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DSWD: Middle class also eligible for cash relief
The Philippine Star
|April 17, 2026
While public utility drivers (PUV) are prioritized, other vulnerable sectors affected by the oil crisis — including those from the middle class and minimum wage earners — can avail themselves of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)’s cash relief under the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situations (AICS) program.
“The cash relief assistance being implemented by the DSWD are our emergency scheme to address those mostly affected when the conflict in Middle East started,” DSWD Undersecretary Adonis Sulit said during the Senate Proactive Response and Oversight for Timely and Effective Crisis Strategy committee hearing on Monday.
This story is from the April 17, 2026 edition of The Philippine Star.
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