Over 2,000 residents from Bocaue, Bulacan received cash assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development's (DSWD) Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) and Department of Labor and Employment's (DoLE) Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Displaced/Disadvantaged Workers (Tupad) programs through the initiative of Senate Majority Leader Sen. Emmanuel Joel Villanueva. The separate payout activities were held on Sunday in Bocaue Municipal Covered Court in Barangay Igulot and in Barangay Binang 2nd spearheaded by Senator Villanueva and his brother, Bocaue Mayor Jon Jon Villanueva, Vice Mayor Sherwin Tugna together with personnel from the DSWD and DoLE. The AICS and Tupad payout activities were made on the 3rd year death anniversary of their sister the late Mayor Joni Villanueva-Tugna. The AICS grant was given to 1,600 Bocaue residents while 433 individuals get Tupad cash aid. Aside from AICS and Tupad payout, the 19 barangays in Bocaue also received P1-million cash assistance each from Senator Villanueva's Local Government Support Fund (LGSF) fund for assistance to indigent individuals or families.
