BACOLOD CITY–The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is targeting an initial P113.5 million in emergency cash transfers for over 11,000 farmers whose farms were affected by the red-striped soft scale insect (RSSI) infestation across the Negros Island Region (NIR). Social Welfare Secretary Rex Gatchalian led the rollout of a P10.56 million payout to affected farmers in Talisay City and San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday. READ: Over 1,000 Negros sugarcane farmers get emergency aid amid infestation Gatchalian said he was dispatched to the province under the direct orders of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to fast-track distribution of […]...Keep on reading: Cash payout kicks off aid to Negros farmers hit by sugarcane pest