MANILA, Feb. 26 -- The success of the Bagong Pilipinas Serbisyo Fair (BPSF) in Sultan Kudarat was a result of the collaboration between the executive and legislative branches in bringing government service closer to the Filipino people.

Nearly 150,000 residents received over PHP1.2 billion in cash aid and other assistance from at least 55 government agencies during the two-day caravan that ended Monday.

"Well for me it only shows that ... when the executive and the legislative work together, hand in hand, mas marami talagang Pilipino ang natutulungan and nakita natin 'yan kahapon sa BPSF sa Sultan Kudarat (we've seen that many Filipinos benefited during the BPSF in Sultan Kudarat)," Taguig 2nd District Rep. Amparo Maria Zamora said in a...