{"id":17940,"date":"2025-12-19T06:34:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T22:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/?p=17940"},"modified":"2025-12-19T06:34:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T22:34:22","slug":"no-politicians-allowed-in-ayuda-payouts-in-2026-erwin-tulfo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/2025\/12\/19\/no-politicians-allowed-in-ayuda-payouts-in-2026-erwin-tulfo\/","title":{"rendered":"NO POLITICIANS ALLOWED IN \u2018AYUDA\u2019 PAYOUTS IN 2026 \u2013 ERWIN TULFO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SENATOR Erwin Tulfo on Wednesday clarified that the proposed 2026 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) prohibits the presence of any politician in the payouts of cash assistance provided by the government. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tulfo set the record straight during the bicameral conference on the bill containing the P6.793-trillion national budget for next year as some lawmakers raised objection against the use of government aid, particularly the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situations (AICS), for politicians\u2019 gain. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cAng akala po kasi, we will continue the old practice na nakikita si politiko, na \u2018yung politiko mismo ang nagbibigay. Dito po sa special provision, dapat wala po \u2018yung politiko doon. We can only ask the DSWD and direct them kung saan yung calamity-stricken area. The DSWD who chooses the beneficiaries,\u201d Tulfo said during the bicameral meeting. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Citing the policy that he implemented during his time as DSWD chief which was also adopted by the current leadership of Secretary Rex Gatchalian, Tulfo said it will be the social workers of the agency who will finalize the list of ayuda beneficiaries. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cI believe under Secretary Rex&#8217;s watch, \u2018yung DSWD mismo ang pupunta. They go to the ground. They have people on the ground and they list down. Hindi po \u2018yung galing sa politiko na mismo. That was also the practice during my time dito po sa pamimigay ng AICS,\u201d he said. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>With this issue clarified, Tulfo advocated for the P34-billion increase in the AICS program under the DSWD budget for 2026, emphasizing the need for the government to prepare for any event that would need immediate assistance for the affected Filipinos. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The bicameral conference committee has eventually approved the P66.528 billion funding for the AICS program for 2026. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cAICS is needed badly. \u2018Pag tinamaan po \u2018yung isang area, at maghihintay ka pa ng QRF (Quick Response Fund), aabutin po ng dalawa, tatlong linggo bago ma-release. Whereas, kung nandiyan na mismo yung AICS, madali na lang pong ma-release po ito ng department doon sa mga beneficiaries,\u201d Tulfo said. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SENATOR Erwin Tulfo on Wednesday clarified that the proposed 2026 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) prohibits the presence of any politician in the payouts of cash<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17940"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17940"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17942,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17940\/revisions\/17942"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}