DSWD Distributes P553.89 Million Aid to Over 53,000 Sugar Farmers, Workers in Negros
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has distributed P553.89 million in financial aid to over 53,000 sugarcane farmers and farm workers in Negros Island, who were affected by the red-striped soft scale insect (RSSI) infestation.
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