tabigue Jr., DSWD-7 financial analyst, said they will distribute the last batch of cash cards to Cebu City beneficiaries this weekend at the DSWD Regional Office 7 compound here, where 2,637 recipients are expected to converge.

More than 3,630 and 1,391 beneficiaries are also set to claim their cash cards in Barili and Oslob, respectively, Tabigue said.

In Bohol, there will be four distribution sites on Saturday – in Batuan, Maribojoc, Tubigon, and Talibon.

Tabigue said 4Ps beneficiaries from Batuan, Bilar, Pilar, Sierra Bullones, Loboc, Loon, Maribojoc, Calape, Tubigon, Clarin, Talibon, Bien Unido, and Trinidad towns in Bohol may go to the above-mentioned sites nearest them and claim their cash cards.

Next week, from March 11 to 15, will be the turn of 2,650 beneficiaries from Sibonga, Cebu to get their cash cards at the LBP Carcar City branch.