CatSU distributes PBMM 25-kg rice subsidy to over 900 employees
AdministrationThrough the mandate of President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos
Jr., the Catanduanes State University started the distribution of the one-time
25-kilogram rice subsidy to the university’s 959 qualified employees on July
27–28, 2023.
Under Administrative Order No. 2, signed by President Marcos
last December 2022, the employees who are eligible to receive the rice aid are
those who rendered government service as of November 30, 2022.
As cited in the order, the initiative was meant to mitigate
the effects of socio-economic challenges and boost domestic production of the
Filipino farmers’ homegrown grains.
Around 479 bags of rice from the National Food Authority
(NFA) were delivered to the university.
The 959 CatSU employees were among the 1,892,648 government
workers, including Job Order (JO) and Contract of Service (COS) personnel, who
benefited from the subsidy program.
