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DSWD to probe nearly P2 billion undistributed cash aid

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Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt=" Residents in Brgy. Manggahan, Pasig City receive food packs from local government unit along with the cash aid under the DSWD" s="" social="" amelioration="" program="" on="" Aug.="" amid="" the="" enhanced="" community="" quarantine="" under="" Metro="" Manila.="" Mark="" ABS-CBN="" News="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/07/21/20210812-covid-ayuda-distribution-pasig-md-0088.jpg"/><figcaption>Residents in Brgy. Manggahan, Pasig City receive food packs from local government unit along with the cash aid under the DSWD&#x27;s social amelioration program on Aug. 12, 2021, amid the enhanced community quarantine under Metro Manila.<em> Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/File </em></figcaption></figure></div><p><br/>MANILA — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Thursday said it would look into its supposed failure to roll out nearly P2 billion worth of financial aid. </p><p>The Commission on Audit (COA), in its annual audit report, flagged the agency for failing to distribute P1.9 billion of cash assistance under the Social Amelioration Program. </p><p>DSWD Secretary Erwin Tulfo said some P1.7 billion has been returned to the Bureau of Treasury. </p><p>&quot;Paiimbestigahan ko po ito, ano ang nangyari? Pero initially mayroon na akong report dito parang nagkakaroon daw ng confusion. Hindi pa po malinaw pero I will keep on investigating,&quot; Tulfo said in a public briefing.</p><p>(I will have this investigated. What happened? But initially, I received a report on this, there seemed to be some confusion. It is so far unclear, but I will keep on investigating.)</p><p>&quot;Naibalik naman ang pera sa Bureau of Treasury, hindi naman talaga siya nawala. Yun nga lang, ang nakakalungkot, hindi naibigay sa tao noong kinakailangan ng tao yung budget,&quot; he added. </p><p>(The money has already been returned to the Bureau of Treasury. It was not lost, but it&#x27;s sad that this was not distributed to those who needed it.)</p><p>He said most of the undistributed SAP came from the agency&#x27;s offices in Metro Manila and the Visayas regions. </p><p>The DSWD chief said he would need to assign personnel to look into the matter, though this manpower could be used for the agency&#x27;s other projects. </p><p>This is not the first time state auditors flagged the DSWD for its failure to distribute cash assistance. </p><p>Last year, state auditors spotted some P780 million unused funds meant for SAP. The amount could have been given to an estimated 139,300 beneficiaries, the COA said. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/13/21/coa-flags-dswd-over-unused-p780m-intended-for-cash-aid">COA calls out DSWD over unutilized P780 million intended for pandemic ayuda</a></li></ul><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2134296" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

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DSWD to probe nearly P2 billion undistributed cash aid

Job Manahan,

ABS-CBN News

Published July 21, 2022 12:18 PM PHT

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Updated July 21, 2022 12:44 PM PHT

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