Cash payout kicks off aid to Negros farmers hit by sugarcane pest

BACOLOD CITY–The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is targeting an initial P113.5 million in emergency cash transfers for over 11,000 farmers whose farms were affected by the red-striped soft scale insect (RSSI) infestation across the Negros Island Region (NIR).

Social Welfare Secretary Rex Gatchalian led the rollout of a P10.56 million payout to ...