LEGAZPI CITY, April 30 -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Bicol started implementing on Tuesday a PHP37.7-million cash-for-work scheme for its Project LAWA (Local Adaptation to Water Access) and BINHI (Breaking Insufficiency through Nutritious Harvest) food and water sufficiency program.

In an interview, Claudio Villareal Jr., DSWD-Bicol disaster response and management division chief, said the project will have a total of 4,773 beneficiaries from 15 towns in the region. Of the number, 197 beneficiaries from Batuan town in Masbate province comprise the initial batch.

"The beneficiaries from Batuan have begun the cash-for-training program over the weekend and have now moved on to the cash-for-work phase of th...