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LUCENA CITY – At the very least eight beneficiaries of the federal government’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) have been taken off the listing after they have been caught engaged in unlawful drug actions throughout police operations, police mentioned Friday, June 16.
Colonel Randy Glenn Silvio, Laguna police chief, mentioned in a report that 4 of the delisted 4Ps beneficiaries are from Liliw city, three from Alaminos and one from Kalayaan.
Citing information of lately nabbed drug suspects, most of them arrested in buy-bust operations, 4 have been discovered listed as 4Ps recipients of their respective localities, Silvio mentioned.
He beneficial the removing of the suspects from the listing of beneficiaries of the federal government anti-poverty discount program based mostly on the Division of Social Welfare and Improvement Memorandum Round No 038, collection of 2020.
The memorandum imposes sanctions and disciplinary measures on beneficiaries who will interact “in illegal and prohibited acts; corresponding to playing, use of grants for alcoholic drinks, unlawful medicine, different vices.”
Underneath the legislation, the month-to-month training grant is P300 per youngster enrolled in day-care and elementary faculty for a most of 10 months a 12 months, and P500 per youngster enrolled in junior highschool and P700 per youngster enrolled in senior highschool.
A compliant beneficiary additionally receives a P750 month-to-month well being grant and P600 month-to-month rice subsidy.
Silvio mentioned the arrested suspects have been utilizing the money grant for his or her unlawful drug and playing actions as an alternative of selling the welfare of their households.
The suspects are detained and going through costs for violation of the Complete Harmful Medicine Act of 2002.
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