By Dang Samson Garcia
SENATOR Lito Lapid provided educational assistance to at least 200 students in Baguio City to help in their school needs.
The students were given P5,000 each.
Aside from the students, 333 residents of Baguio City were also given aid from the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situations or AICS program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development through Lapid.
Director Leo Quintilla of the DSWD-Cordillera Administrative Region said that the 333 families received P3,000 food subsidy each.
“They can come anytime if they need help and we will attend to them. They just need to submit the requirement,” Quintilla said.
The office of the senator also allotted P1 million in medical assistance for indigent patients at the Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center.
Lapid is hopeful that the small amount of assistance will be a big help to poor residents of Baguio City amid the rising prices of basic goods.
Baguio City Mayor Benjie Magalong thanked Lapid and his son TIEZA Chief Operating Officer Mark Lapid for allocating P100 million for the rehabilitation of Burnham park and the repair of the Athletic bowl.
