LAOAG CITY, July 20 -- Beneficiaries of the Unified Package for Livelihood, Industry, Food, and Transport (UPLIFT) program in Ilocos Norte have expressed their gratitude to the national government following the launch of extended cash assistance at the Capitol auditorium on Monday.

Corazon Cabaloan, an 80-year-old widow from Barangay Caaoacan in this city, told the Philippine News Agency she was surprised when she was called by the Department of Social Welfare and Development Office in Ilocos Norte that her name was in the list of the more than 100 identified beneficiaries of the program based on the 2024 Philippine Statistics Authority's (PSA) Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS).

"I am so happy and thankful to BBM (President Ferdi...