₱677.8-M aid released for 66,000 Negros sugarcane farmers, workers
BACOLOD CITY — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has disbursed P677.8 million so far under its Uplift Disaster Assistance Program to assist small sugarcane farmers and laborers across the Negros Island Region (NIR) affected by the red-stripe soft-scale insect infestation.
DSWD-NIR Regional Director Arwin Razo said the agency’s Disaster Response Operations Monitoring and Information Center (DROMIC) data released as of October 24 showed that the ongoing disaster assistance initiative has provided financial relief to 66,005 beneficiaries: 56,301 sugarcane farmers and 9,704 sugarcane laborers in Negros Island.
Negros Occidental accounted for the largest aid distribution, with 47,497 beneficiaries receiving P490,406,525 in assistance.
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Within the province, Bacolod City had 2,820 beneficiaries, comprising 1,232 farmers and 1,588 laborers, with P29,116, 5000 in disbursements.
In the remaining six legislative districts of Negros Occidental, 44,677 beneficiaries received P461,290,025. Districts 5 and 6 received the largest share of funding, with P 155,587,425 for 15,069 beneficiaries and P 137,074,700 for 13,276, respectively.
In Negros Oriental, the assistance program reached 18,508 beneficiaries, comprising 12,773 farmers and 5,735 laborers, with total aid disbursements reaching P187,393,500.
District 1, covering areas such as the City of Canlaon, Ayungon, Bindoy, Manjuyod, and Tayasan, had the highest concentration at P88,938,000 distributed among 8,784 beneficiaries.
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Meanwhile, District 2 and District 3 in Negros Oriental received P71,330,625 and P 27,124,875, respectively.
The DSWD continues its monitoring and field operations to ensure that affected workers in the sugar sector receive the necessary government support, Razo said./coa
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