DSWD releases P677.8M in aid to over 66,000 Negros sugar workers

Inquirer.net - Oct 26, 2026

BACOLOD CITY — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has disbursed P677.8 million in assistance to more than 66,000 small sugarcane farmers and laborers affected by the red-striped soft scale insect infestation across the Negros Island Region, DSWD-NIR Regional Director Arwin Razo said Monday, Oct. 26. Data from the DSWD Disaster Response Operations

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