Manila, April 8 -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said at least 721,841 families will benefit from the government's Social Amelioration Program (SAP) in Region 9 amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) crisis. Under the program, the government will provide an emergency subsidy of PHP5,000 to PHP8,000 a month for two months to poor families based on Section 4(c) of the "Bayanihan to Heal as One Act" signed into law by President Rodrigo Duterte on March 24, 2020. Ivan Eric Salvador, DSWD regional information officer, said Wednesday that the SAP will be distributed to the identified beneficiaries through the local government units (LGUs). "We are already in close coordination with our partner LGUs, through our loc...