7.5 million households to get cash aid as Middle East crisis effects linger

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AID. A jeepney driver claims his P5,000 fuel subsidy from the Department of Social Welfare and Development, during the distribution at the Quezon Memorial Circle in Quezon City on March 25, 2026.

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The beneficiaries include those under the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, poor and near-poor households, and low-income workers and their families

MANILA, Philippines – The government will provide financial aid to 7.5 million households as the country continues to be affected by the Middle East crisis, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. announced on Thursday, July 16.