Philippines: emergency cash for families due to COVID-19 by region 2020

The recent outbreak of the coronavirus COVID-19 in the Philippines had caused a lockdown in the Luzon Island of the Philippines. In view of this, the government has enacted an emergency cash subsidy for low-income families in the country. An amount of 8,000 Philippine pesos would be received in every low-income households in the National Capital Region, while other regions would receive between 5,000 to 6,500 Philippine pesos.

Value of emergency cash subsidy for every low-income families due to the coronavirus COVID-19 in the Philippines in 2020, by region (in Philippine pesos)

Characteristic	Cash subsidy in Philippine pesos
NCR	8,000
CAR	5,500
Region 1	5,500
Region 2	5,500
Region 3	6,500
Region 4-A	6,500
Region 4-B	5,000
Region 5	5,000
Region 6	6,000
Region 7	6,000
Region 8	5,000
Region 9	5,000
Region 10	6,000
Region 11	6,000
Region 12	5,000
CARAGA	5,000
ARMM	5,000

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Release date

March 2020

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Region

Philippines

Survey time period

2020

Supplementary notes

According to the source, the subsidy was based on Section 4 (c) of Republic Act No. 11469 or the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act that tackles an emergency subsidy for around 18 million low-income households in the country affected by enforced strict quarantines because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

One Philippine peso equals 0.02 U.S dollars and 0.018 euros as of April 2020.

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