Micro retailers affected by the rice price cap receive Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP)-cash assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Wednesday (September 13) in two separate payouts held in Iloilo City and Negros Occidental.

The DSWD, through its Field Office Western Visayas (FO VI), disbursed a total of Php 720,000 subsidy to small business owners to help them cope with the losses due to the imposition of price cap on rice.

Present during the payout In Iloilo City were Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Regional Director Ermelinda Pollentes, Department of Agriculture (DA) Regional Executive Director Dennis Arpia, Iloilo City Vice Mayor Jeffrey Ganzon, and DSWD SLP-ERS Focal Person Mary Ann Masculino.

Meanwhile, the payout in Negros Occidental was attended by DSWD Assistant Regional Director for Operations Arwin Razo along with DTI Assistant Regional Director Rachel Nufable, DA Assistant Regional Director Engr. Jose Albert Barrogo, and Bacolod City Administrator Atty. Pacifico Maghari III. #