Manila, July 22 -- President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Wednesday launched the Bawat Bayan Makikinabang grassroots initiative and the National Government - Bangsamoro Government Convergence Program to bring government assistance and services closer to communities in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).

Marcos rolled out the two programs at the Philippine Army Headquarters in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte, where he led the distribution of PHP200,000 to each village in BARMM to support community projects and local initiatives.

Under the Bawat Bayan Makikinabang initiative, PHP100,000 of the PHP200,000 cash assistance will fund at least five presidential scholars in each village, with each scholar receiv...