5,000 Cotabato residents receive DSWD 'anti-crisis' grants

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At least 5,000 residents of Cotabato province received P16 million worth government poverty alleviation assistance in separate symbolic cash handout rites on Sunday.

COTABATO CITY— The release of the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation, or AICS, from the Department of Social Welfare and Development to students of the University of Southern Mindanao and to 3,000 marginalized Moro families in Carmen and Kabacan towns was facilitated by Gov. Emmylou Mendoza, Rep. Samantha Santos , DSWD 12 regional director Loreto Cabaya, Jr. and Sen. Imee Marcos.

Cabaya, Mendoza, Santos and Marcos also turned over P10 million worth of AICS assistance to 3,000 underprivileged Moro families from interior barangays in the adjoining Carmen and Kabacan towns in the third congressional district of Cotabato. Mendoza and Cabaya, both born and raised in Cotabato province, are known staunch supporters of the Malacañang’s separate peace overture with the MILF and the MNLF.

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