NEGROS OCCIDENTAL (PIA) –- A total of 1,000 residents of the 4th District of the province received P3,000 each as part of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) – Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS).

Senator Imee Marcos and Negros Occidental vice-governor Jeffrey Ferrer led the distribution rites of the AICS at the Manuel Y. Torres Coliseum in Bago City, where local government units from the district also received P5-million assistance from the Office of Senator Marcos to aid their agriculture sector recover from the impacts of the recent calamities.

on board his wheelchair, also queued to get his P3,000 financial assistance which, according to him, will be spent to buy his household essentials like rice and other goods.

“Salamat gid kay Senador Marcos sa iya bulawanon nga tagipusou-on sa paghatag kag sa DSWD sa pagpatigayun sini nga ayuda (Thank you very much Senator Imee for your golden heart and to DSWD for facilitating this assistance),” Roquero added. (AAL/EAD/PIA6 Negros Occidental)