SAN JOSE, Antique (PIA) -- President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. is scheduled to visit this province on Oct. 6 to lead the distribution of confiscated imported rice to beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps).

Some 1,000 4Ps households here whose level of well-being is either Survival (Level 1) or Subsistence (Level 2), based on the Social Welfare Development Indicator (SWDI), were identified as recipients by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).

President Marcos, in his speech at the same distribution activity in Manila, also expressed his administration’s commitment to stopping the illegal activities of rice hoarders, smugglers, and price manipulators who burden the public.

Some of the confiscated sacks of rice were already distributed to communities in Zamboanga City, Zamboanga Sibugay, Cavite, Camarines Sur, and Surigao del Norte, and will continue to be distributed in other parts of the country.

Meanwhile, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will turnover a check amounting to P1.9 million under the DOLE Integrated Livelihood Program (DILP) to the local government of Bugasong town for the various livelihood projects for farmers and workers in the informal sector.

The distribution of forfeited smuggled rice and other aid to Antiqueños will take place at Binirayan Sports Complex in the capital town of San Jose de Buenavista.

The President will also lead the same distribution activity in the neighboring provinces of Capiz and Aklan. (AGP/BPS/PIA Antique with reports from the Presidential Communications Office/Photos courtesy of Radio Television Malacañang)