WIRE โ BACOLOD CITYThe Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is targeting an initial P113.5 million in emergency cash transfers for over 11,000 farmers whose farms were affected by the red-striped soft scale insect (RSSI) infestation across the Negros Island Region (NIR). Social Welfare Secretary Rex Gatchalian led the rollout of a P10.56 million payout to
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