Vol. 36
No. 291
December 4, 2022
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IN MET R MANILAO
A SEA IN THE MOUNTAINS.
Tourists flock to the Mirador Jesuit Villa Retreat House and Eco Park in Baguio City, the summer capital’s newest attraction, to watch a sea of clouds and await a setting sun on Friday. Dave Leprozo
DSWD grants more aid to poor Allots P5.2b for TCT beneficiaries, covers PWDs in cash-for-work plan
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HE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will start distributing this month P5.2 billion in cash aid to 12.4 million beneficiaries under the Targeted Cash Transfer (TCT) program, Undersecretary Edu Punay said on Saturday. The amount is an additional grant for the third tranche of the cash aid, the DSWD official said in an interview on Dobol B TV. This developed as the agency will now include persons with disabilities (PWDs) in its Cash-For-Work program, DSWD Secretary Erwin Tulfo said Saturday. “Starting today you are included in
the Cash-For-Work program of the DSWD in your community,” Tulfo said at the “BUHAYanihan” event in Pililla, Rizal, as the country celebrates International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Through their participation in various community work or services, PWDs will receive up to P4,000 in cash assistance. CONTINUED ON 2A
PBBM: Every child must have Christmas n By VINCE LOPEZ CHRISTMAS “is really for the children” even as his young administration “has made and done everything to ensure every Filipino child” has a reason to celebrate, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Saturday. The Chief Executive said this as he led the Christmas tree lighting ceremony at the Kalayaan Grounds in Malacañang to officially start the Yuletide season
celebration for the country. During his speech at the Palace, Mr. Marcos said it was the first time under the pandemic that Filipinos could really celebrate Christmas like only they could, as last year’s revelry was still laden with strict COVID-19 restrictions. “It’s been three years that we haven’t had a CONTINUED ON 2A
Radio Veritas poll shows Pinoy Catholics eye cash as Xmas gift MOST Filipino Catholics prefer to receive cash gifts this Christmas, a survey by Church-run Radio Veritas revealed on Saturday. In the Veritas Truth Survey (VTS) conducted from Nov. 1 to 30, 1,200 respondents were asked what kind of gift they would prefer for Christmas.
Thirty-eight percent of the respondents said they wanted to receive “gifts in cash” this holiday season, while 32 percent preferred to have “gifts in kind”. Twenty-two percent said they wanted to get either cash or in-kind and eight percent were undecided. CONTINUED ON 2A
FOR THE KIDS. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (inset) welcomes children—whom he said were the ‘real guests of honor’ -- to the Christmas Tree lighting ceremony at Malacanang during his speech on Saturday. RTVM photos
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Oil price cuts next week: Diesel SWS polls 30% P2/l, gas P1.90, kerosene P1.60 of Filipinos see n By ALENA MAE S. FLORES
PASAY PARADE. Dancers are clad in neon green as Pasay City celebrated Friday its 159th Foundation Anniversary on the theme ‘Moving Towards One Eco City,’ as residents welcomed the return of the Lights Parade and Street Dance Competition from EDSA Tramo to Pasay City hall, followed by the Christmas Tree Lighting and Serenade by the Pasay City Symphony Band. Danny Pata I
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CONSUMERS can expect fuel price rollbacks of up to P2 per liter this week, the third straight week of reduced gasoline, diesel, and kerosene prices amid the continued softening of world oil prices. Unioil Petroleum Philippines announced that fuel prices would likely go down next week, Decem-
ber 6 to 12. "Diesel should go down by P1.90 to P2.00 per liter. Gasoline should go down by P1.80 to P1.90 per liter," Unioil said in its advisory. An oil industry source also told the Standard kerosene was slated to slide down by P1.60 per liter. Rodela Romero, Department of Energy director for the Oil Industry CONTINUED ON 2A
life better in ‘22 THIRTY percent of Filipinos believe their quality of life has gotten better than a year ago, according to a recent survey of the Social Weather Stations (SWS) released Saturday. On the other hand, 29 percent said their quality of life got worse, CONTINUED ON 2A
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