P53.2-M earmarked for MSSD-BARMM extension services

COTABATO CITY — The social welfare ministry of the Bangsamoro region has released an additional P53.2 million grants in separate tranches to its partner entities engaged in humanitarian projects benefiting marginalized residents of the autonomous region.
A matrix obtained from the regional office here of the Ministry of Social Services and Development indicates that it released P40 million to a branch of the pharmaceutical giant Mercury Drug in Cotabato City in late December. The amount was meant for advance payment for medicines that poor constituents may need as prescribed by physicians in private and government medical institutions.