Metro Manila, Philippines – Around 139,000 tricycle drivers in Metro Manila will first receive the ₱5,000 cash assistance beginning Tuesday, March 17, as pump prices soar.
Social Welfare Secretary Rex Gatchalian said the government has identified 30 sites in the region for the payout beginning 6 a.m.
“Mabilisan ‘yon. Walang naman talagang convergence ng tao supposedly…dahil gusto rin natin makapasada sila,” Gatchalian said in a briefing on Monday, March 16, stressing that “anti-epal” measures will be followed.
[Translation: It will be a quick payout. No convergence of people, supposedly, as we want them to work and ply their routes.]
Acting Transportation Secretary Giovanni Lopez said the fund comes from the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situations (AICS) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), so drivers would directly receive the payout.
Lopez said the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board only has a list of transport operators, so the DSWD list will also help in the distribution of fuel subsidies, possibly next week.
Gatchalian said beneficiaries should coordinate with local government units on the payout schedule.
“Hindi namin hinihikayat na ang lahat ay magtungo nang sabay-sabay kasi working day tomorrow,” the Cabinet official said. “At gusto natin hindi mahirapan ang riding public, ayaw natin maka-cause ng commotion.”
[Translation: We don’t encourage all drivers to go to the payout sites, especially since it is a working day tomorrow. We don’t want to hassle our riding public and cause a commotion.]
Tricycle drivers should show their driver’s license and a photocopy. Help desks will be set up to assist beneficiaries.
Here are the venues for the cash aid:
Caloocan
- Buena Park, Barangay 80, UE Subdivision Club House 964
- Pacquiao Covered Court, Sports Complex Bagumbong
- Glorietta Park, Barangay 187 Tala
Las Piñas
- Aguilar Sports Complex, Pilar Village
Makati
- Makati City Quadrangle
Malabon
- ATIS Covered Court, Barangay Potrero
Mandaluyong
- Mandaluyong College of Science and Technology Gymnasium
Manila
- Patricia Paraiso Sports Complex, 658 Flora St. Tondo
- Barangay 377 Covered Court, Pampanga St., Sta. Cruz
- Dakota Covered Court, Barangay 659 Ermita
- ASAC Covered Court, Barangay 627, M. Araullo St., Sta. Mesa
Marikina
- Plenary Marikina Convention Center
Muntinlupa
- Muntinlupa Sports Complex
Navotas
- Navotas Convention Center
Parañaque
- Palanyag Gym, Barangay San Dionisio
- Don Bosco Gym, Barangay Don Bosco
Pasay
- Cuneta Astrodome
Pasig
- Pineda Multipurpose Hall, Barangay Pineda
- Damayan Multipurpose Hall, Barangay Pinagbuhatan
Pateros
- Pateros Sports Complex, San Pedro
Quezon City
- Former District Action Office, Barangay Katipunan
- SB Park Batasan Hills, Barangay Batasan Hills
- 5K People’s Park Covered, Court, Barangay Milagrosa
- Risen Garden, Quezon City Hall, Diliman
- Buenamar Park, Novaliches, Barangay Novaliches Proper
- SB Park, Barangay Tandang Sora
San Juan
- Makabagong San Juan Theater, National Government Agency
Taguig
- Lakeshore Activity Center (LAC), Gate 3, C6 Road, Barangay Lower Bicutan
Valenzuela
- Valenzuela City Amphitheater
- ALERT Multipurpose Hall
