CALAMBA CITY, LAGUNA — Happiness was on the faces of 457 beneficiaries in Laguna when they received financial assistance from the DSWD program Aid to Individual in Crisis Situation or AICS through Senator Bong Go last February 15, 2023.
According to Senator Bong Go, “We will strengthen the provision of financial assistance to the people who are most in need to finance their treatment and help them recover from the depression due to the impact of the pandemic.”
The AICS also seeks to develop the country’s Health Care System.
Go said: “As (Senate) Health Committee Chairman, I want to increase the number of Malasakit Centers and have Super Health Centers in our country. In the small towns of our country there is no access to hospitals, pregnant women give birth on tricycles while traveling to the hospital, so we will build Super Health Centers and let them be managed by local governments.”
He added that in other towns, there are plans in Batangas that their capital city will put up to three floors, and in Pampanga they will put a Dialysis Center. The Super Health Center is a P1-million building, but it can be improved so that it can be used as a facility for childbirth, dental, and even teaching children against diseases.
Senator Go also announced that there will be a Super Health Center in Laguna and one in Calamba to be built.
According to Vice Governor Karen Agapay, in times of great need, she wants to make every Lagunense feel that they have a reliable government to support them through educational, medical, and initial investment from the Aid to Individual in Crisis Situation or AICS program.
The Vice Governor also promised the continued delivery of aid and programs that will benefit the people of the province.
Laguna Governor Ramil Hernandez congratulated Senator Go for his help in the province even when he was not yet a senator so the support of Lagunenses also supported him when he campaigned and won as senator in the province.
Rep. Ruth Hernandez also gave a congratulatory message, saying the health programs and advocacy of Senator Bong Go to help all the poor people and the Malasakit Centers are already one that many Filipinos benefit from.
Calamba City Mayor Rose Rizal also thanks Senator Go for the opportunity to give our kababayan Lagunense in helping their financial problem.
In addition to the encouragement of those who will be given aid, there was a raffle for two bicycles, two cellphones for the youth, and shoes