ILOILO City – Around 250 micro rice retailers in Western Visayas identified by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) are the target recipients of the pilot implementation of the one-time financial assistance.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Region 6 will release an initial amount of P3.75 million for the subsidy.
“We are fast-tracking the processing of the subsidy so that the micro rice retailers will get the aid as soon as possible,” said DSWD-6 director Carmelo Nochete.
The subsidy is under the Sustainable Livelihood Program – Economic Relief Subsidy (SLP-ERS) to help small rice retailers cope with the impact of losses due to the imposition of a price ceiling on rice prices in the country as mandated by President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. under Executive Order 39.
The rice retailers will be provided with a one-time P15,000 maximum subsidy.
DSWD is the implementing agency for the assistance distribution, while the list of rice retailers will be provided by the DTI, according to DSWD-6 information officer Atty. May Rago-Castillo.
“Ang beneficiaries iga-identify sa listahan halin sa DTI. So included na sial dapat sa list sang micro rice retailers nga identified by DTI,” said Castillo.
She could not yet ascertain the date of the pilot implementation of financial assistance in the region.
“Sa subong nagahulat kami sang lista nga i-provide sang DSWD central office from the DTI central office. Once given to us, then we will conduct the payout,” she added.
Based on the DTI guidelines, a copy of which was furnished to the DSWD, a subsidy in the amount of P15,000 will be released by single payment under the following conditions:
* Retailers with licenses issued by the Business Permits and Licensing Office (BPLO) who are engaged in the actual sale or offering for sale of regular milled rice (RMR) and well-milled rice (WMR) within the price ceiling at the time of surveillance or monitoring activity;
* Retailers who are registered under the DTI as sole proprietors and retailers who are registered under the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as partnerships and corporations and are engaged in the actual sale or offering for sale of RMR and WMR within the price ceiling at the time of surveillance or monitoring activity;
* Unlicensed retailers engaged in the actual sale or offering for sale of RMR and WMR within the price ceiling, as validated by the concerned DTI office at the time of surveillance or monitoring activity; and
* Unlicensed retailers as validated by the market masters and/or verified by the relevant DTI Office after presentation of proof of actual selling of RMR and WMR within the price ceiling at the time of effectivity of EO 39.
According to the DTI guidelines, “any rice retailer who meets the above criteria but is found to have violated EO 39 during the surveillance or monitoring activity by the concerned DTI office must submit additional proof of actual sale of RMR and WMR within the mandated price ceiling for seven days from the date of commission of the violation.”
For rice retailers outside the National Capital Region, the DTI Regional Operations Group (DTI-ROG) shall be the lead office in preparing the list of qualified recipients based on the listed eligibility criteria.
Sari-sari stores located outside of wet markets and public markets are eligible for a P5,000 SLP subsidy to be released in a single payment under the following conditions:
* Sari-sari stores with licenses issued by the Business Permits and Licensing Office (BPLO) and/or are registered with DTI as sole proprietors and are engaged in the actual sale or offering for sale of RMR and WMR within the price ceiling at the time of surveillance or monitoring activity; and
* Unlicensed sari-sari stores engaged in the actual sale or offering for sale RMR and WMR within the price ceiling at the time of surveillance or monitoring activity by the concerned DTI office.
“Any sari-sari store that meets the above criteria but is found to have violated EO 39 during the surveillance or monitoring activity by the concerned DTI office shall be required to submit additional proof of the actual sale of RMR and WMR within the mandated price ceiling for three days from the date of commission of the violation,” read part of the DTI guidelines.
The amount of P5,000 has been calculated as the maximum amount allowed to compensate sari-sari stores for losses incurred for at least seven days from the effectivity of EO 39.
The DTI Bureau of Small and Medium Enterprise Development shall be the lead office in preparing the list of qualified sari-sari store recipients based on the listed eligibility criteria./PN
BY IME SORNITO
ILOILO City – Around 250 micro rice retailers in Western Visayas identified by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) are the target recipients of the pilot implementation of the one-time financial assistance.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Region 6 will release an initial amount of P3.75 million for the subsidy.
“We are fast-tracking the processing of the subsidy so that the micro rice retailers will get the aid as soon as possible,” said DSWD-6 director Carmelo Nochete.
The subsidy is under the Sustainable Livelihood Program – Economic Relief Subsidy (SLP-ERS) to help small rice retailers cope with the impact of losses due to the imposition of a price ceiling on rice prices in the country as mandated by President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. under Executive Order 39.
The rice retailers will be provided with a one-time P15,000 maximum subsidy.
DSWD is the implementing agency for the assistance distribution, while the list of rice retailers will be provided by the DTI, according to DSWD-6 information officer Atty. May Rago-Castillo.
“Ang beneficiaries iga-identify sa listahan halin sa DTI. So included na sial dapat sa list sang micro rice retailers nga identified by DTI,” said Castillo.
She could not yet ascertain the date of the pilot implementation of financial assistance in the region.
“Sa subong nagahulat kami sang lista nga i-provide sang DSWD central office from the DTI central office. Once given to us, then we will conduct the payout,” she added.
Based on the DTI guidelines, a copy of which was furnished to the DSWD, a subsidy in the amount of P15,000 will be released by single payment under the following conditions:
* Retailers with licenses issued by the Business Permits and Licensing Office (BPLO) who are engaged in the actual sale or offering for sale of regular milled rice (RMR) and well-milled rice (WMR) within the price ceiling at the time of surveillance or monitoring activity;
* Retailers who are registered under the DTI as sole proprietors and retailers who are registered under the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as partnerships and corporations and are engaged in the actual sale or offering for sale of RMR and WMR within the price ceiling at the time of surveillance or monitoring activity;
* Unlicensed retailers engaged in the actual sale or offering for sale of RMR and WMR within the price ceiling, as validated by the concerned DTI office at the time of surveillance or monitoring activity; and
* Unlicensed retailers as validated by the market masters and/or verified by the relevant DTI Office after presentation of proof of actual selling of RMR and WMR within the price ceiling at the time of effectivity of EO 39.
According to the DTI guidelines, “any rice retailer who meets the above criteria but is found to have violated EO 39 during the surveillance or monitoring activity by the concerned DTI office must submit additional proof of actual sale of RMR and WMR within the mandated price ceiling for seven days from the date of commission of the violation.”
For rice retailers outside the National Capital Region, the DTI Regional Operations Group (DTI-ROG) shall be the lead office in preparing the list of qualified recipients based on the listed eligibility criteria.
Sari-sari stores located outside of wet markets and public markets are eligible for a P5,000 SLP subsidy to be released in a single payment under the following conditions:
* Sari-sari stores with licenses issued by the Business Permits and Licensing Office (BPLO) and/or are registered with DTI as sole proprietors and are engaged in the actual sale or offering for sale of RMR and WMR within the price ceiling at the time of surveillance or monitoring activity; and
* Unlicensed sari-sari stores engaged in the actual sale or offering for sale RMR and WMR within the price ceiling at the time of surveillance or monitoring activity by the concerned DTI office.
“Any sari-sari store that meets the above criteria but is found to have violated EO 39 during the surveillance or monitoring activity by the concerned DTI office shall be required to submit additional proof of the actual sale of RMR and WMR within the mandated price ceiling for three days from the date of commission of the violation,” read part of the DTI guidelines.
The amount of P5,000 has been calculated as the maximum amount allowed to compensate sari-sari stores for losses incurred for at least seven days from the effectivity of EO 39.
The DTI Bureau of Small and Medium Enterprise Development shall be the lead office in preparing the list of qualified sari-sari store recipients based on the listed eligibility criteria./PN
