MANILA, Oct. 4 -- To ensure that the Aetas of Porac, Pampanga will no longer go to the cities to beg during the Christmas season, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian distributed 60 carabaos, 30 garetas (carabao-drawn carts), and other farm implements as part of the livelihood support for the indigenous people.

Marcos and Gatchalian visited the Aeta community in Katutubo Village, Barangay Planas in Porac town on Friday, where they also distributed a PHP10,000 cash assistance to augment their daily needs.

Through the Pag-abot Program, the Aetas were reached out from the streets of San Fernando City in Pampanga and were later reintegrated into their respective s...